Artist Resources As An Artist, Who And What Are Your Influences?

I'm not a frequent poster in this forum, but I am a painter. Though I don't do much fan art currently, my own work is heavily influenced by filmic aesthetics and the work of Star Wars-related illustrators like Ralph McQuarrie.

So basically this thread is for us to share our stylistic inspirations, be they genres, individual artists, or other factors.

Here are some of mine:

Ralph McQuarrie:

[image=http://www.originalprop.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ralph-mcquarrie-stormtrooper-concept-art-star-wars-fr.jpg]

Really, I like anything with a 70s-style future look to it -

Syd Mead:

[image=http://www.fabiofeminofantascience.org/RETROFUTURE/meadhouseandcity.jpg]

John Berkey:

[image=http://www.warp555.com/John-Berkey-large04.jpg]

NASA illustrations like this:

[image=http://cache.io9.com/assets/resources/2008/04/AC75-1086.jpg]
[image=http://space.mike-combs.com/torus.jpg]

Other artist influences include Rene Magritte:

[image=http://www4.ncsu.edu/~ctk/magritte.pyrenees.jpg]

Jerome Witkin (his work has a large effect on me - I had to pick something not very 'edgy' and without nudity as I don't think those things would pass censorship here):

[image=http://www.paintingperceptions.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/JeffDavies1980.jpg]

I like some of Magdalena Abakanowicz's work:

[image=http://www.abakanowicz.art.pl/coexistence/img/Z-ludzi.jpg]

Gregory Crewdson (photographer):

[image=http://rayogar.com/text/images/crewdson.jpg]

Ryan McGinley:

[image=http://abitofthat.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/ryan-mcginley.jpg]

I'm sure I'll add more later.

So, discuss, add influences of your own... etc!

 

I am influenced by the old Dutch painters like Rembrandt and Vermeer

This painting is reflecting that

[image=http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk124/earlybird-obi-wan/forcenetart/kaagi10b.jpg]

 

Growing up, there had been a few artists that left an impression on me. To name a few:


James Gurney:
[image=http://dinotopia.com/images/art/morning_in_treetown.jpg]
[image=http://dinotopia.com/images/art/garden_of_hope.jpg]

Stan Winston:

[image=http://www.pixologic.com/stanwinston/img/photosLrg/Jurassic_Park-106RGB.jpg]
[image=http://www.pixologic.com/stanwinston/img/photosLrg/Jurassic_Park_III-080.jpg]


Mark "Crash" McCreery:

[image=http://roberthood.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/raptor-attack-JP.jpg]

 

I like playing with colours, therefore: Van Gogh and Eric Carle.