Influence Map

I've always wanted to do my own Influence Map since so long... So here's mine !!
_{I tried to respect the sizes of the influence squares as adviced though.}


1. Crash Bandicoot (Naughty Dogs era )
Because I've grown up with this little guy since I'm 7, the CB universe had a huge impact on me, whether by its "tex avery/looney toonesque" atmosphere, or simply by its characters' charisma . I miss these good old times ~

2. Parov Stelar Band (and ElectroSwing in general)
Electro Swing is my all time musical drug , and more particularly the Parov Stelar Band which is in my humble opinion, the Electro Swing reference. I listen to their music everytime, everywhere, and they always put me in a good mood to draw X).

3. Public transports (bus, trains, metro, RER etc...)
I'm a day-dreamer, and the best place for me to escape in my world is in public transports, and with music in my ears, I'm not here anymore XD. It also enable me to make the travel faster and to forget about the weird/obnoxious peoples and the nasty environment around me.

4. Playstation 1 era
... I do believe my gallery speaks of itself ...
My sweet childhood has been cradled by all these plateform games and their respective heroes . When I think about it, they also helped me to better put up with the difficult years in secondary school. Playing video games was my kind of little refuge. I remember my parents used to freak out a bit because I was spending too much time playing the PS1 and my favourite conversation subject was the latest game I played. And when my friends started to be interested in boyfriend/girlfriend relationships, I bragged about the last game I finished in 100% X).
_{... Playing video games didn't prevent me from being the valedictorian of my business school, though...}

5. London(and its dwellers!)
The whole city is a wonderful source of inspiration: the diversity of its neighborhoods, the way people are dressing, its lovely culture, and the Londoner themselfs . I remember when I spent a whole semester in this city for my studies two years ago, everydays there was something unusual and/or awesome to see !!

6. Shibuya
For the same reasons I quoted above for London, I particularly love this specific neighborhood of Tokyo , and I just love how youngsters dress up X). With its screens everywhere on the building facades and its huge walkway, there's something futuristic which exudes from this place .

7. MÄR, aka "Marchen Awaken Romance" (Nobuyuki Anzai) 
My all time favourite manga . In a nutshell, it deals with a boy who is suddenly teleported in a fairy-tales influenced world (in which jewelleries turn into fighting weapons/creatures), and becomes the handler of one of the most powerfull weapon, a mysterious living dandy kendama named Babbo.
There are a lot of references from fairy tales/legends from all around the world (about some characters and weapons), and the manga itself is given rhythm by many awesome fights between good guys and evil wrongdoers.
I bear this manga in my heart, and it also influenced me a lot for some confrontations between characters, such as in my CBNS project for instance .

8.Dark-swordfish
It goes without saying that this artist inspires me a lot, as he is the writer of the CBNS fanfic. As his story inspires me, my pictures inspire him aswell X).

9. My Boss My Hero (and Japanese Dramas in general)
I can understand that it's not the cup of tea of many people, but I just love funny japanese dramas for their overdone reactions, far-fetched situations and cheesy issues. MBMH is, among many others, my all time favourite drama. It deals with the heir to a notorious Yakuza clan, which has to come back to highschool because of his huge gaps in general knowledge. In order to get his diploma (and then become the next leader of his Yakuza clan), he has to hide his true identity and to contain his short-tempered nature at all cost. The characters are in general endearing, by the values they carry during all the story (such as friendship, effort, dedication etc ...)

10. The Emperor's New Groove
I'm not really a Disney-person (as I mainly grew up with Don Bluth's animation cartoons ), but Emperor's New Groove is a pretty surprising exception . The first time I saw it by curiosity, and I was just amazed by how awesome this movie was: its humour (many references understandable by adults), the design and personality of its main characters, and their expressions omg This is simply priceless . I saw it again and again so many times that I nearly know all the quotes of the movie XD.
It may have been a "commercial failure", but this movie is #1 in my heart for ever X)

11. The 90's
The 90's. Its cartoons, its movies, its music, its fashion, its toys, its recess games ... One of the most awesome period of my life for sure XD. I still use a lot of 90's references when I draw


12. Family/Friends/Relationships
Because all the people who surrender me in my everyday life are also a source of inspiration. A thought, an exchange, a dialogue, an action, a behaviour ... all these little stuffs that indeed inspire me and that I put in some of my drawings X).


13. Kid Paddle (Midam)
A belgian "bande dessinée"/comicbook, which gathers a lot of short-gags about a little gamer guy and his posse of friends. I just love its humour (visual gags, funny situations or again far-fetched explainations about a random subject etc ...). The way I draw expressions, stances and hands is directly inspired from this comic actually ! 


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-->  I don't own any of the pict used to fill this Influence Map, except for the 8th one.