Music and other media of all kinds have played a huge role in my artwork, writing, and music, so here is a compiled list of all the things that have inspired me and a huge shoutout and thank-you to everyone whose music, stories, and other forms of artwork have inspired me to write my own. This list includes museums and national parks as well! My art is also heavily influenced by biology and folklore, but that’s significantly more obvious.

Please keep in mind that this may be out of date.

Movies:

• The Europa Report
• Shrek
• Cloverfield
• LOTR
• The Hobbit
• Dune

Games:

• Cookie Run Kingdom
• Genshin Impact
• TF2
• South Scrimshaw
• DnD
• Bramble The Mountain King
• The Last Guardian
• Abzu
• ER Patient Typhon
• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Diablo
• Sucker For Love
• Journey
• Trenches
• Night In The Woods
• Life is strange
• Oxenfree
• Skyrim
• Uncharted
• Tomb Raider
• Untitled Goose Game
• Concrete Genie
• Sky children of the light
• Toem
• Dragon Adventures
• Never Going Home
• CoD (VERY loosely)
• Firewatch
• Still Wakes the Deep
• Valiant Hearts
• Pacific Drive
• The Shore
• Umamusume: Pretty Derby
• Creatures of Sonaria
• Doodle World
• Do You Copy?

Books:

• Wings of Fire
• Winterset Hollow
• Alice In Wonderland
• None Shall Sleep
• Scarewaves
• The Hobbit
• The Truth Against The World (by Sarah Jamila Stevenson)
• LOTR
• The Mrs. Murphy mystery series
• Hell Followed With Us
• The Call
• I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
• Watership Down

Shows/animes:

• Gravity Falls
• The Twilight Zone
• Camp Camp
• Mythbusters
• The Office
• Hilda
• Wednesday
• Centaurworld
• Aggretsuko
• Beastars
• The Summer Hikaru Died

Museums/zoos/parks:

• Monterey Bay Aquarium
• The MOST
• TECH
• La Bre Tar Pits
• California Academy of Science
• Yellowstone National Park
• San Diego Zoo
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Any national or state park with redwood trees
• Mount Denali National Park
• Kenai Fjords National Park
• Humboldt Redwoods State Park
• Oregon Caves National Monument and Reserve
• Independence Mine State Historical Park

Podcasts:

• National Park After Dark
• Celtic Myths And Legends
• The Cryptid Keeper (inactive)
• Camp Monsters
• Malevolent

Bands:

• Hozier
• Cosmo Sheldrake
• Elephant Revival
• Florence and the Machine
• The Paper Kites
• Fish In A Birdcage
• The Crane Wives
• Lorde
• Of Monsters And Men
• Bastille
• Noah Kahn
• Alt-J
• Cavetown
• Lord Huron
• The Oh Hellos
• Mumford and sons
• Junie and TheHutFriends
• Chris Garneau
• Arctic Monkeys
• Spell Songs
• BoyWithUke
• Twenty One Pilots
• The Blasting Company
• AJR
• Gregory Alan Isakov
• Madilyn Mei
• Yaelokre
• Sparkbird
• Jorge Rivera-Herrans
• Chappell Roan
• Ghost and Pals
• Oh Wonder
• Em Beihold
• Regina Spektor
• Lemon Demon
• David Kushner
• Juniper Vale
• Kaleo
• KT Tunstall

YouTube channels:

• Manlybadasshero
• Jacksepticeye
• Markiplier
• IGP
• LetsGameItOut

Cities, towns, and tourist attractions:

• Port Townsend, WA
• Arnold, CA
• Hearst Castle
• San Diego, CA
• Eugene, OR
• Santa Monica Pier
• Monterey, CA

Authors & artists:

• HP Lovecraft
• Tui T. Sutherland

Webcomics:

• I Didn’t Know
• Golden Shrike
• Waves Always Crash
• The Doe of Deadwood