Witness California and its stunning variety through the eyes of a professional Environment Artist! Reference the nature, the urban beauty and its desert foliage that's inspired entertainment like The Last of Us Part II, Marvel's Avengers, The Mandalorian, Star Wars, etc. It's no wonder that so many game studios call California home.
The included photos are perfect reference to get started on a California-inspired project, whether for composition reference, set dressing ideas, foliage ideas, textures, photobashing, etc. It's certainly inspiring to me living here day in, day out.
Included in this ZIP file are 971 photos of various locations throughout Los Angeles and San Francisco and its surrounding areas. Locations like:
LA & Surroundings:
Angeles Crest Highway
Antelope Valley
Catalina Island
Culver Stairs
Eagle Rock
El mirage
Yearly LA Fires
Getty Museum
Getty Villa
Griffith Observatory
Highway 33
Huntington Library
Joshua Tree National Park
Larchmont Village
LACMA
Lechuza Beach
Los Liones Trail
Malibu Canyons
Manhattan Beach
Misc Marinas
Mulholland Highway
Palos Verdes
Point Dume
Salton Sea
Santa Monica
Santa Monica Mountains
Sawtelle
Universal Studios
Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir
Vasquez Rocks
Venice Beach
West Hollywood
SF & Surroundings:
Art Institute
Downtown
Golden Gate Bridge
ILM's/Lucasfilm's Presidio
Inner Sunset
Japantown
Lombard Street
Muir Woods (Endor in Star Wars)
Palace of Fine Arts
Waterfront
Sequoia National Park
Shaver Lake
Yosemite National Park
All of these were taken on iPhone 6, 8 or 12 between 2017 and 2021. Resolutions vary from 3264x2448 to 4032x2268 and higher with panoramas.