Hi everyone,

I was just wondering were some of you Joe collectors get your inspiration to take pics of anything involving cool G.I. Joe stuff. Do some of you go scouting for locations, or look in books, magazines or other media that make you motivated to take pics or maybe do you see something that just screams Cool G.I. Joe stuff and you need to take a pic with your Joes??? As Mike Myers said on SNL ,"Discuss amongst yourselves!!!"

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Well, I can't sight a specif media I get my ideas from, but I can tell yout hat there are certain movies that heavily influenced my work and characters. For instnace, Pitfall was heavilly modled after Martin Sheen in Acopolysps Now (<-I know I spelled that wrong)

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Movies are a great way to get ideas for Joe stories. Sometimes the best ideas just come to you though for no rhyme or reason and when you realize that its awsome and thats a great feeling. In the Joe Universe the possibilities are endless coming up with storylines and adventures for your Joes.

Other diostories are a big help with how to do/what can be done. People like Violentfix, Justin and Luke are a great inspiration (reading Operation Rapier got me into making them). Movies and cartoons are a big help, as well as comics (big DC fan).
An unusual thing is music, if a song has a theme I really like or lyrics that I really get then I'll just go with it. My newest one is inspired by Judas Priest's "Out in the cold" (the title is also named after one of their other songs, Winter Retreat)
Other times I just get a figure and want to take some pictures "oh yes Cobra baby, take it off... wha?... I'm talking about his hood... you perverts!"

Well one thing for certain is that this website is an excellent source of creative energy when its comes to cool G.I. Joe Stuff. This place really can get the creative juices going when you take pics and its always fun to see what someone comes up with next.

This starts totally off-topic so bare with me. As a skateboarder and snowboarder, we tend to look at the world with different eyes. As a skater, we can look at a ledge and think, "skate that". We saw a slanted wall or a bank and we think, "skate that." As a snowboard, it's very much the same. A weird bump in the run, we think, "hit that". In terms of GI Joe, I have found that I keep my eyes open when cruising around. I haven't quite gotten to the point of stopping, pulling out a Joe or two and then taking a shot. However, I have taken a Joe or 3 on trips just in case something strikes me as a way awesome place. I took a whole bunch up to Victoria, BC but alas, I got lazy. I admit, these days I absolutely LOVE the weapon cases that come with the Sigma6 figures. They are perfect for backgrounds, warehouse scenes, whatever!

As for coming up with stories for the dios, it comes from all over. Maybe there's something from Aliens I like. Or something from Clear and Present Danger (in my dio, "The Ultimate Weapon", my opening scene is taken from the sequence where Ding is being checked out by Clark). I get ideas from everywhere.

Seeing stuff that people do here and on other boards, it helps a lot too. Luke, Fred, Outrider, and a slew of others get me pumped to want to shoot. A lot of it comes with just 'playing' with the figures and what you can come up with. Sometimes, that awesome scene you just created has to have a story go with it, even if you have to make up the story to cater to just 1 shot.

Sonnelion,
You have a very interesting perspective on how you view the world when when it comes to the activites that you do and that can very easily be used in taking pics of really cool G.I. Joe stuff.