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Taobaybee
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Feb 2003

posted posted 11-22-2003 03:29


While I was trying out an idea for the "addiction" sig contest. (My sig was going to be the east tower of the Asylum, where my cell is located, from the outside, because this place is an addiction for me. Though i like to think of it as more of a Symbiotic relationship)
I got to thinking... .... I wonder how anyone else imagines it, if at all, both inside and out?
I, for example, sometimes imagine a semi gothic semi deco feel located in the mountains perhaps perched on a mountain, yes., as you may be able to see a touch of that in the initial sig.
Do you imagine at times what the Asylum might look like? What the cellar is like deep in the bowls of the mountain?
I am planning to make an image to show here, and I have been searching the net for inspiration. I would like to hear your thoughts or suggestions. Has this been done before?
I also think it would be interesting, if you have any ideas on how you visualise the Asylum to be, that as well as telling me about them, you could also make your own, and post it. I would love to see my fellow asylumites visualisations. Of either the inside or outside.

Tao

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Ruku
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Darkside of the Moon
Insane since: Aug 2003

posted posted 11-23-2003 03:31

I never thought of it as an actual place... but now that I think of it... I imagine it as a large white, one story building with double thickness styrofoam walls and depressant syrenges outside every dorm.

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NoJive
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Land of one Headlight on.
Insane since: May 2001

posted posted 11-23-2003 06:19

Seems I recall several 'conceptuals' of the Asylum surfaced in 'Repeat Performance' aka 'Make it.' Post'em up people! =)

Suho1004
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 11-23-2003 07:41

Interestingly enough, I've always thought of the Asylum as a one-story building as well. One story above ground, that is... the basement runs deep into the roots of the earth...


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Hugh
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Dublin, Ireland
Insane since: Jul 2000

posted posted 11-23-2003 18:28

We'd hurt ourselves if we fell off the roof if it was taller than one storey, above ground.

Wolfen
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Minnesota
Insane since: Jan 2001

posted posted 11-23-2003 23:12

I have also thought of this place as a one story above ground building. All white with darkened windows. Guarded by a barbed wire fence with a security station out front. *ahem.*


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Taobaybee
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Feb 2003

posted posted 11-24-2003 01:04

I had more of this style in mind.



I am only using this composite image as a guideline, a visual aid. I'd never thought of the Asylum as a one storey bld', thanks for the input. I have given myself to the end of the year to come up with a finished piece of work on this so plenty of time to play with ideas.
I'd love to see if there are any examples of the "repeat performance"works.


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counterfeitbacon
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Vancouver, WA
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 11-24-2003 01:42

I always imagined it as a gray concrete, Russia-style, 3 or 4 story building with about 5 stories underground. Bars on the windows but a nice white interior.

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eyezaer
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: the Psychiatric Ward
Insane since: Sep 2000

posted posted 11-24-2003 02:16

I figgure there are lots of little jewels inlayed in the dank dark hallways.... thats it! the asylum is composed of dank dark green gooie hallways.... but anyhow, there are jewels that glow, and when i poke 'em they turn off and others turn on... like something else... i just cant place.


InSiDeR
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Oblivion
Insane since: Sep 2001

posted posted 11-24-2003 02:32

You guys have way too much free time.

Cameron
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Brisbane
Insane since: Jan 2003

posted posted 11-24-2003 07:19

I always thought of it as an old grey stone complex, kind of like an old castle retro fitted with electricity in the late 30's and abandoned some time during WWII -- lots of crude and exposed wiring, ageing and flickering bulb lights struggling to light the endless hallways and cells. Levels/floors/stories never factored into it (except for maybe the basement, but I never see stairs), the image in my minds eye is almost maze like. Lots of dark and dimly lit hallways, a spattering of bared windows. Damp moss covered walls and some of the cells are constantly flooded ever so slightly with slick grimy ooze. At places where the sunlight does reach the insides of the complex the view of the outside world is usually obscured by a mad tangling of vine growth as none has ever been outside to prune the gardens, but occasionally a butterfly some obscure beetle or lizard will find it?s way much to the amusement of the inmates...

*shrug* I have a vivid imagination. =)

DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 11-24-2003 19:10

Funny.

I always pictured it as a website - dark blue background, big orange logo, kind of a orange-brown color scheme running throughout, etc....



Lacuna
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: the Asylum ghetto
Insane since: Oct 2002

posted posted 11-24-2003 20:53

DL: you are such a wet blanket. do you snatch toys from small children as well?
*hides her slinkey just incase*

i've always thought of the asylum along the same lines as cameron. just not slimey and wet. definitely dark and ominous. with big iron gates surrounding it. the lights all flickering when suho's administering a shock treatment. long, seemingly endless halls, where you're bound to run into a variety of weird/wacky/wonderful characters. the yard being very overgrownd and unkept.
possibly perched atop a hill with a quiet lil town below. the towns people speculating about what kinds of things go on inside that place. heheh

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outcydr
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: out there
Insane since: Oct 2001

posted posted 11-24-2003 22:17

^

i hope doc or anyone doesn't mind me manipulating this pic-
http://www.ozoneasylum.com/lobby/
if so, just say so and i will delete it.
all i've done is a couple zooms, adjustments, a filter or two and a background crop. it's amazing what photoshop can do, (hehe) but i'm not sure how accurate this might be.
as far as on the inside, i imagine you may find anything you can imagine sooner or later. and who knows how deep it goes? from some of the things i've read in the FAQ, there may be tunnels that lead to the mainland, or . . . ?

here it is

Taobaybee
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Feb 2003

posted posted 11-24-2003 23:32

Thank you outcydr that has given me a bucketfull of new ideas. A mountainous island hmmm, I could use that (digs out the Bryce manual).

DL-44
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: under the bed
Insane since: Feb 2000

posted posted 11-24-2003 23:42

Lacuna - I got your slinky days ago.



Lacuna
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: the Asylum ghetto
Insane since: Oct 2002

posted posted 11-25-2003 00:01

*gasp* Evil Bastard!

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synax
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Cell 666
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted posted 11-25-2003 19:58

*phhfff* If slinky is code for long, coiled, wire that falls over itself repeatedly down flat, descending platforms used to ascend to a higher level in some type of construct of arcitectural matter.

Then..ya. He dun stole your slinky.

Taobaybee
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Feb 2003

posted posted 12-13-2003 19:07

Here's my latest little doodle on the matter
Asylum Island

Emperor
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Cell 53, East Wing
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 12-13-2003 21:59

TBB: Oooooooooo its like you've been...... Outside!!!!

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eyezaer
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: the Psychiatric Ward
Insane since: Sep 2000

posted posted 12-13-2003 22:31

oh yah! thats really nice.. but one question...

how do people get here?


Lacuna
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: the Asylum ghetto
Insane since: Oct 2002

posted posted 12-13-2003 22:33

on the asylum ferry.....?

Taobaybee
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Feb 2003

posted posted 12-14-2003 03:08

'Tis the FerryMan indeed my preciousnessess Brings you in and takes you out.
I think I'll try to make it more misty next time and darker, the pic I mean.

Raptor
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: AČ, MI, USA
Insane since: Nov 2001

posted posted 12-14-2003 05:38
quote:
how do people get here?

I dunno about y'all but I was conceived and born here...

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Lacuna
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: the Asylum ghetto
Insane since: Oct 2002

posted posted 12-14-2003 06:03

raptor: i'm hoping you were conceived in a petri dish.... the thought of suho and emps being your parents is rather frightening

oh, and DL, can i have my slinky back please??

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Emperor
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Cell 53, East Wing
Insane since: Jul 2001

posted posted 12-14-2003 06:23

eyezaer:

quote:
how do people get here?



Essentially the start of the TV series 'The Prisoner' explains it all

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outcydr
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: out there
Insane since: Oct 2001

posted posted 12-14-2003 06:38

taobaybee: nice work! kinda looks like the asylum might disappear down an elevator, diguising the entrance. can't wait for the next one.



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Tyberius Prime
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Germany
Insane since: Sep 2001

posted posted 12-14-2003 09:49

nah! where's my secret hidden cave outside the asylum?

Maskkkk
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Willaimsport, PA, US of A the hole in the Ozone
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted posted 12-17-2003 08:50
quote:
How do people get here?



Google. Yahoo. Archie.

moaiz
Maniac (V) Inmate

From:
Insane since: Nov 2000

posted posted 12-18-2003 23:59

You get catapulted in.

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