As far as inspiration goes, I like to collect old Playboy, Penthouse and Easy Rider magazines. The ones from the 70's-80's. The color and the grain,
the newsprint quality of the paper. I really wish there were more magazines like that left. Everything now is just too slick, too polished my my taste.
I'm also I huge fan of old blues and country music. Again, that gritty, down home type. Recored in your attic with a tape recorder.