Main Inspiration

I had 3 main things that inspired me

the first was the Trapcode suite this set of effects and extensions are what I let control a lot of my creativity as they let you do so much n a 3d environment which was a key aspect of what i wanted to achieve, in the end i used Trapcode
-mir
-lux
-form
-shine

second and main aesthetic influence was
http://vimeo.com/57084980

exodus 

POTEMKIN notes: "This low poly semi-epic child hood tribute space saga called EXODUS was born when Peder Norrby asked us to make a short film using Trapcode MIR. We accepted the challenge, made up a multi part narrative and went to work, letting the plugin affect both our creative, narrative and technical results.

and 

mirage

http://vimeo.com/56072786

as seen in a early post this was what first influenced me to take the 3D route  and was a large influence on my style and creation of my flowers