The inspiration was a rendered photo of me that my brother had taken sometime during the day. I was staring at my screen and just went at it. The idea was to be reminiscent of a club dance floor crossed with a breakdancing set.
Some rationale for why I did the effects which you talked about the way they are:
Colors are vibrant and intentionally so, clubs are loud and bright a lot of times, and with bright colors, break dancers can create amazing optical illusions with pop and flare. I do understand what you mean though, a little less vibrancy might help.
The lines were an effect for depth in the text and the render. The thin curved lines semi outlining the render are to represent the nature of the movement, a frozen snapshot of an explosive move. I started with the base curved lines and it kinda felt empty without them. So yeah.
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