Final Major Project - Research and References

     For my Final Major Project, before starting anything else, I took some time to do some research in order to gather some references and develop a better idea of what sort of an environment I would like to go for. I already had somewhat of a theme going on in my head - I knew that I would like to make an interior and I knew that I would like to make something heavily inspired by Vampire: The Masquerade, which is a branch of video games, of tabletop games, of books and of so many other medias that are part of the World of Darkness. The reason for that is because I've always wanted to work on something Vampire: The Masquerade related - this is the game that got me into gaming in the first place when I was little, into role play too and into so many other things such as writing, for example. 

    One of my biggest references is this trailer: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2: Clan Introduction: Tremere | PS4 - YouTube. This trailer is from the upcoming Vampire: The Masquerade - Boodlines 2 game that is currently in development. What I am planning to do is to try getting in touch with the official World of Darkness team in order to ask them if it is going to be okay to take this concept and implement it into my 3D environment. Clan Tremere is one of the clans that I would often choose to play as. 

    Other Inspirations

Abandoned Mansion by Krystian Zem

ArtStation - Abandoned Mansion

Victorian Library by Jeff Kleinzweig

ArtStation - Victorian Library, Jeff Kleinzweig

    In addition to that, I would also like to credit this website: Obsidian Urbex Photography | Urban Exploration | Abandoned Locations. Obsidian Urbex Photography is a page that I will be using as a reference throughout my project. It is a page dedicated to urban exploration and contains images of beautiful environments from various angles. 

    One of the things that I really love about this page is that it shows places that are in a state of decay and that's something that I would like to have a little bit of in my environment. Not entirely, because although it is technically going to be the interior of an abandoned medical school, it is still going to be used, just for different purposes. 

    In addition to that, the video game ''Vampyr' developed by Dontnod Entertainment is another inspiration of mine, as well as these two pieces:

Autopsy by Vladysava Hladkova

Rite of Rebirth by Elizabeth Yun