Moodboard - St. Columba's Lunatic Asylum

Moodboard - St. Columba's Lunatic Asylum

Moodboard - St. Columba's Lunatic Asylum

Moodboard - St. Columba's Lunatic Asylum

I emailed The Clarion Hotel asking for some help with reference images. I was happy to receive these back in return. These are images of the Asylum/Hotel during it's 'abandoned stage' before the hotel was eventually built. Sadly it's all they had. This would have been perfect if I was modelling the exterior of this building but as I am doing an interior it is not as much use as I would have preferred. However I am really thankful for the help the Revenue Manager gave me. I am hoping I can somehow use these images - perhaps as photographs within the hotel walls? At the very least, they portray a fantastic creepy atmosphere which I can try and imitate when  I begin creating the asylum part of my project.

Moodboards - Hotel Rooms

Moodboard - The Clarion Hotel, Sligo

Moodboard - Hotel Rooms (Google Images)

Like before, I have developed a couple of moodboard in efforts to gather some visual research that I can use and base my designs on. I will be focusing on The Clarion Hotel images, however my project does not necessarily have to be a direct replica as it is only based on this location and not a direct copy.

Personal Notes

With time being of an issue, my rooms (to begin with) will not be overly detailed. This is because it is not the main feature of my project and would rather develop detail and polish the environments, once I have the bulk of the overall environment complete.

Moodboards - Hotel Hallways

Moodboard - Hotel Hallways (Google Images)

Moodboard - The Clarion Hotel, Sligo

So I have developed a couple of moodboards in order to ready myself for producing my own piece. The first image is just random hotel hallways that I felt gave the impression I was looking for, with interesting and grand designs. The second one is purely from The Clarion Hotel, Sligo, which is what I am basing my project on. Sadly there were no images of the hallways in the hotel, however, I felt this room shows the type of decor and atmosphere the rest of the hotel would have.

Personal Note

Looking at these images (especially The Clarion Hotel) I will look into adapting my previous assets created when carrying out my media tests. I felt the hallway I previously created worked really well and will look even better if I just touch it up a bit.

Moodboard - Grand Hotel Interiors

Moodboard - Grand Hotel Interiors

This was a quick moodboard designed to showcase the idea of what my hotel will look like inside. With it used to be a Mental Asylum I have the image of a grand 4/5 star hotel in my mind, similar to the styles above. My next moodboards will be focused on The Clarion Hotel, Sligo, Ireland. This will be the stage where I plan and perhaps design my final environment.

Moodboard - Abandoned Asylums

Moodboard - Abandoned Asylums

I found this website a few years ago that shows abandoned buildings in Britain. I find derelict buildings very interesting and due to their emptiness, I find them effective in creating and horror atmosphere. This moodboard is just too showcase and help create ideas in my head about what my piece could look like.

When it comes too moodboards, I like to begin with open ideas before scoping down too perhaps what my actual project will be. For example, my next moodboard will be just a selection of hotel interiors, which will help suggest a rough idea to the look I wish too create. I will then scope right down and focus on the building I am basing this on. I will create a moodboard of the interior hotel design and if I can find any archive images of what the Asylum used too be, I will definitely be using that.

Link:

http://www.abandoned-britain.com/photos.html

Moodboard - Asylums Now Hotels

Moodboard - Asylums Now Hotels

Here is two examples that I have shown before, Hotel Parq Central and Hotel Vejlefjord. It is important to note that these have been refurbished over the years and yet the overall main design is still just about intact. The next few moodboards I create will be more specific to the building I am going to be looking at. I especially want inside examples of it as I will be creating an indoor environment.

Moodboard - 'Kirkbride' Style Buildings

I am now beginning to carry out some more visual research as well as 3D practice - aspects that have been missing up until now. To begin with, in relation to recent posts, here is a moodboard of Mental Asylums in America with the Kirkbride style:

Moodboard - Kirkbride Style Buildings

As you can see, all these hospitals are very very similar in design and appearance. Throughout my project this is roughly how I have been picturing asylums and even though I am not making a Kirkbride style asylum, the asylum I am going to be basing my environment on is very similar.