valley of avalar from the legend of spyro: dawn of the dragon ♥ <3

a video game i used to play w/ my brother when we were kids! 

a 3d modeled landscape:

this place is digital, and means so much to me! the specific feeling i attach to this place is identical to the nostalgia of my childhood park or blanket.

my brother and i haven’t lived in the same house for nine years. and when he moved out it was a bittersweet realization we wouldn’t continue the lives we had; we walked to school, built hot-glue popsicle stick forts, played video games, and watched cartoons in the morning. basically everyday. and it’s so strange to suddenly go without a connection like that one day—like gone instantaneously.

so when we returned to the spyro game after all the years, it was like visiting our childhood home.

this place is special because it is encapsulated, and re-playable, in its nature. it reminds me of the dolomites with the mountains and valley, and fortress (below) …

therefore, i want to create a similar 3d landscape of the dolomites for our trip. i hope to encapsulate a mood and a feeling through a  playable area.