ASGARD - Home of the Gods

The home of Norse gods like Odin and Thor, Asgard is an ancient mythical citadel that pre-dates Christianity. As it doesn't exist as a form of afterlife, there isn't really a parallel for Asgard in Christianity, so the idea of it has been left behind in Norse mythology.
Asgard has survived into modern popular fiction through Marvel comics, and its inclusion in The Mighty Thor comics in the 60s. Jack Kirby, the first writer on The Mighty Thor, said in a 1992 interview "[I] knew the Thor legends very well, but I wanted to modernize them. I felt that might be a new thing for comics, taking the old legends and modernizing them."
This is a sentiment that is a big driving force for me heading through this project.
The modernization of Asgard continued into the silver age of comics, appearing as a technicolour technological wonderland.

I'd like to take this modernisation one step further and try to deconstruct this perception of Asgard into a sort of tech-noir neo-dystopian world like that of Blade Runner.

This is original Blade Runner concept art by Syd Mead, in the Art of Blade Runner. The heightened technology merged with the dingy aesthetic is very interesting to me, and I'm going to combine these juxtaposing themes with the lofty imagery of Norse mythology.