Originally inspired by a scene in SOMA, I experimented with several moods—clean industrial white‑background and more solemn tones—but ultimately settled on a saturated, bright HDR‑style underwater look. ChatGPT helped me gather visual references. A lot of people helped me with it, especially here discord.gg/blender
Thanks to the Videosmile team, they've reviewed this artwork and gave me a few pieces of advice
Red rusty material - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0I6A67E0Es