[Andres Indoril]

Woah, those ruins, I want to claim some ints for those babies when they come around.

[Myzel]

More ruins!

For ruined palace:

Pyramid-like base


Main palace dome, and a round base or wing


Some windows, doors and such. Credit for the snakehead entrance idea goes to Puond (I think).


Parts for a Pylon, based on Egyptian pylons such as the one at the Luxor temple:


And ruined houses:

And here's way too many designs on way too little paper, because I'm running out of the latter. Not a good idea, I know.
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[Lady Nerevar]

wonderful!

[Lighter Than Some]

I am in love with that round stone door with the serpent design. <3

[Morden]

The Pylon, Arch, and Wall pillar (depicting the god Zeht) are really impressive.... i look forward to seeing what you can do with the frescoes. If they are drawn in an absolutely flat 2d, they can be easily made into textures and normal maps. You're level of focus is inspiring.. its a lot of work to sit down and design a whole set.

[Myzel]

Yeah, it's a lot of work. But when I'm drawing I can just lose myself for hours.

Anyway, because I aim to please, I gave frescoes a shot. Here is a first try: a slightly damaged fresco depicting two warriors in a duel, with Leki backing up the right one. I've done my best to stay true to what has been commonly accepted as yoku art here. Tell me what you think.

[Jelle]

this is awesome. I'm stunned. It really matches lute's yoku stuff but you also added your own touch. Awesome.

making a texture for something like this will be very, very fun.

[Macar]

Do you believe in love at first sight? I do now! Truly inspiring stuff- not only have you cranked out an entire architecture set, you've also crafted the most disturbing Quagmire denisens to date. Bravo. "You are like a gift from the night mother herself"

[Myzel]

Wow, all this love. You guys make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Interlude: Myzel's take on Onsi.
So, he was the god who invented the sword was he? Unfortunately he didn't invent the sheath, so he had to store his swords in an alternative manner.

[Morden]

The fresco is nice. It will be easy to convert into a texture. For the next one, I'd suggest bordering the picture with equal amounts of detail on each side. I'm assuming the damaged areas are detailed. Currently it's a bit awkward to look at because only two and a half sides are framed with detail.. and the pattern doesn't really balance itself out. This highlights the large blank areas in the middle.

Your depiction of Leki is superb, but perhaps the border patterns, and the warriors, could benefit from some of these common Yoku symbols:



Keep up the good work

[Sload]

Beautiful work. I love Onsi, my only commentary would be that the texture on his body seems out of place for a Yoku god.

The whole like swords sticking into him though? fuck yes.

[Myzel]

Thanks for the feedback guys, it's appreciated.
I'll try to use some of those symbols next time Morden. I could definitely use one of the round ones to replace the odd-looking symbol in front of Leki's face, which was meant as an indication of something holy.
As for the patterns, I will take in those symbols and try to incorporate them next time. The patterns in this fresco are kind of based on this combined with maori tribal tattoos.

As for Onsi, I gave him texture because I just like drawing that way. Maybe I'll make a few more stylized sketches later.

[Lighter Than Some]

<3 I have a separate bookmark forr you CA page.

[Aeven]

Wow, first time I checked this out, but I must say this is amazingly good work! Have you thought of what interiors would look like?

[Myzel]

Thanks for those compliments

[Gez]

Very, very nice work here. Keep it up!

[Morden]

[Myzel]

I'll put interiors on my (mental) to-do list. For now I'll keep experimenting with frescoes though.

Tava, all dressed up.
This one was a real pain in the ass to make, since it had to at least seem symmetrical. Took me quite a few hours, but I'm satisfied with the way it looks.


Onsi, some orthographic sketches.

[Morden]

That fresco is EPIC. Beautiful work. This type of art is really important if we're going to create a convincing culture. Imagine seeing that fill an entire wall within a Yoku tomb/ruin.


I'm impressed that you drew both sides by hand. It turned out well.... and in digital art it's tempting to just mirror one half. If you don't want to burn yourself out, it's more than acceptable if you just drawn one half... and we can take care of the rest during the texturing process.

[Sload]

[Tallven]

No idea who Tava is, but I love that fresco. How do you do all those patterns? All I ever get are some swirls and stuff that all looks the same and gets boring pretty fast.

[Myzel]

[Seven]

I've been looking over your post and this is really really excellent stuff. I would not want to have the job of deciding what gets used and what doesn't because it is all great.

What really impressed me though is that you took the time to prepare the orthogonal drawings of the Yoku god Onsi. Thats a very professional touch, if I were to need to model that concept, such a drawing would make it much much easier.

Keep on keepin on man great work.

-Seven

[Mwgek]

Very nice, I would love to see the frescos on the walls ingame. Been to Pompeii this summer and loved the frescos there with the mild colouring.. Wish I could draw like you . Keep on going.

[Lady Nerevar]

hey there myz. i just drew up a rough idea of the interior hallway, as described in the original brief.


i look forward to seeing more from you

[Myzel]

Thanks Lady N.
I've been taking some "daring" excursions into the construction set to see what the modular pieces look like. Like Morden suggested, it's not very practical to make CA for individual interior pieces. I'm sure I'll think of some way to make a clear concept though. I'll probably start with atmospheric stuff when I eventually get to interiors, and go on from there.

[sapien]

myzel about your simmetrical problem , draw one half scan and then copy and flip !

thats easiest way ! lines are perfect this way also !

[Sload]

One thing to note about the concept Morden linked to - as you probably noticed from your excursions into the CS, that was not the typical tileset for a modular interior. The reason that image exists, really, is that it was a unique interior floor plan to mimic sewer pipes (hence the large curve and the bowl-shaped rooms).

Just want to make sure there isn't confusion about that.

[Myzel]

Hi everybody.

Unfortunately, I haven't done any artwork this week. Shame on me.
My head is now occupied with the concoction of design for frescoes of Ruptga and of Morwha. They should be somewhat similar to the one I made of Tava.

I need a favor from you though. I need ideas for frescoes.
What I need is aspects of Yoku or Ra Gada culture or history that could be displayed in a fresco. So, any ideas?

[Theron Udraer]

hunt, maybe? Like Yokus chasing an Alit. lol

[Lady Nerevar]

i'd love to see some battles between the yoku and the left hand elves. perhaps a fresco of waves washing over a large yoku city? mythology is also a good subject. satak eating himself would make a cool celtic knot type design.

[sapien]

Myzel here

http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20231

i checked out your fresco and it inspired me to do a little storyboard type pre sketch for a larger fresco which would cover many panels in a ancient ruin or temple

possibly a surviving temple.

regarding the destruction of the lefthanders the orichalc tower, and the twenty seven snake folk slaughter, the creation of the martyr Ra Trana, the death of emperor allal, the great civil war of the yukodans leading to the hiradirj using the pankratosword and the complete destruction of yukoda

i have yet to finish the panel showing the pankratosword and the destruction of yukoda and it sinking to the depths.

take a look



Im gonna do the panels bigger and with more detail

[Theron Udraer]

wait... sapien is Myzel? HUH? confusing.... anyway, I love those hand symbols.

[Seven]

This kind of detail into these Frescos is going to make for incredible immersion. I'm really starting to get a feel for the TR image of Hammerfell and its awesome.

Maybe I should play Oblivion some day lol. Bah, I'll wait for our Hammerfell release.

-Seven

[Lady Nerevar]

i think a sequential historical fresco would be amazing. it should be unique though, like in some large ruined palace or something.

[Morden]

[Myzel]

[Sload]

This image by Lutemoth is ready-made for a fresco about the sinking of Yokuda.

Some ideas to come in a bit...

[sapien]

yeh we should all base our frescos on lutemoths concepts and the concept sketches of the yuko gods , thats what ive been doing anyway.

those hand designs are lutemoths, you can use different variations to tell a story like signing !

[Myzel]

Ruptga and his kids.