[Myzel]

Just had to have a thread like this to keep all my stuff together.

Hammerfell

Objects and designs






Creatures




Characters



architecture/cities



Architecture - modular temple pieces:




Architecture - Ruin set (modular):





Morrowind

Objects and designs:


Creatures:


Characters/clothing:


Regions/plantlife:


Dres architecture

[Gez]

That quagmire daedra with the hands on its head is wicked awesome. That's a design that gives Lute's gifters a run for its money! When we get to make model claims for Quagmire creatures, that little nightmare will just have to make the cut. It's perfect.

Also, yay, furniture!

I'm very glad to have you onboard. Your art is awesome. Keep it up!

[PoHa!]

Great concepts! The deer-esque thing would be a cool thing to have in HF, and like Gez said, yay furniture!

Also, yay sign designs! The various signs, symbols, and other random things of that nature haven't gotten that much love, unless I've missed them.

[Lady Nerevar]

this stuff is awesome, you have been Promoted for Concept Art. Welcome to the team!

Gez, ill send you a PM to talk about putting some of this stuff as claims

[lb003g0676]

The hands holding the head, and the style... you ahve a great future here. Very very nice.

I am talkign about the Quagmire Daedra ofcourse.

[Sload]

THE SIDE OF THAT GUYS HEAD LOOK LIKE HANDS

In other words I agree.

[Gez]

Yes. Yes they do. And it's awesome.

Perfect for a Quagmire critter, creepy and distinctive and weird and original and unique.

[Myzel]

Hehe, that's funny. I didn't even see that resemblance to The Scream, while I have a poster of that painting hanging on my wall!

Thanks for the reactions and the promotion. I'll be sure to keep this up.

[lb003g0676]

It's all good, we love references here

It's what I first thought of when I saw it.

[Sload]

Would you mind drawing a quick sketch for me? For a creature idea, called the Featherback.

I just want the head, the body will be mostly just re-texture so it doesn't need much concepting.

Its a gorilla meets a scarlet macaw. Lutemoth's tantha is the inspiration.

[Myzel]

Interesting combination. I'll see if I can draw something tomorrow.

[Myzel]

How about this?



And this one is for Gez, because the idea came from his avatar .

[Gez]

I approve.

[Sload]

Beautiful; almost exactly what I saw in my head.

[lb003g0676]

I think it's awesome, I defitnely like your style.

The eyes are great, imagine seeign them peering throguh some laves at you. You certainly caught that inquisitive look of macaws. Great job.

EDIT: HolyMcChickenCaesarSalad, I didn't even check Gez' one. Lutemoth 2.0 confirmed.

[Myzel]

During hours in which I should have been doing something totally different, I created another frightening creature. It's meant to be another Quagmire monster, but with some adaptations she would be suitable for any dark and scary place.

A beautiful, white creature emitting a faint light roams the dark landscape of Quagmire. Like a white spirit she floats over Quagmire's rocks and swamps, hoping for someone to find her. With a hauntingly beautiful voice she sings a melancholic song of loneliness. Hovering between hope and fear, those who hear and see her still cannot help but be drawn to her.



When the prey gets close the light fades and is replaced by a horrifying darkness. The Siren reveals her true form and becomes a terrible monster. The Gifter's little sister.

[Jelle]

Awesome. I especially love the lore you brought with it, I think it would be a great creature ingame, but it might be tricky to replace the first one with the second one after transformation

[Gez]

Replace? That's just a question of animation. Don't get me wrong, it wouldn't be easy to animate this creature; but that wouldn't be more complicated however than making it two creatures with two sets of animations.

[PoHa!]

I imagine that simply having this monster's "equip/ready weapon" animation would be the transformation. No replacing/extra creature necessary at all.

Also, off the topic of CS technical doo-hickery, that Siren is coolsauce with vehement spice of awesome mixed in. Then battered, and served with a side of relish. Serves 4. Or two plump individuals.

[Myzel]

I knew it would be a pain in the ass to animate while I was drawing it.
Still, I hope someone will want to do it. If not, I'll just regard it as a nice addition to my collection of concept art. Something that shows my eagerness to put my skills to use for this project.

[aro101]

It's the first time I see your work and I must admit something. Dude, you have some talent and a great feel for design. I am considering putting you in one row with Lutemoth, Elfane and Lighter Than Some.

[lb003g0676]

I don't like it as much as the other stuff.

But you have adopted Quagmires design very well.

[Myzel]

I was a bit bored yesterday, so I drew some places.

Mountain village:



Desert Ruins:



Fort-in-a-cliff (or ruins):

[gormanilius]

ohhhhhhhh

love the cliff fort!

[Morden]

I like the ruins you've posted. We don't actually have a ruin set at this point... but it'll be really important in the future. The symbols and designs you've created are great for fleshing out the culture of Hammerfell.

[Myzel]

Ruins aren't in the picture yet? I might put some more work into that when the time comes then.
I could swear I've seen a FCG for ruins around here though.

[Lady Nerevar]

one of the first weekly sketch groups was for ruins. what we really need ruin wise is a fully developed set (preferably modular). lute and elfane were planing to work on them but they both seem to have gone poof.

[Gez]

Elfane will be back once we get a camel model.

Those are really cool atmospheric pictures, Myzel.

[Myzel]

If it's of any help to you I will gladly start work on a yoku-ish ruins set. It'll be a challenge to create a full set of old Yoku architecture by myself with only lutemoth's designs to work with though. But then, I like challenges. :p

Let me know what your plans are.

[Lady Nerevar]

ill PM you about that tomorrow then

[Sload]

An important thing to remember while designing these is that though they should be reminiscent of the Near East, they also need to be somehow fundamentally unique. Something needs to be different.

I don't know what, but something.

[Lighter Than Some]

I very much enjoy your work as well. Very inspiring.

[Myzel]

An update on the project I usurped: a modular set for ruins. Right now I'm working on a set for a ruined 'palace' structure. I go about drawing each modular piece individually, and then sketches of how the pieces may be brought together. It's coming along, but I'm not satisfied with the results yet, so any thoughts or feedback is very welcome.
For the modular pieces, I've assumed that size may be adjusted in the construction set, but I don't really know if that's possible. I don't think it causes much problems though, if the modelers look at the complete sketches for reference.

Modular pieces:

Entrance


Base A


Base B


Palace towers, perhaps in different sizes.


Stairway and stone plateau.


Palace wing/addon


An early sketch of how the combination of modular pieces might look.


Another sketch of a complete castle.


Other things I will be working on for this set are ornate pillars, frescoes and ruined houses, walls and common buildings.

[gro-Dhal]

I really really like the Siren. Freudian imagery FTW

[Morden]

Thanks for taking on the ruin set Myzel You've put a lot of work into this and it looks amazing. You're use of graph paper is also refreshing to see.

The window in the first drawing is a brilliant use of the Satakal design, but we could probably find a better way to incorporate the 'snakemen/Cep-god-head' into the base of the pillar. It looks unstable and oddly placed. Perhaps making a smoother transition between the head and pillar would fix it up.

[Gez]

It's my duty to comment on this, but Morden already said what I wanted to say.

Usually, heads on sculpted pillars would be at the top, not at the base. Try a coiled tail motif instead for the base.

[Nomadic1]

Those are really cool.

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If ever you want a few ideas, take a look at the Apadana, the ancient palace of Persia. The columns, reliefs and porticos are worth a squizz and might give an idea or two.

http://www.persepolis3d.com/control_structures/apadana.htm
http://www.artarena.force9.co.uk/ma1.html
http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/collections/pa/persepolis/apadana.html

[Lady Nerevar]

damn man, hella sweet. you delivered all i wanted and then some. could you maybe do a few house ruins to litter around the palace?

you get +2 awesome.

[Myzel]

Thanks all for the comments, and the Persian pictures; they might prove useful. And don't worry Lady N, I'm far from done . Ruined houses and everything around it are on my "to do" list, as well as pillars, windows, doors, and I'm going to give frescoes and sculptures a shot too.

[Obagovo]

I must say, your art is amazing. Just wanted to say that.