Meant to post this before Macar did but got BSOD so if soem of it sounds out of context that
Lutemoth wrote:You don't know how pertinent and useful this is being, guys, and I'm taking into design both Pound and Sload's work definetly.
As for the inhuman lizard look, I understand where you're coming from, Pound. In all cases, dieties designed in earth cultures all reflect themselves in one way or another. Here's my reasoning I've internally worked out, so bear with me:
While they look inhumanly contorted, they began as simple mask wearing Regada dieties, very human. However, as artisan improves upon artisan, some features stay the same (masks), while some are exaggerated (physical features being oddly contorted, ect.)..
Combine that with a long history of artisanship (Leonardo-worthy), and a light humor of the physical being of these gods (hardly any god's going to look buff, unless need be) equates to some odd humanesque beings with old symbols of their origins.. Some of the more cosmopolitan cities, as the descriptions read, are more nine divine-ish
Long story short, disinclude this old Ruptga I've drawn, as he looks too plain and monsterish. Mind you, this design of gods doesn't necessarily dictate it's the end-all be all style. It's more than likely these statues are less common, and the style Macar and Pound have set forth would be modern influence of art, and have dominance in more cities
Don't get me wrong Lutemoth, I am not saying that you're designs aren't great. We all know that they are excellent. Infact they're much better than excellent. I have been studying your work, and previously never saw the special side of it. I lacked the observance. I couldn't see the special thing about your drawings and sketches, that made everyone so excited and make everyone want your babies. Ofcourse I could see how good you were, and I knew that from a design point of view I could never achieve any of your standards. And now that i do understand, I am just plain envious and in awe of your work, as Sload pointed out to me, it's the culture you've created. It's very blatantly what people were looking for, or what people now define as Hammerfellian culture. And it's great, because with gods, you can go to town... They're prophets, no ones seen or recorded them definitely. So mould this culture you have made around them! You can make them anything you want. So do that! Do what you are amazing at, and make each god UNIQUE and ORIGINAL.
That’s my best speech at TR and probably the only properly heart felt one
Read my thread, I did some more explaining there. just read it, don't post please
I intend to continue on that.
"Only perfection is acceptable. I expect something beyond the acceptable." - Sload
"Orix bows down to £'s leet spelling skills" - Oriks
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