Eldarion's Showcase

Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:16 am

Hello, I have been meaning to do this for ages but I have been really busy. Besides all of my concept art needed some polishing. I know you have more than enough concept artists already but I felt it was time for me to start contributing to the project.

The first set of images are nearing completion as conceptual art. I work slowly, thus the reason there are only four. The next batch will be in an intermediate stage (Pen and Ink or some other Medium) of conceptualization. I will submit it in the next day or two.

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A Mimic, one of the creatures mentioned in a Dance in fire. I deviated from the description a little bit in that I added a tail as well as the fins

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A Hackwing as described in the Argonian Account. I think I came close to the description, though only because it was pretty vague.

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A Naga, another creature that makes its appearance in The Argonian Account. I know I came close to the description here as I studied the anatomy of Puff Adders Before I began this one. Note I still have to add teeth to the upper jaw as well as a few color tweaks.
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New Update- The coloration has been redone to a more sinister looking one that I think more appropriate- however final version may have a brownish- greenish coloration, that is yet to be decided.

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This is my map of Akavir. It is based on an older map, itself based on the Globe in Daggerfall (that I have never seen), that was here in the TR forums but I can no longer find the original thread so I don't have any reference for my map. I know the original map was different in some areas though.

My next batch will be more creatures and some flora. After that I promise I will upload some hammerfell Architecture in Linear 1 and 2 Point perspective and maybe some Weapons and Armor.

I do Characters but they are not my speciality. I don't do a lot of clothing as I am not skilled at drawing cloth (yet).

Today I thought I would start uploading some of that second batch I promised.

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An Ash Fowl. I don't recall where I read the name but it appears in one of the Morrowind Books. As there was no description provided with the name I decided I would be creative to a degree. My first line of reasoning was that any bird that lived in Morrowinds ashlands would not be able to fly through the frequent Ash and Blight storms and should therefore be flightless, however as the volcano wasn't always active I decided to give my bird small wings that showed they once flew in the distant past of their evolutionary line. Since the bird was a fowl I looked at all the various birds labelled fowls including Guinea Fowls and of Course Wild Chickens, in the end however I decided on a body design similar to that of Partriges and to a certain extent Quail. For the beak I knew I wanted something Tough, something that would be able to break through the hardened shells of Ashlands Flora. In the end I took my inspiration from the extinct Elephant Birds and From Puffins. I justify my coloration of the bird as camoflague. Updated Ashfowl about a month ago to have reptilian Skin on Xeth Bans Earlier Suggestion.

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This was my concept of a sload before I had seen Bethesdas concepts for Morrowind. Obviously it is quite different.

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My take on the sea serpents of Pyandonea. Note I have now seen the Sketch that is already here on TR and think it is better then my version.

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My idea for an inhabitant of Kamal. Of course we have very little Knowlege on Akavir but I thought the creatures of Akavir should be fairly wacky. I have no basis for this in Lore of course but The very fact that Akavir doesn't have any generic Fantasy races suggested something more exotic to me. Of course this sketch is not without its technical issues, most notably that the legs in the back of the image are larger then those in the foreground, however this is more a sketch for me to use while creating a more finished picture.

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Azra Root, a plant off of the list in the concept art forum of all the Shadowkey plants, I have never played shadowkey myself so I don't have a clue what the plant is supposed to look like but considering that Azra was a great mage I thought I would make the plant just bristling with magicka. I might do another version with a purple glow instead of blue. I am not really sure what the Casting Glow for Shadow Magic is.

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Another off the Shadowkey list

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04/19/08- Updated Earthmoss to Current Stage of Completion

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This one I tried to make the shape of the flower somewhat reminiscent of a fox. I am not sure if Bethesda meant Foxglove (Digitalis) however I assumed no. Fox Herb Updated to current WIP Version.

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This is a Bronze Age Sword That I sketched some time ago, I felt the design was well suited for Redguards and so I colored it to reflect that.

New version as of 04/19/08
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Been on my HD for a while but I figured I would add it to this thread.

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This is a Redguard Tower, minus the entryway that I drew up in paint at one point. I was attempting to see how difficult it would be for me to draw something entirely on a computer, while I did suceed it was too difficult to pursue further. I have also applied some tweaks in Photoshop and Paintshop Pro.

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Updated to include Quagmire Atmospheric pic

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Updated 4/20/08 to include a new Quagmire Rock Formation.

Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:26 pm

I know everyone is extremely busy, that is why I have been waiting patiently for three days, however I think people were not seeing my showcase because it was so far down the page. I would really appreciate some feedback, even if you are not a concept artist. After all I spent many hours just for this showcase and I would like to know whether it was worth my effort. I am quite open to criticism, even if you think my work is horrible I would appreciate your comments.

Lady Nerevar · Post by **Lady Nerevar** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:33 pm

just for the showcase? wow.

i think your art is good, and you have creativity (very important to me). i also like your coloring style.

not to sure if your stuff fits into hammerfell, but its a good concept.

thats my opinion.

xeth-ban · Post by **xeth-ban** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:48 pm

About the ash fowl, sure evolution may have made it a ground bird over time in real life, but Tamriel and the rest of Nirn haven't even existed 10000 years yet. In TES the world seems to function kinda like the bible like it, everything being created as they are now and all.

And as for where you read it, you read it in the Tradehouse notice in Arrile's Trade House

http://til.gamingsource.net/mwbooks/arrille_tradehouse_notice.shtml

"7th Item, That he doe not sell his best Drink above Four Drakes the Gallon, nor the second sort above Two Drakes the Gallon, nor suffer any Ash-Fowl to be Dressed or Eaten in his House, or on any other Victuals prohibited by the Laws of this Realm."

But you must think of what lives on Morrowind, there is no feathered birds there, i would guess that the ash fowl may look kinda like you made it, but more reptilian, perhaps even insect like, and without any feathers

Hm, thats a long message for one piece of art.

Your style of art looks funny, in a good way, i expecialy like how you imagined sloads

Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:16 pm

Thank you to both of you. I am actually working on some stuff from the focused sketch group, so You will see some Hammerfell stuff. As for the Bird, I had thought of that before but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Oh and if you think this stuff is "funny" just wait until I start working on my Argonian Feathered Serpent and Cyrodiilic River Dragon Concepts again.

xeth-ban · Post by **xeth-ban** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:17 pm

What, there is an argonian Quetzalcoatl? who would have known

Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:26 pm

I am not sure if it is official lore but I found it while perusing through some character descriptions from Redguard on UESP. As far as I know all that stuff is taken from either the game or the comic.

This is from the description of Attrebus

"Nearly lost a leg to an Argonian feather-serpent during the grueling pursuit of Reekee's kidnappers into the depths of Black Marsh in 861."

Morgoth · Post by **Morgoth** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:56 pm

(I'm not much with lore, so I'll just critique the art.)

You have a really odd style. It's very nice and appealing, though. I can't quite figure out how you get that "bump mapped" look, is it just the bevel, or do you use a 3d program as well? You should definitely check out some of the Focussed Concept Group topics in the concept art forum.

Good work.

Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:49 pm

Sorry I haven't updated on my progress. I am working on some stuff for the Rihad Exterior Objects Thread, my progress is a little slow because I have moved from being an admin to being the one and only moderator of the Elderscrolls Faction on GameTrailers.

lb003g0676 · Post by **lb003g0676** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:08 pm

That's okay. It's nice to know you have a background in TES and in an online community.

You work is very interesting and I hope to see some Hammerfall themed stuff, so we can see what idea of HF you have.

Tyrion · Post by **Tyrion** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:45 am

Definitely take a look through the concept art forums and look through some of the Hammerfell related threads. Get a feel for the area and go from there.

Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:49 am

I am updating this thread mostly with progress on the pieces I have already done- they can be found in the first post- where updated I am making note. I am not so sure if I should be a modder considering my lack of responsibility in keeping this thread updated but I wish that I might be able to contribute to the project in some way and so I offer my concepts as inspiration or whatever else to any TR member that could make use of them, besides- it would be a terrible waste considering the amount of energy that went into some of them to not have them used in some manner. BTW-I was a bit confused about the feedback all that time ago as over half the stuff I submitted was relevant to Hammerfell (many of the Plant Species grow in Hammerfell). I never did finish my cityscape I started a long time ago for a Focused Sketch Group- But I did a lot of work on it- I may submit it after some more work on it.

Harke the Apostle · Post by **Harke the Apostle** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:36 am

Your art is very provocative. (Don't know why I missed that the first time around).

You should make us some new drawings (preferably for current CA topics). Do you think you'll stick around?

Eldarion · Post by **Eldarion** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:57 pm

The Quagmire One is new- just finished it yesterday so I could post it in the Focused Sketch Group. I always stick around the TES community though I am not always active on a particular site. I let my activity here fall by the wayside-but hey, I want to see these mods completed so I might as well contribute. I will do some more certainly but I cannot say exactly when I will end up submitting them (within the next week).

First update is a single Quagmire Rock Formation that shall be posted in The Focused Sketch Group.

Post by **Haplo** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:30 pm

Your art is really nice, and you've been here quite a while.

Member Promoted for concept art. Talk to aro101 about things currently needing concepts. Congratulations!

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