Lutemoth Concept Art

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:02 pm

just a very unfinished piece of atmosphere to get me into a rourken mood of drawing. I'm also attempting to get some weird architecture in sooner or later, so stay tuned
[url=http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7863/encroachingruinshy8.jpg][img]http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7863/encroachingruinshy8.th.jpg[/img][/url]

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:51 am

Hey hey Lutemoth, now.

I see Kokopelli!

And where's my quote about the fire spirit from May? I'll get TF to give it to me.

Found it.

To the QitajaÃƒÂ±a tribe, they are the mogla-muÃƒÂ±a, the "wheel of fire." In the archives at Gilane, they are a flaming ghost or a flaming snake (or a flaming mountain or a flaming ship or a flaming wave, or a dozen other flaming things). Hegathe records Tomba Gimon Ei-Jayat dying in battle against one, who's "six arms of fire and nine arms of wind...reached out from the depths of nowhere to pull in the souls of all who came near."* The only thing all descriptions have in common is the mask, required of all spirits in the Yoko tradition, which formed a centrifuge for the spirit's form.

*Near in this translation is on the scale of cities, being anywhere from one to twenty kilometers.

-From "Wind-and-Fire Spirit," EncyclopÃƒÂ¦dia of Lower Hammerfell and the Abecean Islands by Erolus Tetronomes

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:41 pm

"'Surahoon,' he said, 'We are the ansu, the greatest warriors that live in men. Our swords sent the Left-Handers into the oceans, whose empire was four times the size of the white king. When we fight, our swords can kill the laws of nature itself. Yokuda is as you see it because our hira-dirg swords can cut the atomos, the uncuttable, and we did.'"
[url=http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4259/ansutw1.jpg][img]http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4259/ansutw1.th.jpg[/img][/url]

Leki, Yoku saint of the spirit-sword, as she was then, the style of cloth is more or less the same today.
[url=http://www.maj.com/gallery/Lutemoth/Culture/leki.jpg][img]http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1510/diagnahc5.th.jpg[/img][/url]

Ansu Gurleht, who surely was gifted by the will of double-headed crazy snake, Sep
[url=http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8067/ansugurlehtkw1.jpg][img]http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8067/ansugurlehtkw1.th.jpg[/img][/url]
"Tung den uta-no-mongo, Ansu-Gurleht."

lb003g0676 · Post by **lb003g0676** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:17 pm

Wow... is there was such a thing as artistic ejaculation it would be this... That is vulgar, but... I love the top one so much. That is so awesome. It is superb.

The second ibe is also pretty awesome, but I don't feel the "Hammerfell"ness on the last one. I think it's nice that there is elven influence (especially the ears) but I think making it too decorative and... I don't knwo what the word I am lookign for is. It's kind of spikey, and very elven in that sense.

Do you make up those fantastic captions?

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:28 pm

actually, the last one is the Yoku depiction of Vivec, upon his visit to the Ansu sword-singers of Yokuda. When a god-king lady-makes your men and impregnates your kings with horrific monsters, you remember his face.

mentioning that, the quotes are from "Lord Vivec's sword-meeting with Cyrus the restless". A little something the Ansu mention

[edit] you can also check out this lore-muscle flex [url=http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=723008]here[/url], heheh

El Scumbago · Post by **El Scumbago** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:46 am

Vivec on a political tour, I think it fits. Great stuff Lute.

lb003g0676 · Post by **lb003g0676** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:48 pm

Lutemoth wrote:actually, the last one is the Yoku depiction of Vivec, upon his visit to the Ansu sword-singers of Yokuda. When a god-king lady-makes your men and impregnates your kings with horrific monsters, you remember his face.

mentioning that, the quotes are from "Lord Vivec's sword-meeting with Cyrus the restless". A little something the Ansu mention

[edit] you can also check out this lore-muscle flex [url=http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=723008]here[/url], heheh

Well, I am happy then. And you could still tell the style of art. And it's just so kind of (sorry to refer once again to sex) sexy to mix two cultures in one piece of art. And to be able to able to describe it as "god-king lady-making" is just genius, haha.

Great work.

And thanks a lot for the link too.

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:42 pm

Msr Lutemoth,

Co-opt David Bowie. Zaiya Satar, God of Sings The Thousand And Seven Praises Of Both His Parents And The Glorious Starkings Of The Far Shore.

LONG LIVE THE GLAM
[img]http://www.buf.kristianstad.se/rg/Elev/frida/res/Omslagsbilder/skivomslagaladdinsane.jpg[/img]

Love Forever,
-R

Macar · Post by **Macar** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 10:30 pm

... I think I missed something... or maybe several things.

Lady Nerevar · Post by **Lady Nerevar** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:45 pm

burying is for suckers. we need to keep him from decomposing in an awesome monument -- like lenin -- so that we can wurship him till the world is undone. though that would be even more expensive...

(i dont think hes dead, probably off in real life again)

Post by **Haplo** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:56 pm

Archived everything (except first post) from the beginning of the page up to January 26th of this year, since that's the date on the first page. I did it because this thread had reached maximum capacity and wasn't really working at all for some of us.

Lady Nerevar · Post by **Lady Nerevar** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:40 pm

mayhaps we can keep the thread in CA forums, but lable it with an OLD sufix? it would be easier as one could see the discusion and descriptions to acompany the art.

Post by **Haplo** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:07 pm

If you want to go through the thread and move only Lutemoth's posts here that include concept art and leave the rest there, go ahead. I'm not going through 800 posts again 0.o

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:37 pm

Long time since the last picture, no?

My proposal for a city wall:
[url=http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/8939/citywalljq2.jpg][img]http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/8939/citywalljq2.th.jpg[/img][/url]

A procession of scaling vertical houses in a circle or semi-circle around a city. All housing would belong lower-class farm families, who tend to crops further out beyond the city.

The design itself is well suited against invasion, as it eliminates any possibility of "level playing field" tactics. All houses are connected together, and the only possible way to scale the wall is through, dealing with guerrilla based combat (to which we all know is where Redguards thrive in). To top it all off, even if said invading forces enter through the wall, they are still at ground level, due to the vertical incline of the housing

Macar · Post by **Macar** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:52 am

briliant reminds me of the city of CatalHuyuk- but different. Perfect for the Reguards for reasons you described.

So basicaly this post is not helpfull in any way.

Morgoth · Post by **Morgoth** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:15 am

Nice to see the concept art section highlighted for once.

I wait for it, but it never happens.

That design would be so amazing if it were actually implimented. Macar reminded me of a very similar IRL city with an extremely forgettable name, where the design and defensive mechanism was very similar.

Good to see some art from you. Your mind definitely ticks differently than your average person.

aro101 · Post by **aro101** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:50 am

That's impressive. All I think about right now is if it is doable with our LC set...

Lady Nerevar · Post by **Lady Nerevar** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:14 pm

i think is doable, but i would prefer to save it for later. i sugested Skaven on IRC last night, and i still think it would work. depending on how architectue is rationed out over the province (wich i hope to get decided soon...) we could plan the architecture set specificaly for this kind of situation.

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:16 pm

I've decided to compile all the freakin' amounts of doodles in my TR image folders in MAJ, for everyone's use. Makes the pictures themselves worth twice as much as a bird in a bush

[url=http://www.maj.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Lutemoth]Over Yonder Linkage[/url]

keep in mind, if it's not chock full where you look, that means I'm not finished, heheh

xeth-ban · Post by **xeth-ban** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:25 pm

Oooh, Devious Trader book art! Never seen that before

Wouldn't the Temple images I requested fit quite well in the culture folder?

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:44 pm

keep in mind I've yet to organize a lot of things

DT book art'll get it's own folder in culture

xeth-ban · Post by **xeth-ban** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:37 am

O_O Treasure throve of art....*saves every single Morrowind, Resdayn or Dunmer related piece of art to his Lutemoth archive)

Btw, love how you draw Vivec...Didn't see any of those yet.

lb003g0676 · Post by **lb003g0676** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:05 pm

Robot Scavenger?

Have you been goign over to conceptart.org?

That was one a their topics and if you'd posted that, you'd have won, I am sure.

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:10 pm

really? I drew it for a pc game project, but it fell through, so I'm allowed to do with it as I wish

xeth-ban · Post by **xeth-ban** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:09 am

The art in the gallery seems to have dissapeared...Any idea why?

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:25 pm

this was originally a request for a dunmer sword-singer, but it got me to thinking about forebear or Raga porcelain scales:

[url=http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5274/roguseh7.jpg][img]http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9856/rogusqg0.th.jpg[/img][/url]

More to come. And I'll be trying my hand at old ruins soon

lb003g0676 · Post by **lb003g0676** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:57 am

Just strange, to see two separate things so close. But it looks great, and looking more at the design you depict the sword singers as a tiny deviation of Raga for themselves, I like it a lot. And I love the way this Dunmer is attempting to fit in, beaded hear, but no cornrows, his hair is too fine. This is a very inspiring piece for me.

I don't understand why he has Sakatal emblems on his cloth though. Especially if these are followers of Leki. I am still in the process of learning all this stuff, sorry for my ignorance.

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:35 am

That Satakal sash is a nice touch. There haven't been many Yokudan clothing-print concepts so far. The Leki mask is also well designed.. and slightly reminds me of the Ordinator armour, which ties in well with this dunmner fighter.

I look forward to seeing your ruin designs... a ruin set is something we could really use.

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:32 am

http://www.maj.com/gallery/Lutemoth/Culture/flutehelm.jpg

this is why you are god

xeth-ban · Post by **xeth-ban** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:58 pm

Yeah...Didn't even bother saying who requested it, eh Flutefly?

Not that it is that relevant, but I am the one who requested the Dunmer Sword-Singer (Who btw is my character, Rogus Rarayn around 50 years into the future)

So don't you base your characters around him!

Pown · Post by **Pown** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:06 pm

No idea if this is the right place to ask but whatever... Thought I at least should post it in a live thread.

I see my self as a "well above average" artist and think it would be fun to draw some concepts, but I have some questions first. I understand there's some kind of chain here and is there anything before concept, maybe some lore or something that I should be aware of? Or can i just draw what I think may fit?

Second, I notice that there's mostly Hammerfell lconcept. Is there still need for Morrowind concept, and if there isn't, can I draw something OBish if I never played it? (lousy computer)

Now to something more practical. I have Photoshop ( version 7 maybe ) but I draw like a five-year-old when I use it. Do you get used to drawing on computers after a while or will it take me years to learn to draw as good as on paper? I understand that you can take photos and such on drawings but that feels a little bit too slow and all of that compared to images already in the computer. And you can probably colourize(?) them easier if you want to in the computer.

Yeah, thats all. Hope someone can give some tips.

Lady Nerevar · Post by **Lady Nerevar** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:06 pm

technicaly, only hammerfell and morrowind are open to concepting. however, you can still draw stuff that relates to the provinces indirectly. or, if you want to do something for a compleatly dfifferent province, place it in the off-topic CA thread. you dont need to have played OB to draw for it, but basic lore knowlege is preferable.

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:53 am

@Pound: I wouldn't say that he is a follower of Leki. After all, it was a great host of deeds amongst her brothers and sisters of shehai that she became a swordsaint. As far as I can tell, when a Swordsinger is of a high enough calibre and honor, they inherit their own stone and feather mask, that attributes their image. for what determines how a Yoku mask to look like it's owner is beyond all those that aren't ceramic craftsmen and Raga.

"He is of great Ansei, mab'ro. Do you not see his eyes?"

@Xeth: The names of suspects involved have been withheld?

@Pown: A lot of the drawings I have shown here (if not all of them ) have been simply done with paper, pencil and pen, then scanned into photoshop, where I adjust the contrast and brightness to remove any bits of dust or eraser.

As for drawing in photoshop, I just stay away from it, and colour things instead, heheh. Black and white line-drawings are a lot easier to colour with in photoshop, but that's just my opinion

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:02 am

Double-bubble post:
I swear I'll get through these decrepit ruin drawings.. I promise

Be prepared for a thousand-thousand gods in walkabout depictions, however
[url=http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1649/anseiti3.jpg][img]http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1649/anseiti3.th.jpg[/img][/url]

Pown · Post by **Pown** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:59 am

Just curiosity, how long did it take you to draw the last one?

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:37 pm

with this one, I can't tell, as it was dropped and picked up again several times.. I'm not sure the average work time for one of these is, actually.. I never keep track, lol

Macar · Post by **Macar** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:40 pm

Are those gods or people?

I'm assuming people because they dont look like gods- but your post confused me.

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:50 pm

oh, they're people. The line between gods and people is a bit of a blurred one, in Satakalaam

Shriek Hawk · Post by **Shriek Hawk** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:16 pm

:laughs: Nice work, though I haven't seen any of yours that such a statement wouldn't apply to.

Lutemoth · Post by **Lutemoth** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:53 pm

Ivory box and some circular designs, more or less
[url=http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1355/ivoryboxof1.jpg][img]http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1355/ivoryboxof1.th.jpg[/img][/url]