Morrowind books interior illustrations recreation - A call to artists !

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Original PSD File: http://www.mediafire.com/?9xv1nk938mwa5yz

Here's the PSD for the comberry: http://www.mediafire.com/download/icvz8bw860jxuuu/comberry.psd

so heres an other one:

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don't know if there's any use for these, but upload them anyway...

GendunDrup: actually I don't think we'll be able to use your work as is. I didn't realize they were upper resolution of the current vanilla illustrations. Could you put some personal touches to them ?

@3AMt  http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Special_Flora_of_Tamriel ???

First post updated.

I don't understand what you mean.

I mean, as far as I can see these are 1:1 conversion in higher resolution ? This would be too close to morrowind vanilla pics. They should be altered a bit: that's where creative freedom comes in!

I drew them. I tried to make them as close as possible. What about the ones I made for other books?

The printing press as we think of it today. Like Gutenburg's. It's called movable type because, unlike printing that existed before-hand (woodblock printing, which was generally used for art, like what Albrecht Dürer often used), movable type has individual letters which can be arranged with the machine to mass-produce full pages of text much faster than either hand-carving each page (backwards) before printing, or writing each page by hand.

Movable type was instrumental in the advancement of Wester culture, so, considering how technologically advanced the Dwemer were, I figure that they may very well have had it. And an old printed look might look cool for the Dwemer text.

I learned something today :)

What if I redrew all of mine on a wood texture with the drawings carved in?

gedundrup:

dont just draw on top of the original, draw it as your own drawing, from scratch inspired by the original

Here is my version of Divine Metaphysics 

 

nice :)

Dwemer Text

Nice, now I want to read it :)

I used an alphabetical font to recreate it, but it does not say much.
Even on the WIKI pages they say only a Dwemer would make sense out of this.

Hopefully it’s of use to anyone.

Sjors Boomschors

only a Dwemer would make sense out of this.

For some reason, I find that very funny :)

Jeez these are good guys! I wish I could draw like this, the best I can do is a monkey for my profile pic lol

My Atronach from A,B,C for Barbarians

I would love to contribute some illustrations, but unfortunately I don't know how to digitally draw, I'm only good with pencil and paper and I don't know how I'd get that to look the same ink on canvas style the other drawings have.

you need a graphics tablet then i suppose

eloth

you need a graphics tablet then i suppose

Yup I have one, they work surprisingly well, mine even feels like I'm writing on paper, fairly cheap too, unless you get a really nice one

I just scan real paper with a Dwemer page scanner, no need for digital paper.

What do you mean a Dwemer page scanner?

Hmmm.. I guess the Dwemer had a sense of humor and called it the “Logitech-Pagescan-UBS”

I can scan my illustrations, but it would still look different to the others, perhaps I could edit it on a software to make it look similar.

is this still relevant?

what are the desired specs for reworked graphics, regarding resolution & format

plz also specify a standard texture for the background(cringed paper papyrus thing?)

edit:

threw in some scribbles, how is mod policy on tweaked original art? cuz i find some of the original art ..lacking.. so i had some change in the second pic

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Figured I would just leave this here. Drew it while being angry over wall colors.

@Tschib: after digging around in Morrowind's book art folder, I am assuming images should be 1024x1024, 1024x512 or any other multiple of four (64, 128, 256 etc). Format will likely be tga, but I'd advise keeping a xcf/psd/other format on back up. For aesthetic purposes some of us have been uploading WIPs and previews with a ye olde paper background but all finals should have transparent background. All art welcome :) All the originals have to be redone from scratch, so tweaked designs are good. The mods decide on what gets used in-game.

Nocturnal is done and rough concepts/sketches for Molag Bal and Azura are done. Boethiah's being a bit of a pain. I have two versions of Nocturnal; the first is sketchy:

The second is very Dunmeri, inspired by the temple shrine artworks:

Which one is preferred?

I love the second one.

Skyrim only supports up to 296x471 images in books and notes.

Thanks for the correction, zilav.

I prefer the second version of Nocturnal, myself.

Nocturnal final, Dunmeri version

http://www.mediafire.com/download/55t99cy80lhxor8/Illust_Ell_Nocturnal.tga

http://www.mediafire.com/download/drzd73plzdg3l4g/Illust_Ell_NocturnalWorn.tga

Second one is, as the name suggests, a bit faded and aged.

WIP of Molag Bal:

All the Daedric Princes in Invocation of Azura are referred to as female, so I will depict Molag Bal and Boethiah as such (not necessarily as feminine, however).

Ellagne - i tried to open it and actually all i can see is black... It might be this computer's fault so i will check it on my laptop when i get home to be sure whats the problem.

robbinsmoth - i like the general idea but first of all the border seems very... imperial? its fitting oblivion more i would say - and if this is an imperial map, then some pointers would be cool. Well normally maps are named, have some legend and other stuff, right?

tommythegun: I could have hit a wrong option in the save tga dialogue; I have no idea what settings should be used for the tgas. I downloaded the first one and it opened fine for me in Gimp, but if you can't open it when you get home I can upload a psd.

robbinsmoth: that map looks fantastic; my opinion might not count for much but as far as I'm concerned, go right ahead and do the rest of the maps. The originals have a more Imperial than Dunmer feel IMO, so yours works nicely. I think those guides are aimed at outlanders (like our beloved Nerevarine :P) and could have been organised by the Imperial colonisation effort. Morrowind used the Dali font extensively on loading screens and such, which has a more alien fantasy vibe, while the labels on the maps seem stock-standard western fantasy (aka Imperial).

Yeah i figured that these maps would be mass printed and distributed (ie woodcut printing press). Less of a handpainted look and more of a stamped feel.

This. Some kind of block printing is a great idea. I was thinking of some poor sod stuck in the back of some Imperial outpost inking each guide one by one :P

I also thought it would be cool, if there were a few unique maps that had scribbles on them, notes or markers that would lead to chests in the wilderness, or weapon caches. Or just plain old 'things'. I never picked these up in Morrowind, but if we give people a reason...

Unique grafittied maps would be awesome. Or a couple of defaced copies of certain books. A map definitely pique my curiosity if I found one. Maybe a map pointing to some hidden-away wonder one of the talented landscapers made that some people might not otherwise find. Smugglers and pirates could carry notes showing their loot caches. With weapon caches the only thing would be balancing a rare find with not hand-holding the player. Maybe some stashes of rare items that aren't weapons/armour or even useful, just things a collector might want to display in their home?

Molag Bal

http://www.mediafire.com/download/3a5rprwlweriwix/Illust_Ell_MolagBal.tga

http://www.mediafire.com/download/9cx7rm8lg87uq6w/Illust_Ell_MolagBalWorn.tga

With Azura I painted myself into a corner by making too many possibilities.

Context is important: we are in Dunmer Land with Dunmer artists painting Dunmeri pictures. People often like to model their deities after themselves. On the other hand, beyond her physical in-game appearances Azura isn't depicted as a Dunmer. Her ears are round on her statue. I checked. So even the Dunmer wouldn't necessarily be depicting her as a mer.

The second issue is her attire. The context is a wizened priestess trying to sell Azura worship, so great pains would be taken over Azura's portrait. Such a priestess might be inclined to portray Azura's matronly wisdom and dignity. On the other hand, as of Morrowind Azura's shrine depicts her in only a skirt.

Thoughts, anyone?

While the Dunmer tend to be less prudish about that sort of thing, it would probably be better to go with the fully clothed because gamers (read, the mothers of relatively young ones ARE). Not to say we should pander to mothers, but Azura has been depicted both ways, so it's not like we're altering her (I would be vehemently against the full robe had she never been depicted that way). I would also day depict her as Dunmer, or perhaps Chimer (Dunmer with Altmer coloration). Head-wise (hehehe, I just realized that's a pun), I like the one currently on her shoulders. Like a stern but loving mother.

This is not like anything of the quality you people have posted, But maybe it can be showed in somewhere :)

Eddit: Photoshop save file https://www.dropbox.com/s/g11z4qm892jbzzo/monster%20morrowind%20papper.psd

Here's the first of my sketches.

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