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Corwyn
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Registration Date: 10.06.2006
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Corwyn's concepts/artwork thread =)

Came accross this after seeing seig's sig on the forums and got excited that there was an effort to expand on the Nords culture etc. Anyhow having recently got a wacom tablet and since I like drawing from time to time, I hope its ok if I put my norse themed stuff here as I create it, might inspire some people etc?. Sorry they aren't that special, I am still a relative newbie at using it

Hopefully this topic is allowed here and isn't considered unnaceptable

sorry if it is!

Left: Most recent, paint over from a sketch, done it 20 or so minutes. I spent an hour on this one, not detailed but it looks sorta nice.
Mid: My second drawing with the tablet.
Right: Something I was messing with in oblivion:

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This post has been edited 2 time(s), it was last edited by Corwyn: 14.06.2006 17:52.

14.06.2006 17:13

Siegfried
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RE: Corwyn's concepts/artwork thread =)

Very nice work Corwyn! and welcome to Skyrim for Oblivion Jump

Its perfectly ok to post Norse themed concept art here, this is the place for it! I really like the second one, has a very peacefull pristine feel to it.

14.06.2006 17:26

Corwyn
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Thanks! I will try to keep posting in here as I do stuff, guess I will post as well as update the original post.

and an update already =p here is the first image I ever drew with it, just needed a bit of updating

The black keep:

Ed.Rw 090219: The image was permanently lost.

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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by Corwyn: 14.06.2006 17:51.

14.06.2006 17:50

Siegfried
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very cool, I hope we can have a dungeon that resembles your black keep.

14.06.2006 18:54

Aun
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Nice ones, Corwyn! Great to see someone with a good sense for homes and architecture. Good job!

(not to mention snowy scapes...)

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14.06.2006 20:50

Corwyn
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thanks for the comments guys!

I made an alternative banner out of it the snow scene for fun =p

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15.06.2006 05:43

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Sweet banner! I've actually been meaning to get a new banner for the forums, could you do a few more experimental banners, make a few of them not snowy maybe? I might wait till we have more landmass done, and then catch some beautiful sunrise over our landscape, but I want to see what you can come up with too.

15.06.2006 05:50

Corwyn
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sure, I'll see about doing some other random images, though can you be more specific? sounds like you have something in mind maybe? and yes, waiting for an actual screenshot may be worth it

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15.06.2006 08:20

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Hmm, maybe looking up at a mountain village from the distance? and how about a peacefull non-snowy forest with a stave church in it.

15.06.2006 16:04

-Sulan-
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Very beautiful stuff there!!!
Nice to see some color concepts, a lot of emotion/feeling/mood shines through. Good job!

15.06.2006 19:13

Smokindan
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Awesome work, corwyn!!

All the arts great, especially the Black Keep, though I'm a huge fan of the retextured menu. Good job!

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16.06.2006 13:35

xifr
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Very, very nice work there Corwyn. I like the way you portray the mood of the scene.

16.06.2006 14:02

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quote:

Originally posted by Corwyn
thanks for the comments guys!

made an alternative banner out of it the snow scene for fun =p

Thank you for the excellent banner Corwyn, I've had it set up as the new forum banner, and it is a massive improvement over the old one.

19.06.2006 00:46

The Old Ye Bard
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Hey Corwyn would you like to do some promotional work for Skyrim for Oblivion, we could use some desktop size consept art Wink

19.06.2006 07:22

Corwyn
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Thanks for the comments

The black keep is already fairly detailed and could be worked into something worthy of a desktop image probably. the original is a4 at 300 dpi, so plenty of pixels =p

The banner could actually do with a bit of a sharpen filter, it looks a tad blurry to me, but thanks for using it! it does look good up there =D

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20.06.2006 02:53

Corwyn
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The city I at some point hope to build. Anyone have any ideas on the lore as to which city or maybe hold, might look something like that?

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21.06.2006 04:20

The Old Ye Bard
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I think it would be good for the city next to the throat of the world (the proper name escapes me at the moment).

21.06.2006 04:50

Siegfried
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Greatwork there Corwyn! It would probably be Whiterun, but it could be a lot of cities in Skyrim.

21.06.2006 21:57

Corwyn
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Dawn on the coastal lowlands of skyrim :)

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15.08.2006 12:09

Smokindan
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15.08.2006 12:33

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quote:

Originally posted by Smokindan
Eek 2

Yes, what he said.

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15.08.2006 13:46

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Very nice Corwyn, probably the Windhelm area near the Morrowind border, as the other coastal areas are probably all frozen.

15.08.2006 16:59

The Old Ye Bard
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That immersed me more into the world of Skyrim then anything I have yet seen. Great job.

15.08.2006 21:57

Corwyn
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Thanks Bard, I have already modeled a similar gnarled tree and have worked in speedtree to create some nice pines.

Sieg, I dont know, but I thought according to lore the coast wouldn't actually be frozen. The reach is fairly high up but from what I heard isn't that bad? Its pretty much accepted that the reason Skyrim is so bitterly cold is not because of its latitude but because of its height. Morrowind etc are almost on the same latitude and are far from frozen aren't they? So based on the surrounding area, the layout of skyrim etc I would have thought skyrim would have been cold all over, but the coast, compared to the mountains, would be far more temperate. Correct me if I am wrong here? Remember also that Nirn doesn't seem to follow the theme of having the north and south pole frozen (just look at black marsh and Valenwood)

(I personally wonder if there is much more to nirn, but beth haven't expanded yet, and what we know isn't even the entire of nirn)

Anyway as I said, correct me if I am wrong, I am no lore buff heh

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16.08.2006 02:31

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quote:

Originally posted by Corwyn
(I personally wonder if there is much more to nirn, but beth haven't expanded yet, and what we know isn't even the entire of nirn)

There are four more continents that we know of, but Nirn as a planet has not been so thoroughly thought trough in my opinion (or we just know very little). The continents are a bit small for a planet that would be more or less the size of Earth, so either most of the planet is covered by water, or there are a big number of small continents (many not included in lore). This is just a theory and since it is for a fictional place there isn't much to base it on and can easily be a load of non-sense.

16.08.2006 02:51

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I suppose it could be the Reach area. However in the book Chitin and Ice ~~http://til.gamingsource.net/obbooks/ice_chitin.shtml~~ it talks about Ice Floes along the northern coasts of Skyrim, so part of the coast must be Frozen.

EDIT: We should probably continue our argument in this thread Terrain and Climates of Skyrim

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16.08.2006 03:10

Corwyn
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Well I really liked your climate map, seems very good. The only thing I would have probably changed is to have a little less snow and ice so soon along the coast. Up the top there is definately in need of it though (like you have) I never played Bloodmoon, but where were all the horkers and ice in that game situated?

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16.08.2006 03:27

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The northern Coast of Solstheim was totally frozen, horkers could be found near every body of water, they were over-used. ~~Look here~~.

16.08.2006 03:43

The Old Ye Bard
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Soldtheim was probably a breeding ground for them, sort of like they live on the Skyrim coast them when the time comes they go to Solstheim o mate and rear offspring then when their pups are ready they swim back to Skyim. Also on the Skyrim coast they would likely live in colonies and not everywhere as the Skyrim nords don't really have a spirtual connection with them as much as the Skall and would hunt them openly for profit, sort of like RW sealers back in the day with those big clubs.

16.08.2006 05:46

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Wow man!!! Your last pic is amazing!!! Totally awesome and worldruling me thinks!!! Wink

17.08.2006 17:50

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