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Liquid Cheese
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Thanks, I have no idea what it is meant for, I just read your esf post, feel free to use it for anything.

27.09.2006 19:50

FLESH
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My ESF post was for Falinesti architecture, wasn't recieved as well as I'd hoped (I have to admit I always hope for people to graple over each other to do the stuff I post

). But hopefully people will follow your example Liquid.

27.09.2006 19:53

Mormacil
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quote:

Originally posted by Liquid Cheese
This seems like an apropriate place to drop this concept I did, I figured it would basically be a massive living plant that has massive pod things that eventually shell out, making perfect places for houses, but whatever is fine by me.

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8099/...reehouseek7.jpg

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27.09.2006 20:30

Liquid Cheese
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Damn, this hasn't happened before, I re uploaded it, maybe it'll work now.

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/971/bosmertreehousemn4.jpg

27.09.2006 20:40

FLESH
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Yep, works fine for me I dunno

27.09.2006 20:42

Mormacil
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It works now, nice

27.09.2006 22:23

Mormacil
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I can do insperational, thing is this week and next I'm very busy with drawing for school, need to make a painting/drawing(digital Tongue

) And that takes time...

27.09.2006 23:27

Mormacil
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Ok here my new sketches

Ok this is a variation on the building I uploaded before. Instead or roots/veins the walls are made of stone. This can be used in another town, closer to the border.

Again a variation, thisone has a "tower" made of 4 huge branches. The tree devides itself in 4 big branshes which form the tower. There's a ropeladder in the middle.
In the left corner I drew a outdooroven, I know it's scanned poorly Frown

Anyway I figured Bosmer cook outdoor a lot. We should use that.

Thisone is a bit different. It's inspirated on a Cathedral I passed when I was in the train. Basic idea is a big tower with main building. At the other side there 2 tower, eahc on a side of the main building.
All to the left you see a topdown view of the building. The walls of the "cathedral" are organic with blue crystal "windows". Just like another building I uploaded earlier.

This one.

Ok that were the buildings, now I need to uplaod a piece of armor. I'm sorry for the quality of the sketches, if you like them I make better versions of them Tongue

29.09.2006 19:42

FLESH
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Indeed, I like them a lot, so better version would be great Good job!

The cathedral is very nice, and I really like the guard tower. The tents are also a great idea, the models would looks great in-game. The coloured one I do not understand however, what is it?

29.09.2006 20:03

raggidman
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Question is can someone use these as the basis fer makin models?

This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by raggidman: 19.04.2008 16:00.

29.09.2006 20:14

FLESH
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quote:

Originally posted by raggidman

Question is can someone use these as the basis fer makin models?

That is a very good question, all our concept artist need to make sure their drawings are as modeler friendly as possible (the ones that are intended to be models that is, there are some drawings that have 'other' purposes, in this case however, I think they are meant to be models).

29.09.2006 20:20

Mormacil
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in my head I got a 3D image of all my concept art so technically I can draw every position you guys need.

29.09.2006 20:26

FLESH
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quote:

Originally posted by Mormacil
in my head I got a 3D image of all my concept art so technically I can draw every position you guys need.

It also needs to be very clear, it's useless if the modeler has no idea what he is making. Not saying yours are like that, just a general thing everyone should keep in mind.

29.09.2006 20:38

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quote:

Originally posted by FLESH

quote:

Originally posted by Mormacil
in my head I got a 3D image of all my concept art so technically I can draw every position you guys need.

It also needs to be very clear, it's useless if the modeler has no idea what he is making. Not saying yours are like that, just a general thing everyone should keep in mind.

No worries Mormacil, he was probably reffering to me.

Finaly obligations-free, so I'll try to do some sketching in next 2 days.

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29.09.2006 20:48

FLESH
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quote:

Originally posted by Arbiter

quote:

Originally posted by FLESH

quote:

Originally posted by Mormacil
in my head I got a 3D image of all my concept art so technically I can draw every position you guys need.

It also needs to be very clear, it's useless if the modeler has no idea what he is making. Not saying yours are like that, just a general thing everyone should keep in mind.

No worries Mormacil, he was probably reffering to me.

Finaly obligations-free, so I'll try to do some sketching in next 2 days.

Obligation free? You are never obligation free with me

(j/k) Ok Arbiter, I hope to see them soon

29.09.2006 20:51

beastmafia
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That one in the first post inspired me a little. So I gots me some drawin' done. Just a small design of what the houses would look like on a tree. Real quick. I had to get the inspiration out fast. Tongue

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30.09.2006 02:22

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Mormacil
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nice one

I like it

30.09.2006 02:50

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quote:

Originally posted by beastmafia
That one in the first post inspired me a little. So I gots me some drawin' done.

Just a small design of what the houses would look like on a tree.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/9130/vwfcc1qd9.jpg

Real quick. I had to get the inspiration out fast. Tongue

--bm

Looking good. Good job!

Oh come on! Crap, seems like my scanner is a gonner. Mad

It's all Mormacil's fault, cursing it in the way he did. Eek 1

Yep, it's final. Light's out and glass broken.

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30.09.2006 12:37

FLESH
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Nice work there Good job!

That should tie in well with the other architecture.

30.09.2006 22:30

FLESH
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This post is on behalf of Tanesh, this is what he has drawn for us so far. I think this is ready to be modeled.

Left: Exterior | Center: Exterior Colour | Right: Interior

01.10.2006 22:07

Mormacil
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I love them

Though if we make the obilisk from blue crystal it goes perfectly with my cathedral and stuff.

01.10.2006 23:46

Tanesh
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I've got an idea for another sketch, but I want to run it by you guys before I start on it. It's occured to me that a city as vertical as this will be very tiring to get around in. Imagine haviing to climb hundreds of feet of ladders and stairs every day to get to the varous buildings on the main tree. So, what I'm thinking is that there could be a few teleporter pads, somewhat like the ones in the Imperial City's mage's guild. From what I understand, the Bosmer aren't particularily adept at magic, but I think that in a city as large as this, they could pull it off. I'm picturing the teleportation circles as being made of marble, possibly hovering in the air, connected to the buildings around it by boardwalks made of huge vines, with thorns for guardrails to prevent falling. Either that, or it would be attatched to a branch near the trunk of the tree. Thoughts?

Edit (1):
I did consider making the obelisk glass, but it was mentioned that it should be used sparingly, so I decided against it.

Edit (2):
Ahh, insomnia. So good for drawing

. Here's another building. I plan to add to this to make it more clear, as well as show it tiling to make a larger building, and show it from some more angles, but for now, I need some sleep. This is intended as a more upper-class building, it's made entirely of marble, and attatches to the tree's trunk. Multiple of these could be placed side-by side so that it wraps around the trunk to make progressively larger buidlings, until it eventually becomes a ring all the way around the tree.

Upper Class Building:

Edit by Razorwing 2009-02-03.
These drawings by Tanesh belong to another post in this thread which was accidentally deleted.

This post has been edited 2 time(s), it was last edited by Tanesh: 02.10.2006 04:25.

02.10.2006 04:06

FLESH
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quote:

Originally posted by Tanesh
I've got an idea for another sketch, but I want to run it by you guys before I start on it. It's occured to me that a city as vertical as this will be very tiring to get around in. Imagine haviing to climb hundreds of feet of ladders and stairs every day to get to the varous buildings on the main tree. So, what I'm thinking is that there could be a few teleporter pads, somewhat like the ones in the Imperial City's mage's guild. From what I understand, the Bosmer aren't particularily adept at magic, but I think that in a city as large as this, they could pull it off. I'm picturing the teleportation circles as being made of marble, possibly hovering in the air, connected to the buildings around it by boardwalks made of huge vines, with thorns for guardrails to prevent falling. Either that, or it would be attatched to a branch near the trunk of the tree. Thoughts?

In Lore it mentions that the Bosmer use lifts for getting around between the various levels in the tree. Teleportation could be used for the higher class though.

I like your new concept, but as it is it's hard to understand. I see you mention you will add to it, so I'm looking forward to seeing how it will work out

02.10.2006 09:10

raggidman
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Teleport... why?

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02.10.2006 11:35

FLESH
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quote:

Originally posted by raggidman

Teleport... why?

Not everyone has read A Dance in the Fire raggidman, you must take that into consideration. In that book it mentions that Falinesti uses pully elevators, but teleports could be used for other things.

02.10.2006 13:39

FLESH
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Very nice, this could be used for Silvenar. The way the elevators work are like Morrowind travel, you tell the person where you want to go and it loads you there.

02.10.2006 19:41

Tanesh
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Silvenar? I thought Falinesti was the only city with a tree large enough to build structures on.

02.10.2006 20:27

FLESH
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Silvenar is made up of Several trees from what I can understand, and Falinesti is not the only tree that can have structures on it, but it has the most, and will look the most amazing out of all of them (other trees will rpboably have platforms).

02.10.2006 20:29

Tanesh
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I see. I think I'll brush up on my lore a bit before doing my next one. Is there anything specific that needs drawing right now?

02.10.2006 20:33

FLESH
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Yes, Falinesti specific tile-set architecture. The other drawings you have made are more general (like the ground one and the Crystal one). But everything is appreciated.

02.10.2006 20:54

Mormacil
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After this week I might be able to make time to create some colored art, but for now I'm to busy, just to busy Frown

02.10.2006 22:43

Tanesh
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Finished another sketch. I can't think of a way to tile this one, but I'll make an effort to make the next work better as a tileset.
Link
This one is quite a bit like my first one, only instead of growing into the ground, this one grows on the main tree in Falinesti, sort of like mistletoe. There's a marble disc inside that acts as a floor instead of an obelisk, which makes the walls wider than the other design. This can work as sort of a middle-class building.
If you want any of these sketches coloured, just say so. If you want, I can spend some extra time on one of these and colour it properly for the video (my first one's colour job was really rushed, and was just to illustrate what colour things would be).
@Raggidman: I'll look around if I have some extra time and see if I can pick out some favourites for the video. The blue flower building used as an example in the thread on the Bethesda forum comes to mind.

Edit:
No new art right now, but I did touch up the sketches and posted them on my DeviantART gallery. No major changes though, just darkened some of the lineart and added a parchment-like background.
Obelisk Root
Treeside Building
Branchtop Root Building
I think the background makes them a tad more presentable. I dunno

02.10.2006 23:48

FLESH
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The root building is what we had in mind for growing/singing up the architecture. So this is perfect, thank you

EDIT: I'm sorry to hear that Mormacil, see you next week

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03.10.2006 08:56

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Holy crap! Amazing stuff, especially that root building. Yes

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03.10.2006 15:13

Liquid Cheese
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Oooh they look cool on that old crinkley paper. Nice work with the root building, you are creating great quality things impressively fast.

03.10.2006 18:16

FLESH
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Looks good, another thought is to have vines wrap around it.

03.10.2006 19:44

Liquid Cheese
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Yeah, vines sound cool, at the moment is looks sort of scary as if it would lie beyond and oblivion gate.

03.10.2006 19:54

Tanesh
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A less evil-looking vine bridge:

The thorn bridge could be used for between guard outposts and other heavily guarded places to help intimidate intruders as well as give guards a great vantage point to snipe from. Also, it could be a good enterance to the lairs of evil bosmer or any of the intelligent monsters in Valenwood.

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03.10.2006 22:09

Liquid Cheese
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Good idea, the new one looks great.

03.10.2006 22:14

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Great stuff. Yes

In case you missed my comment on Deviant Art; is that actual old paper or edited background in PS?

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