Official Discussion Thread for "ESO: Morrowind Concept Artist Q&A and Wallpaper"

ZOS_GinaBruno

This is the official discussion thread for the blog article ESO: Morrowind Concept Artist Q&A and Wallpaper. Read our Q&A with Senior Concept Artist Lucas Slominski about how he created this amazing illustration. We've also supplied wallpapers in various sizes for you to download as well. Enjoy!

Vanthras79

This piece really captures the mood of Vvardenfell. Great Job Lucas!

kimjovikenb16_ESO

How come you never make these wallpapers in a high-res 16:9 ratio? Makes me cri evrytim

Serensiel

drooling for more, specially that Dwarven draft he made.

menedhyn

Great article, great image!

I'm showing my age, but does anyone still create concept or promotional artwork using pencil anymore, or it is all digital?

Elsonso

Great image! Thanks for putting the text in the upper right.

Dagoth_Rac

Why no 2560x1440 resolution? Yes, I can take the 1920x1080 and stretch to fill desktop, but 1920x1080 has not been a popular PC gaming resolution for a long time. Heck, I think even my 2560x1440 is a mediocre res by modern PC standards.

Rickter

Guys, you cant make dunmer females look like this in game:

Streega

Question: why the Telvanni towers look like... well, the way they look (sorry, can't say more - NDA), instead of this:

(Concept art)

Cinbri

This is just so amazing!!! You must do more of such things.

Greevir

Rickter wrote: »

Guys, you cant make dunmer females look like this in game:

A blue skinned human with pointy ears? No thanks.

Zachary_Shadow

He went to SCAD too! Nice! (Sorry for the personal information) I'm going there for Interactive Game Development, so this post really kind of showed me what I need to do after I graduate, along with the fact that it was so interesting to learn more about concept art and the path it takes to get into a big company such as ZOS. Thank you so much!

Koolio

Zachary_Shadow wrote: »

He went to SCAD too! Nice! (Sorry for the personal information) I'm going there for Interactive Game Development, so this post really kind of showed me what I need to do after I graduate, along with the fact that it was so interesting to learn more about concept art and the path it takes to get into a big company such as ZOS. Thank you so much!

SCAD is a great school. Just watch that downtown Savannah area at night. Can get a little rough there.

Recremen

Great interview! I'm glad the art team is getting attention, their work is absolutely stunning.

fwr.phoenixub17_ESO

That bear is so out of place in Vvardenfell. I understand that it's one of the highlights of the Warden class, but it's out of place there as much. Just think of it: cliffracer, shalk, fetcher-flies, netch, and, SUDDENLY, a bear. Why BEAR? Why not kagouti or alit?

infernomorgothb14_ESO

fwr.phoenixub17_ESO wrote: »

That bear is so out of place in Vvardenfell. I understand that it's one of the highlights of the Warden class, but it's out of place there as much. Just think of it: cliffracer, shalk, fetcher-flies, netch, and, SUDDENLY, a bear. Why BEAR? Why not kagouti or alit?

Definitely agree, and it's why I won't play the warden class. If I could run with a kagouti or more Dunmer themed companion then I would. The warden seems to have the most cartoonish abilities out of all the classes so far.

Dhukath

Love the artwork, any chance we'll see this as a lithograph?

Cinbri

4th concept where warden looks like angel could be so good too.

Ilsabet

fwr.phoenixub17_ESO wrote: »

That bear is so out of place in Vvardenfell. I understand that it's one of the highlights of the Warden class, but it's out of place there as much. Just think of it: cliffracer, shalk, fetcher-flies, netch, and, SUDDENLY, a bear. Why BEAR? Why not kagouti or alit?

Given that not all wardens are Dunmer, and that a character can be a warden without ever setting foot in Morrowind, I'm fine with not having every warden feature be Dunmer-centric. If anything, it's stranger for a Bosmer or Breton to be using cliffracers and netches if they've never encountered those creatures in their pre-adventuring life.

As for the article and artwork:

Nice to see some insight into the creative process and what goes into producing those snazzy paintings. 8 weeks is pretty nutty for one piece of art, but you can see the attention to detail that comes out of it.

Elder_III

Gorgeous wallpaper, but give us a decent resolution! 1920 x 1080 is a lousy res for the PC Gamer in 2017. I've had a 4K screen for 2 years now and have no use for this inferior crap (resolution, not the art - art is lovely).

Love your artistic skills, just please release an "upper tier" resolution that's not a decade outdated.

FLambda

Elder_III wrote: »

Gorgeous wallpaper, but give us a decent resolution! 1920 x 1080 is a lousy res for the PC Gamer in 2017. I've had a 4K screen for 2 years now and have no use for this inferior crap (resolution, not the art - art is lovely).

Love your artistic skills, just please release an "upper tier" resolution that's not a decade outdated.

Agreed!

What's particularly insulting is that the two highest resolution pictures are the ones for iPad Pro [2048x2732] and the Galaxy Note 7 [2880x2560], which both have weird aspect ratios. The largest picture with a normal aspect ratio is just [1920x1200], ~1000 pixels smaller in each direction compared to the Note wallpaper.

Why is the highest resolution picture in an aspect ratio designed for a phone that has a screen that's just 8" diagonally, when many PCs and gaming computers are upwards of 25"-30"? Heck, I bet some people would use this as a background of their Xbox, and TVs are even bigger!