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

ZOS_GinaBruno · April 2017

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 · April 2017

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

kimjovikenb16_ESO · April 2017

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

Serensiel · April 2017

drooling for more, specially that Dwarven draft he made.

menedhyn · April 2017

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 · April 2017

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

Dagoth_Rac · April 2017

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 · April 2017

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

Streega · April 2017

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

(Concept art)

Cinbri · April 2017

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

Greevir · April 2017

Rickter wrote: »

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

A blue skinned human with pointy ears? No thanks.

Zachary_Shadow · April 2017

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 · April 2017

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 · April 2017

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

fwr.phoenixub17_ESO · April 2017

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 · April 2017

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 · April 2017

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

Cinbri · April 2017

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

Ilsabet · April 2017

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 · April 2017

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 · May 2017

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!