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Posted by: monkeyemoness Jun 29 2017, 04:26 AM

Peace

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jun 29 2017, 04:28 AM

Love your artwork! Clearly you are super talented.

Posted by: Acadian Jun 29 2017, 12:15 PM

Wonderful drawings!

I laughed at Eolon in his new Nordic bath towel. Jo makes such a good jester. Hates is simply adorable!

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jun 29 2017, 03:04 PM

QUOTE(Acadian @ Jun 29 2017, 06:15 AM)

Wonderful drawings!

I laughed at Eolon in his new Nordic bath towel. Jo makes such a good jester. Hates is simply adorable!

Posted by: SubRosa Jun 29 2017, 10:29 PM

Very cool! Hates-White-Rats looks like Marge Simpson in pic 6 of the New Life Festival.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jun 30 2017, 01:37 AM

I honestly had a lot of fun with the holiday comics. At one point they were supposed to have more of them (for context, really) but welp. Still, I like them a lot.

Thanks for the words, everyone.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jun 30 2017, 01:55 AM

Here are some Skyrim things.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jun 30 2017, 02:39 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jun 29 2017, 07:55 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 1 2017, 03:15 AM

It's actually just Alois wearing the armor after leaving Cidhna mine (Still a Breton I guess, but not quite Reachman). Self care is soul trapping a jerkface for eternity and unleashing the King of the Reach upon Markarth.
My characters were probably the worst thing to happen to the Province

Posted by: Acadian Jul 1 2017, 05:02 PM

Love the blankie pix! They're all wonderful but, by Azura, the one of 'these two' is magnificent! Wow.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 2 2017, 04:33 PM

The blankets and the other drawing were one of the many things I said I'd get back to but never did. I was gonna do a whole series of lounging in blankets. Ah well. Thanks for the words.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 2 2017, 11:43 PM

I was gonna do an Oblivion post but I realized I don't have much Oblivion stuff, or rather it'll be tricky to post without a wall o text explaining the context. :V

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jul 3 2017, 12:19 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 2 2017, 05:43 PM)

Posted by: Acadian Jul 3 2017, 05:57 PM

Quite a nice range of differing styles in this last update. Interesting seeing some of your well-known characters and others who are less so. Alois the Unimpressed.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 5 2017, 03:33 AM

These are all from the span of....five years? ???

That said I do like to mess around and experiment. Usually I stick to the easiest, quickest style that makes me happy. :V

Posted by: mALX Jul 5 2017, 06:07 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jun 28 2017, 11:26 PM)

Yo.

So as of this writing I mostly hang out in the ESO section of the forum as it's the game I'm focused on, but over the holy crap years that I've been playing TES I've scribbled a few drawings of my characters and for the longest time it was the only way I shared anything about them--and as an aside the only reason I picked up a pen.
One time I tried actually writing down a story, but i never finished and it's on an indefinite hold unless i start over from the beginning lol.

Anyways, after just posting links in the Today in Tamriel thread I decided it was better to start a place where these things would be organized.

I mentioned that I have artwork from other games (a huge collection I'll link to from time to time I guess) so it won't be all ESO stuff, but any new things will most likely be ESO-related.

With that out of the way, have some content. (Might edit for formatting later)

The primary subjects of my sketches. For those that don't know them, from left to right:

Jo'zira - He's Jo'zira. He looks like a Khajiit most of the time. Something about gardens and memories.
Hates-White-Rats (sometimes Xochitl) - It's the Vestige. Nominally a hero, definitely a Hero.
Eolan - It's that guy. Cube Dad. He used to hide his face for no good reason. Bretons are weird sometimes.





I have Skyrim characters, too! They're a...different story. For another time. Feel free to look at them, though.




Also Oblivion? ??? This is my last group shot, I swear.







Anyways, I wanted to open this with something a little more..special, but I don't really have much time and/or energy to get it going so it'll have to wait. Till then, more reposts of old doodles incoming.

Have some links, because the images are huge.

http://68.media.tumblr.com/b371dbfba8f834b8dd9ee74ccb4d5a0d/tumblr_ofgsr72rLl1slawspo1_1280.png Farming for those skulls by means of murder while wearing a costume? Best holiday for her.

The New Life Festival later that year:
http://68.media.tumblr.com/79b319515037125a7165164ef95f010f/tumblr_oilmudy0PZ1slawspo1_540.png
http://68.media.tumblr.com/a7a79b51b27631b1bb033381f966fcf9/tumblr_oilmudy0PZ1slawspo2_1280.png
http://68.media.tumblr.com/7e22a57ff75fe50ed9576f777f3352b4/tumblr_oilmudy0PZ1slawspo3_1280.png
http://68.media.tumblr.com/6da43407f0945b2892e7dabcc95347e0/tumblr_oilmudy0PZ1slawspo6_1280.png
http://68.media.tumblr.com/5cbc3cd7375cccbb59bb79d8cb735397/tumblr_oilmudy0PZ1slawspo4_1280.png
http://68.media.tumblr.com/ef52334c28ed784db816314236deb11c/tumblr_oilmudy0PZ1slawspo5_1280.png
Eolan had fun, though it took a little encouragement. http://i.imgur.com/jBGM19Z.png

The Jester's Festival:
http://68.media.tumblr.com/0b07d7306b87d6a2d191ef1b4bfcde8a/tumblr_onr0vdYb1U1slawspo1_1280.png
http://68.media.tumblr.com/a7304a2bf59d3a6a5ff014814c7c0cae/tumblr_onr0vdYb1U1slawspo2_1280.png
http://68.media.tumblr.com/b0b180b034c3ab37ce1d84f87bf03c9e/tumblr_onr0vdYb1U1slawspo3_1280.png

http://68.media.tumblr.com/79d3cb03344bd60b51ccaa6532ce27a8/tumblr_inline_onr0teT0QR1rkgquu_500.png
http://68.media.tumblr.com/5b233b6a26a229b2ecf955a39ad8fb15/tumblr_inline_onr0tsl5g81rkgquu_500.png
At least someone enjoyed it.

Oh geeze, didn't know any follow up posts merged with the OP. Nice

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jun 29 2017, 08:55 PM)

Posted by: mALX Jul 5 2017, 07:47 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 2 2017, 06:43 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 5 2017, 09:18 PM

QUOTE(mALX @ Jul 5 2017, 01:47 PM)

I'm surprised the one you drew during the long dialogue sequence of "The Romance Mod" didn't have your character throwing himself on his sword, lol. Of course, I only heard the preliminary version of that mod from when the author was begging for funding to make it (on Kickstarter, about the time of the Paid Mods fiasco) = that one had horrible voice acting and even worse dialogue in long drawn out scenes obviously written by a female addicted to soap operas. So the version that is out now is hopefully better than that; (From what I heard on YouTube just now regarding that mod, they have improved the voice acting a lot - but still have long drawn out dialogue scenes) - so I would def say it is better than it was; though from your comments and character's facial expression in that drawing ... maybe not!

Posted by: mALX Jul 6 2017, 03:36 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 5 2017, 04:18 PM)

QUOTE(mALX @ Jul 5 2017, 01:47 PM)

I'm surprised the one you drew during the long dialogue sequence of "The Romance Mod" didn't have your character throwing himself on his sword, lol. Of course, I only heard the preliminary version of that mod from when the author was begging for funding to make it (on Kickstarter, about the time of the Paid Mods fiasco) = that one had horrible voice acting and even worse dialogue in long drawn out scenes obviously written by a female addicted to soap operas. So the version that is out now is hopefully better than that; (From what I heard on YouTube just now regarding that mod, they have improved the voice acting a lot - but still have long drawn out dialogue scenes) - so I would def say it is better than it was; though from your comments and character's facial expression in that drawing ... maybe not!

Good god. Okay, so.

The version of the Romance Mod that I played through with Genevieve (pictured above) was actually one of the earlier ones. I played it so I could see just how far the rabbit hole goes, so I pretty much ignored the "look at this through the lens of a romance novel." But you know what? Even looking back at it that way, the version of the mod that I played was still very, very creepy.

The only love interest was an unlikeable asshole that only got worse. He got rapey, possessive, and honestly, I can't understand how anyone would play this thinking "oh, but deep down he's actually a good guy" and continue "believing in him" and "fixing" him. Especially considering he's ripped off from an evil Neverwinter mod or something?

Aside from the scene I drew the thing up there for (bandits having dialogue with Bishop when honestly they'd be immediately destroyed. Genevieve does not play around.) the entire sequence was just goddamn irritating. What's that? The encounter left you with questions about these assholes and their relation to your forced love interest? Too bad, your only response is "Do you want to dominate me like they wanted? "

THEN there was the encounters with the two Genevieve actually showed passing interest in. The Mage, being hte only one that has anything in common with her? Bishop beats him up because... ???? No further interactions with him available.

The Knight dude? Bishop goes on a spiel about how his White Knight tendencies are bad and he's repressing himself and bla bla bla some of the highlights include.



I dunno. I made fun of this mod a long time ago, but I tried the more recent version and it's better written. Bishop is more likable from the start and the PC's responses aren't so coquette from the start, but I didn't really play again.


ANYWAYS, thanks for the comments.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 6 2017, 10:13 PM

It was fun to heckle, at tho! I don't do it as often anymore, but I DID play through Beyond Reach and I hated the mod. Can't really come up with art for it tho.

Anyways, have some Oblivion stuff!

Posted by: mALX Jul 7 2017, 12:00 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 6 2017, 05:13 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 7 2017, 01:10 AM

I think for those in particular I had the benefit of feeling the emotion first-hand, sort of like the ESO comics I made recently. Virtually every drawing i did for Oblivion was to illustrate my thoughts on the mods I was currently playing, so I guess I had that going for me. That aside, thanks for the kind words!

Oh, and I use Better Cities. Since it's an amalgamation of a bunch of city mods made by different mod creators, the quality is just as diverse. Some of the NPC's are best avoided, especially considering that for a lot of them, "immersion" wasn't the goal.

Actually, most of Yannick's drawings happened BECAUSE of that mod (the quest chain in Better Bravil, can't remember the actual name, though). The NPC's are obnoxious but the questline was okay-ish. (His "tries his best" face came from trying to understand what one of them was saying) Also starting it is one of the absolute stupidest ways but I'm past caring about that. :V Just ignore everything but the pretty new architecture.

Posted by: mALX Jul 7 2017, 04:56 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 6 2017, 08:10 PM)

Posted by: Acadian Jul 7 2017, 02:15 PM

Monkey, great fun to have a peek into your Oblivion characters and their games!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 8 2017, 04:00 AM

Have a preview of the thing i'm working on

Posted by: mALX Jul 8 2017, 04:46 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 7 2017, 11:00 PM)

Have a preview of the thing i'm working on

Posted by: Grits Jul 8 2017, 03:54 PM

monkey, your ability to convey emotion and movement in your drawings is a delight to see. This thread is a treasure trove. Thank you very much for sharing these! When I see your ESO characters in the game, I have the personality expressed in their drawings in my mind as well. (Jo'zira looks fabulous in game, by the way. His coloring is gorgeous!)

Posted by: Acadian Jul 8 2017, 04:12 PM

Adorable is not a word I normally associate with Argonians but your latest drawings may change that. And the feline expression on Jo'zira's (?) face is priceless! Can't see much of the fellow behind the mask but his eyes sure are intense!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 8 2017, 07:13 PM

For those wondering, yeah, it's the Squad; Hates-White-Rats, Jo'zira and Eolan.

Anyways, thanks for the kind words everyone.

One thing for today, because I forgot to do it earlier.

I drew my Nerevarine once.[/url] Circa 4E 201. 200 years of existing have left him Very Tired and Very Confused about what's going on in Solstheim and why it doesn't match up to his memories of what went down. Maybe his memories are incorrect? Maybe they aren't his own? Who knows? Who cares? Beth certainly doesn't.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jul 9 2017, 08:53 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 8 2017, 01:13 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 9 2017, 10:15 PM

QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Jul 9 2017, 02:53 PM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 8 2017, 01:13 PM)

http://68.media.tumblr.com/a78e9d56fedfbedfa54cebb9b6b0cff1/tumblr_oee2gm7Zwv1slawspo1_500.png Circa 4E 201. 200 years of existing have left him Very Tired and Very Confused about what's going on in Solstheim and why it doesn't match up to his memories of what went down. Maybe his memories are incorrect? Maybe they aren't his own? Who knows? Who cares? Beth certainly doesn't.

Heh, he's a bit too clean cut for a Nord. Imperial or Breton?

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jul 10 2017, 12:57 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 9 2017, 04:15 PM)

QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Jul 9 2017, 02:53 PM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 8 2017, 01:13 PM)

http://68.media.tumblr.com/a78e9d56fedfbedfa54cebb9b6b0cff1/tumblr_oee2gm7Zwv1slawspo1_500.png Circa 4E 201. 200 years of existing have left him Very Tired and Very Confused about what's going on in Solstheim and why it doesn't match up to his memories of what went down. Maybe his memories are incorrect? Maybe they aren't his own? Who knows? Who cares? Beth certainly doesn't.

Heh, he's a bit too clean cut for a Nord. Imperial or Breton?

Breton. Had him wear the Skaal armor for nostalgia's sake (took a few artistic liberties with it though). As much as I hate the spiked helmet, it was a great set.

(I realized I never gave his name, either. It's Piers, but idk if he'll be featured more here.)

Posted by: mALX Jul 11 2017, 10:58 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 8 2017, 02:13 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 12 2017, 03:13 AM

Haha, his actions killed a lot of people. Thanks, Azura!

Anyways, lately I've been feeling really dead in the evenings so I'll try to be coherent tonight. here is some miscellaneous garbage.

A dumb little comic for Skyrim.[/url] This is really old, but I'm replaying Alois again, btw. :V
Turns out I've drawn my Nerevarine before?[/url] I still hung out in Deviantart when Skyrim came out (but I left shortly after) and there was a long little "draw your characters based on topics" thing for Skyrim. I think this was "Draw your Dragonborn meeting your Champion of Cyrodiil/Nerevarine/etc. So I drew my Dragonborn Aza-jo with my Champion of Cyrodiil and my main non-Dragonborn with my Nerevarine. I lost the full thing when my laptop died.

More of the Big 3[/url]I've played Daggerfall and Arena but i never draw those Heroes. Actually, they were supposed to be part of this. :U

The ESO Squad[/url]

Eolan and his pet cat Winceslaus[/url]

Another Eolan.[/url]

And another one.[/url]

A Preview for the ESO Thing[/url] Again. Every time I think I'm almost done I I get a harsh reminder that there's still a lot more to do. I am really out of practice and of course I choose this project to play with lighting. (Finished piece may or may not be radically different) I don;'t konw what i'm doing anymore help

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jul 12 2017, 03:53 AM

So do you do all of these from memory or do you use screenies to go by?

Posted by: Acadian Jul 12 2017, 06:56 PM

Brotons!

Gosh, these all look so good - and quite humorous.

Eolan looks so cool in his full plate and closed helm.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 12 2017, 08:55 PM

QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Jul 11 2017, 09:53 PM)

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jul 13 2017, 02:11 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 12 2017, 02:55 PM)

QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Jul 11 2017, 09:53 PM)

So do you do all of these from memory or do you use screenies to go by?

Depends. Most of the time I go from memory, because sometimes the in-game avatar tends to be different than the mental image (particularly Yannick from Oblivion, though it's as close as I could get him). It's much more doable when doing the dumb, low-effort ones, but for the more detailed work and anything involving in-game armor and clothes and such, I turn to references after a while of struggling. Especially in ESO where the armor is more intricate. :T

Sometimes I think I prefer Eolan in armor than out of it. Which is annoying because drawing armor is hard. :V

Posted by: mALX Jul 15 2017, 03:10 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 11 2017, 10:13 PM)

QUOTE(Acadian @ Jul 12 2017, 01:56 PM)

Brotons!

Gosh, these all look so good - and quite humorous.

Eolan looks so cool in his full plate and closed helm.

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 12 2017, 03:55 PM)

QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Jul 11 2017, 09:53 PM)

So do you do all of these from memory or do you use screenies to go by?

Depends. Most of the time I go from memory, because sometimes the in-game avatar tends to be different than the mental image (particularly Yannick from Oblivion, though it's as close as I could get him). It's much more doable when doing the dumb, low-effort ones, but for the more detailed work and anything involving in-game armor and clothes and such, I turn to references after a while of struggling. Especially in ESO where the armor is more intricate. :T

Sometimes I think I prefer Eolan in armor than out of it. Which is annoying because drawing armor is hard. :V

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 15 2017, 09:13 PM

h

Posted by: Acadian Jul 15 2017, 09:23 PM

These really showcase your wonderful ability to display so much of what characters seem to be feeling and thinking by the expressions on their faces. Very expressive faces!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 18 2017, 05:37 AM

SO!

Last May was my 2-year anniversary with ESO, and though it took me a while to actually get to it, I wanted to do something special with my characters.

So I drew the Squad's first meeting in Coldharbour.

Here are the humble beginnings of A Very Small Argonian, A Very Tall Khajiit, and A Very Wide Breton.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jul 18 2017, 05:52 AM

Those... those... colored panels!!!! They are frickin' incredible!!!!!! Khajiit means to say, all of your work is extremely well done... but those colored panels!!!!! Just amazing!!!

Posted by: mALX Jul 18 2017, 05:12 PM

I have to agree with Khajiit! I absolutely LOVE the cartoons, but those colored panels are outstanding! Holy Cow do you ever have talent!

Posted by: Acadian Jul 18 2017, 06:23 PM

You do indeed have a wonderful talent to bring Jo, Hates and Eolan to life! As as others have said, those color ones are pure awesomesauce!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 19 2017, 04:21 AM

Thanks, all. I stalled opening this thread so I could open with this but geeze did I take my sweet time on it. At least it's done and out. I was thinking of following it up with an "abstract anime" (read: wordless comic) version of their adventures in Alliance lands and Coldharbour but I reckon I'll be done with the main quest in 10 years if I did. Maybe some highlights from their adventures.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jul 19 2017, 04:56 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 18 2017, 10:21 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 20 2017, 01:22 AM

I already have some in mind but who knows when I'll get to them lol

Anyways, have some drawings that were originally part of the previous group that I ended up scrapping.
I wanted to finish it off with a group shot but I wasn't really feeling this and I really just wanted to focus on the original 3 (though in the end i feel like I could have done better). So it never happened. Maybe I will redraw this one in the future and finish it. idk

Posted by: Grits Jul 21 2017, 01:16 PM

Happy 2 year anniversary! monkey, these are fabulous. What a marvelous way to celebrate your characters! I love seeing the progress shots as well as the gorgeous colored panels. The comic with Hates sprinting past Eolan makes me grin. Thank you for sharing these!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 23 2017, 09:37 PM

Thanks, Grtis. I'm just glad I stuck through to the end. :V

Anyways, here's something a little more self-indulgent than normal.

All of Alois's potential marriage candidates were Nords so this would be the outcome regardless of who he married. Roggi Knot-Beard had much more going for him so he was the one he ended up with. Although he usually sticks to calling Alois "[his] Lion" for his own sake.

I'm also constantly reminded that they wear the same outfit. Maybe I should redesign Alois's a little.

I dropped it for a while in favor of EarthBound Beginnings but I played a bit of Skyrim recently, mostly starting a new game with Alois to try out new mods. Might go back to Oblivion for a while before I return.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jul 23 2017, 09:44 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 23 2017, 03:37 PM)

Thanks, Grtis. I'm just glad I stuck through to the end. :V

Anyways, here's something a little more self-indulgent than normal.



All of Alois's potential marriage candidates were Nords so this would be the outcome regardless of who he married. Roggi Knot-Beard had much more going for him so he was the one he ended up with. Although he usually sticks to calling Alois "[his] Lion" for his own sake.

I'm also constantly reminded that they wear the same outfit. Maybe I should redesign Alois's a little.

I dropped it for a while in favor of EarthBound Beginnings but I played a bit of Skyrim recently, mostly starting a new game with Alois to try out new mods. Might go back to Oblivion for a while before I return.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 25 2017, 02:51 AM

Alois is at least a little more self-aware, but it's still easy to tease him about it.

Fun fact! When I first started TES I was convinced Bretons and Nords were the exact same height! This is mostly due to Arena describing them both as a "tall" race, with only the hair colors differing (I played a bit of Arena before my 360 copy of Oblivion arrived).

Like, after playing a while with a Breton I rolled an Imperial and though "Wow, he is so small!" That should give you an idea how much I believed it.

Then I learned that Imperials were the exact same height Breton men: the "default" height setting of 1. Oops. (It also includes Dunmer, Khajiit men, and Bosmer, Redguard and Argonian women)

It's also why the ESO Squad have varying heights. They'd be the same height otherwise. :V

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jul 25 2017, 06:48 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 24 2017, 08:51 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 25 2017, 10:52 AM

tbh I actually miss Bosmer men being the smallest playable race. I thought it gave them charm. I dunno, I guess Skyrim had a good reason to make them almost as tall as the women. (.98 I think?)

I guess that makes Breton and Khajiit women the smallest now.

Anyways, yeah! The best part about ESO's character creator is that it lends to more diversity and realism to everyone. I say this every chance I get: bring it to the main games.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jul 25 2017, 03:15 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 25 2017, 04:52 AM)

Posted by: mALX Jul 25 2017, 10:22 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 19 2017, 08:22 PM)

I already have some in mind but who knows when I'll get to them lol

Anyways, have some drawings that were originally part of the previous group that I ended up scrapping.


Basically I was making more to give context to the colored images then decided that was dumb so I stopped.


I wanted to finish it off with a group shot but I wasn't really feeling this and I really just wanted to focus on the original 3 (though in the end i feel like I could have done better). So it never happened. Maybe I will redraw this one in the future and finish it. idk

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 23 2017, 04:37 PM)

Thanks, Grtis. I'm just glad I stuck through to the end. :V

Anyways, here's something a little more self-indulgent than normal.



All of Alois's potential marriage candidates were Nords so this would be the outcome regardless of who he married. Roggi Knot-Beard had much more going for him so he was the one he ended up with. Although he usually sticks to calling Alois "[his] Lion" for his own sake.

I'm also constantly reminded that they wear the same outfit. Maybe I should redesign Alois's a little.

I dropped it for a while in favor of EarthBound Beginnings but I played a bit of Skyrim recently, mostly starting a new game with Alois to try out new mods. Might go back to Oblivion for a while before I return.

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 24 2017, 09:51 PM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 25 2017, 05:52 AM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 31 2017, 05:03 AM

QUOTE(mALX @ Jul 25 2017, 04:22 PM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 19 2017, 08:22 PM)

I wanted to finish it off with a group shot but I wasn't really feeling this and I really just wanted to focus on the original 3 (though in the end i feel like I could have done better). So it never happened. Maybe I will redraw this one in the future and finish it. idk

I love both of these! Always love the skit ones that have a theme because you manage to get some real emotions in their expressions! Love the second because I recognize them from in game; and it looks like they are about to go out on an adventure!

QUOTE(mALX @ Jul 25 2017, 04:22 PM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 24 2017, 09:51 PM)

Alois is at least a little more self-aware, but it's still easy to tease him about it.

Fun fact! When I first started TES I was convinced Bretons and Nords were the exact same height! This is mostly due to Arena describing them both as a "tall" race, with only the hair colors differing (I played a bit of Arena before my 360 copy of Oblivion arrived).

Like, after playing a while with a Breton I rolled an Imperial and though "Wow, he is so small!" That should give you an idea how much I believed it.

Then I learned that Imperials were the exact same height Breton men: the "default" height setting of 1. Oops. (It also includes Dunmer, Khajiit men, and Bosmer, Redguard and Argonian women)

It's also why the ESO Squad have varying heights. They'd be the same height otherwise. :V

Yes, I modded my Khajiit in Oblivion to make her petite - didn't want her to be as tall as the tall men.

QUOTE(mALX @ Jul 25 2017, 04:22 PM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 25 2017, 05:52 AM)

tbh I actually miss Bosmer men being the smallest playable race. I thought it gave them charm. I dunno, I guess Skyrim had a good reason to make them almost as tall as the women. (.98 I think?)

I guess that makes Breton and Khajiit women the smallest now.

Anyways, yeah! The best part about ESO's character creator is that it lends to more diversity and realism to everyone. I say this every chance I get: bring it to the main games.

Yes! I have seen men with beer guts and paunch! And Acadian's Buffy is so tiny that even my short Mia towers over her! Love that you can really customize in ESO!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 31 2017, 05:20 AM

Also have this cube, which I posted before but it hadn't shown up here.


I just...really appreciate how cube-like[/url] Eolan is.

Posted by: Acadian Jul 31 2017, 12:07 PM

Heh, even in just a shirt and pants, Eolen looks like a tank!

Posted by: Grits Jul 31 2017, 06:42 PM

Alois and Roggi! I was under the impression from playing Oblivion that Bretons were taller than Imperials, so Skyrim heights were a surprise. I ended up making my own tweak mod to make Bretons taller and Bosmers shorter.

I am another fan of the ESO body customizer. I have seen just about every flavor represented in the game, except no one seems to make chubby female wood elves.

I love the contrast between Eolan, Hates, and Jo’zira’s appearances. Even Eolan’s facial hair makes a cube!

Posted by: mALX Aug 1 2017, 08:30 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 31 2017, 12:03 AM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jul 31 2017, 12:20 AM)

Also have this cube, which I posted before but it hadn't shown up here.



I just...really appreciate how http://68.media.tumblr.com/129370299e1ea6bb194bfbd8f33a92f4/tumblr_opo2esEbgK1slawspo1_1280.png Eolan is.

Posted by: ghastley Aug 1 2017, 08:36 PM

I agree with all this about Skyrim males.

I was trying to create a "Nijel the Destroyer" character to play with Conina the Hairdresser. He's supposed to be over six feet tall, and about 100lb. You can't make that kind of wimpy, not matter how hard you try, and he's also disappointed me by learning how to use his sword. The idea was he'd just block and let Conina (who's supposed to be the one with the genes for it) do all the work. Lately, however, he's been getting his own kill-cams! And that's with an unimproved iron greatsword.

Rincewind has learned to cast spells, too. That's why I gave up and rolled a Smurf instead.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Aug 2 2017, 01:55 PM

It's always fun to hear how characters that were meant to be whimps suddenly find themselves being very capable thanks to how the games work. Like a "craft only" character i had in ESO that's suddenly capable of killing things, but only a little!

But yeah, I know they were trying to go for an ~aesthetic~, but personally I felt they undermined it by not allowing you to do the same to women characters (at least not as much as the men). I would have loved to play a big "Brawn Hilda" type character in Skyrim, with the girth and the twin braids and everything but nope. I mean I can probably do it now, since I have access to mods, but it's too late. :V



Anyways, here's a Dragonborn DLC Skyrim "comic" I drew a while back that i didn't want to post without context. And becaus4e Aza-jo looks a bit off-model.


It's a bit irritating how you're forced to read books before you pick them up. Especially the Black Books. Aza-jo resited the temptation by "bubbling" them with a precursor to my ESO Squad's inventory bubbles. In other words console-command Disable

Posted by: Acadian Aug 2 2017, 08:45 PM

Oh noes, Jo! Leave those ucky black books alone!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Aug 2 2017, 11:26 PM

The Scourge of Skyrim

(seriously though, a lot of people die whether they meet or not)

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Aug 3 2017, 01:33 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Aug 2 2017, 05:26 PM)

The Scourge of Skyrim

(seriously though, a lot of people die whether they meet or not)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Aug 8 2017, 09:16 PM

Bandits are suicidal, I guess. Unsurprising.

I think about the fact that TES Heroes are a lot closer to the classical definition, like, a lot. I mean some people had it coming, but still, the Aza-jo and company did horrible, horrible things to Skyrim and the worst part is that it was preferable to Alduin and the dragons taking over. Fun times.

ANYWAYS

I made up a dumb interaction a while back and tried to make it into a comic, but not only was I unable to do the scene justice, I realized how dumb and borderline out of character it was. So have these 2 frames instead which more or less convey what I wanted to do.
Listen, I'm going to take Eolan's side on this mostly because he's the one that made the tea to begin with. The least they could do is humor him and not drink it like "degenerates." Disrespectful. Rude.

Posted by: Acadian Aug 8 2017, 10:14 PM

Oh, Eolan made the tea? How funny!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Aug 8 2017, 11:45 PM

QUOTE(Acadian @ Aug 8 2017, 04:14 PM)

Oh, Eolan made the tea? How funny!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Aug 9 2017, 08:14 PM

Also I was digging though some folders and learned Eolan has made that very face in-game thanks to an update bug. (Using a blacksmithing station would make your character angery)

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Aug 9 2017, 10:16 PM

Wow! You are right, it is the exact same face!

Posted by: mALX Aug 10 2017, 03:17 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Aug 2 2017, 08:55 AM)

It's always fun to hear how characters that were meant to be whimps suddenly find themselves being very capable thanks to how the games work. Like a "craft only" character i had in ESO that's suddenly capable of killing things, but only a little!

But yeah, I know they were trying to go for an ~aesthetic~, but personally I felt they undermined it by not allowing you to do the same to women characters (at least not as much as the men). I would have loved to play a big "Brawn Hilda" type character in Skyrim, with the girth and the twin braids and everything but nope. I mean I can probably do it now, since I have access to mods, but it's too late. :V



Anyways, here's a Dragonborn DLC Skyrim "comic" I drew a while back that i didn't want to post without context. And becaus4e Aza-jo looks a bit off-model.





It's a bit irritating how you're forced to read books before you pick them up. Especially the Black Books. Aza-jo resited the temptation by "bubbling" them with a precursor to my ESO Squad's inventory bubbles. In other words console-command Disable

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Aug 2 2017, 06:26 PM)

The Scourge of Skyrim

(seriously though, a lot of people die whether they meet or not)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Aug 8 2017, 04:16 PM)

Bandits are suicidal, I guess. Unsurprising.

I think about the fact that TES Heroes are a lot closer to the classical definition, like, a lot. I mean some people had it coming, but still, the Aza-jo and company did horrible, horrible things to Skyrim and the worst part is that it was preferable to Alduin and the dragons taking over. Fun times.

ANYWAYS

I made up a dumb interaction a while back and tried to make it into a comic, but not only was I unable to do the scene justice, I realized how dumb and borderline out of character it was. So have these 2 frames instead which more or less convey what I wanted to do.




Listen, I'm going to take Eolan's side on this mostly because he's the one that made the tea to begin with. The least they could do is humor him and not drink it like "degenerates." Disrespectful. Rude.

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Aug 8 2017, 06:45 PM)

QUOTE(Acadian @ Aug 8 2017, 04:14 PM)

Oh, Eolan made the tea? How funny!

Eolan does all the cooking, being the Provisioner of the group. It's gotten to the point where they won't eat anything other than what he makes. (But they are learning how to cook the way he does. It's not going well)
'Course, he considers brewing alcoholic drinks his weak point.

Anyways, an extension, since I figured this one should have been included even though it lacks the, ah, transition.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Aug 10 2017, 09:59 PM

QUOTE(mALX @ Aug 9 2017, 09:17 PM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Aug 2 2017, 06:26 PM)

The Scourge of Skyrim

(seriously though, a lot of people die whether they meet or not)

D'aaaw, look at the expression on Jo'zira's face!

QUOTE(mALX @ Aug 9 2017, 09:17 PM)

Oh, that is funny! Why do they make the characters look mad to do their smithing?

Posted by: mALX Aug 10 2017, 11:24 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Aug 10 2017, 04:59 PM)

QUOTE(mALX @ Aug 9 2017, 09:17 PM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Aug 2 2017, 06:26 PM)

The Scourge of Skyrim

(seriously though, a lot of people die whether they meet or not)

D'aaaw, look at the expression on Jo'zira's face!

That's Aza-jo. A different Jo. Mostly. Now they are. It's complicated.

QUOTE(mALX @ Aug 9 2017, 09:17 PM)

Oh, that is funny! Why do they make the characters look mad to do their smithing?

There was a bug that came with the patch that added the Appearance Change Tokens that made characters sport really angry faces for no reason--usually caused by activating a crafting station (a lot of people say Smithing, but it's probably cause you get a direct look at the character's face). It was pretty well-documented in the main forums, but before I learned that I was really concerned about it because I had changed Eolan's face and deviated from what I did with his alt. (It's more angular than heroic, and I did some tweaks on the eyes and lips)
So for a while I thought I REALLY messed up, but it turns out it was just the bug. It's since been fixed.

Pretty hilarious, though. I can't believe I forgot about it.

Posted by: haute ecole rider Aug 13 2017, 06:22 PM

Monkey! I love your artwork!

As someone who has struggled to depict her characters in sketches and drawings, I'm in awe of your ability to capture the personalities at play in your art. This combined with the comments you've made elsewhere in this forum have helped me form rather full impressions of your Squad!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Aug 14 2017, 08:42 PM

@mALX - . (I keep finding the most appropriate screenshots in my folder)

@haute - Thanks! Given how...big any attempts at telling their story would be, I think it's the best I way I can do it. :V though I wish I could focus enough to do more like I wanted to


Anyways, I debated posting this because it's a flipping meme but I'm on a Skyrim roll atm so here's more of my Dragonborn Aza-jo and Alois.

Posted by: Grits Aug 15 2017, 01:54 PM

Aha, now I get Eolan’s reaction to the uncouth tea service. The significance of the mug escaped me the first time around.

I remember that crafting bug. It was horrifying! Even my delicate Lil had a b-face. Eolan’s was quite a bit stronger.

Ha, the meme works for those two! Glad you posted it.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Aug 31 2017, 10:44 PM

I tried drawing again recently but I guess I'm not really quite up to it. But as I was going through my WIP folder I found a relic from a darker time....
It is a huge image, btw[/url]

I hate this so much, but if you want one of my "original" "works" from 2012, here it is.

Posted by: mALX Aug 31 2017, 11:26 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Aug 14 2017, 03:42 PM)

@mALX - http://i.imgur.com/KfFD6ty.png. (I keep finding the most appropriate screenshots in my folder)

@haute - Thanks! Given how...big any attempts at telling their story would be, I think it's the best I way I can do it. :V though I wish I could focus enough to do more like I wanted to


Anyways, I debated posting this because it's a flipping meme but I'm on a Skyrim roll atm so here's more of my Dragonborn Aza-jo and Alois.

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Aug 31 2017, 05:44 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Sep 1 2017, 01:58 AM

More like...second impressions? This is an alternate version of another I did for Alois, who I played as Dragonborn like pretty much every other character that I decided wasn't even Dragonborn. Not really sure why, either. Zul'massa (now known as Aza-jo, his original name was a corruption of a non-TES character) was designed to be my "true" or "canonical" Dragonborn on the timeline I base all my characters in, and a lot of his traits were thought up ahead of time.

But I digress. Those are still basically my first impressions and for the most part are my current opinions. Spellmaking was one of my favorite features of Oblivion, and its loss along with a lot of other spell effects really hurt my enjoyment of the game. Combine it with the implication that some effects were removed to make shouts more unique, and how boring magic was in the vanilla game, and you got one of my most hated aspects of Skyrim. :V

Like with the insane amount of Draugr, sometimes story isn't enough to justify how awful certain gameplay elements are. (People like to make the excuse that because Nords are suddenly anti-magic and the Mages Guild split into two petty organizations that ended up losing a lot of magical knowledge along the way, magic will be awful in the game. Never mind that the College of Winterhold is an independent organization. This smacks of the terrible decisions made for Cyrodiil that turned it into High Rock Lite. They made Skyrim low fantasy for this Conan bullshit and killed a lot of the interesting bits of the Province and its people, but not as bad as what they did to Cyrodiil admittedly)

lol wow do I have a lot of opinions tonight. Did I mention I was playing SKyrim again with a fresh character?

Posted by: monkeyemoness Sep 15 2017, 10:04 PM

I have nothing new, yet. Here's a preview of what I'm working on. Skyrim's still trendy, right? Cause I'm making a Skyrim-based "comic".







Also, I was throwing out going through some old stuff and found some more TES drawings circa 2012.

https://i.imgur.com/1EGWXVB.png Turns out it was referring to being mounted on dragons, but before that was revealed my first thought was "BETHESDA WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, HE IS TOO POWERFUL NOW". So I sketched this out and forgot about it before I finished. Maybe I'll finish it and a few others I found. Back then, I used to care about my Eternal Champion and I actually played Arena/Daggerfall. :U

Posted by: Renee Sep 16 2017, 04:04 AM

OH yeah, SKyrim is still very trendy. How ya doing monkey?

This guy looks like a spooked merchant. Like, he's one of those NPCs who one-lines us as we pass by, telling us of some monsters underground or something.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Sep 22 2017, 05:50 AM

Great, thanks, Renee! Anyways, no spoilers till I'm done, but let's just say he's not the one that's spooked.

Anyways, I could have been working on that thing, but I've been playing Psychonauts lately and Steve Blum (the same guy responsible for Eolan's voice type--Breton A) voices a few odd characters. Some of his characters' lines seem to really fit Eolan and oops I wanted to do this while I still found it darkly funny.


"Right, I saw nothing."

(The characters in question happen to be the G-Men, from the Milkman Conspiracy level of Psychonauts)

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Sep 22 2017, 04:48 PM

Poor Eolan, lol!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Sep 22 2017, 06:37 PM

It's fine, he has somewhat different hangups that have since been addressed. Somewhat.

(I just found out the G-Men disappear once the level they appear in is completed. Boo. I'm gonna miss their weird monologues about their professions. https://youtu.be/erEytjmUM4A?t=1m23s)

Posted by: hazmick Sep 23 2017, 02:45 AM

I love the G-men's lines. The assassin lines are so Dark Brotherhood.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Sep 23 2017, 06:10 PM

Oh, geeze, you're right. It's so accurate it's almost offensive. Right down to how easily they get picked off.

Posted by: mALX Sep 24 2017, 09:16 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Sep 22 2017, 12:50 AM)

Great, thanks, Renee! Anyways, no spoilers till I'm done, but let's just say he's not the one that's spooked.

Anyways, I could have been working on that thing, but I've been playing Psychonauts lately and Steve Blum (the same guy responsible for Eolan's voice type--Breton A) voices a few odd characters. Some of his characters' lines seem to really fit Eolan and oops I wanted to do this while I still found it darkly funny.



"Right, I saw nothing."

(The characters in question happen to be the G-Men, from the Milkman Conspiracy level of Psychonauts)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Sep 22 2017, 01:37 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Sep 24 2017, 09:26 PM

Hey, so I'm not sure what the rules on blood/gore are but lemme know if this crosses the line in any way.

This was supposed to be wacky. It was going to be followed up by him angrily chasing another leftover guard while screaming like a madman but...yeah.

He doesn't talk about Markarth. Neither does Genevieve. She helped with the smashing.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Sep 24 2017, 09:47 PM

So.
Much.
Red!!!!

Khajiit loves it!

Posted by: mALX Sep 24 2017, 10:28 PM

*mALX eyes the Catalina dressing on her salad...*

Uh, wait. Alois ideally thinks villains should have redemption, but ... who is the villain? Those are guards around his feet if I'm not mistaken!

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Sep 24 2017, 10:50 PM

QUOTE(mALX @ Sep 24 2017, 04:28 PM)

*mALX eyes the Catalina dressing on her salad...*

Uh, wait. Alois ideally thinks villains should have redemption, but ... who is the villain? Those are guards around his feet if I'm not mistaken!

Posted by: mALX Sep 24 2017, 11:59 PM

QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Sep 24 2017, 05:50 PM)

QUOTE(mALX @ Sep 24 2017, 04:28 PM)

*mALX eyes the Catalina dressing on her salad...*

Uh, wait. Alois ideally thinks villains should have redemption, but ... who is the villain? Those are guards around his feet if I'm not mistaken!

Guards in Markarth are all corrupt. It is known.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Sep 25 2017, 03:50 AM

Unlike most other threats that have a choice in the matter like bandits (who, in his mind, lose their chance the moment they attack--hell some of their idle dialogue has them mention preferring to die instead of going back to jail), he pulled off a Pelinal Whitestrake actually relished killing the guards, soul-trapping Thonar Silverblood and releasing Madanach. The last one was done in the heat of the moment and probably wasn't one of his best ideas.

Markarth is a nasty, nasty place and I think in the end the ones that suffer most are non-Forsworn Reachmen, no matter what happens. Alois and Genevieve left the place on fire (metaphorically!) and never returned.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Sep 25 2017, 06:11 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Sep 24 2017, 09:50 PM)

Posted by: hazmick Sep 25 2017, 11:15 AM

The true villainy in Markarth is the lack of guardrails on all of the stairs. You're more likely to trip and fall to your death on the way to the market than you are to encounter any Forsworn.

Also, people living in Dwemer structures rather than preserving them as historically significant sites makes Haa-Rei's scales itch.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Sep 28 2017, 09:14 PM

Hey so I found this really old Oblivion sketch and I felt like sharing because Bretons are OP. When you get the Mundane Ring, mages are nothing to you.

https://i.imgur.com/WJV71RN.png

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Sep 28 2017, 09:52 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Sep 28 2017, 03:14 PM)

Posted by: ghastley Sep 28 2017, 10:16 PM

It was certainly fun to put the Mundane ring, Amulet of Axes, Ring of the Iron Fist, and Escutcheon of Chorrol on a Breton and just reflect or resist everything (except arrows). Especially the Arena fights. Walk out, wait a while, get declared winner, profit! I did much the same with a character that wasn't a Breton by enchanting a pair of the prisoner sandals to compensate.

I think they made the AI in Skyrim a bit better in that respect, as the mobs don't seem to attack themselves to death when you have the HA perk.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Sep 29 2017, 01:09 AM

I think I achieved something similar with potions and Mankar's Robes. IIRC the ingredients used made them heavier than .1 but it was worth it having every enemy kill themselves by attacking. Think I murdered some Bravil guards that way but I still got charged for murder.

Anyways, I don't think I've leveled HA high enough to see the perk in action. Reflect Damage/Spells is one of those effects that I sorely missed. Not as much as waterwalking but... :T

Posted by: mALX Sep 29 2017, 06:25 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Sep 28 2017, 04:14 PM)

QUOTE(ghastley @ Sep 28 2017, 05:16 PM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Sep 28 2017, 08:09 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Oct 14 2017, 08:31 PM

QUOTE(mALX @ Sep 29 2017, 12:25 AM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Sep 28 2017, 08:09 PM)

*snip*

... Think I murdered some Bravil guards that way but I still got charged for murder.

Anyways, I don't think I've leveled HA high enough to see the perk in action. Reflect Damage/Spells is one of those effects that I sorely missed. Not as much as waterwalking but... :T

BWAAHAA!!!

Oh,what HA perk is that? Is it for DK or sword and boards? (or something else entirely?)

** Oh yeah, Water-walking gold shoes were always among my first things made; plus they helped you steer clear of slaughterfish attacks when going after the "Jewel of the Rumare" for Water Breathing!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Oct 16 2017, 12:58 AM

Hey, here's some more Tyrellius-es because I wasn't done yesterday. Imperials have such interesting head shapes in Skyrim, tbh.

Posted by: haute ecole rider Oct 16 2017, 02:07 AM

I always thought a lot of the Imperial men in Skyrim rather resembled the old Romans such as http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02571/julius-caesar_2571737b.jpg, or the typical round headed Sicilian mobster/goodfella . . .

Posted by: monkeyemoness Oct 17 2017, 02:06 AM

I honestly really like it and the darker complexions they have. Really blocky, but not something I wanted to deal with much lol

I also try to sneak in some Mesoamerican features into Nibenese Imperials, with mixed success.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Oct 31 2017, 02:38 AM

Merry Spookmas. Have some flipping sticks.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Oct 31 2017, 02:53 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Oct 30 2017, 08:38 PM)

Merry Spookmas. Have some flipping sticks.

Posted by: Acadian Oct 31 2017, 02:55 AM

What shall I do with this burnt branch?

*sigh* just toss it on the fire with the rest of them.


Wonderful drawing, Monkey!

Posted by: mALX Nov 1 2017, 03:58 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Oct 30 2017, 09:38 PM)

Merry Spookmas. Have some flipping sticks.

Posted by: Grits Nov 2 2017, 03:15 AM

Oh my gosh, I love it! Poor Hates. Hates-Burned-Sticks.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Nov 8 2017, 10:08 PM

QUOTE(Grits @ Nov 1 2017, 08:15 PM)

Hates-Burned-Sticks.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Nov 8 2017, 10:27 PM

Nerevarine Piers (left) and Imperial Agent Serabi (right)

So I've been talking about playing either Morrowind or Daggerfall (maybe Oblivion but it seems unlikely) since I left a playthrough behind on the former and never got past the first quest in the latter.

I sat and read the journal in Morrowind to get an idea of where Piers was at and how he got there and got some ideas for a little recap comic mostly for my own pleasure since the act of reading it alone gave me an idea of who Piers was. I was gonna start with a bust drawing and then draw some "scenes" up to where he was and then I realized I've never drawn an Ohmes-raht Khajiit. So I did this instead.

TBH, it's a pretty common fan interpretation, but it's my favorite. At least, I prefer it over the more anime-style cat people. I also tried to keep some of the details of her in-game sprite in Daggerfall. I was going to go with brown "hair" but went with the red hair she has in-game, for example. Might give her the straight hair she has, too, instead of braids. idk

Posted by: Acadian Nov 9 2017, 04:36 AM

Wow, Piers and Serabi look great! Love what you can do with color - like the eyes and hair here.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Nov 9 2017, 05:17 AM

Serabi!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Nov 9 2017, 09:36 PM

Anyways, I had to stop myself from taking these further than I should have because I want to actually play (and he's currently at level 19, so he's done plenty of things). Here are some early Morrowind things that I got from reading the journal.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Nov 10 2017, 06:55 AM

Love these pics!

And yes, Caius is totally a moonsugar daddy!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jan 7 2018, 02:06 AM

So Im trying to draw more so I started something that I don't know if I'll finish so for now have some Skyrim Bretons.



Alois and Genevieve changed a lot from their original conception back in August 2011, tbh.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jan 7 2018, 02:46 AM

Bahahaha! Genevieve looks like “Is this guy serious?”

Posted by: Acadian Jan 7 2018, 03:37 AM

Heh, Genevieve looks like she's freezing.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jan 7 2018, 04:31 AM

Both are excellent observations if a bit inaccurate, as her brother is the only thing keeping The Depression ™ away and she hasn't shaved since she arrived in Skyrim. But you wouldn't know any of these from this image alone :v

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jan 7 2018, 05:38 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jan 6 2018, 09:31 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jan 7 2018, 10:14 PM

I play a lot of Bretons tbh. Mostly thanks to the overpowered racials, ESPECIALLY in Oblivion.

idk I just wanted to draw something never mind that I have a few unfinished stuff I haven't even scanned yet Most outfits were drawn from memory, so they may not be entirely accurate to their game's counterparts. Except Alois, that one was deliberate since his in-game clothes are identical to his husband Roggi Knot-Beard's. I gave him a more "Breton-y" version in blue.

Posted by: Acadian Jan 7 2018, 11:35 PM

Wow, maybe I'm a sucker for color but these are amazing! Elise especially looks like a full blown Disney princess.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jan 8 2018, 04:00 AM

QUOTE(Acadian @ Jan 7 2018, 04:35 PM)

Elise especially looks like a full blown Disney princess.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jan 9 2018, 02:41 AM

It's only fitting for the brightest TES game o have the brightest color palette used :U

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jan 19 2018, 09:52 PM

Quick doodle of a https://imgur.com/ZBgE756.
He was a merchant from the Reach that somehow ended up in Cyrodiil, and he was forced to shave in prison. (Dont' ask where his tattoos went I'm not even sure he has some lol)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jan 19 2018, 10:11 PM

Also I'm trying to will myself to draw a little more but I probably wont' be able to really get into it until late next week so have https://i.imgur.com/wohcbxz.png.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jan 20 2018, 02:16 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jan 19 2018, 03:11 PM)

Posted by: mALX Jan 20 2018, 02:32 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jan 19 2018, 03:52 PM)

Quick doodle of a https://imgur.com/ZBgE756.
He was a merchant from the Reach that somehow ended up in Cyrodiil, and he was forced to shave in prison. (Dont' ask where his tattoos went I'm not even sure he has some lol)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jan 19 2018, 04:11 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jan 20 2018, 07:18 AM

QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Jan 19 2018, 07:16 PM)

QUOTE(mALX @ Jan 19 2018, 07:32 PM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jan 19 2018, 03:52 PM)

Quick doodle of a https://imgur.com/ZBgE756.
He was a merchant from the Reach that somehow ended up in Cyrodiil, and he was forced to shave in prison. (Dont' ask where his tattoos went I'm not even sure he has some lol)

Wow, how did you make such a great looking character in Oblivion? Awesome!

QUOTE(mALX @ Jan 19 2018, 07:32 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jan 25 2018, 09:18 PM

The Numinous

idk an attempt at getting back into drawing lol

Might do more with this but I'm done for now

Posted by: mALX Jan 25 2018, 09:38 PM

Oh, this is better because they don't look sad anymore, just tired out! Nice!!!

Posted by: Acadian Jan 25 2018, 10:13 PM

What a great drawing of your trio!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jan 28 2018, 12:28 AM

It's as finished as it's gonna get lol
(tbh it sorta looked like a comic I did in 2010 and I hated it at first. It's the thick lines.)

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Jan 28 2018, 12:37 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jan 27 2018, 05:28 PM)

It's as finished as it's gonna get lol
(tbh it sorta looked like a comic I did in 2010 and I hated it at first. It's the thick lines.)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Apr 1 2018, 03:15 PM

I haven't done much that is either A: Elder Scrolls-related or B: something I would put up here. Or even finished anything But I remembered that the Anniversary Event is on its way and...yeah...

Posted by: Acadian Apr 1 2018, 04:05 PM

Crafting cavorting and confusion!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Apr 1 2018, 04:09 PM

https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/86e67e/guide_crafting_writ_cycle_analysis Or whatever update made it so that max level writ turn in was no longer in Orsinium.

I hope they finally fix them with Summerset.

Posted by: mALX Apr 18 2018, 04:32 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Apr 1 2018, 10:15 AM)

I haven't done much that is either A: Elder Scrolls-related or B: something I would put up here. Or even finished anything But I remembered that the Anniversary Event is on its way and...yeah...

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Apr 1 2018, 11:09 AM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jan 27 2018, 07:28 PM)

It's as finished as it's gonna get lol
(tbh it sorta looked like a comic I did in 2010 and I hated it at first. It's the thick lines.)

Posted by: monkeyemoness May 3 2018, 02:48 AM

So I have something planned for my 3rd Anniversary, but the problem is I don't know how to proceed from here. I sort of wanna break in the nice colored pencils my sister got me for Christmas, but I haven't used colored pencils in YEARS.

Other than that, haven't done much of anything, save for another thing I'm planning (that I'm not sure if i'll ever finish)

Posted by: ghastley May 3 2018, 04:13 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ May 2 2018, 09:48 PM)

Posted by: mALX May 3 2018, 08:38 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ May 2 2018, 09:48 PM)

So I have something planned for my 3rd Anniversary, but the problem is I don't know how to proceed from here. I sort of wanna break in the nice colored pencils my sister got me for Christmas, but I haven't used colored pencils in YEARS.

Other than that, haven't done much of anything, save for another thing I'm planning (that I'm not sure if i'll ever finish)

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit May 3 2018, 08:15 PM

Hates is adorable

Posted by: monkeyemoness May 3 2018, 10:51 PM

QUOTE(mALX @ May 3 2018, 02:38 AM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jun 10 2018, 10:05 PM

Kinda garbo but I spent way too much time on it and didn't have the patience to get it how I wanted it. :v

After finishing the Summerset Questline I took the Magic Kids across Tamriel with their Crystalline Son. They have since finished the Psijic Order questline. :v

Bonus:

He wants a turn.

Every time I draw Fjotreid it's with a worried expression lol

Posted by: Acadian Jun 10 2018, 10:49 PM

Oh Monkey, I think that color one is fabulous! You capture so much personality, not to mention how adorably your pix match actual in game outfits.

Posted by: SubRosa Jun 11 2018, 12:41 AM

Oh wow, that is really good!

Posted by: ghastley Jun 11 2018, 01:24 AM

The one thing I really like about that one is that you've captured a purely Khajiit expression perfectly. There's a particularly feline curiosity in that one.

Posted by: mALX Jun 11 2018, 01:48 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jun 10 2018, 05:05 PM)

Kinda garbo but I spent way too much time on it and didn't have the patience to get it how I wanted it. :v

After finishing the Summerset Questline I took the Magic Kids across Tamriel with their Crystalline Son. They have since finished the Psijic Order questline. :v

Bonus:


He wants a turn.

Every time I draw Fjotreid it's with a worried expression lol

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jun 12 2018, 03:47 AM

Thanks so much for the comments, everyone! I do try to nail feline expressions, but since I only have a very small dog for reference I don't have much life experience. :v

Posted by: mALX Jun 12 2018, 06:58 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Jun 11 2018, 10:47 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jun 17 2018, 01:27 AM

Have a Dad and his kids. The Found Family trope is one of my favorites.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 17 2018, 03:12 AM

Last Dragonborn Expectations: Hero of Skyrim and Mankind. Bane of Her enemies. Their coming will lead to an era of prosperity for Nords and the entire province.

Last Dragonborn Reality:

Been thinking of picking up Skyrim lately.

(Also i've mostly been working on non TES stuff lately lol)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 18 2018, 11:50 PM

From that point on, they were a lot more clear about their meetings.

I'm basically procrastinating on a non-TES project lol

Posted by: haute ecole rider Jul 19 2018, 01:49 PM

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jul 30 2018, 11:08 PM

All I do these days is shitpost about in-jokes.

Posted by: haute ecole rider Aug 1 2018, 02:45 PM

Posted by: monkeyemoness Sep 9 2018, 11:20 PM

Been thinking about firing up Skyrim again to play this potato. Alois warmups that got out of hand.

Posted by: mALX Sep 11 2018, 06:26 AM

I love your cartoons so much! Although now I want a candy apple reward too! Lol.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Oct 22 2018, 10:57 PM

Every Year

Merry Spookmas

Posted by: Grits Oct 23 2018, 01:54 AM

I love this thread so much!!

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Oct 23 2018, 03:22 AM

Bahahaha!! Ooh right in the ghoulies!!

Posted by: mALX Oct 23 2018, 03:31 AM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Oct 22 2018, 05:57 PM)

Every Year

Merry Spookmas

Posted by: monkeyemoness Oct 25 2018, 11:10 PM

That comic has been on my mind since last year, but last year it was nothing but sticks and disappointment.

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Oct 27 2018, 04:32 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Oct 25 2018, 05:10 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Dec 2 2018, 03:39 AM

As always, I'm doing Other Things atm, but I remembered that when I got into TES with Oblivion it was a few months before Skyrim was supposed to be out so of course I drew characters to play before the game was even a thing.

Proto-Alois was a lot colder and fought with martial arts because I didn't know Hand to Hand wasn't gonna be a skill anymore :v Also I didn't know the character creator would make it impossible to make him the way I wanted to. He was also supposed to have a boyfriend waiting for him in the College of Winterhold but that changed after playing the game and finding that Roggi Knot-Beard was a better match for his current incarnation.

To be perfectly honest, I'm glad it turned out this way. I love the potato he ended up becoming.

(His sister Genenvieve was actually the first character for Skyrim that I made. I'm pretty sure I have the original drawing somehwere)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Dec 7 2018, 03:26 AM

Some Alois and Tyrellius WIPs for a thing

Dunno when i'll finish but eh

Posted by: monkeyemoness Dec 8 2018, 01:44 AM

WIP part 2 Genevieve and Co.

It'll probably be a long time before I get to these, tbph

Posted by: monkeyemoness Dec 17 2018, 03:20 AM

Had to rush these out for today, but oh well. I've mostly been focusing on Skyrim recnetly so here's the Squad over the years!

Specifically: Base Game, Post-Clockwork City, Post-Summerset

Posted by: Acadian Dec 17 2018, 03:24 AM

Nice work, Monkey. Their personalities really shine through.

Posted by: Renee Dec 17 2018, 01:43 PM

Exactly. Lots of personality in these pics. Even with the lizard. Whoever thought a lizard's mood could look anything other than "if it moves, I'll eat it if I can make it fit."

Posted by: monkeyemoness Dec 17 2018, 10:50 PM

lol Thanks guys.

I had a lot of fun with these. and probably should have done them on the anniversary I might go back and refine these soon once I get back into the groove of my other projects. At the very least, to draw in the tails I forgot about in my rush to get this out by Sunday. :v

Posted by: monkeyemoness Dec 29 2018, 01:12 AM

Murkmire's Great

Posted by: monkeyemoness Jan 13 2019, 07:11 PM

Busy time of the year, but I haven't forgotten about this. Mostly I'm stuck on the Khajiit's outfit. Also, it's probably obvious which ones I have more experience drawing. (Hint: it's Alois)

Some day these'll be done!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Mar 3 2019, 06:02 PM

Anyways, a lot of things ended up drawing my attention away from the projects I started so here's a Dad Sheltering His Bratty Kids I quickly drew before bed last night.

Posted by: haute ecole rider Mar 4 2019, 04:45 PM

I see scenes like that at the Apple Store all the time!!!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Mar 12 2019, 10:41 PM

Quick Skyrim/Enderal character art I did in celebration of finishing that punch to the gut.

Alois, in his Nirn and Vyn incarnations. Enderal's races use Skyrim's as a base, but the race that Bretons become (Enderaleans and maybe Nehrimese) aren't playable so he's depicted as a Half-Kilean (what Imperials became).

I guess I should come out and say I've been writing a Skyrim fic with Alois at its center? Yeah. Dunno when it'll be done, but playing him in a different situation and world was also fun. His Vyn counterpart is a lot more stressed about saving the world than he is. (But they're otherwise almost the same)

Also I gave up on drawing the armor set from Enderal. Way too many details for me to learn for something that was meant to be quick

Posted by: TheCheshireKhajiit Mar 12 2019, 11:42 PM

Monkey, your skill level always astounds this one! Awesome work!

Posted by: Acadian Mar 13 2019, 12:48 AM

QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Mar 12 2019, 03:42 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Mar 13 2019, 08:33 PM

Thanks. :v
I have little else to do these days.

Posted by: Renee Mar 14 2019, 09:27 PM

Yes you are really talented.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Mar 15 2019, 03:00 AM

A much belated Anniversary Drawing. The Squad in their early years (pre-Craglorn).
I'm sick of looking at this. The rest will be MUCH simpler lol

Posted by: Acadian Mar 15 2019, 11:42 AM

Love the expressions! And the colors!

Posted by: monkeyemoness Mar 16 2019, 07:17 PM

It's just the finished version of a drawing i posted earlier. And actually a redrawn version of an even older drawing I never posted here lol

Posted by: monkeyemoness Mar 16 2019, 10:35 PM

Also I wanted to comment that although I'm not 100% sure the lighting is, uh, accurate whatsoever based on the 2 (3/) light sources I picked, at the very least Eolan's shirt ended up looking really comfy. Softer and cleaner than it looks in-game anyways.

Posted by: Renee Mar 20 2019, 08:28 PM

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Mar 16 2019, 05:35 PM)

Posted by: monkeyemoness Mar 20 2019, 09:33 PM

QUOTE(Renee @ Mar 20 2019, 02:28 PM)

QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Mar 16 2019, 05:35 PM)

Softer and cleaner than it looks in-game anyways.

Which game? Sorry, I'm not familiar.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Mar 22 2019, 12:26 AM

I just realized I never actually put this scribble up here. Playing Eolan in Enderal, but unlike Alois, it isn't a 'serious' playthough. (That is, this is 100% Nirn's Eolan in a "simulation")

Posted by: monkeyemoness Mar 27 2019, 12:23 AM

Jo'zira thought it'd be applicable, just not in this way, specifically. Xochitl was already planning on giving Tharn a beating if she saw him again. Now it'll be justified.

Posted by: Acadian Mar 27 2019, 01:01 AM

Posted by: monkeyemoness Apr 11 2019, 03:59 AM

Does it count as a spoiler to say that he's referring to


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vr9xPqGD8o

Posted by: Grits Apr 12 2019, 08:55 PM

Nice. Love the facial expressions. I expect many pints have been drained over... that guy.

Posted by: monkeyemoness Apr 17 2019, 04:45 AM

^Eolan would have been satisfied just having him home where he belongs. After all those years of agonizing over it along with the others working hard to make it happen, it was quite a kick to the teeth to realize that it was entirely out of the question to begin with. Even worse that another of Eolan's companions WAS able to sever his identity from the being that created him and live as his own person.

Times like these, you just gotta laugh :v
A Goth Nord and his Feral Bosmer Boyfriend. They came to me in a dream, as the third part of an Elder Scrolls Documentary series (the first two featured a Nord(?) woman going through daily life on Nirn).

They lived in an abandoned chapel somewhere in Northern Valenwood, likely Reaper's March. The Bosmer had some sort of illness? And they were just trying to get by? Also the Bosmer was played by a human for some reason but I filled in the details while in the dream.

Look mang, idk, ever since I started these meds a year ago I've been having very wild, very vivid dreams. (more to come?)

Posted by: monkeyemoness May 9 2019, 12:52 AM

Crafting hell's nearly over. Have an attempt at humanized Hates-White-Rats/Xochitl and Jo'zira.

When he's old enough, Jo'zira will grow a mane. :v I have been around Mexican braids all my life and I still can't draw them.

Posted by: mALX Aug 2 2019, 05:28 PM

Monkey removed all his artwork and quit the Chorrolites Guild on May 11? Is he okay? I am worried about him! Did something happen to upset him?

Posted by: mALX Aug 2 2019, 05:57 PM

Does anyone have his email address that can write him and see if he is okay?

Posted by: haute ecole rider Aug 6 2019, 06:29 PM

I haven't seen Monkee in game lately, so I don't know what is going on there. I did not know they had quit the guild. And no, I don't have their email address . . .

Posted by: Renee Aug 6 2019, 06:50 PM

I know nothing. Look at all that struck-out text though, maybe there's a hint there.

Posted by: mALX Aug 6 2019, 09:20 PM

QUOTE(Renee @ Aug 6 2019, 01:50 PM)