We really need to get on this and show them what the Altmer's aesthetic is supposed to look like based on our imaginings. They are having a contest for ESO. Landscapes and Architectures are what we should focus on.

http://elderscrollsonline.com/en/news/post/2013/04/25/enter-the-eso-poster-challenge

They also have prizes. So any takers?

It ends on May 17th. I won't be able to do anything until the last week because of finals. I also will likely be limited to traditional art.

I think this would be a great opportunity to try an put our own twist on their interpretation of the Altmer. They likely will not change much when the game launches but we could possibly(very unlikely but who cares?) effect what the main Summerset Isle will look like down the road when they include it in an expansion.

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You should post about that on deviantart, too. Especially in the TES-oriented communities.

I'm not much of an artist, however, thus I'll pass.

There only so much you can try to convey in a piece of art. You can't visualize many political and cultural ideals...... Unless you want to represent infanticide and genetically based breeding. I doubt you have a chance of winning in that case

I cant draw miniatures and extremely fine detail things. If someone gives me inspiration I can try and put something together

Yes, I know, we're all frustrated with the Altmer aesthetic provided by TESO advertisemants so far, but let's not forget that the same minds that have given us Rivendell have also built the rest of Tamriel too. We need to be sure that there are at least some submissions for the various other races and regions, if only so that, if they somehow miraculously decide to listen to us, they don't focus all of their reforming efforts on one province alone.

That said, I'm not going to be able to help at all. All of my art comes out looking like Picasso...

Agreed. But I think Summerset really needs the most work right now, based on what we've seen. Imagine Zenimax getting flooded with artwork of the REAL Tamriel! Artistic protest!

I'm serious. Spread this on reddit, on deviantart as well. Spread this to your artistic friends, and let it spread to theirs. Encourage as many lore-fans as possible to send as many posters as possible.

For The Elder Scrolls! For Nirn! For Michael Kirkbride!

TAM! RUGH!

Oh I have some ideas. Think Lion King meets Steven Hawking meets Dark Crystal. Kind of. Gonna nab some inspiration from Mustakettu's Altmeri Crystal Tower and some ideas from some fan posts here. Basically everything you guys made pop into my head. This is going to be really difficult without color...

Whether or not I win isn't too important. The main Art director will be judging each piece along with a few other people. I don't want to be the sole representation for this though, I am not the best artist nor do I have experience with the digital medium either. Though I do have some talent I guess. What needs to happen is a plethora of interpretations get sent in.

I just posted this on the reddit "TESlore" forum under a similar name. Hopefully some of them will help us out with this. Can anyone post this on deviant art?

I really want to participate myself, but can't think of anything to draw right now. One of my initial ideas was a triptychon with a tower from each of the three alliances, but then I remembered I svck at drawing buildings and geometric shapes in general. I might give it another try next week, or when I have a creative flash.

Should we add easter eggs? Maybe all of us can sneak in an Imga or something.

If they're releasing this year, nothing is going to change. To completely change summerset they'd have to scrap every single Altmer related model and texture, and completely rebuild it.

You CLEARLY didn't read the OP did you?

Side Note: Sweet JESUS I love your avatar. I don't even care you didn't read the OP, you're my new best friend.

Whoah, their deadlines are tight. Fishing for resilient young talent to recruit further down the line?

I'd have entered, but they have stupid residence restrictions -

"Australia, Canada (excluding Quebec), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom or the United States"

...and is it just me, or is the forum software broken now?

Works for me, but everyone has silly pink hearts under their names now. Combined with some people's avatars, it does lead to hilarity.

Ha, I wonder why Canada is fine, but Quebec isn't.

If any of you do enter, I beg you to make it classy. If I see something likehttp://store.gamesas.com/media/catalog/product/cache/23/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/r/art-litho-eso-fray-full.jpg win, I'ma be disappoint.

Aren't you entering? Please?


I'd have said "language prejudice", but France is fine...

Quebec's laws on sweepstakes and contests are enough of a pain in the ass that it's pretty much standard procedure to exclude the entire province.

Thanks for sharing, that's an interesting thing to know... I wonder if all the other excluded countries have laws like that, or is it a matter of, I don't know, prize delivery problems?..

Yeah those icons are...an odd choice.

B'vec, I thought these pink hearts were some cache issue local to my browser... there are no smileys to describe how I feel now...

The rest is working for me now, too, but the skin I was using is gone... The oldschool black-letters-on-white-background one. I switched to the "mobile" one, it's readable but formatted kinda funny for big screens.

They are awesome and can easily match any avatar I pick!

I want to make one from the Summerset Bureau of Tourism.

VISIT ALINOR: A FRIEND OF HUMANITY.

Accompanied by a decidedly not human-friendly picture. Perhaps Justicars rounding up humans at the docks to be executed? Could be fun.

I think having the justicar and guards of Alinor forcing a group of humans away from the forbidden city of Alinor away. You can show off the great crystal city AND show a not human-friendly picture.

Done. Time to get out the ol' sketchbook and dust off my made-in-2002 scanner.

Guyssssss... if you do enter, could you please post links here? =)