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Some Morrowind fanart, for a change!
I really loved how Khajiit and Argonians looked in that game, they looked and sounded much more "beast-like", and I really wish the following games had kept this aspect of them.
The text I added is literally a line from male Khajiit NPCs in the game, by the way.
I have also uploaded a version without text, since it is covering part of the background and I'm extremely happy with the coloring this time around! I have put a lot more effort than usual into the foliage, fur and light effects, so it was a fun learning experience! :D
I have to admit I had a bit of a love-hate relatioship with Morrowind when I played it as a kid. On one hand I freaking loved the setting, it was so original and alien looking, but on the other hand I found vast areas of the game quite boring, and some of the gameplay (especially combat) was not the best. I also tend to prefer slightly more plot-drive games, rather than huge sandboxes.
In any case, after a few weeks I got Gothic 2: Night of the Raven, and I started playing only that game nonstop instead. :P
Some Morrowind fanart, for a change!
I really loved how Khajiit and Argonians looked in that game, they looked and sounded much more "beast-like", and I really wish the following games had kept this aspect of them.
The text I added is literally a line from male Khajiit NPCs in the game, by the way.
I have also uploaded a version without text, since it is covering part of the background and I'm extremely happy with the coloring this time around! I have put a lot more effort than usual into the foliage, fur and light effects, so it was a fun learning experience! :D
I have to admit I had a bit of a love-hate relatioship with Morrowind when I played it as a kid. On one hand I freaking loved the setting, it was so original and alien looking, but on the other hand I found vast areas of the game quite boring, and some of the gameplay (especially combat) was not the best. I also tend to prefer slightly more plot-drive games, rather than huge sandboxes.
In any case, after a few weeks I got Gothic 2: Night of the Raven, and I started playing only that game nonstop instead. :P
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you meant to say biased :-P
whatever gave you the idea that i could be biased?
whatever gave you the idea that i could be biased?
I won't disagree with that. ;)
Granted, Skyrim Khajiit are my favorite because they already looked like lynxes, and I was able to tweak a model to literally put myself in there, ruffs and all.
Granted, Skyrim Khajiit are my favorite because they already looked like lynxes, and I was able to tweak a model to literally put myself in there, ruffs and all.
Oh yeah! Also your cats are plantigrade, so that change was to your advantage! :D
I mean, the lizards do have their trans period where they literally swap genders for a couple years, but the cats do bring copious amounts of cat-butt... It's hard to pick a fave... =|a
This khajiit, on the other hand, when facing arrest for stealing 9000 septims worth of Ebony from the mine at Caldera, elected to eat it all out of spite.
(The mechanic of eating precious minerals as alchemy ingredients continues to amuse me to this day and is sorely missed in Oblivion and Skyrim)
(The mechanic of eating precious minerals as alchemy ingredients continues to amuse me to this day and is sorely missed in Oblivion and Skyrim)
Khajiit is good yes, but so is lizerd, both are good <3
I already said it but I absolutely love the coloring here! All colors look so crisp and the details in the bg are awesome! I also love the subtle fur detailing!
I already said it but I absolutely love the coloring here! All colors look so crisp and the details in the bg are awesome! I also love the subtle fur detailing!
I agree. I much prefer the direction they were taken in Morrowind compared to the later games. Sadly, it's just cheaper on dev time to not deal with having digitigrade legs for only two of the races. Oh, and Khajiit > Argonians very true.
Also, stunning picture. I can definitely see the work you did on the fur and the background is stunning. Lovely details with all the different layers of plants and foliage.
Also, stunning picture. I can definitely see the work you did on the fur and the background is stunning. Lovely details with all the different layers of plants and foliage.
On the other hand, being 'rewarded' with a pair of super-speed boots that won't fit your cheetah paws is a bit of a bummer.
Such is a small price to pay for being a cat.
In all seriousness there are ways to alleviate gameplay issues like that without losing the visual aesthetic.
In all seriousness there are ways to alleviate gameplay issues like that without losing the visual aesthetic.
Make no mistake, if the choice boils down to "be a cheetah" versus "wear the boots of blinding speed", being a cheetah wins every time.
I wish you could marry the Khajiits without having to use a mod that tends to break the game
Khajiit is good but be warned, the Wood Poles Lizard carries might very well be the rotisserie spit you'll be tied to if you don't apologize ... it's hard to say sorry when your mouth is stuffed with an apple. :)
Khajiit never steal. Not Khajiit problem if you have an unhealthy attachment to objects you keep with you.
Brave/stupid words to say when there's a lizard with an ax right behind you
That Khajiit would've to live with a punny or flirtatious answer by me if he would word it like that =w="
"Argonians are better than kahjiit, they make for a better farmtool"
~unnamed dummer seconds before the invasion
~unnamed dummer seconds before the invasion
"Is good people wear clothes. M'aiq wears clothes. Who would want to see M'aiq naked? Sick, sick people!" 👀 Uhh... I'm sorry, sir, but certain aspects of your education seem to be sorely lacking... Allow me to introduce you to the vast majority of a certain group of individuals known as "furries"! Alexa, e621+"M'aiq the Liar"!😈🙀
> Tomorrow I will also upload the version without any text, since it is covering part of the background and I'm extremely happy with the coloring this time around!
Thanks. For me, it will greatly simplify making a translated version.
Thanks. For me, it will greatly simplify making a translated version.
I personally prefer them looking like in later games. But hey. They have 16 (17 if you are counting the Mane) different furstocks some everyone can choose something for himself. Also I love that grumpy argonian face.
They did expand the Khajiit in Elder Scrolls Online. Sadly not playable yet, but they introduced a variety of Khajiit, depending on the moon they were born under.
To put it in simple categories (there are a few more), there his the humanoid giant variety, much larger than the usual Khajiit and two four-legged variants, one being the size of a normal cat and one large enough for a normal human to ride. As there are non-intelligent felines that look very similar there have been some mistakes made.
As they are all Kjajiit, they can and have have, gotten each other pregnant. Of course parents try to aim the birth to the form they want their children to have.
However, there are some questions better not to be asked, like we have seen a four-legged cat-sized Khajiit having a human-sized humanoid Khajiit as a son.
To put it in simple categories (there are a few more), there his the humanoid giant variety, much larger than the usual Khajiit and two four-legged variants, one being the size of a normal cat and one large enough for a normal human to ride. As there are non-intelligent felines that look very similar there have been some mistakes made.
As they are all Kjajiit, they can and have have, gotten each other pregnant. Of course parents try to aim the birth to the form they want their children to have.
However, there are some questions better not to be asked, like we have seen a four-legged cat-sized Khajiit having a human-sized humanoid Khajiit as a son.
The idea of furstocks aren't new to ESO, they were established in Morrowind lore to explain why the Khajiit (which had just looked like humans and humans with tails in Arena and Daggerfall, respectively) suddenly looked like full-blown cat-people. As for how they can have kids of much larger furstocks, it's stated that all Khajiit look about the same when they're born and some just have a major growth spurt.
Also weirdly the only description of the Pahmar (the huge, tiger-furred furstock) prior to ESO just says that they are "similar to tigers," and doesn't describe them as being bipedal or absolutely massive. No idea why ESO made them look like that.
Also weirdly the only description of the Pahmar (the huge, tiger-furred furstock) prior to ESO just says that they are "similar to tigers," and doesn't describe them as being bipedal or absolutely massive. No idea why ESO made them look like that.
Probably to have a kind of 'progression' to mirror the moon.
I'm still bummed out that they have all the variants all over Elsweyr, but you can't create them as characters.
I'm still bummed out that they have all the variants all over Elsweyr, but you can't create them as characters.
Nice picture! As soon as I saw the background, I immediately thought of Morrowind. It's my favorite Elder Scrolls game.
Morrowind was a so great game. It was really my first RPG experience. I would like to see a good remake, some day...
modern bethesda would ruin it, I think its best left untouched tbh
Awesome ;) Hey, I trust him! Also more likely to hire the Khajiit :> ... Unless I was too busy to watch them, in which case may as well hire the lizard. They don't really do anything for me :D
Argonians are the best!
Awesome Picture!
I hope we will see some argonian-nude stuff in the future from you! ;)
A sexy naked male argonian hrhrhrhrh...
Awesome Picture!
I hope we will see some argonian-nude stuff in the future from you! ;)
A sexy naked male argonian hrhrhrhrh...
Yeah, given every Khajiit that makes the claim of not being a thief turns out to be a thief...not exactly going to trust that claim.
Khajiit are always nice to play, khajiit has claws. And night vision. Which is good for stealing the sweet roll.. err.. for playing in the shadows. This one always loves to play as the cat folk, since first stepping out of the ship in Seyda Neen.
But Argonians are nice, too, that water breathing is handy. But nothing can beat warm, soft fur, like a very special friend Ahnassi can give
P.S. I would love it so much if you would have been an artist for the Elder Scrolls 6, whenever it will come out, your depiction of the beast folks is so breathtaking, it would have been amazing to see those in Tamriel
But Argonians are nice, too, that water breathing is handy. But nothing can beat warm, soft fur, like a very special friend Ahnassi can give
P.S. I would love it so much if you would have been an artist for the Elder Scrolls 6, whenever it will come out, your depiction of the beast folks is so breathtaking, it would have been amazing to see those in Tamriel
Seriously, what the hell was that dialogue line supposed to imply? IIRC it's only said by enslaved Khajiit in game, and I honestly cannot interpret that last bit as anything other than a sexual advance, which is a really weird thing for a slave to say.
Unless I'm misremembering it and it's just used by all Khajiit, in which case... yeah, it's probably just a sexual advance.
RE: the Khajiit looking more bestial in Morrowind, there's actually a lore reason for that. Khajiit all look like kittens when they're born, but they can grow into one of 16 different "furstocks" depending on the phase of the moons under which they are born, which range in appearance from "giant tiger-man" (Pahmar) to "slightly fuzzy elf" (Ohmes) to "talking house cat" (Alfiq). The digitigrade Khajiit in Morrowind are of the Suthay furstock, while the ones we play as in Oblivion, Skyrim, and ESO are Cathay. In Morrowind there is a justification for only seeing the Suthay furstock (apparently the dunmer believe that they make the best slaves out of all the furstocks, and the vast majority of Khajiit on Vvardenfell are either slaves or former slaves), but later games didn't really bother explaining why they only had one kind of Khajiit. ESO is, to date, the only game that includes more than one furstock, with the Dragonhold and Elsweyr expansions adding NPCs of the Senche-raht (large, stocky quadrupeds), Dagi-raht (short, lynx-like bipeds), Pahmar-raht (the Pahmar, but bigger), and Alfiq (already mentioned).
Unless I'm misremembering it and it's just used by all Khajiit, in which case... yeah, it's probably just a sexual advance.
RE: the Khajiit looking more bestial in Morrowind, there's actually a lore reason for that. Khajiit all look like kittens when they're born, but they can grow into one of 16 different "furstocks" depending on the phase of the moons under which they are born, which range in appearance from "giant tiger-man" (Pahmar) to "slightly fuzzy elf" (Ohmes) to "talking house cat" (Alfiq). The digitigrade Khajiit in Morrowind are of the Suthay furstock, while the ones we play as in Oblivion, Skyrim, and ESO are Cathay. In Morrowind there is a justification for only seeing the Suthay furstock (apparently the dunmer believe that they make the best slaves out of all the furstocks, and the vast majority of Khajiit on Vvardenfell are either slaves or former slaves), but later games didn't really bother explaining why they only had one kind of Khajiit. ESO is, to date, the only game that includes more than one furstock, with the Dragonhold and Elsweyr expansions adding NPCs of the Senche-raht (large, stocky quadrupeds), Dagi-raht (short, lynx-like bipeds), Pahmar-raht (the Pahmar, but bigger), and Alfiq (already mentioned).
That's why he's leaning on a stump and drinking while he brags...
Aye Morrowind also has a special place in my heart, played it as a kid.
Buuut then came Gothic and Gothic 2 my all time favorite rpgs.
Love your artwork here mate!
Buuut then came Gothic and Gothic 2 my all time favorite rpgs.
Love your artwork here mate!
Heh, most art i see of Morrowind khajiit/argonians are them being slaves, so this is a nice change of pace! XD
Oh, Morrowind, which was a major aspect of my childhood and your art, what an exceptional combination. :)
And yep, I agree on the appreciation for the "beast-like" nature in Morrowind. Even though, currently replaying the game in VR with a nifty mod, on a mechanical level it can be a bit annoying: "Oh, you've found this super special shoes with special enchantments... to bad you cannot wear them, because you have paws and bend legs instead of feet." But that leg anatomy, the pronounced muzzles, walking animations as well as lizard and cat specific melee animations and way of talking ... still a treat to this day.
But on top of your as always awesome artistic craft also nice work to strike a balance between your style and the style / ambiance of Morrowind. It is at the same time very much your work with the technique, color palette, anatomy and charm, while the subjects and "props" are very clearly Morrowind, from the mushrooms and the precise way that tree is growing over me having a good guess which actual items were the inspiration / basis for the shirt, pants and bottle down to even having the "proper" leg wrapping.
And yep, I agree on the appreciation for the "beast-like" nature in Morrowind. Even though, currently replaying the game in VR with a nifty mod, on a mechanical level it can be a bit annoying: "Oh, you've found this super special shoes with special enchantments... to bad you cannot wear them, because you have paws and bend legs instead of feet." But that leg anatomy, the pronounced muzzles, walking animations as well as lizard and cat specific melee animations and way of talking ... still a treat to this day.
But on top of your as always awesome artistic craft also nice work to strike a balance between your style and the style / ambiance of Morrowind. It is at the same time very much your work with the technique, color palette, anatomy and charm, while the subjects and "props" are very clearly Morrowind, from the mushrooms and the precise way that tree is growing over me having a good guess which actual items were the inspiration / basis for the shirt, pants and bottle down to even having the "proper" leg wrapping.
What was he drinking? just in general, I think he may need to lower his in take.
But in all seriousness, this is beyond amazingly fantastic, just MMMmm, so well done on every aspect, kinda also bringing back some long forgotten memory from my childhood, even though I have no idea what is actually going on in said memory.
That and I enjoy the Elder Scrolls setting, so there's a +2 right there from me.
But in all seriousness, this is beyond amazingly fantastic, just MMMmm, so well done on every aspect, kinda also bringing back some long forgotten memory from my childhood, even though I have no idea what is actually going on in said memory.
That and I enjoy the Elder Scrolls setting, so there's a +2 right there from me.
Personally prefer Argonians more, but Khajiit still looks just as good! ^^
Oh I can think of a few ways Khajiit can make me happy, but first these pants got to go!
That Argonian's lookin' pretty tired of that Khajiit's shit. XD
That said, I'd say I've got mixed feelings about Morrowind myself. Granted, I didn't experience it *as a kid* at the time, but I guess I've got something of a mixed set of feelings about "sandboxes" in general, especially depending on how "accommodating" the game in question is for when one is just in the mood to "get to the next thing." Exploring is fun an all, but with the "right" sort of design/layout, I believe you can have "levels/zones" that are more focused while still having more than enough potential for exploration to be satisfying, at least to me.
*shrug*
That said, I'd say I've got mixed feelings about Morrowind myself. Granted, I didn't experience it *as a kid* at the time, but I guess I've got something of a mixed set of feelings about "sandboxes" in general, especially depending on how "accommodating" the game in question is for when one is just in the mood to "get to the next thing." Exploring is fun an all, but with the "right" sort of design/layout, I believe you can have "levels/zones" that are more focused while still having more than enough potential for exploration to be satisfying, at least to me.
*shrug*
God i fuckin love Morrowind! its such a hot dumpster fire of a game but i love it.
back in the day when they actually made a difference , and didn't just slap animal heads on human bodies for a quick release
Well, we hopefully won't see the last of these Khakiits! Bethesda, when are we gonna get Elsweyer?
MORROWIND YESSSSSSS
I fully agree with you on their more beast-like anatomy, digitigrade legs just look way cooler. If I'm gonna play as an animal-man in an RPG, I wanna feel like an actual animal. Not just a human with an animal head!
As for the actual game itself, I really don't mind a lot of the dated/clunky elements. In the case of the combat, it's the kind of thing you need to optimize from the start when you make your character. Look at your racial skill bonuses, and pick weapon skills that fit those bonuses so you can start with a decent number. Short Blade for Khajiit, Spears for Argonians, Long Blade for Redguard, etc. I like to pick secondary weapon skills that have no relation to my racial stats for the sake of variety and versatility, but be sure to pick only 1 or 2 weapon types and stick with them. The secondary weapon skill will start off weaker than your main weapon skill, so be sure to level it up either by beating up wildlife or with training. Also, pick Agility as a favorite attribute! It strongly affects your hit chance alongside your weapon skills. Don't bother with Marksmanship though, ranged weapons sadly kinda suck in the vanilla game [though there are some good mods that change that].
Also, SPELLS ARE AMAZING. Mage hybrids are the way to go in this game, there's so many cool and useful spells you can use. I recommend tagging magic schools as Major Skills, since you gain some handy starter spell to go with them [Especially with Alteration and Restoration, you won't regret those]. Plus, Destruction spells are a much better ranged option than Marksmanship. The magic missiles will always hit when they connect, since the dice rolls are reserved for the spell's cast chance.
Aside from the game's mechanics, I just really love the experience of being immersed in a whole different world with it's own unique cultures and society and stuff. Hell, I haven't even finished the main quest, since I spend all my time exploring the whole place doing side quests and grinding my character to be as buffed up and badass as possible. It's just really enjoyable to get lost in there and have a journey of your own.
I fully agree with you on their more beast-like anatomy, digitigrade legs just look way cooler. If I'm gonna play as an animal-man in an RPG, I wanna feel like an actual animal. Not just a human with an animal head!
As for the actual game itself, I really don't mind a lot of the dated/clunky elements. In the case of the combat, it's the kind of thing you need to optimize from the start when you make your character. Look at your racial skill bonuses, and pick weapon skills that fit those bonuses so you can start with a decent number. Short Blade for Khajiit, Spears for Argonians, Long Blade for Redguard, etc. I like to pick secondary weapon skills that have no relation to my racial stats for the sake of variety and versatility, but be sure to pick only 1 or 2 weapon types and stick with them. The secondary weapon skill will start off weaker than your main weapon skill, so be sure to level it up either by beating up wildlife or with training. Also, pick Agility as a favorite attribute! It strongly affects your hit chance alongside your weapon skills. Don't bother with Marksmanship though, ranged weapons sadly kinda suck in the vanilla game [though there are some good mods that change that].
Also, SPELLS ARE AMAZING. Mage hybrids are the way to go in this game, there's so many cool and useful spells you can use. I recommend tagging magic schools as Major Skills, since you gain some handy starter spell to go with them [Especially with Alteration and Restoration, you won't regret those]. Plus, Destruction spells are a much better ranged option than Marksmanship. The magic missiles will always hit when they connect, since the dice rolls are reserved for the spell's cast chance.
Aside from the game's mechanics, I just really love the experience of being immersed in a whole different world with it's own unique cultures and society and stuff. Hell, I haven't even finished the main quest, since I spend all my time exploring the whole place doing side quests and grinding my character to be as buffed up and badass as possible. It's just really enjoyable to get lost in there and have a journey of your own.
tall mushrooms >.>...
Indeed it's a pretty gorgeous and smooth painting! ^^
Indeed it's a pretty gorgeous and smooth painting! ^^
Love Morrowind, so good to see it even if you're mixed on the game :p
DANG!
Only now I noticed you work with watercolor!
That only makes your pieces even more impressive!
Only now I noticed you work with watercolor!
That only makes your pieces even more impressive!
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