Minas

(he/him). An artist of sorts that's always thinking about the Elder Scrolls. English isn't my first language!

[the-skyrim-courier]

I’ve been looking for you. Got something I’m supposed to deliver— your hands only.

Let’s see here…

Looks like that’s it! Got to go.

[minasnorma]

To celebrate Tumblr being usable again (for now at least), have a very cropped, very rough WIP of an old Dagoth painting from a few years ago that I picked back up!

[orbitpuddingsagan]

[minasnorma]

Oof, I haven't posted in forever ('cause to be honest, I haven't done a lot of new art lately- been working on and off on the same giant ass oil painting for two years now, and am otherwise really busy with life, unfortunately) but that new update ? Doesn't really make me want to come back :T

And it sucks so much because Tumblr felt to me like the last remnant of the Old Internet, the one that was fun, inventive, and user-centered- but I'm not gonna lie, if that update stays, it might be it for me. Posting art online is already a vulnerable thing, I know it tends to mess me up, so if I can't even see what people think about it and read their comments... Then what's the point ?

[bronzecauldron]

Drew this last summer but never posted it oops I still need to finish Morrowind I just got sidetracked with other things, life, etc. I miss my dunmer Golf ask me about my beautiful elf Golf

[deceasedcardinal]

[blupeeblep]

Like to charge, reblog to cast

[higgsbison]

incredibly deep elder scrolls prepare to cry lorecrafting, watch out it's very tragic

[sporesdruid]

[minasnorma]

Hello hello!! I am SO sorry and so embarrassed, but you drew my OC Moonshine for art fight back in July, and I literally just saw it!! I got really sick near the end of July and didn't open art fight because I was really sad that I was too sick to draw- your art made my day, I'm screaming!! Thank you so so much!! <3

Hi there!! No worries at all! I hope you're better now :)

Also thank you so much!! I'm so happy you like it, Moonshine was such a joy to draw, that's just peak character design!!! ❤️

(I didn't post all my artfight art on Tumblr, I'll make sure to tag you if I get around to it lol)

[trickstarbrave]

Grandmaster of House Hlaalu

"The Grandmaster would like to have a word with you."

never let me do a picture this complex ever again (who am i kidding, i wont listen). this picture is like 70% velvet and i hated every minute of it. almost as much as i hated the stained glass window.

november is steren's birthday month as he was born under the atronach sign. i also recently finished my house hlaalu playthrough with him after grasping fortune came out a while ago. i had a ton of fun and watching hm grow from a shy, quiet outlander to a ruthless great house leader was really incredible. it fit so well with him.

just be careful not to call him an outlander once he's in power. getting his memories of the first era back, he considers himself more dunmer than the average dunmer lmao. he goes from a cyrodiilic to chimeri accent. if you do decide to call him one, you might not live much longer lmao

close up as im quite proud of him and the daedric tanto. im trying to get more creative with props and backgrounds but oh my godddddddd its hard

[seinotaph]

my lease had a bunch of information about how if you think your rent is too high, you report it to The Tribunal and The Tribunal will decide how much rent you should actually pay, so this is how I imagine that goes

[mismedleym]

recollections

[mrporg]

[what-even-is-thiss]

“Cats don’t actually love you”

A cat is a small creature in the middle of the food chain that is fully aware that you are a very large thing that could stomp its head in at any moment and yet it chooses to rest its tiny little head on your leg for a nap and spreads out on the floor near you exposing its belly and its most sensitive organs. It brings dead mice and bugs to you to share food.

Don’t you get it? This tiny thing trusts you. It wants to help you too. It licks your leg thinking that it’s helping. It kneads on you to find comfort. It shares its body warmth with you in the cold and gives you your space in the heat. It hisses at other mammals it sees outside including other cats in an effort to protect its family.

Cats love you so so much. But they will keep trying to eat plastic.

[minasnorma]

I said it and I'll say it again, anyone who says 'Cats are assholes' is immediately a huge red flag to me. Cats aren't assholes, you just suck at observing another being's needs and respecting their boundaries.

And if I'm being honest, cat behaviors are so similar to my way of functioning as an AuDHD person that if you hate cats, I'll probably assume you're kinda ableist too.

[allrexlife]

i found this to be the coolest thing i've seen so far

[byjove]

It’s crazy how homophobes/transphobes are always like “I don’t think gay and trans people should exist in public. How do I explain them to my child?” and gay and trans people are like “Oh okay, I can do it for you. Sometimes boys like other boys and girls like other girls. Sometimes people are told they’re a girl as a child but realize they’re actually a boy or something in between a boy and a girl or no gender at all and vise versa.” and then they ban the books explaining these extremely simple concepts in child friendly terms.

[minasnorma]

I'm a trans guy. One of my closest friends has a 4yo kid, and one day, during a conversation about gender, she told her about trans people using me as an example (with my consent, ofc), and guess what. The kid has never even mentioned it to me. She's exactly the same as before around me.

It's almost as if children are actually intelligent beings capable of understanding concepts such as free will! Wild!

[ghostember]

i made an embroidered salmon keychain 🐟

[moonlight-and-mantles]

Marginally correct Elder Scrolls quotes