Hello! I hope the ask doesn't bother you -- do you know any TES artists you recommend following? I've only played Skyrim, but I enjoy seeing artists like you who focus a lot on world-building and character design explorations. Your art is genuinely so cool
I'm honored, thank you anon!
I haven't actively looked at TES artists in a while so a lot of my recommendations are dated and/or people who simply don't post anymore. That being said, here's some recommendations.
@pastwiska has been for years one of my favorite artists in the fandom with her faithful designs and elegant but action packed art style, and is currently working on hand animated shorts
@igorlevchenko-blog does complex portraits mostly of Morrowind scenes, inspired by various traditional painting styles
@icicleteeth did a whole series of TES illustration for her fanfiction that take inspiration from Morrowind's temple artwork but in her unique and lovely art style, and has her own stories and character designs
@foulserpent has moved blogs, but this one has a great archive of their OC art featuring lovely designs
my biggest OC design reference but unfortunately inactive for years is @duddyruck (and her older blog @owligator where most TES art is found)
@arcturite is an old friend with some sick new takes on designing gods among many others
@al-rudikov hasn't posted in a long time but made a lot of stunning fanart years ago
I'm sad to say she seems to have privated her gallery since the last time I checked but nadmoremtumana is an old favorite who did superb watercolors. You can still find a lot of stuff by looking up her username online through reposts.
@radishez-archive archives the art of a long deleted user I was a huge fan of (and mutuals with back in the day too, so you might see my posts there) who did really complex, colorful and trippy renditions of lore figures and their own takes on cultural practices.
Pulcharmsolis makes incredible armor mods with custom designs that are some of the coolest takes on TES cultures I've ever seen
Any concept art from the Tamriel Rebuilt and Project Tamriel mods. Their Art of Hammerfell book was particularly influential to me. She doesn't have a page I can link but there is a lovely modeler who goes by LilianaUnfolded who's responsible for some of my favorite assets for PT, shoutout to her!
popobawa does some really good armor and gear design with my shared passion for bronze age and neolithic weirdness
ashuldur is mostly in the Souls zone right now but are a Beyond Skyrim CA like me and we share so many design sensibilities
That's about all I can name from the top of my head but I follow so many more...too many to link! Check out my archive of elder scrolls fanart I keep on my main blog if you'd like to see a gallery of a lot more from various people. Cheers :)
origamiaround
dededos
romaincrisis
snowghoul
vaporwave
blakekathryn
gummygunk
jacobvanloon
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