Been a while since a new TES character spawned into my brainspace. Welcome Lovilas: a College of Sapiarchs reject, apprentice to a half-mad Telvanni mind mage, borderline Tribunal convert, and “warlock” of Vaermina. They (and their theories) are very normal.
I am seriously so normal about Ruby, it's not even funny.
This is her fit for the TES Gala, representing a Warrior.
At first I had a vision for a shield that is peppered with arrows as a part of a costume, and then the rest of the pieces came into place.
As always, her primary color is red and I got really inspired by a combination of armor and ruffles on ruffles of fabric, because my lady loves a voluminous dress, so she ended up looking like an upside down rose. Which, in turn got me thinking about sharp elements of rose's thorns and it was incredibly fun to draw, but not only that, looking at Warrior constellation I was amazed just how many stars it includes, compared to, say a Lady that has what, like 4 stars? Soooooo…. Thorns symbolically represent sharp edges of stars as well.
The thorn armor bra with rose petals ruffle, my beloved…. plus thigh-high armor boots, I can't help it I just find it incredibly sexy!
Also what I've learned is that I need to draw a morgenstern more often it's such a fun to draw weapon! (and no better fit for a constellation theme as well).
💀Lady Yfaraza, the Apprentice💀
It was a challenge to think about the Apprentice outfit for Yfaraza, considering her arrogance and the "I know better" attitude towards the concept of being an apprentice to anyone. She views herself as her own boss and won't dirty her hands by labor that she can make someone else to do for her.
That's why it only reflected in her clothing in a form of a stylized asymmetrical apron, protective gear like gloves and boots as well as a headscarf that moves her hair out of the face + a peacock quill with which she's ready to write down new knowledge she obtained.
Of course, her trusted helpers are there to serve her, fixing the ribbons of apron like bluebirds dressing Cinderella up for a day of work.
A headscarf is a nod to Cinderella too, I guess, a hardworking princess that knows what she wants with little friends to help her on the way.
💕Chrome the Lover💕
Chrome, you my sweet fashion icon. Initially it was a warmup sketch but when will I ever miss the opportunity to color everything pink?
The idea for Lover is pretty basic, flowing fabrics and flowers, ribbons that are woven into the outfit like the web and a chain around her neck to represent the restrictive qualities that love can bestow on one. The color green is a nod to a Paralyze spell, a Lover's Kiss daily ability.
@tes-gala , thank you again, so much for hosting the event and let me soothe my starvation for drawing
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Candy, my sweet little thief, dressed up as a Lady, pretty generic, but I love how the flowing dress and a veil looks on her, pretty rare sight to see her in fancy clothing. Pearls for elegance, gold for grace, a sunflower for a height comparison.
Virendell posed a challenge for a Shadow, because, first of all the way Virendell loves to dress is already Met Gala on the daily, so there's that. And secondly, there is only so many ways you can try to depict the sign of Shadow. I consider this a fail on my part but it's alright, he must let others shine too!
behold, my Heroes in their @tes-gala fits! (i drew these before carthach was born and then adding a Fifth Guy would throw off my symmetry so. sorry king. no pet werewolves allowed in the venue i guess)
design details and thought process under the cut:
Ahmarji the Jeweller - The Apprentice
ahma's dressed as the apprentice, so I wanted to do a sort of High Fashion spin on the basic skyrim apprentice robes. the robes themselves are kind of bland and washed out, but i figured they were probably moderately cheaply produced and so a more Expensive, Formal version of them would be using richer more expensive dyes, so the colours are a little more saturated. i've also reimagined the robes to be more khajiiti-formalwear-ish, ie a sari and a veil instead of robes and a hood. also as an ohmes at a formal occasion ahma is wearing her khajiiti facepaint that gives her more feline features, in a blue to match her blouse and skirt. the main section of the sari is embroidered with stars in the shape of the apprentice constellation, and the edges are embroidered with ta'agra writing! they're the names of the spells she uses most- just transliterations using the ta'agra font i downloaded from the ta'agra project bc i couldn't find the actual translations in their dictionary, but honestly i'm pretty proud of it considering i don't have much experience writing in scripts like that. also proud of the greater soul gem on the staff i want to suck on it like a jolly rancher
Fastulfr - The Thief
for the life of me i couldn't find a good reference for what nordic people wore for formal occasions so i just figured. regular clothes kind of but nicer fabric. hence the Tunic And Some Pants. also i really struggled with colour scheme here bc i think the historical Go-To when it came to making things more expensive in the past was making them very colourful, but i also think both fasti as a person and the thief as a concept are a bit more low-key, stick-to-the-shadows type deal. in the end i decided on black and white, with gold accents. fasti's got the thief's cloak, a bunch of pouches and bags to store his ill-gotten goods, and lots of coins to symbolise the wealth of the thief. also interestingly while i drew a suggestion of the faces you get on coins on every single one of those, and when i was finished i realised i'd drawn the faces pointing both left and right which i guess suggests the coins are all double sided. which is accidentally very fitting.
Areia Caelestis - The Warrior
the more i worked on this the more i became pretty sure the reference i used was AI generated, which was a shame bc the look Fucks but also i'm not sure how the joints work so. poor woman's walking around like c-3po. like sure the knees bend but sitting seems like it would be difficult and i imagine elbows are right out. edited the look a little to be slightly more Imperial- the leather/gold legionnaire boots, the leather legionnaire. skirt? thing? also made the gold designs on the overskirt into the axehead of the warrior, which i just think is a really cool design. also funny that it's like. Almost the amulet of talos. great choice for the hero of kvatch. amulet of my buddy's great great grandpa. honestly don't have much to say on this one it's pretty straightforward.
Indesi - The Lady
the day i don't pick the lady sign on a morrowind playthrough is the day i fuckn die. but i did have an issue bc like. what does the lady wear. a dress? am i just gonna do The Concept Of A Dress? some of the older game depictions of the lady have her with a hooded cloak which i thought would be a fun place to start designing the outfit. also thought both the Vibe of The Lady and indesi's Being An Elf would make kind of an art nouveau type flowy drapery really work. picked the colours to be quite soft and feminine, but i think it has the added benefit of giving kind of a virgin mary type of vibe. that being said, i had to Dunmer It Up, so i added classic dunmeri fuck-off-huge pauldrons and the boob plates (i dont know what else those would be called) of the Lady Of Morrowind Herself, almalexia. couldn't find anything on uesp that specifically said almalexia was associated with the lady constellation but. she is in my heart. also funny to go to a costume party dressed as your ex. in the company of your wife.
In whatever medium pleases you, incorporate this prompt into a creative work and tag @tes-season-unending-fest so that it can be shared here. There is also an ao3 collection if you would also like to add it there!
I made it! This is my first time participating in such an event, it was very exciting! Thank you, @tes-gala, such a wonderful experience🤲💖
For Dakotta and Teldryn, I chose their birth signs (from my headcount, of course), but I decided that they would switch places. Dakotta was born under the sign of Atronach, but she really wanted to wear armor (or something similar, in a lighter way) at least once🌸🤲😮💨 Well, Teldryn just had to agree and give her his warrior sign.🗡️
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