#elder scrolls oc

[abstractredd]

i never posted this here somehow??? crazy. anyways, Arch-mage Athrar

#my art #my oc #tesblr #tes #skyrim #athrar #of mer and man #omam #tes oc #tes v skyrim #the elder scrolls #elder scrolls #elder scrolls oc #skyrim oc

[yamikuruku]

and the other experimental portraits that i did of my TES OCs! the first one being the example i used for the commission tehehe

#oc: Minwe Elsinor #oc: Zazsha Gra-Lashk #my art #my oc #tesblr #tes oc #the elder scrolls #elder scrolls online #high elf #orc #orsimer #altmer #elder scrolls oc #lgbt oc #art #artwork #illustration #drawing #original character #digital artwork #fan character #own character #digital art #fanart #artists on tumblr #digital artist #clip studio art #clip studio paint #queer artist #yamikuruku

[motherhenna]

Since the illustration of my TES oc, Vakna featuring Hircine popped off, I decided to finally design her werewolf form. She's already 6'5" as a human, so you know her Beast Mode version is gigantic lol

Still, I wanted to find a balance between "intimidating monster" and "can actually be kind of huggable when not snarling and rampaging", hence the inclusion of the spots on her nose and her pink toe beans

#art #my art #tes oc #werewolf oc #skyrim oc #skyrim #elder scrolls oc #werewolf character #werewolf art #character design

[laaskrin]

Uptdated Dimma's ref sheet, i really wasn't happy with her previous outfit.

The redesign costs her a leg though. Good thing Aicantar knows a thing or two about dwemer tech.

#elder scrolls oc #tes art #tes #tesblr #elder scrolls #skyrim #skyrim oc #dovahkiin #my oc: dimma #my art #laaskrin draws

[absolutly-not-an-alien]

A strange coincidence (that I didn’t plan)

Also he was raised by Altmer but elves nonetheless.

Lore tidbits for those interested:

I like to build player-ocs by my experience with the game. Lynthrax was unique in the fact that I didn’t know what Argonians were, much less that you could play as one.

So I never knew anything about their culture while starting my journey. This led to a “Well Thats Lore Now” moment, and Lynthrax turned out to be an argonian who’s finding his people and exploring the culture he didn’t have growing up.

It’s also the reason he’s so weird sometimes lol.

I am brainstorming his backstory, but I’m going to wait until I know more about the world to set stuff in stone.

(It will likely matter that the name and suffix in “Lynthrax” is closest to Daedric names)

#skyrim #argonian #elder scrolls #my art #the elder scrolls #skyrim oc #tes #tesblr #altmer #dunmer #brand-shei #brand shei #brand shei skyrim #elder scrolls oc

[muiri-noir]

Wedalyn Bear-Sister 🪴🐸

#personal art #elder scrolls oc #eso oc #eso #elder scrolls online #reachmen #breton #warden #my oc art #Wedalyn Bear-Sister

[loremaster-lavellan]

I was gonna doodle one of my Tavs but was gripped by the sudden need (and a really nice reference image) to draw more Llamde Fyr.

His bone structure will kill me.

#the elder scrolls #dunmer #dark elf #the elder scrolls dunmer #llambde fyr #divayth fyr #my oc #my art #original character #elder scrolls oc #procreate

[auri-ei]

keep your head up!!

Check out my Ko-Fi!

#phel art tag #tes oc #skyrim oc #tes ocs #artists on tumblr #digital art #art #falmer #phel oc tag #karreandras #mhudraktafnyg #dwemer #elder scrolls oc #elder scrolls skyrim #snow elf #elf #elf oc

[armisteadrevellion]

Hopping on this bandwagon with my Nerevarine 🌙⭐️

((It’s not exactly a mirror but we’re just going to ignore that))

#the elder scrolls #the elder scrolls art #tes morrowind #morrowind #morrowind art #nerevarine #nerevarine oc #dunmer oc #dunmer #dunmer art #elder scrolls oc #elder scrolls #elder scrolls art #nerevar #the elder scrolls oc #rook ocs

[moodcrab]

Fixing Delphine

This bitch.

I actually like that they made a character that is on your side but is somewhat unlikable, Delphine is Team Dragonborn, but she's not really one of the good guys. And that's cool, conflict means drama. So what's the problem? Well unfortunately, this drama is surface level and isn't used to drive the story, so It's kind of just annoying.

People oversimplify their hatred of Delphine into "She wants you to kill Paarthurnax," because unlike Delphine, people actually like Paarthurnax. Understandable, but barely scratches the surface. We'll get to The Paarthurnax Dilemma in time, but that quest is a symptom, not the illness itself.

If I could sum up Delphine in a word it would be "inconsistent." For example, she's a fugitive waging a one woman war on the Thalmor from the shadows, who's only survived this long from sheer paranoia - but she also uses her real name and leaves a note in Ustengrav for whoever happens to pick it up with directions and a pass word to her secret hide out.

She needs to go through her super secret contact Farengar to use the Jarl's resources to go into Bleak Falls Barrow, a tutorial level dungeon she can see from her house, and she's impressed that you did it - but she also goes personally to the other side of the country to delve alone into the massive Ustengrav to steal the Horn of Jurgan Windcaller, no issues, just a quick in and out twenty minute adventure.

She takes the fact that you found her Ustengrav note as proof you're the Greybeard's new guy and not some Thalmor plant even though she herself, a non Dragonborn, had also completed Ustengrav and taken the horn proving it's totally possible. She even points this out in her own dialogue then demands we prove who we are, even though that was the whole point of the Ustengrav note. It's also a pretty big assumption that just because I'm the guy the Greybeards call Dragonborn that I can't ALSO be with the Thalmor.

We are left with this awkward sense that the writers are flailing to make us think this woman is competent and objective, without actually having her do anything that clever. Just act like the dumb thing was smart and have her act like a cocky brat if questioned about it.

Inconsistency. It's her thing. Does she hate the Thalmor? That would make sense given what we know about her. But that gets dropped half way through the main story and suddenly she hates The Greybeards, for absolutely no reason at all. She gives a reason, but it's bullshit.

In her own words, "If the greybeards had their way, the dragonborn would sit on a mountain talking to the sky." But that's not true is it. We know The Greybeards, they encouraged us to fulfill our destiny. Even if you say you want to follow their Way of the Voice, they'll be glad to hear it but warn you not to let it get in the way of what needs to be done. Delphine even uses Tiber Septim as an example, which is even stupider because The Greybeards actively encouraged Tiber to conquer Tamriel. Have I read more in game books than the dialogue writers??

But that's not the end of it, when it becomes convenient for the plot this hatred is flipped once again from The Greybeards onto dragons. Not Alduin. All dragons. Despite the fact that, as a Blade, she should know about Nafaalilargus, a dragon ally of the Empire and the Blades for thousands of years, and the Blades don't just indiscriminately kill all dragons no matter the circumstances, and that Tiber Septim himself almost certainly met Paarthurnax at some point, she suddenly seems to be acting like she has a personal grudge against dragons. Which brings us to the Paarthurnax Dilemma...

See here's the thing, you could easily write off the frustration everyone feels towards this quest as Bethesda's crappy design, where there is no conclusion other than to kill Paarthurnax, or else leave an unfinished quest languishing in the menu. Bethesda apparently didn't consider the idea that anybody would actually prefer to turn on the Blades, even though the Blades have become a bit of a running joke among the fans, or that anyone would take umbrage with Delphine giving out orders and ultimatums.

But no, it's so much worse than that. Delphine being a surly unlikable c u n t from the day we met her is one thing, but the fact that she has been wrong about almost everything she's ever said in game, and still having the AUDACITY to treat us like her work bitch and us never, not once, getting the opportunity to put her in her place... That's not poor quest design, that's the game gaslighting us.

Let's do a quick list of every one of Delphine's theories, and how many were actually correct shall we:

You are not the Dragonborn ❌

The Greybeards shouldn't be trusted to identify a Dragonborn ❌

The dragons aren't just coming back, they're coming back to life ✅

The Thalmor have something to do with the dragons returning ❌

Esbern is dead ❌

The Greybeards just want the Dragonborn to sit on a mountain and meditate ❌

The Greybeards wanted Tiber Septim to just sit on a mountain and meditate ❌

Paarthurnax, having lived in exile for thousands of years, deserves corporal punishment ❌

As ACTING Grand Master of the Blades, she gets to boss around the Dragonborn ❌

She deserves a seat at the peace negotiations ❌

And these are just the things that are factually wrong, leaving aside opinions on her morality and shitty attitude. This is the woman the game presents to us as a shrewd strategist.

BUT I CAN FIX HER!

Like I said I like the idea of a character who is on your side but is somewhat unlikable. It actually won't take much to make Delphine endearing to the fans. We have to do a Boromir on her. A Lot of people dislike Boromir throughout the Fellowship of the Ring but weep at his death. We have to tweak three things to have the same thing happen to Delphine:

1. Make her actually competent and useful so that while we don't agree with her we can see why she does the things she does, and desire to keep her around.

2. Have her mistakes called out and have consequences.

3. Have her redeem her mistakes with a badass honourable death.

#skyrim #elder scrolls #delphine skyrim #skyrim ulfric #tes 5 skyrim #elder scrolls memes #skyrim memes #elder scrolls morrowind #truestl #elder scrolls oc #oblivion #tes6 #morrowind #the elder scrolls 6 #the elder scolls online #the blades #the elder scrolls #tes #tes 5 #tes lore

[orfeoarte]

Everything is Ori!

I haven't been posting a lot because the state of my country is Something™ and I've been trying to work on commissions more 🥺💛

#tesblr #the elder scrolls #eso oc #tes oc #elder scrolls online #elder scrolls oc #altmer #oc: oridiil #art #artists on tumblr #digital art #original characters #orfeoarte

[areggos-art-dump]

enjoying the festivities

#art #gaming fanart #christmas #holidays #new life festival #the elder scrolls #elder scrolls #tes #tes v skyrim #elder scrolls skyrim #skyrim #dark brotherhood #cicero #cicero skyrim #cicero x listener #elder scrolls oc #skyrim oc #listener #sunakhai-jo #areggo

[falmerbrook]

Since Saori is basically my self insert, I thought it would be fun to give her the same birthday as me (April 6th / 6th of Rain's Hand) which worked out pretty well with the Mage as her birthsign!

#tes #tes oc #morrowind oc #elder scrolls oc #my art #my ocs #oc: saori #ill be getting into the oc grindset soon with artfight coming up #mine #i feel weird making birthday art for myself but i wanted to draw today so instead i made birthday art for my oc lol #stellar is the only other tes oc of mine who i have a birthdate for so ill probably draw something for him too when the time comes

[motherhenna]

I've always wanted to do a "Pieta"-esque piece, and figured my Skyrim OCs would be a good vehicle to do it! Scene takes place shortly after the final Alduin fight, at the throat of the world: Vakna (dragonborn) doing her best to keep her Falmer lover, Sivasei conscious while imploring Odahviing to take them back to Whiterun.

#art #my art #skyrim #elder scrolls #skyrim oc #elder scrolls oc #TES oc #skyrim dragonborn #tesblr #falmer #snow elf #falmer oc #obviously this is not representative of actual gameplay LMAO #this is from an AU where alduin isn't obscenely easy to kill #Siv survives btw but loses his leg #hashtag peeta moment

[trickstarbrave]

i had like better plans for the bg but then i realized that involved Drawing A Room and i didnt want to do that. so.

here is vivi in front of a big celebratory fire post alduin defeat being given a necklace from his star... steren put a lot of effort into recreating house dagoth's style of jewelry (you cannot tell me house dagoth didnt wear scarab jewelry. i will not believe you.

the lighting was a nightmare. but i think i learned a thing or two so. its a win. and vivi is always pretty so.

vivienne belongs to @mulberrycafe

#vivi au #vivienne dragonborn #dunmer oc #dunmer dragonborn #tesblr #elder scrolls oc #my art

[yamikuruku]

sometimes i remember that this oc exists

#oc: Cerridwen Niamh #my oc #my art #bosmer #tesblr #the elder scolls online #the elder scrolls #elder scrolls oc #the elder scrolls skyrim #woodelf #illustration #digital art #art #artwork #digital artist #digital artwork #digital fanart #fan character #elder scrolls #elf #fan oc #original character #own character #drawing #artist on tumblr #queer artist #yamikuruku