Making a ‘The Elder Scrolls’ style fantasy world -

I think dinosaurs are underrated in fantasy, and usually when they are represented, it’s something basic like a featherless T-rex. Morrowind has some dinosaur-esque creatures, and they are nice. I wanted to make some dinosaurs for one of the environments, I still haven’t placed all the provinces and regions on the map I’ve made; however, I’d like to create some mood sketches for different biome ideas. This is one of those. The closest comparison in TES to this region would probably be Stonefalls in Morrowind, but I’m not sure if there will be any large mushrooms… not that my world will have no large fantasy mushrooms, but I might place them elsewhere so that my world isn’t too similar to TES.

Working on a The Elder Scrolls inspired fantasy world -

Making a ‘The Elder Scrolls’ inspired fantasy world -

Ancient skeletons are pretty interesting, and have a lot of different implications depending on their age and former allegiances. So here are two armor concepts I made for one of the main three ancient factions, I’m gonna do three main ones because I feel like it. These are both inspired by ancient Mycenaean designs that I saw online and liked. The bronze is maybe a bit too colorful for skeletons, so I tried to tone it down on the left side fellas armor.

Making a The Elder Scrolls inspired fantasy world - These are some concepts for “River Elves.” They are inspired by Native Americans, along with some elements from Mongolian armors.

The drawing is kinda green tinted because I lowered the opacity on the flat colors. The dog is supposed to be white and the Elves skin is supposed to be a warmer tone.

The top armor is supposed to be a medium armor, and the bottom one was supposed to be a heavy armor but I’d say it’s more befitting of a guard.

The dog is a unique breed used for hunting river trolls and wild boars. They have small heads but strong bodies, and they excel at swimming due to their strong legs and webbed feet.

These concepts are mainly warrior related but that’s not indicative of their nature, they are as any other race. They may be shaped by their location and history, but the different races have no inherent personality traits. That (inherent personality traits) is something that I dislike about many fantasy worlds; I just think it’s generally kinda boring.

In my fantasy world, I want to have many different cultures inspired by real world cultures. A lot of cultures in The Elder Scrolls are very European, some more so than others. I don’t think that’s all bad, but I like a lot of diversity in fantasy, it’s more interesting.