The new textures look great, my only two nitpicks:
the original texture appears to have a subtle dark gradient (baked shadow?) towards the top of the banner, which, IMO, helped it look less flat and overall blended it in better;
the added frame pattern makes the texture appear noticeably offset on some banners, I'd either shift all the outer edges of the pattern into the alpha channel on all sides to avoid this effect, or add a short dark gradient along the very edges as well, so that the lighter bits outside the frame aren't so striking (but this option might make it look worse if placed against a lighter background).
Yeah.. they do look a little flat. I will upload a new version soon with some folding on the banners. Thanks for the suggestion. I will think about your second point. Personally, it doesn't bother me much, but there is always something one can improve.
Very nice mod: I like the idea of changing the banner outlines with triangles (tribunal). Even if it's too much for me (I like the sobriety of the original banners), at least it's a good idea.
On the other hand, one thing bothers me greatly: some of the banners are from TESO. And the style varies considerably from the original game.
Here are the banners affected by your mod: - Meris (she no longer has a dead baby in her hands!!!!!) - Almalexia - Sotha Sil - Delyn - Roris
The other banners are from TES III. So I have nothing to say about them!
Sorry if I sound boring, but I'm a bit annoyed with TESO, lol.
You are correct that some saint drawings are from ESO concept art, since i could not find the original Morrowind concept art for them. But i don't agree with you that they are that much of a difference in style. If anything, the ESO redrawings are based on the original shrine images from Morrowind and close enough to the originals to be used. You could argue that the ESO drawings are more angular, but then again, some Morrowind saint drawings are also very angular (St Aralor or Sr Rilms, for instance). In fact, if you are searching for inconsistencies in style, look no further that the original concept art. Compare, for instance, llothis and Aralor.
But please, let me know if you find the original concept art for the saints you described and i will gladly change them, provided that they are of decent enough quality.
EDIT: i'm really trying to see a dead baby in her hands, but failing miserably. :)
Thanks to Tyddyner on Tumblr for these two : Sotha Sil: https://www.tumblr.com/tyddyner/127579542465/sotha-sil-mystery-god-of-morrowind-the-last-one Almalexia : https://www.tumblr.com/tyddyner/127475780830/almalexia-godess-queen-of-morrowind-warden-lover
You can easily see Meris's dead baby.
TESO has ruined the saints of the Tribunal. You can see in this image the number of sacrileges committed for each saint : https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/030/451/138/large/mathew-weathers-dunmer-environments-tombbannerslines-concept-01.jpg?1600655270
It would take too long to go into detail, but it's easy to see. Notably Vivec (!!), Nerevar (!), Olms, Seryn or Meris.
Loving this. I had tried making do with upscales but it never made sense to begin with for the banners to use the metal gold texture. Non-AI texture work is also greatly appreciated (and seems to be getting increasingly rare)...
Thanks! Yeah, and the reason for the original ones to appear too zoomed in is because they were taken from the shrine images of the original game and then adapted to appear like a banner. No judgment there, by the way, Tamriel Rebuilt is a huge project and sometimes you have to focus on more important things than banner textures.
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I will think about your second point. Personally, it doesn't bother me much, but there is always something one can improve.
On the other hand, one thing bothers me greatly: some of the banners are from TESO. And the style varies considerably from the original game.
Here are the banners affected by your mod:
- Meris (she no longer has a dead baby in her hands!!!!!)
- Almalexia
- Sotha Sil
- Delyn
- Roris
The other banners are from TES III. So I have nothing to say about them!
Sorry if I sound boring, but I'm a bit annoyed with TESO, lol.
Bye!
But please, let me know if you find the original concept art for the saints you described and i will gladly change them, provided that they are of decent enough quality.
EDIT: i'm really trying to see a dead baby in her hands, but failing miserably. :)
Meris: https://lagbt.wiwiland.net/images/e/ed/Meris.png
Roris: https://lagbt.wiwiland.net/images/2/23/Roris.png
Delyn: https://lagbt.wiwiland.net/images/9/97/Delyn.png
Thanks to Tyddyner on Tumblr for these two :
Sotha Sil: https://www.tumblr.com/tyddyner/127579542465/sotha-sil-mystery-god-of-morrowind-the-last-one
Almalexia : https://www.tumblr.com/tyddyner/127475780830/almalexia-godess-queen-of-morrowind-warden-lover
You can easily see Meris's dead baby.
TESO has ruined the saints of the Tribunal. You can see in this image the number of sacrileges committed for each saint :
https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/030/451/138/large/mathew-weathers-dunmer-environments-tombbannerslines-concept-01.jpg?1600655270
It would take too long to go into detail, but it's easy to see. Notably Vivec (!!), Nerevar (!), Olms, Seryn or Meris.
EDIT: new version available.