Here is some various concept art pieces done by yours truly. This is only a small peek at what has been done for the mod so far, but I wanted to release some to let everyone know that developement is still moving. I was not given direct permission from Suzerain or a head dev to post these, so i'm risking my position in doing so. I hope you enjoy the screens, and note that there are many many more completed concept art pieces, but of course we can't release too many at once.

Also note that these are NOT approved CA pieces, these give no hint whatsoever towards what the final mod will encompass. They are purely imaginative sketches for more of capturing the 'looks' of certain things in the mod. These are ideas, not final designs.

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7. my favorite of this bunch.

As you can see, we are putting efforts towards many design areas at once, some areas apparent here are characters, character items, architecture, botany and flora, and building objects (ovens). This is but 7 sketches of hundreds that have been done.

those are spectacular i like the one with the gloves the most believe it or not... i've never been able to draw good hands so i respect anybody who can do them as realitc as that i've been drawing closed fists all my life

ah, well I hope Suz doesn't slap you up for posting these but I don't think I see any harm in it. As always kmfcall, even though I've seen all these pics before I just wanna say publically that you are a great artist. Your concept art is an amazingly valuable tool, vital to my job as a modeler. Keep it up.

Hmm maybe if we get permission from Suz we can post some shots of Concept art and the resulting models? I think that would be fun. Sort of show people the process a bit.

Very, very good, kfmccall. Your drawings are just amazing, it's good to have you in the team

Keep it up

Yes excellent work dude...

I believe some concept/screens were long over due and by releasing this you've done good.

Foreshadowing perhaps

Yeah,

Very nice pics indeed. Even though its a little amount of pics its still something and in my opinion it always gives a little boost to the people to see new pics/etc about the mod.

I've also looked at some german pages about making a Middle Earth mod and seen some familiar pics there.......on locations familiar to the ppl that have watched only the movies.It would indeed be nice to see some pic about how some concept art pic turned into a actual model.....or if there r some new pics of some places in the world of smaller importance maybe they could be released for ppl to see some of the progress u have maid.........but this is mearly a suggestion/comment on this talks

Nice concept art kmfccall, and thanks for releasing it. I really like the gate, the second suit of armor, and the vegetation.

One question I have: Are they going to be added to the website now, or are you going to wait for the beta to be released?

Your concept art is amazing. How do you think these will translate into the mod. These amazing pictures almost make the wait harder. Hahaha. Keep it up.

To answer the question about how they translate into the game:

We get a concept art piece and the modelers start work on the item in question. Usually the finished model looks very similar to the concept art piece, that's the idea behind the concept art after all. For example if kmfcall draws a picture of a tree for us to model all the rest of us modeling nuts go to work making the tree, I think ideally we'd have 2 or more modelers working on each CA (read: concept art) but kmfcall and the other CAs pump these pictures out so fast we usually only have 1 modeler get to each picture. Once the model is finished we submit it and it's commented on and then we tweak it where necessary. Once the mesh is finished it's submitted to a texturer who makes the model look all pretty and whatnot. After that it's just a matter of scaling and exporting the mesh and we have a new tree for MEMod.

Again, the idea is for the finished model to look as much like the Concept Art as possible (generally, sometimes it's more of a 'guide' to show you the 'feel' of an object rather than a finished product). Sometimes we modelers go do simple things like a google search to find the concept art we need this takes some of the pressure off of kmfcall so that he doesn't have to make even MORE CA for us LOL.

Hopefully we can get permission to post some examples of newer models for you guys to see what I'm talking about a little clearer.

awesome concept art guys...keep up the great work

lol yeah surian the resulting modles would be awesome to see if suz let you release it

Yes very nice CA. I cant beleive what happened since my last post to the forum. I just went to church and come back and there are like 40 new posts. i love it. And i like Surians idea, try to get that approved by Suz!

As for the posting on the websites, I'm don't have a definite answer because i;m not sure whether Suz is going to smite me for this or not. I'm not sure how they'll translate into the mod either, but i would like to see the helm on the second armor.

Those veggie CA's and that glove CA left me with a pool of drool on my keyboard...just beautifull...i think that says it all

MyDogsTale - Shocked and Awed

Nice!!

Concept art is what I've been waiting for!

To hell with in game screenies that will only make me anxious for the mod, give me 20 pages of concept art instead and let me use my imagination!

BREAK OUT THE ALE!!!

PEACE

*sigh*
there's a reason all artwork is watermarked.
One I'm afraid had to be removed for a PR issue. we'll have others to replace that at another stage.

Suzerain.

hmm, perhaps a timeline issue... anyone notice anything about the picture?

My God!!! Is´t BEAUTIFUL
I can´t wait to see the models.....

My favourite is the Gate. It could be the/a gate to/in Lothlorien, Rivendell....

I especially like the flora, although all the models look great! After all, one of the things I look forward to the most is the wilderness, with all the plants, flowers and so on. I really hope that MEMod will be including some "real" wilderness with a lot of different colorful flowers and different trees and bushes!


pharzon..

I'm pretty sure it will. I, too, look forward to this...

Very nice. Im glad to have artist like you in our team.... Or was I in that team, can't remember. Too much Bob The Builder lemonade.

hey kfmccall and everyone else... what concept art do you want done??coz i have a lot of free time on my hands..

This way to the applications forum...

he allready sent his application...

if accepted, you'll get to read the team forums which outline the stuff currently worked on...

effectively, a concept artist's job is to visualise and create the entirety of middle-earth, within the contextual remit of tolkien's literature.
sounds easy, is actually an overwheming job, but very rewarding.

Suzerain

Thanx, i have done a few 'jobs' before sorry, im a little ambitious
oh, and also, whats with the stuff below everyones names?? like Health points, and experience points??? how does that all work??

Have a look at the "Morrowind Source & Announcement" boards or run a search and you'll find your answers .