House Galain - Guild Icon & Banner
This piece was commissioned for a guild in Elder Scrolls Online. It was a larger project compared to most of the ones I've done in the past. It having three versions of it alongside the versions with the guild's title and without the background. From concept to the final copy, it was a blast to work on with the colors and textures.
The main theme being Alyeid architecture and the corresponding crystals found within the various Alyeid ruins. I went with having the crystals making up the wings and emblem's backdrop, keeping the meteoric iron and stonework within the main body that led into the central star. The central star being Meridia's crest, a Daedric Prince from the Elder Scrolls Universe.
Originally I was looking at making an Alyeid background with folded wings around Meridia's Star with armor plating to match the structure in the background.
I also saved a version without the Alyeid background with only the wings and star.
Keeping with the star, I made two versions akin to the other with outstretched wings and a diamond-like shape.
I made a version without the circle and this was the one that was liked the most out of the four versions I made of this design.
This was the sketch of the final version and we added more with the alyeid themes to the armor portions of the wings.
And here begins the coloring!!
Duality of Welkynd & Culanda!
I decided to give several versions of this icon, one corresponding with each stone found in Alyeid ruins across the Elder Scrolls games.
We did both a duality version, as seen here and stand-alone versions!!
Welkynd Stone Variant
Culanda Stone Variant
I decided on having the text contrast with the color of the wings in each version.
The Duality one holding the color of a Varla stone which is a white color with hints of blue within it's glow in the Elder Scrolls Games.
Culanda's variant had the color of it's text matching the Welkynd look.
Welkynd's variant had the color matching the Culanda wings.
