Dominic Davies

@aussieaudible.bsky.social

Lead Content Manager for ZOS and TESOnline. An Aussie who tweets video games and Warhammer and nonsense. Words are mine.

Among the layoffs was character artist Christiane Meister — a 27-year veteran of Bethesda and (as far as I can tell) one of the longest tenured women in games, period. She worked on Argonians + Khajiit in TES3, horses in TES4 and TES5, Fallout creatures, and more. (cont'd)

Screenshot from the 2006 TES4: Oblivion Making Of documentary, showing Christiane sitting an an old school CRT monitor working on a horse. Her cubical is decorated with action figures and plushies, many of them of Stitch from Lilo and Stitch, but also a fishtank and a poster of TES3 Morrowind. Photo of the TES3 Morrowind developers around 2002. Christiane sits in the middle, one of the few women on the team.

This is a tiny thing, but it's what I've got. If you were (or are) a writer/designer/artist on Elder Scrolls, I want to make sure the community remembers your work. Comment or DM me with your contributions and I will make sure they're recorded on The Imperial Library and @uesp.net forever.

We've provided a gigantic version in the blog so you can zoom in on all the characters and really appreciate all the little details. Enjoy! bsky.app/profile/elde...

The Elder Scrolls Online@elderscrollsonline.com · 2y ago

Travel back through 10 years of Tamriel with this intricately detailed #ESO wallpaper! Download yours now and tune in tomorrow at 3PM ET to learn more about how it was made. 🎨 🔗 https://beth.games/4byB7F1 Which character interaction speaks to you?

An illustration of an elaborate tavern scenes, including countless well-loved ESO characters.