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Title: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Esna Pitoojee on 27 Aug 2014, 09:02: So, someone on Reddit dug up a book of old CCP concept art (http://pcmovies.ign.com/pc/document/eve_050903_004.pdf). I'm absolutely loving this, particularly the full-body concepts (can we have those clothes back again, please?) and seeing the little adjustments that went into ships. Also, dat thukker titan prototype.
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Samira Kernher on 27 Aug 2014, 09:34: I see the infamous Civire chin is evident even on the concept art.
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Louella Dougans on 27 Aug 2014, 10:46: I was a little surprised by the art for the Deteis female.

Less surprised by the art for the Gallente female.

Also, laughed at the Gallente male with that grin and that hair, lol.
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Post by: kalaratiri on 27 Aug 2014, 11:50: That fabulous Ni-Kunni female.

There is evidently a thriving Ni-Kunni shampoo commercial business.
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Samira Kernher on 27 Aug 2014, 11:51: Quote from: kalaratiri on 27 Aug 2014, 11:50
That fabulous Ni-Kunni female.

There is evidently a thriving Ni-Kunni shampoo commercial business.

Of course there is. Just look at Aldrith!
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Lyn Farel on 27 Aug 2014, 12:42: Heh I still have the last ones about ships and stuff on my HDD. But the portraits are completely new to me. :eek:

Also, Fedo Uberalles \o/
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Alain Colcer on 27 Aug 2014, 15:37: Thank you to whomever published the art.....its great....

Quote from: Louella Dougans on 27 Aug 2014, 10:46
Also, laughed at the Gallente male with that grin and that hair, lol.

+1

and was quite intrigued by the minmatar colony ship.....i could see that as a caravansary
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Post by: Katrina Oniseki on 27 Aug 2014, 16:10: Aww yeeeaaa. Deteis female.

LOOKIT THESE NIPPLES!!!
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Post by: Ché Biko on 27 Aug 2014, 17:50: Hey look! It's the SOCT battlecruiser on page 44 (or page 43, depending on wether you use the page numbers on the pages (43) or the one in the interface (44)).

I also recognize a hanging long-limb on the page with the fedo, but does anyone know what the other two creatures on that page are?
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Morwen Lagann on 27 Aug 2014, 19:05: There was a Syrikos/Slaver hound.

I was more amused by the number of ship designs in there that have pretty much not changed AT ALL since then.
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Esna Pitoojee on 27 Aug 2014, 19:48: Quote from: Bruno Bonner on 27 Aug 2014, 15:37
and was quite intrigued by the minmatar colony ship.....i could see that as a caravansary

That art eventually evolved into the Beta-era original Minmatar Titan (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4238627/leviathan_old.jpg) (which ever eventually retconned into being a larger, rarer first generation of Titan we do not have access to). If I remember correctly, the lore behind it was that it was a more combat-focused development of the Thukker caravanserai ships.
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Ché Biko on 27 Aug 2014, 20:11: Quote from: Morwen Lagann on 27 Aug 2014, 19:05
There was a Syrikos/Slaver hound.
Yeah, but it was not on the same page as the fedo and long-limb, though, and those are the ones I'm curious about.
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Post by: Morwen Lagann on 27 Aug 2014, 20:15: Ah. Maybe a Nidupadian Yorak? They've never really had their appearance described anywhere afaik. They're a fish and that's about it.
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Post by: V. Gesakaarin on 27 Aug 2014, 21:30: I remember seeing the art for Jove ships way back and I thought they grew their spaceships biologically because they looked like something out of Aliens or Prometheus.

Also, it seems Amarr men were always intended to look really constipated all day long.
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Post by: Laurentis Thiesant on 28 Aug 2014, 02:33: 'Minmitar' :psyccp:
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Post by: Charles Cambridge Schmidt on 28 Aug 2014, 07:57: Dear lord, that Gallente Male. I want that hair and that outfit back so I can do hilarious things with it.
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Post by: Ashley on 28 Aug 2014, 12:13: Dat awesome collar on ni-kunni concept art :eek:, just re-make it and take my money. The more I look at this concept art the more I get upset at CCP for their change in art direction after incarna. God f'n dammit Torfi, why. :(
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Post by: Jandice Ymladris on 29 Aug 2014, 16:42: That Deteis women art :o Shatters your whole image of caldari being all serious & businesslike. Do enjoy seeing a playful side to the Caldari!

Also, really love those lace veils the Ni-Kunni got, wish they came back!
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Post by: Gottii on 29 Aug 2014, 23:04: Either they wanted a race to do nothing but mine or they misspelled "minor".

Also, I do kinda miss when those were the portraits of all of our characters. Now our beautiful portraits are but monuments to the failure that was Incarna.
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Post by: Katrina Oniseki on 30 Aug 2014, 05:06: Quote from: Jandice Ymladris on 29 Aug 2014, 16:42
That Deteis women art :o Shatters your whole image of caldari being all serious & businesslike. Do enjoy seeing a playful side to the Caldari!

Have you even met Kat?
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Post by: Arista Shahni on 30 Aug 2014, 05:06: My God... Logibro was right.

"There is no Khanid" ;)
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Laurentis Thiesant on 30 Aug 2014, 05:45: Quote from: Katrina Oniseki on 30 Aug 2014, 05:06
Quote from: Jandice Ymladris on 29 Aug 2014, 16:42
That Deteis women art :o Shatters your whole image of caldari being all serious & businesslike. Do enjoy seeing a playful side to the Caldari!

Have you even met Kat?

I can confirm that none of my experiences with Kat have been playful. :cry:
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Lyn Farel on 30 Aug 2014, 06:01: Quote from: Arista Shahni on 30 Aug 2014, 05:06
My God... Logibro was right.

"There is no Khanid" ;)

Considering the asian bloodlines got added several years later...

Quote from: Laurentis Thiesant on 30 Aug 2014, 05:45
Quote from: Katrina Oniseki on 30 Aug 2014, 05:06
Quote from: Jandice Ymladris on 29 Aug 2014, 16:42
That Deteis women art :o Shatters your whole image of caldari being all serious & businesslike. Do enjoy seeing a playful side to the Caldari!

Have you even met Kat?

I can confirm that none of my experiences with Kat have been playful. :cry:

You faced the dreaded hamzooka ?
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Arista Shahni on 30 Aug 2014, 06:29: And re-reduced to a paragraph...

RACIST ;)
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Esna Pitoojee on 30 Aug 2014, 18:29: Quote from: Gottii on 29 Aug 2014, 23:04
Either they wanted a race to do nothing but mine or they misspelled "minor".

There are a few mispellings in there - "Minmitar", "Ammar", "Galante", etc. Given that they get it right in other places, I'm chalking that up to this document being prepared in a rush or with very little oversight.
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Katrina Oniseki on 30 Aug 2014, 19:25: Quote from: Lyn Farel on 30 Aug 2014, 06:01
Quote from: Laurentis Thiesant on 30 Aug 2014, 05:45
Quote from: Katrina Oniseki on 30 Aug 2014, 05:06
Quote from: Jandice Ymladris on 29 Aug 2014, 16:42
That Deteis women art :o Shatters your whole image of caldari being all serious & businesslike. Do enjoy seeing a playful side to the Caldari!

Have you even met Kat?

I can confirm that none of my experiences with Kat have been playful. :cry:

You faced the dreaded hamzooka ?

http://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=3940.msg93929#msg93929
Title: Re: Old EVE concept art.
Post by: Ché Biko on 01 Sep 2014, 12:06: Quote from: Gottii on 29 Aug 2014, 23:04
Either they wanted a race to do nothing but mine; ORE[..]
FTFY. :bear: