Yeah, I wasn't aiming too much for a lore friendly look. She did come out kinda anime-like (though its pretty anime-light compared to some others who go full out on it lol. I'd say she looks more like something Disney would come up with. Though, some japanese skyrim mod sites really turn Skyrim into 100% anime lol).
In any case, I think she came out good so that is what counts
. Also my character is a half-dragon, so dunno how lore-friendly that is (she has dragon wings/tail and the wings kinda let her glide and the wings/tail have physics. She is dragonborn after all.) But, I just went for a look I liked, that I spent WAY too much time on rofl. A huge portion of my skyrim played time was making the character (over a period of time), plus mod troubleshooting and finally a small portion of actually playing.
I think the saddest part of it all is just how much time I spent since 2012 has gone into one character (well different characters, as I got closer to how I wanted her) lol.
I tried finding my oldest screenshots (they are somewhere hidden away, I'd avoid typing my online name into google though, end up with a bunch of hentai stuff of skyrim lol) and all I could find was a really terrible video I did. And it definitely isn't most realistic skyrim ever ROFL
Worst video ever lol...and the opposite of most realistic
I think back in 2012 maybe I thought it looked good, but it is just SO UGLY rofl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpNL8f0uHMUcompare that...to...
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/images/497979/?http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/images/497978/?SO much difference. And my character looks so much better than the one in the video (I think that was actually my VERY first attempt at making "Isabella" (now Ariel Auduin))
That looks just so bad lol. Consoles look better than in that video rofl. I guess back in 2012, mods looked REALLY ugly
That and my graphics card at the time was only 896 mb geforce 260 gtx...so WAY underpowered.