Guild Wars 2

Hello,

As a big mesmer fan I’m playing mesmer as main character from several years in GW1/GW2. I was looking for all graphics, fanart and related pictures to create my own cosplay. I am photographer but I will create my own mesmer costume some day :P Last year my dream come true when I organized first big photoshoot event inspired by mesmer class. It was really cool and now is time to share some of this artwork with you. I hope you will like it and Im really looking for some mobilization to make more, now Im mesmerized by my own inner demons :P

So, basing on Guild Wars, I created my own ‘mesmer’ world (galaxy?) and taked mesmer story step further to imagination. There was inspiration document where I wrote story about mesmers divided to ‘houses’ – factions. So we have ‘Dominium’ (domination mesmers), ‘Elizium’ (illusion, artists, circus), ‘Venice’ (old mesmer faction that traveled to other dimension, to planet called Earth, they fighted with Dominium for power and lost), ‘Shadow’ (dark and mysterious faction witch is working ‘behind the curtains’ to keep ballance), ‘Mystics and Ritualists’ (tradition, rites, spirituality, etc), ‘Miraluka’ (another faction that lost with Dominium and traveled to a galaxy far far away).

This document was base (with lot of illustrations) for creating costumes for the event. The results were amazing and there was over 30 mesmers. The event was titled ‘Mesmers Gathering’ and it took place in gothic park ‘Arkadia’ and Nieborow Palace, Poland.

Here is first character, costume was created by my friend ‘Sumire’. She is very talented costume crafter, stylist and model
In attachment – small version as a preview for you.
Bigger version in hq:
http://nivelis.deviantart.com/art/Mesmerized-460505743

Preview of the inspiration book.
Introduction + Dominium and Elizium factions description with examples.

(translated fast)

Dominium
The oldest and most powerful faction among all. Masters of domination magic. Their powerful abilities allow them to use very strong suggestion, control and evocation of emotions. In result they can control actions of chosen target by preventing it from doing something or even reverse action to target itself.
The nature of these skills quickly made them the ruling faction. For many centuries, from the total domination stops them only their own ambition. Internal disputes and constant struggle for influence and power keeps the fragile balance.
Ritualists are prophesying that there will come a day when ‘Dominium’ will be ruled by a Mesmer so strong that the faction will shake the pillars of reality and the world order.
Their domain is Tyria.

Elizium
The second oldest faction. Masters of illusion magic. They can control the perception, the cumulative effects can lead to strong emotional reactions. Their abilities are not only the constructs, illusions, visions and images that change the reality. They can act with direct effect on the brain causing confusion and a strong curvature of the perception of their actions, the environment or time. The second strongest faction, which has enormous power, but much smaller ambitions than Dominion. Strong individuals, devoted creators, artists, sometimes lost inside their own minds, inner worlds. The oldest mesmers from this faction due to the nature of this magic, have sometimes problems with the perception of reality, schizophrenia, or even madness.
Their domain is Tyria but their very often travel arround the world, alone or with good company, never finding place for long.