Doesn't represent the trope well: Elemental Embodiment

This is a bad image.

For one thing, the different yetis don't really look like elemental embodiments, just different-colored in an Underground Monkeys sort of way. For another, the elements involved are very silly ones, which is all well and good as just another example, but for the page image it would be nice to have something which is a little more standard.

EDIT: Damn, I broke the automatic trope link.

edited 13th Mar '11 5:18:14 AM by Glidergun

I'm not a fan of the image, but think it's not bad enough to pull.

How about the Element Lords from the recent Bionicle? [1]◊ [2]◊

Pokemon examples

Legendary Birds◊ Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza◊ Starters◊ Eeveelutions◊

Probably other good examples. Pokemon has this in spades.

EDIT: Hmm, seems the legendary birds are already on Fire, Ice, Lightning.

edited 13th Mar '11 5:47:16 PM by petrie911

Runescape concept art◊

Huh, that image isn't as good as I thought it was when I thought of it.

I could find loads of Magic The Gathering images that are examples, but most of them only show a single elemental, so doesn't seem like there's much point to it.

A collage of different elementals could be an option.

What about a collage of summoned beasts from an RPG or something? Sorry I can't provide any as of now.

How about some World Of Warcraft Elementals? They're pretty self-explanatory.

Here's the most basic of them:

Earth◊ Air◊ Fire◊ Water◊

And then there's the new Cataclysm elementals, which are much more detailed:

From left to right: Water, Fire, Air, Air (unbound), Earth◊

I like that! Perhaps we should crop them and give it a 2x2 layout?

I swear, I've seen this thread before. 0_o But for some reason, it doesn't pop up on the search engine.

Bump...I like the WOW elementals.

I support World Of Warcraft elemental collage.

Should we do the regular elementals or the cataclysm elementals?

Also, here◊ is another nifty little spread of the regulars. Now if only the water elemental wasn't green in this pic...

^I like that.

That looks good, provided it will resize well.

That's more along the lines of what I was thinking of for this trope.

Alternatively we could juxtapose the four elemental versions of Mendhi from Tunak Tunak Tun. (Viewable here.)

EDIT: Like this:

edited 16th Mar '11 8:31:47 PM by neoYTPism

I just fell off my seat.

Do you have a set that's less grainy?

I would much rather have a nice-looking spread like [1]◊ than a kludged-together collage.

So no Tunak Tunak Tun?

I must agree, the elements lining up nicely like that is preferred over a collage, unless the collage is bordered softly by white/black space.

Seconding Lance Omikron's suggestion (looks pretty nice and understandable) and the Pokémon starters as well (the Eeveelutions doesn't cut it and the Birds are already in use).

While it's a good image in it's own right, I'm gonna have to disagree with the pokemon starters. In the strictest sense, they're not really elementals. They're animals with Elemental Powers. Closer pokemon-based examples of elementals would be the regi- golems, magcargo, and muk, to name a few. In other words, ones that are clearly made of their respective element(s).

Since somebody suggested the golem trio from Pokemon, here's an okay picture that provides for an easy caption◊ ("Rock, Ice, and Steel obviously weren't good enough names.")

I'd say I still prefer the Warcraft Elementals, since there's one more of them in the group.

Don't care for that pic at all.