Flashback – Adelbert Steiner

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Aug 272021
 

Good afternoon Flashback Faithful! It’s that time again, so without further ado, let us do a-this!

Steiner is a knight. He’s Princess Garnet’s bodyguard and he’s also a world-class stick-in-the-mud. But once he trusts you he is completely loyal. You can’t ask for a better soldier.

Here’s Big Oonch playing the imposing Steiner. Oh boy! This was probably the one I was most worried about. I’m not going to say it’s great, but I do think it turned out okay.

Here’s a comparison to the original. The reason the original came out as good as it did is because I cheated on the dimensions (as I often did back then). So Oonch comes out WAY wider than he should. I respected Oonch’s proportions a lot better in the remake so it feels more like Oonch.

That’s all for this week. Have a great weekend everybody! More new stuff next week!

Flashback – Garnet Til Alexandros XVII

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Aug 202021
 

Hello Joe! Time to dive into the past!

Garnet is the female protagonist of Final Fantasy IX. She’s a summoner and uses White Magic. She uses the alias Dagger which she got from looking at…a dagger. Clever.

Here is Nektara back as Garnet. This one was tough because the art I’m basing myself on is a profile shot of Garnet and I don’t really do profile shots of my characters. So I had to cheat and do a 3/4 pose. It’s okay.

Here’s a comparison to the original piece. I think I got closer to the look this time.

That’s all for this week. More Final Fantasy IX coming at you next Friday!

Flashback – Zidane Tribal

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Aug 132021
 

Waitaminute! Wednesday came and went without a mash-up! Did I forget to post again? NO! It’s a flashback theme! So we’re switching to Fridays for the next…9 weeks. It occurs to me now that if this is going up on Friday, I didn’t have to rush to finish this on Monday night. Fun stuff huh? Let’s get to it.

I started playing the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game recently so I’ve had Final Fantasy on the brain. And at last I’ve decided to revisit my favorite of the Final Fantasy games: Final Fantasy IX. It’s been eight years and I’ve been very reluctant to go back to this set of mash-ups. My drawing has improved, but somehow I still can’t help feeling I won’t be able to match the original set.

Here’s Todrick as the main protagonist of the game, Zidane. I don’t hate the boots. They’re not great, but I don’t hate them like I usually hate how my footwear attempts come out. That’s something!

Here’s a comparison with the original mash-up. The obvious thing is the lines are smoother. That’s always a given with these flashbacks. But the detail of the costume in the original was really good for the time. Cheating with the Todrick’s proportions helps. You know, it would be so much easier drawing Todrick if I still did crossing semi-circles for his head instead of an oval!

That’s all for this week! The next flashback comes next Friday! Come back to see it!

Final Animus IX – Part 4

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Feb 202013
 

Hey hey folks! It’s time for the Wednesday Mash-up again. This week, we conclude our look at Final Fantasy IX. This turned out to be one of my favorite sets. I hope you liked them too. As always, click to embiggen.

Here Sass is as General Beatrix. Beatrix isn’t in the main cast. As such, she didn’t get a full body render pose like the other characters. Finding good reference material was therefore more problematic. I had to go with screen captures from the game. This was not ideal because you didn’t get to see her whole body. The pose is from the final cut scene in the game where you only get to see her from the belt up. The lower half was taken from someone’s cosplay costume.I have no idea how authentic it is.

Sass---Beatrix

Red Rich gets to play the baddie, Kuja. Again, I had to go with different sources to base this piece on. Kuja is featured in Final Fantasy Dissidia (a fighting game on the Sony PSP) so I could have used artwork from that game, but I didn’t feel it fit the aesthetic of the original game as well. Kuja’s lower body gear is…special. I tried to tame it down here.

Red-Rich---Kuja

At the end of the game, Kuja undergoes a transformation. He goes into what the game calls Trance mode. The last piece of the set is therefore Red Rich in Trance mode.

Red-Rich---Kuja-Trance

That’s all for this week. I’ve been mostly focused on the Age of Animus RPG these last couple of weeks as I gear up for a test run on March 2nd. I have no mash-ups drawn for next week so far beyond a first sketch which I wasn’t really feeling. Unless I get more jazzed for the idea, there’s a good chance there won’t be any mash-ups next week. We’ll see how it goes. Have a good week y’all!

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