#final fantasy 3

[michaelfirman]

[acquired-stardust]

Final Fantasy III Nintendo Entertainment System 1990

[allisonmckenzieart]

Well, after many months- I'm happy to share my (rather ambitious) cover for our Final Fantasy Ladies zine: Lucia Sidera. I still can't believe the team trusted me with such an important cover. I decided to be insane and try and draw every main gal from each title and spin off (I ran out of time, so I didn't get everyone sadly). The mod team was already SO patient with me. I didn't have to do all this- but I legitimately had this vision since 2009 (and there were a LOT less gals back then). You can see from teh initial sketch layout, how many character were originally planned- but then...I went off the rails. (note, the first image is the poster version, and second is book variant)

Final Fantasy is kinda my life, let's be real- as corny as it sounds. It has been with me most of my time here on Earth. It set me upon the path I'm on now. I wouldn't be Allison without these characters, the music, the art, the stories. I won't mush too much, but this, to me, was a very special opportunity to show just how much I love this series. Getting to share that with other people in this community, whose life has been deeply touched by Final Fantasy meant a lot to me- and I hope people find there faves in this cover!

I have the remaining folded posters from the zine bundles coming in the mail, but will also be offering this as a 11x17 print soon! So much detail means it won't be coming in smaller sizes, apologies!

Anyway, it would be all too easy for me to talk about this cover and my thoughts overall but I suppose it's not overly necessary- it can speak for itself I guess! I hope you like it :)

[fromsomeware]

[slightly-gay-pogohammer]

they/them final bosses hit different. with a million particle beams

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Larva

Debut: Final Fantasy III

A larva? Oh boy! I love those! I'm skedaddling through the door to the Larva Lounge this instant to get a peek! "Larva? Let's Look!"

Eek! I was tricked! I was deceived! I was led to believe I would be encountering an immature insect whose anatomy is specialized for a different niche than that of its adult form, but this appears to be some sort of ghoulie. Rather frightening! But it IS quite cool. It's like an energy cyclone with an eye in the middle! An eyeclone! That would have been a better name. Excuse me, why is this creature advertised as a "larva"? I'm not disappointed, but I do feel misled.

"Yeah, we get that a lot. See, the word 'larva' was originally associated with ghosts and emptiness, and was used to refer to the spirits of the restless dead in ancient Roman religion."

Wow! I thought I would learn something about larvae today, but instead, I learned something about larvae! So, instead of being a baby bug full of a new life's worth of potential, a larva in this context is a spooky specter that represents death, to the point that it's an Undead enemy, meaning that revival magic will instantly kill it. I like whenever that sort of thing is done. A bit cheeky.

Larva can blind your party members, so you better have some Eye Drops! I hope the eye drops in this fantasy world are the contemporary little plastic squeeze bottle kind. I wonder if Larva envies your party's depth perception, though. Maybe things would be different if a wizard gave it a second eye. Then it could wear 3D glasses, and make the most out of Nickelodeon Magazine's special 3D March 2006 issue! Do you think it would like that?

Larva has a stronger counterpart! This one is purple. Finally, we can appreciate a swirling eyeball vortex without a misleading name! What is its name, anyway?

Its name is Lemur! Yeah, Lemur is basically a synonym for Larva in the mythological sense. What an unlikely duo a larva and a lemur are. I don't believe I've ever considered the two in the same sentence before, but now that I'm doing it, a real lemur would love to eat a real larva.

So hopefully you have learned something new about larvae and lemurs today! Tell your friends! Or better yet, tell a larva or a lemur, and blow its mind! Maybe you will inspire its next Halloween costume!

[kristanlayne]

Final Fantasy Anniversary Illustration

Look what I finally finished, it took a bit due to all the work and zines I had to do throughout the year but it’s finally finished heheh. I’m really happy with how this came out and I’m glad this is my last major illustration for the year. It was so fun finally doing an illustration for myself again too~ I rendered the wol’s entire armor set but you can’t see it, so I’ll include it in the close up shots.

A few close ups below:

[thetinyscald-blog]

day 27 - onion