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Oh man, this picture.
I decided that for my 100th deviation, I would try and do something special and ambitious. I've always loved art, but it wasn't until I joined DA that I became motivated to draw (or at least try) every day. I'm not sure at what point I lost my way with art - real life gets in the way, I suppose - but I have this place and all the amazing artists I've seen here to thank for getting me back into my art groove.
SO, 100 seems a nice number, and I wanted to draw something BIG, and that had some meaning to me; FF8 is without a doubt one of my most favourite games of all time (I've completed it around 7/8 times!); I have some awesome memories of playing it, and I STILL make it my mission to play it every year (but usually turns out every second year). I can't imagine this game not being in my life; and damn - the GFs are so cool.
Anyway, enough of the soppy stuff. I can't guess how many hours went into this, but it took nearly 2 weeks or so. I tried to draw 2 a day. I went for different techniques; painted some in greyscale first to gets my tones right, then some I painted straight away in colour. I've learnt more in Photoshop with this piece than anything else I've ever done - which I would hope so considering the time that went into it!
So, hope any FF8 fans out there enjoy this! Hope you can see enough detail.
Tools: Bamboo tablet, PS CS6
Time taken: So many hours. 40+
I decided that for my 100th deviation, I would try and do something special and ambitious. I've always loved art, but it wasn't until I joined DA that I became motivated to draw (or at least try) every day. I'm not sure at what point I lost my way with art - real life gets in the way, I suppose - but I have this place and all the amazing artists I've seen here to thank for getting me back into my art groove.
SO, 100 seems a nice number, and I wanted to draw something BIG, and that had some meaning to me; FF8 is without a doubt one of my most favourite games of all time (I've completed it around 7/8 times!); I have some awesome memories of playing it, and I STILL make it my mission to play it every year (but usually turns out every second year). I can't imagine this game not being in my life; and damn - the GFs are so cool.
Anyway, enough of the soppy stuff. I can't guess how many hours went into this, but it took nearly 2 weeks or so. I tried to draw 2 a day. I went for different techniques; painted some in greyscale first to gets my tones right, then some I painted straight away in colour. I've learnt more in Photoshop with this piece than anything else I've ever done - which I would hope so considering the time that went into it!
So, hope any FF8 fans out there enjoy this! Hope you can see enough detail.
Tools: Bamboo tablet, PS CS6
Time taken: So many hours. 40+
Image size
2000x6335px 6.08 MB
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Hello! I found your artwork on an ff8 fan page and I became convinced it was a reference to the Stand Pillar from the end of Jojo's Bizarre Adventures season 5 (Golden Wind). Stands are very similar in concept to GFs and Alexander on top Mirrored Gold Experience Requiem at the top of the Stand Pillar, and the Morningstar at the bottom mirrored Rolling Stones at the base of the Pillar. So convinced was I was was genuinely surprised to see your artwork predates Golden Wind by a good 5 years.... so it's either a heck of a coincidence or you and the artist for the ending sequence tom inspiration from something mutual... Anyway, love this art and love ff8!!
