Final Animus IX – Part 2

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Feb 062013
 

Welcome back to the Wednesday Mash-up. Today we continue with Final Fantasy IX. Let’s get right to it, shall we?

First up this week, Nektara is dressed up as the lead female protagonist, Princess Garnet Til Alexandros XVII. The sketch for this one went up on Facebook weeks ago when I started working on this theme. As I said then, I had a lot of trouble with her boots. So much so that when they turned out too big for her body, rather than try to draw them smaller, I erased the rest of her body and redrew it bigger. I also cheated on the pose. The original features Garnet in a full profile pose. I went with a three quarters view. I used a picture of a Garnet action figure to help me out.

Nektara-Garnet Nektara---Garnet

Next up, is Garnet’s loyal bodyguard, Adelbart Steiner, played here by Big Oonch. I think the armor turned out nicely. There were some intricate patterns on Steiner’s belt that I’m not really good at, so I just made up my own patterns. Oonch almost ended up as Freya because the hat she wears lends itself better to hiding the eyes, but I decided to keep the gender roles intact, so Oonch became Steiner who also has a big hat.

 Oonch---Steiner

Last up this week, is Zoë as Eiko Carol. I gave her the hair, but I left out the horn on her head, because I couldn’t get it to look right when I was drawing it. I tried to replicate the subtle smile Eiko had on her face in the original picture, which doesn’t come naturally when the mouth is drawn with a simple line. I think she’s cute.

Zoe---Eiko

There’s more FFIX to come! See you next time!

Final Animus IX – Part 1

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Jan 302013
 

It’s that time of week again. When the Animus cast get dressed up to cosplay. It’s the Wednesday Mash-up!

As advertised, this week’s theme is Final Fantasy IX. Why IX? Because it’s my favorite of the Final Fantasies. Someday I’ll go back and visit some of the other games in the series, but for now, I’m focusing on IX.

First up, is Todrick as the hero of the game, Zidane Tribal.

Todrick---Zidane

Next, is the drawing I previewed on Facebook last week…or was it the week before? Anyhoo! It’s Cyran as Vivi Ornitier. First I drew Cyran using a staff attachment for his wrench. Then, when I decided I wanted to recreate a FFIX poster, I realized I needed a picture of him with his hands at his sides. Rather than start a new picture from scratch, I whited out the middle section and redrew it so that he was in the appropriate pose. The blend worked out fairly well. The one with his hands at his sides looks bigger because it’s narrower so the resizing to a width of 700 pixels turned out bigger.

Cyran---ViviCyran---Vivi2

Last up for this week is Deema as Freya Crescent. Side-note: When I originally played the game, I thought Freya was a bird-type character, when in fact, she was a rodent-type character. Well, now she’s a lizard!

Deema---Freya

That’s all for this week. Next week we continue with more FFIX!

The Cast – Part Three

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Jan 232013
 

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Wednesday Mashup. This week we conclude our look at the Animus Funnies main cast. One of the challenges this set posed was to add detail to the simple outfits the cast wear in the strips. I’m fairly pleased with the results. As always, click to embiggen.

Introduced in the same strip as Todrick, is his best friend (and now girlfriend) Nektara, with her trademark (when it’s relevant to the strip) flute.

Nektara

The last of the original eight was that ladies’ fur, the Big Oonch.

Big-Oonch

Introduced later, came the final addition to the main cast, Deema. Here she is, cheerful as ever!

Deema

That’s all for this week. Next week is a new theme! See you then!

The Cast – Part Two

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Jan 162013
 

Welcome back to the Wednesday Mash-up! This week we continue with the cast as themselves. As always, click to embiggen.

The next to be introduced were Zoë of the Mouse Wing and her bird friend, Popkin!

Zoe-and-Popkin

Following Zoë and Popkin, was everybody’s favorite bear dunce, Barnaby!

Barnaby

Last up this week, is my good pal Todrick.

Todrick

We wrap up the cast next week! Be sure to be there!

The Cast – Part One

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Jan 092013
 

Hey folks! Welcome back to the Wednesday Mash-up. This week instead of mash-ups, I’m presenting straight up drawings of the Animus Funnies cast in the more detailed style that I’ve developed for the mash-ups. Let’s get to it, shall we? As always, you’re invited to click to embiggen the pictures.

I’ve decided to do this chronologically, so we’ll start with the first character to be introduced on the site, Cyran. He’s working on some tinker project or another.

Cyran

Next came Sass and Mouser. Here she is holding one of her beloved Shinies while Mouser zips around with her.

Sass-and-Mouser

And last for this week, is Red Rich. Here he is available in all three flavours, Red, Blue and Green. This is just a question of creating a layer for each colour of his costume and then creating another layer for each colour for the shading.

Red-RichR-Blue-RichR-Green-Rich

That’s all for this week. Three more next week!

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