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.

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.

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!

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