• Final Fantasy VII: Moments

    Over the past four months, I have been working with over 100 artists to recreate the entire story of Final Fantasy VII in art forum. All the famous moments and many smaller moments will hopefully inspire nostalgia in you all! Come, take a peak. And prepare to be taken on a journey as you witness Final Fantasy VII in a way you've never seen before.

    This was created as a birthday present for Eyes on Final Fantasy. We are now 15 years old!



    Preface

    Final Fantasy VII is a game full of incredible moments. Some of these are very, very well known. Many people remember, for example, Sephiroth standing in the middle of a burning village. You’ll also likely recall him later on, piercing a certain someone’s body to the dismay of millions around the world.

    But do you remember all the little things? Many people would have unwittingly skipped right past a couple of scenes featuring Johnny. I dare say some of you might not even know who Johnny is! Or perhaps you might not recall the finer details of how Barret lost his right hand. The famous moments have been drawn time and time again—and rightfully so—but it is the complete story, full of small moments as well as the big ones, that really makes this game great.

    When the wonderful staff I work with at Eyes on Final Fantasy asked what we should do for our 15th anniversary, a few ideas were tossed around and I mentioned that we could get our much-loved artists the DeviantArt group involved. After mentioning examples of what we could do, the idea of a complete Final Fantasy story—told through artwork—sprang to mind. I never expected anything this big.

    The original plan was to get about 60 artists involved initially, knowing that some would have to cancel as is the way with people who have busy lives. I put together a list of 180 moments in the game, thinking I may as well start high because then if I get around half that, it’s still a huge project. In the end, over 100 artists created over 200 works of art, and I am—a week before this project is due to be released—still getting more art in, and still getting artists asking if they can do something. I’m having to come up with more and more ideas on what to draw!

    In this project, you will stumble into an unprecedented gallery of artwork created by fans out of nothing but love of Final Fantasy VII, the Final Fantasy series as a whole and—of course—the love of art. In the comments below this article, the complete thread and the PDF document you will see the artist's name (real or nickname), their DeviantArt account and their country of residence (some countries were undisclosed out of artist preference). The DeviantArt name is also a link to their DeviantArt page, I encourage you to click them!

    Name - DeviantArt Account Link - Country of Residence

    Beneath their credit information you will find text provided by the artist, and in their own native language. This may annoy some, but in the end Final Fantasy VII is a game loved around the world, and this is our way of showing off just how global that love really is. In some cases the text will be a quote from the game, in some cases an invented quote. More often, it will be their thoughts or feelings on the moment they have created in art form.

    Every work of art seen in this document was created from scratch for this project. Everything is new. I personally can not thank the artists enough—each and every one of them has taken the time to do something for nothing in return, sometimes spending months working for it. I couldn’t be more proud of them or their artwork.

    - Daniel Towns / Loony BoB, owner of Eyes on Final Fantasy


    This article was originally published in forum thread: Final Fantasy VII: Moments started by Loony BoB View original post
    Comments 976 Comments
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
      Loony BoB -
      And yeah, I'm always up for another DA project. I just, uh, need a notable time to recover afterwards... so... we'll see. xD If someone replied declining the invitation to the project, I would tend to ask them what different project ideas they might be interested in future. Let's just say I have a lot of ideas. I got replies from about one in three people that I contacted. About a third that replied declined. About a quarter of those that signed up didn't get to the stage of completing any artwork (in many of those cases, they didn't contact me after seeing the list, so I couldn't assign them anything). All in all I probably contacted about 400-600 artists, though, yeah. I'd hazard a guess that I've received about 1,500 notes for this project and sent over 2,000.
    1. Cherubi's Avatar
      Cherubi -
      ...I remained silent until now but I need to say that those drawings are so beautiful and perfect and dsfsfs


      AND OMGF THAT CREEP WHO FOLLOWS YOU
      I REMEMBER HIM

      I got really scared and started running around the prison omggg
    1. Psychotic's Avatar
      Psychotic -
      Quote Originally Posted by Cherubi View Post
      ...I remained silent until now but I need to say that those drawings are so beautiful and perfect and dsfsfs


      AND OMGF THAT CREEP WHO FOLLOWS YOU
      I REMEMBER HIM

      I got really scared and started running around the prison omggg
      Seriously! What a CREEP!
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
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      Benoît Cros - Ben198810 - France

      Barret et Dyne se tiennent en joue.

      J'affectionne ce moment assez sombre du jeu car Barret se retrouve confronté à son passé.
      Il doit affronter son vieil ami Dyne qui à disparu après l'incendie de Corel. Malgré ses tentatives Barret ne réussit pas à raisonner Dyne. S'engage alors un combat entre les deux hommes.

      J'aime également cette scène car c'est l'un des rares un contre un que l'on a à négocier dans le jeu, il fallait donc se battre différemment que lorsque l'on était trois, cela rajoutait de la difficulté surtout que Dyne est assez coriace.

      J'aurais aimé que Dyne retrouve la raison et qu'il rejoigne Avalanche; j'ai toujours pensé qu'il aurait été un bon allié.
    1. DrAssenov's Avatar
      DrAssenov -
      Quote Originally Posted by Psychotic View Post
      Quote Originally Posted by Cherubi View Post
      ...I remained silent until now but I need to say that those drawings are so beautiful and perfect and dsfsfs


      AND OMGF THAT CREEP WHO FOLLOWS YOU
      I REMEMBER HIM

      I got really scared and started running around the prison omggg
      Seriously! What a CREEP!
      DO THA CREEP

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLPZmPaHme0
    1. Puft's Avatar
      Puft -
      Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
      And yeah, I'm always up for another DA project. I just, uh, need a notable time to recover afterwards... so... we'll see. xD If someone replied declining the invitation to the project, I would tend to ask them what different project ideas they might be interested in future. Let's just say I have a lot of ideas. I got replies from about one in three people that I contacted. About a third that replied declined. About a quarter of those that signed up didn't get to the stage of completing any artwork (in many of those cases, they didn't contact me after seeing the list, so I couldn't assign them anything). All in all I probably contacted about 400-600 artists, though, yeah. I'd hazard a guess that I've received about 1,500 notes for this project and sent over 2,000.
      Regardless, I think the turnout is great! I'm really glad I decided to participate. This place is very welcoming and I'm sorry I hadn't signed up here before. So yeah, I can confidently say that I'll gladly participate in future events such as this. Thanks everybody!
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
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      Goro - watcheroutside - Australia

      This scene was one of my favourite scenes. To be honest, I didn't even like Barret's character that much until this area of the game. Dyne added so much character development to Barret. He stopped being a bad Mr. T clone - that being said I did name him Mr. T on my first play through, and started to become a fleshed out character with meaning behind his attitude.
    1. Cherubi's Avatar
      Cherubi -
      Quote Originally Posted by DrAssenov View Post
      Quote Originally Posted by Psychotic View Post
      Quote Originally Posted by Cherubi View Post
      ...I remained silent until now but I need to say that those drawings are so beautiful and perfect and dsfsfs


      AND OMGF THAT CREEP WHO FOLLOWS YOU
      I REMEMBER HIM

      I got really scared and started running around the prison omggg
      Seriously! What a CREEP!
      DO THA CREEP

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLPZmPaHme0

      dslfjsdfj lmao omg

      and YES THAT CREEP
      I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE,A GAME THING THAT WOULD KILL YOU OR SOMETHING SO I JUST RAN AROUND THE WHOLE PRISON
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
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      Shelz Keast - Typthis - Australia

      Jo: "Good day, a new racer, eh?"
      Cloud:"....(not interested)"
      Jo:"Up from bellow to win your freedom, old boy?"
      Cloud:"....(go away)"
      Jo:"....not very talkative, are you?..."
    1. Puft's Avatar
      Puft -
      oooh the feels! Dyne....

      Haha, I never had the guts to actually name Barret Mr. T.

      These pieces are amazing!
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
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      Nina Jäntti - Waahtis - Finland

      Joten.. Minun pitää pelastaa kaikki ratsastamalla kilpaa näillä Chocoboiksi kutsutuilla olennoilla? Tämän kappaleen soidessa taustalla? UPEAA!
    1. Psychotic's Avatar
      Psychotic -
      Racing time, you say?



      GET PUMPED

      ...


      HERE IT COMES



      I can't keep up!
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
      Loony BoB -
      xD Good luck keeping up now Psy, I've caught up with my prep work and it's 11:30pm, so I am gonna be slammin' through the next few hours. I'm almost... halfway... oh geez. xD

      EDIT: I may start posting 2-3 at a time if it gets too late.
    1. DrAssenov's Avatar
      DrAssenov -
      Wonderful Chocobo race, Waahtis! I like Cloud's expression XD
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
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      Kenneth - Kenisu-of-Dragons - United States

      At this point, I was just casually moving through the story. Then we have this cute moment with the Turks before Cloud and the others have to fight them. Another point where the Turks have escaped the black and whiteness of being antagonists and have turned out to be quite an entertaining bunch.
    1. Psychotic's Avatar
      Psychotic -
      I never quite got why the Turks randomly developed crushes on AVALANCHE
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
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      Vanessa Baumann - DrAssenov - United States

      I wanted to draw this piece because Zack's parents never received any closure on what happened to their son who was brutally murdered after escaping from Hojo's lab. Seeing someone who must have known him recently probably brought his parents some closure and some happiness. Even though Aeris never verbally answered their questions, her hesitation and emotional reaction must have been enough for them. Aeris struggled with her feelings, trying to look like they didn't bother her when she ran outside and shrugged it off -- saying how Zack could have been talking about any number of girls and not her. This was a rare, vulnerable moment for Aeris in the game when we are so used to seeing her being spunky and mischievous and flirty.
    1. Psychotic's Avatar
      Psychotic -
      Wonderful work! If only I knew this DrAssenov so I could compliment them personally. Alas...
    1. Cherubi's Avatar
      Cherubi -
      Oh my God,Rude is just...
      ...lmao
      this is so cute <3
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
      Loony BoB -
      I know I keep saying it, but... click the images! Bigger, far more detailed on the inside!
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