• 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
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    1. Nut's Avatar
      Nut -
      Quote Originally Posted by Cherubi View Post
      oh my god I tried I swear
      google didn't help that much
      what is rießigen? o_O
      rießigen is giant, I think? In German at least.
    1. Cherubi's Avatar
      Cherubi -
      I really like the moment in Wutai August, showed the other side, the life of the Turks and their 'private' lives. FF VII changed my life, this wonderful game and I hope wjencej people from my country likes / play it.

      i can't keep up help
    1. Puft's Avatar
      Puft -
      Great artwork guys! I probably sound like a broken record, Sorry.


      And yes, I too, remember the house of cats. What exactly was up with that place anyway??
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
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      Amanda Hampe - LadyJuxtaposition - United States

      As if the mafia Don Corneo wasn't much of a pervert, he wanted to marry a 16 year-old ninja Yuffie as his bride rather than picking the much mature Elena and making out with the 21 year-old cross-dressing Cloud. When given the choice which one of them is the worst, I don't know which one is! XD By the way, how in the heck did Corneo managed to hostage up these poor girls on a facial mountain? By his "magic touch" maybe? No, wait, don't tell me. I really don't want to know. At least the hostages were saved by Cloud & Company and the Turks. That's all I needed to know in life.
    1. DrAssenov's Avatar
      DrAssenov -
      Dang. I might have to draw a house of cats later after all my planned projects this month...
    1. Cherubi's Avatar
      Cherubi -
      WOW WOW WOW. This is sooo cute!! <3
    1. DrAssenov's Avatar
      DrAssenov -
      LOL LadyJux your commentary on the Don is hilarious! I like how skeezy you drew him too - LOOK AT THAT CHEST HAIR! Great work on a very difficult scene!
    1. Crop's Avatar
      Crop -
      I changed my desktop background to the one of Rocket Town by NikolaDrca. It's just...incredible.
    1. Psychotic's Avatar
      Psychotic -
      The Don's Chest Hair xD

      You can never have too much Don of the Slums, right?

    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
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      Urszula Czyz - Nati13321 - Poland

      Ta scena pokazuje prawdziwych Turk! Bardzo mi sie podoba otoczenie i akcja!
    1. Puft's Avatar
      Puft -
      LOL Awesome work and commentary LadyJux! You made very valid points here! I wanted Cloud to chop "them" off for real this time, lmao!
    1. Cherubi's Avatar
      Cherubi -
      'This scene shows the real Turks! I really do like the setting and action!'
    1. Pumpkin's Avatar
      Pumpkin -
      Sorry, got tired of translating.

      I've not been feeling well
    1. Cherubi's Avatar
      Cherubi -
      Oh Gawd. Corneo's chest hair
    1. Puft's Avatar
      Puft -
      You gotta love and respect Reno for that scene. That's probably when I official began to like the Turks. I really like these!
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
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      Benoît Cros - Ben198810 - France

      Yuffie se bat en duel contre son père.
      J'ai toujours aimé toute l'aventure à Wutai, car pleine de situations cocasses,je trouvais qu'elle permettait en quelque sorte de faire une pause dans l’intrigue principale du jeu.

      Yuffie est un de mes personnage préféré, et la découverte de sa ville natale a été un plaisir,tout comme l’ascension de la pagode avec comme seul combattant notre ninja préférée.

      Le combat en question est dans mes souvenirs un moment assez difficile car il y a quatre boss à vaincre à la suite en un contre un. Mais bien récompensé par l'obtention de la dernière limite de Yuffie.
    1. Cherubi's Avatar
      Cherubi -
      Yuffie duels against her father.
      I always loved the whole adventure in Wutai, as full of funny situations, I found it somehow allowed to take a break in the main plot of the game.


      Yuffie is one of my favorite characters, and the discovery of her hometown was a pleasure, as the ascent of the pagoda with the only fighter our favorite ninja.


      The fight in question is in my memory quite a difficult time because there are four bosses to defeat in a row in one against one. But rewarded by the last limit of Yuffie.
    1. Cherubi's Avatar
      Cherubi -
      Quote Originally Posted by shion View Post
      Sorry, got tired of translating.

      I've not been feeling well
      No prob,I can keep it up!

      I hope you get better. ~
    1. Nut's Avatar
      Nut -
      I can't keep up with this thread... I also remember the cat house, and how the black one at the end of the hallway upstairs was so pixelated that it looked almost like a creepy shadow monster. :P The cute cat image is appreciated. XD

      I was initially so annoyed with Yuffie for stealing my materia that I refused to use her for most of the game afterwards, until I needed her morphing skills. :P Her sidequest and the history of Wutai were very interesting, though, and the pagoda battles got me to enjoy using her more. Her personality and background were an interesting contrast to everyone else's, making her an unlikely but refreshing ally.
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