The Final Fantasy 500 Project

Hello EoFF! I've come here in hopes of gathering as many talented artists as I can for my collaborative project, The Final Fantasy 500. This project's goal is the creation of a group picture of 500 characters from across the Final Fantasy series. This is no small task, so I've been searching for as many artists as I can to help me out. I've noticed this site has an unusually large amount of extremely talented artists, and I hope some of you would be willing to help me out in this. I've created a site to act as a resource center, status update page, and general Q and A page for anyone interested in what the project is about. You check it out here:

The Final Fantasy 500

I've gotten decent support so far, but with a project this size I'm always looking for more artists to help me out, so here I am. Anyone that is interested please check out the site for the basic idea behind the project. Any artists who want to help out can contact me either here in this thread, via PM, or via email at espritduo@hotmail.com. You can also find me on AIM occasionally, also as espritduo. Just browse through the characters listed on the site and let me know which character(s) you want to do, and I'll add you to the ever-growing list on the update page.

Also, for any artists interested, here's a few important guidelines to keep in mind before you go rushing off on a drawing spree:

1. There's no deadline on the project. I will be working on it as long as it takes to get it done, and I'm giving the artists involved all the time they need to do as much or as little as they want to do in their own time.

2. As far as actual submitting goes, there's a limit of 10 characters at once per artist. Most people only take one character, but there are always a few eager beavers that like to take a bunch at once. This is great, but to keep a limit on how many characters I have up in the air, I'm limiting it to 10 at one time. As you finish characters you can then add more to your to-do list. Just don't go too crazy, since I've noticed I have a lot of people who have taken many characters, and have yet to finish their first one. Take as many as you think you can do in a reasonable time, and then as you finish them you can choose whether or not to do more.

3. I'm not screening artists based on quality or anything like that. If you're willing to help me out, I won't turn you down or ask you for samples or credentials(although I'm always curious to see anything the artist has done if they want). Just let me know what you want to do, and you're in. Simple as that.

4. Style and method. There are some things all artists needs to keep in mind when drawing their characters.

4a.) First and foremost, all characters need to be in color. If you really want to participate in the project, but can't color for beans, there's always the option of giving it to someone else to draw. I won't be actively looking for people to color other people's work, but if you can find someone, then go for it. As long as the finished piece is colored, I won't care how it got that way.

4b.) Secondly, the characters should not be in any sort of action pose, like jumping through the air, or swinging a sword, or anything too stylish. This picture is a group picture like you'd see in a graduation picture or some other gathering where you have a large group of people standing in front of a camera. The characters can be doing static things like holding up their sword, or posing in a "cool" manner, that's fine. Also, make sure the entire character is in the picture. No wings/feet/tails/limbs cut off from the edge of the picture. Just try to think of your character as a person(or animal, as the case may be) standing(or hovering for the flying types) as naturally as possible in front of a cameraman waiting for the flash.

4c.) Pencil-drawn (and colored) characters are acceptable, but I strongly recommend ink/computer drawn if you can manage it reasonably well. If you can go over the pencil-drawn character's lines in ink, then that's a good alternative. I'll still accept a completely pencil-drawn character, but unless the artist takes care to draw clear, solid lines and smooth coloring, it will come out as blurry, faded, and grainy, and may need to be touched up before I can add it to the final version. You can see examples of all kinds of drawing methods in the done characters I have uploaded on the site's character list page.

4d.) Last one. Backgrounds aren't needed and will only be removed by me when I get them and put them into the group picture, so don't go crazy with fancy backgrounds. Best background is just a plain white background with the character clearly and completely in view. You can add your signature if you like(just don't plaster it over the character!), and I'll keep that intact for the individual picture which will be displayed in a seperate credits section along with the names of everyone who participated in the project.
And that about covers the basics of the project. If you want to know more, you can always check out the FAQ page of the site.

Feel free to post any questions or suggestions here and I'll be sure to address anything anyone brings up. Thanks in advance and good luck!

>>> Very interesting idea you got there, its a huge task.
I would like to give some piece of advice to you since there some issues when you try to gather talent from different people.

First the style, it seems you already thought about this and you gave some reference pics for the people out there. So I think is ok.

Second is the quality, all the drawings you gather must have a very similar quality. And of course not all the artists who send the images will create something in the same level.
You have to be careful about this.

Third and most important is the fan made vs official artwork.
In this final picture you want to make in your list of "done characters" most of those images you want to use (if not all), are official artwork from square, the problem is that mixing official art with fan made stuff will create something too weird and unappealing in the end.
So its better if you stick only to fan-made drawings and discard any official image from square, no matter how appealing and pretty they are.

Well this is something I was thinking about, your idea is great but it have to be carefully planned if you want to make it succeed..

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Second is the quality, all the drawings you gather must have a very similar quality. And of course not all the artists who send the images will create something in the same level.
You have to be careful about this.

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Yeah, this is probably the biggest hurdle, and one I think is just inevitable. There will be a difference in quality between characters, since no two artists are exactly the same. I just have to try and hope for the best, and hope the basic individuality of the characters themselves is enough to make up for differences in style and quality. So far I've gotten a wide range of styles and quality work, though, and the images still mesh together surprisingly well, so I feel the end product will definitely be worth striving towards.

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Third and most important is the fan made vs official artwork.
In this final picture you want to make in your list of "done characters" most of those images you want to use (if not all), are official artwork from square, the problem is that mixing official art with fan made stuff will create something too weird and unappealing in the end.
So its better if you stick only to fan-made drawings and discard any official image from square, no matter how appealing and pretty they are.

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Oh yes, this is a completely fan-made project. The only official artwork is what I've gathered on my site for resource material for the artists. No matter how hard it may be to find an artist for a particular character, I will not have any official artwork in the final group image. I'm not sure what you were looking at on my done list, but if I understand you correctly, you're clicking on the name of the character on my list, and that brings up their bio with a list of resource images for the artists. If you click on the star next to a done character, you'll see the actual submitted fan artwork for that character.

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Well this is something I was thinking about, your idea is great but it have to be carefully planned if you want to make it succeed..

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I've spent many months now planning and organizing and predicting all the twists and turns of this project, and I am 100% confident I can make it work. All I need now is a solid core of dedicated artists to supply the art, and everything will come together. I've already got a quarter of the 500 characters accounted for by over 30 artists, and there are still many more sites on the internet I have yet to tap.

Now, what about yourself? Truth be told, your incredible artwork was one of the main reasons I picked this site for my project, and I'd be pleased as punch to have you lend your talents to the effort, even if it is just for one character.

Great idea.

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Third and most important is the fan made vs official artwork.
In this final picture you want to make in your list of "done characters" most of those images you want to use (if not all), are official artwork from square, the problem is that mixing official art with fan made stuff will create something too weird and unappealing in the end.
So its better if you stick only to fan-made drawings and discard any official image from square, no matter how appealing and pretty they are.

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I agree with this. If it were all drawn from official art it would get rather boring I guess.

I'll start on Julia from VIII. I don't have a clue how to work photoshop but i'll do a drawing with graphite and colour pencil.

Any idea on the scale of each drawings?

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Now, what about yourself? Truth be told, your incredible artwork was one of the main reasons I picked this site for my project, and I'd be pleased as punch to have you lend your talents to the effort, even if it is just for one character.

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>>> Yeah i wouldnt mind to do a couple of drawings, but the quality will probably be far above from the ones you already have.
think about it, if thats ok with you i`ll pick a couple of characters and draw them..

I'll do Relm, and Hilda if you like.

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Great idea.
I agree with this. If it were all drawn from official art it would get rather boring I guess.

I'll start on Julia from VIII. I don't have a clue how to work photoshop but i'll do a drawing with graphite and colour pencil.

Any idea on the scale of each drawings?

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The average size of each character completely zoomed 100% is usually about 200x500 pixels, although that varies depending on the character and pose. I scale the submitted characters up or down to approximate their actual height compared with the other characters once I get them, so you shouldn't have to worry too much about that.

And I can put you down for Julia no problem. Since you are doing her in pencil, just make sure the lines are nice and solid and clear, and the colors as smooth as possible, and not grainy or sketchy. That's a common problem with the pencil-drawn characters and tends to make them stand out from the rest as faded and blurry. If you are comfortable going over the lines in ink, you can try that. I have other artists that are doing that with their pencil-work.

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>>> Yeah i wouldnt mind to do a couple of drawings, but the quality will probably be far above from the ones you already have.
think about it, if thats ok with you i`ll pick a couple of characters and draw them..

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If the only problem I have with your work is that it is too good, I'll gladly make that "sacrifice", heh. Just let me know which free characters you're interested in from the list and I'll put you down for them.

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I'll do Relm, and Hilda if you like.

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I like quite a bit. :) I'm assuming you're doing FFII's Hilda, and not FFIX's Hilda, since Hilda IX is no longer on the list due to space constraints. So I'll put you down for Relm and Hilda (FFII).

Auron is still open? :O Can I have him :D?

Sure thing! You wanna know what's really crazy? Sephiroth's still open too, as well as all the Cid's except IV. Sometimes it's strange the way these things play out.

Can I have Celes, Desch and Lucrecia?

Oh i'll take my baby Shiva too (FFX). :)

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Can I have Celes, Desch and Lucrecia?

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Sure! I'll put you down for all three.

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Oh i'll take my baby Shiva too (FFX). :)

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Unfortunately, Shiva's already taken. Make sure you check out the character list to see which characters have been accounted for and which are free. If you really have your heart set on her, though, I can talk to the person doing her and see if he'd be willing to switch. He's actually doing quite a few of the scantily clad women from the series, and I might be able to bribe him with Siren in exchange for Shiva, heh.

>>> I would like to take Hojo and the Onion kid/knight ..
You dont have Dr Unne and matoya in the ff1 list??
well that sucks, you should take out warmech and put dr.unne at least.

If you are willing to put unne or/and matoya ill draw them right away..;)

>>> Edit- oops, it looks like Onion Kid is taken already but because of this, I just had this fantastic idea that can make your project several times awesomer..

Why dont just make all the characters listed, open for everyone?
Lets say that "artist A", "artist B" and "Artist C" want to draw Sephiroth..
with the current system only "artist A" would have the right to draw Sephiroth, instead if is open for everyone "B" and "C" can draw that character too..
Everyone WIN with this, specially you since in the end you will have various images from the same character to pick from, and you dont have to pick the one you like right away, you can wait until the end, when the 500 characters are done and pick the best images for the final thing.
This way it will be more fair for all the people who want to help out there and of course its going to be more fun and im sure more people would like to help you with drawings..

I hope you consider this..

I had Matoya on the list at one time (you can actually still see her page here: The Final Fantasy 500 - Matoya), but I had to drop her to make room for another character down the line. I figured both Matoya and Dr. Unne just weren't big enough characters to justify keeping them in while trying to fit in other much bigger characters. I've always loved Warmech, and consider him the original superboss of the series, so I felt compelled to keep him in, and I doubt I'll change that, just cuz I like him so much. There's a few other characters like that here and there that are on the list mainly because they're personal favorites of mine and I just really want them in the project(like the FFII Beavers, FFVII's Johnny, or Sagi from FFU).

As far as letting people take the same character, I don't have any problem with multiple people taking the same character if they really want to. There's two problems with this on a large scale though.

Firstly, if I let people take any character they like without regards to who's already taken and who isn't, I'll have everyone doing the same popular characters, with the lesser ones being forgotten and the project stagnating. With a one artist per character rule, it keeps the project moving forward and makes sure the lesser characters are taken. I don't have so many artists yet that I can afford to have them all doing the same characters. If I had literally hundreds of artists on the project, I'd be more open to the idea, but as it stands now, there just isn't enough support for it if I want to complete the project in anything resembling a timely fashion.

The second problem is more of a personal one. I don't like being the judge and jury of who's art makes the cut and who's doesn't. The idea of having someone work hard on a character, only to have me drop it because someone else later did it better is unappealing to me. It's true that this means that what I get for a character is what I get, and I don't have much choice in the matter, but I feel that's just the price I'm willing to pay to ensure an artist doesn't have to worry about their efforts going to waste.

Of course, that being said, I'm not stopping anyone from doing a character they really want to. Like I said above, multiple people can do the same character if they both want to, and I'll just suck it up and pick which one works with the project better. I try to keep that to a minimum though.

Also of note, I am willing to take characters not on the list if I like the piece enough. So if you're really that eager to do Matoya and Dr. Unne, then go ahead! I'll make room for them somehow.

For now I'll put you down for Hojo for sure, and wait for you to let me know about the rest.

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Firstly, if I let people take any character they like without regards to who's already taken and who isn't, I'll have everyone doing the same popular characters, with the lesser ones being forgotten and the project stagnating..

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>>> hehe, I doubt real ff fans would only want to draw popular characters, that would be just too lame..

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The second problem is more of a personal one. I don't like being the judge and jury of who's art makes the cut and who's doesn't..

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>>> I think thats exactly what you have to do when you try to create a project (if you want it to be good of couse), and I dont see why you have "a price to pay", is not like you are forcing people to help you. I mean the artists who are helping you with this are doing it because they want right?..

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Of course, that being said, I'm not stopping anyone from doing a character they really want to. Like I said above, multiple people can do the same character if they both want to, and I'll just suck it up and pick which one works with the project better. I try to keep that to a minimum though..

Also of note, I am willing to take characters not on the list if I like the piece enough. So if you're really that eager to do Matoya and Dr. Unne, then go ahead! I'll make room for them somehow.

For now I'll put you down for Hojo for sure, and wait for you to let me know about the rest.

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>>> Sure thing, then also add onion knight, dr unne and matoya to my list too.. :)

Hah, I guess you're dead set on those then. Considering the extenuating circumstances of those three, I won't put you down on the site for them until you actually turn them in, just to make sure I don't spend all that time reworking the site for characters that aren't coming. Standard precaution. :)

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n..._KoShiatar.png

Here you go with Celes. .PNG on transparent background so you can easily resize it add it to the final composition. Crop the watermark if you don't want it, I use it more to let people know who made it if it goes around on the web than else.

Excellent! Thank you for the prep work too. That makes things much easier for me. I'll leave the watermark on for the individual picture that shows on the site's character list and credits page(when I make it). Thanks, and keep up the good work!

Not much prep work on this. If you lift the line art on a layer of its own, then you can work on it without the need for a background.

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Hah, I guess you're dead set on those then. Considering the extenuating circumstances of those three, I won't put you down on the site for them until you actually turn them in, just to make sure I don't spend all that time reworking the site for characters that aren't coming. Standard precaution. :)

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>>> Im also drawing the mystic quest characters too..

Hah, wow, all of them? I have Benjamin, Kaeli, Reuben, Tristam, Phoebe, and the Dark King on the list. If you're doing all of them, let me know, and I guess Mystic Quest will be the first FF I have all the characters accounted for. Never would have seen that coming.

>>> Yeah, all of them.. that makes 10 with the other ones.

I'll join in on this. Don't know who I'll do yet, but I'll figure out out.

Okay black orb, I'll put you down for all the Mystic Quest characters, then! And if I may make a personal request, I'd really like it if Kaeli had her axe in the picture. I always loved the idea of a sweet little girl in a dress wielding a massive battle-axe, and she'd just be a random girl in a green dress without it.

And Avarice-ness, whenever you figure it out just let me know which characters you want from the list and I'll put you down for them.

It would be interesting to see which characters have already been taken.

I am up to do Setzer from Final Fantasy 6, if he wasn't taken.
I'd love to do Rydia if she wasn't taken...
I can also do Tifa if she isn't taken as well...
I wouldn't mind doing Garnet from FF9 if she wasn't taken.

Are these fine with you?
If you want to see my talent skills, just go in the gallery section and check out the drawings I posted :D

You should check here before you claim a character. I think those that you want are all taken unfortunately. I had to discard a few ones as well (Rydia, Terra) because they were taken.

Thanks for letting me know...
Here are the ones I want then: (after looking at the page)

Gau (FF6) -- lineart completed
Elena (FF7)
Mindy (FFIV) -- lineart completed
Mandy (FFIV) -- lineart completed
Sandy (FFIV) -- lineart completed
Kuja (FF9)

(Even if these aren't taken, I still enjoy drawing them :D)

I can put you down for Gau, Elena, and Kuja no problem, Setzer the Gambler. And if you are going to do Sandy and Mindy, do you think you could do Cindy as well? it'd be weird to have those two drawn by one artist, and then the third sister drawn by a completely different artist.

As far as Shera goes....she is currently on the 500, but she was actually one of the characters I was planning on dropping if and when black orb submits Matoya and Unne. You can still do her if you really want to, and I'll just have to figure out some other character to drop, but if you don't mind it would make things much easier on me just to let her go. And the same goes for Darryl, really. She had originally been on the 500, but I had to get rid of her to make room for others. Like I said to black orb, if you really have your heart set on Darryl, you can still draw her and if I really like it I'll make room for it somehow. As you can see, though, I have to get rid of someone else to fit her in, and that tends to complicate things.

Ok, you can take off Shera :)
I will do Mindy instead for the loss of Shera. I am going to lineart them all first before coloring them all :D

Alritos! Back to the drawing table !!!

Okay! I'll add the third Magus Sister then. Thanks for understanding and being flexible. with your characters.

It's no problem, I enjoy doing this after all :)
Plus, it gives me something to draw while I have nothing to do :P

Back to the drawing table then!

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Okay black orb, I'll put you down for all the Mystic Quest characters, then! And if I may make a personal request, I'd really like it if Kaeli had her axe in the picture. I always loved the idea of a sweet little girl in a dress wielding a massive battle-axe, and she'd just be a random girl in a green dress without it.

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>>> Ok, these are the first five.
Do you use photoshop?, If you have photoshop i can send you the psd files without the background.
i`ll post the next five later..

I have paintshop pro, but it can take and translate psd files just as easily as psp files, so you can send those my way no problem.

And all of those look excellent, thank you! I'll take those for now, and update them with the psd images when I get them.

And I just have to say, I especially love that Dark King. I don't care if most people think Mystic Quest sucked, I always loved the Dark King's design, and you've captured him - in all his forms - perfectly.

Here is my first complete drawing, I will only send them all with a blank background once they are all complete :)

Magus Sister 1 by ~MorningAfterHangover on deviantART
Magus Sister 2 by ~MorningAfterHangover on deviantART

Enjoy.

They look great! I'll be waiting for the cleaned up no-background characters, so don't keep me hanging with these teasers too long. :)

As soon as I finish the last of the sisters, they will be ready to go without a background ;)

Is it OK if I do Ozma in Photoshop? :o

Ozma, huh? Interesting choice. I'll put you down for the round guy, then. I've been waiting for someone to pick him, and I'm curious to see how he turns out.

Preview: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...g/Ozmacopy.png

URL http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...g/Ozmacopy.png

Hah, that's awesome. I'll add him to the done list right now. And the png file is just fine for me. No artifacts, and the background is already erased, so it's as good as it can be. Thanks!

Yeah, no problem. I had a lot of fun making it!

>>> The next five are ready, i already sent you the psd files (check your e-mail)..
I had lot of fun making all these drawings, I know you said 10 are the limit but I would like to keep drawing more characters.
I hope you are ok with it.

Yep, I got them and they all look perfect. Thanks!

And 10 is only the limit for unfinished characters at one time. Since you're done with all 10 already(!), feel free to take anyone else you'd like.

>>> Ok, lets take.. princess sarah (ff1), yuffie, white mage, thief and red mage.
BTW, you got some links wrong in this page
The Final Fantasy 500
the links for the images i did fot tristam and phoebe..

Ah, so I did. I just copy/pasted the link coding to save some typing, and I forgot to change the destination for those two. Thanks, I'll fix that right now.

And I'll put you down for Sarah, Yuffie, Thief, WM, and RM. Man, you're one hard-working guy! :)

oh let me play! however i am a ms paint freak so i hope you dont mind ms paint.
for i dislike the photo shop Nazis!
Id like to do Aeris if thats OK Please!
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OK i done! is this OK?

That looks good, but Aeris is already taken, and is actually pretty close to being done, as well as being part of a multiple character image with Tifa, Zack, and Cloud. I can still take that picture if you like, but I'm afraid I most likely won't be able to use it. If you'd like to do any other characters, feel free to check out the character list and see who is still available. I'll happily take any other characters you can give me.

Just to let you know that I am in fact doing my pix so you don't think i've forgotten. She's been taking a while because GODDAMMIT TOES and AMANO YOUR CHARACTER DESIGNS ARE SO ABSTRACT WTF DETAILED AND ACCURATE REPRESENTATION!

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...y/acb8cbf6.jpg

awwwwwww! that took me all pf 3 hours...never mind ill have another go at another one but all the best ones are taken :(
and scrumptious don't have an aneurysm your still awesome sauce!

Sorry for not having sent any other picture yet. Lucrecia just doesn't seem to inspire me. Can I drop her and take Shelke instead?

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Just to let you know that I am in fact doing my pix so you don't think i've forgotten. She's been taking a while because GODDAMMIT TOES and AMANO YOUR CHARACTER DESIGNS ARE SO ABSTRACT WTF DETAILED AND ACCURATE REPRESENTATION!

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Looking good so far. And yeah, Amano knows how make your head spin with his artwork, heh. I like the rose in her hand though, nice touch.

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awwwwwww! that took me all pf 3 hours...never mind ill have another go at another one but all the best ones are taken :(
and scrumptious don't have an aneurysm your still awesome sauce!

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Yeah, you sort of had bad luck with that one. If it was some other character who hadn't even been started yet or wasn't part of a multi-character piece, I could take it no problem, and I'd just let that person know they'd have some competition. If you find anyone you like, just let me know.

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Sorry for not having sent any other picture yet. Lucrecia just doesn't seem to inspire me. Can I drop her and take Shelke instead?

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That's fine. I'll put you down for Shelke, then.

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Yeah, you sort of had bad luck with that one. If it was some other character who hadn't even been started yet or wasn't part of a multi-character piece, I could take it no problem, and I'd just let that person know they'd have some competition. If you find anyone you like, just let me know.

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okie im doing Jessie for you. almost done ill post when complete is that OK?
[EDIT] ok DONE!

Okay, now that I can use! Thanks, I'll add her to the done list. :)

no problem! I'd like to have a go at Marlene (done) and Donna too! be done soon!

Anybody have Tonberry or FFI Fighter/Warrior? I'd like them, please.

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>>> Is that Hilda from ff2?, it looks awesome. You should go for more images after you finish this one.

okie ive done Donna! quite proud of that actually, never drawn her before!

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no problem! I'd like to have a go at Marlene (done) and Donna too! be done soon!

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okie ive done Donna! quite proud of that actually, never drawn her before!

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Hah, you move so fast I can't even keep up. Both of those look great!

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Unfortunately, both of those are taken, with Fighter actually being done. Tonberry isn't done yet, and I can ask the person who is scheduled to work on it if they'd like to give it up if you really want to do it. I'd suggest looking through the list to see if there's another character you'd like to do before going that route, though.

ultima and lucrecia plzkthx!!!

>>> I have 3 already done, I`ll send you the psd files when i finish the other two..

>>> I would like to draw Aki Ross, Dr Sid and the Goblin too..

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ultima and lucrecia plzkthx!!!

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Okay! I'll put you down for Ultima and Lucrecia, then. And as far as Ultima goes, feel free to use either her FFT or her FFXII version, both are fine by me.

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>>> I have 3 already done, I`ll send you the psd files when i finish the other two..

>>> I would like to draw Aki Ross, Dr Sid and the Goblin too..

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Looking good, as usual! And I'll add Aki, Sid, and Goblin to your ever-growing list.

lucrecia done and Ultima done!
Damn it i rox!
*switches of big head mode*
ta darlings!

Looks good! Thanks! If there's anyone else you'd like to do, just let me know.

Done at last. She kind of took over a bit, sorry she's so massive.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...y/f8c47e70.jpg

Relm ought to be quicker, because I don't use amano art as a 100% guide when I draw her.

edit: also this guy is totally awesome, does he have a website or deviantart account?

woah!! scrummpy thats awsome kudis to you!

I apologize for the lack of updates from my part, I am head over heels in midterms and I have a convention that I am attending as a professional artist the week after my midterms are over. After that, I hope I will be able to update my part.

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Done at last. She kind of took over a bit, sorry she's so massive.

Relm ought to be quicker, because I don't use amano art as a 100% guide when I draw her.

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Looks great to me! And the size is fine, I can just shrink it down as I need to, so no worries there.

Hah, and yes, that's Kal, I've known him for years and he is one of the most phenomenal artists I've ever seen. He's a member of my original forum where I first posted this project. I know he had a site where he posted his work years ago, but I'm not sure if he does now. I can ask him if you like.

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That's alright. I understand work can be a bitch. Take all the time you need, remember there's no deadline here.

Scrumpleberry that is awesome. All the entries so far have been beyond ace. I have the day off so I'm gonna start on a drawing. I've been wanting to draw Ultimecia now for quite a while so I'll start with her if theres no complaints?

Well, someone has already taken Ultimecia, so you're kinda out of luck on that one. I believe you wanted to do Julia, correct? I won't stop you from drawing Ultimecia if you've already started, but remember the characters you signed up for too!

>>> Now Im done with all my characters, just 2 more and i reach 20, so im going to take garland and chaos..
The psd files are on the way.

Okay,those all look great! And I can put you down for Chaos and Garland (FFI) to make it a clean 20.

>>> The last 2, I also added a new color version of the goblin (i think this one looks better)..
I guess I`ll take a break from all this drawings for now, i`ll probably help you with more drawings whenever i have more free time..
i`ll send you the psd files for these too.

Two more excellent pieces, thank you! If you ever feel like doing any other characters, just let me know.

I wanna try. I'm a busy gal so I don't know how quick they'd be done. Does it have to be done in photoshop/paintshop/gimp? Can I just freehand it and scan it in? If so I'd like to take on Sephy-poo <3 :love:, Rufus, Squall, and.... idk yet. I'd like those 3 plzkthnx <3

Rufus and Squall are already done, so I can't really recommend doing them. Sephiroth is already accounted for(by two people already actually), so I wouldn't do him either. If there's a free character you'd like to do, though, I have no problems with that. You can check the character list page to see who is done, accounted for, and still open.

As far as how you draw it, I'm fine with freehand, as long as it is in something like ink or marker. I can take pencil-drawn and colored art, but it doesn't show up very well with the rest of the characters, so I'd stay away from that if at all possible.

Dang, I've never tried marker. I want Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo then. I will try to incorperate them in marker.... ;_;

Sure thing! I can put you down for Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo no problem.

Awesome. There isn't a spacific deadline is there? I got finals in 2 weeks then spring break.

Nope, no deadlines. Take your time with them and have fun. :)

>>> Jenova and Necron sound interesting, I`ll draw those 2.

Ha, awesome. I can't wait to see what you do with those two. :)

I apologize for taking so much time into making the characters, I have a lineart of Gau ready, but I haven't made the third sister yet... Gotta work on that.

>>> One Necron plus Jenova coming out..

I was looking at The Final Fantasy 500
and woah, there are lot of people who have nothing ready yet.

Yeah...there are a lot of people who ask to do characters, and then I never hear from them again. It's frustrating, but this project is all about patience, so I try not to bug people about timetables. At least I have people like you and a few others that consistently ask to do and then complete characters on a regular basis to keep my spirits up. :) Great work on Necron and Jenova.

This is coming along excellently, I see. Great work from all involved so far.

I'd love to help if I can get time, perhaps with Benero and Zenero, but don't put me down for them yet as I don't know if I'll be able to finish them within a reasonable amount of time.

>>> Add Zalera and Worker 8 in my list please..

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This is coming along excellently, I see. Great work from all involved so far.

I'd love to help if I can get time, perhaps with Benero and Zenero, but don't put me down for them yet as I don't know if I'll be able to finish them within a reasonable amount of time.

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Well a reasonable amount of time for this project is pretty much however long you like. You can take a day, a week, or year if you like. Like I said, this is all about patience, and it's going to take a while to get up to 500 completed characters. I won't put you down for Benero and Zenero yet if you don't want me to, but feel free to work on them at your leisure.

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Zalera and Worker 8, huh. That's a couple of interesting choices I'll be curious to see done. Have fun with them !

Okay, okay, put me down for Benero and Zenero, since I started sketching on one of them. I'll try to get something done as soon as I can. :)

No problem, you're on the list.

This looks interesting. I'll go for the Beavers then. :)

Ha. It took a long time, but somebody finally decided to tackle the beavers. I added them to the 500 because I thought they were such a ridiculous, yet memorable little bunch that they deserved to be represented, and I thought no one would ever want to do them. Thanks for proving me wrong. :P I'll add you to the list.

Yay, Jirito is in! Gotta love the beavers.

The finished Ahriman seems to be wrongly linked on both the character list page and the assignment page.

I'm almost done pencilling one of the Neros. Their shoes and claws are sort of hard to get a good view of.

Ah, thanks. The Ahriman links should all be fixed now. If you see anything else linked wrong, don't hesitate to let me know. I try to keep everything right, but with 500 characters, it's easy to miss a letter or number here or there.

>>> Since I´ll probably keep drawing for this I also want.
ff5 Cid and mid
ff2 Leila
ff4 Namingway and scarmiglione
ff12 Cid
ff7 Johnny
fft Reis

Thanks in advance. :)

That's quite the motley crew you got there. I'll throw the rest of those onto your list as well. Thanks!

>>> Zalera and Worker 8 are ready.

espritduo, are you originally a member of the FF online forums?
i was wondering about that.

Nice work on Worker 8 and Zalera!

And yes, I'm originally (and still am) a member of FFO. I go by Free Spirit over there. You aren't a member there too, are you? I think I would have noticed you in the seven years I've been there. Your artwork is kinda unmistakable, heh.

>>> Nope i have just posted here for 9 years or something..
I remember FFO used to have an active art forum/section in the past, now is kinda dead (well, like most of the ff sites everywhere).

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>>> oh yeah, I have Johnny here..

>>> One more drawing to keep the dream alive..

Those are so awesome. I wished I had time to work on the ones I promised

Wow, sorry about missing that last post of yours! You edited the character into your old post so I never knew you had done anything new. Hah, my bad. Anyways, Johnny and Scarmiglione look great, and now that I have 100 characters expect to see a 100-group shot coming along in the next week or so, as time permits. Thanks, and keep going, because my dream will never die. :)

Not the best maggot I ever drew. . .
http://www.snowy-day.net/stuff/art/c...uron-ff500.png

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http://www.snowy-day.net/stuff/art/c...uron-ff500.png

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>>> Looks like a figure made of clay or something..:D

Yeah, that is a very interesting style you have there. He looks good to me, though, so I'll add him to the mix. Thanks!

And I'm sorry about the delay getting the 100 group image done, but I've become a bit obsessed with The World Ends With You lately, and I can't seem to bring myself to do anying but play it...all day. Must collect every pin...

Aww! This looks like such a neat idea! Is it too late to join!?

Nope, I still need plenty of help to keep this thing going. Check out the character list page on the site to see who's still free and just let me know who you'd like to do and I'll add you to the list.

I am NOT doing calc tomorrow, so I will work on those 3 I claimed.

Alrighty, I've put TWEWY behind me, and sat down and put together the FF100! I've still got a looooong way to go, so there's plenty of room for anyone still interested in the project.

wow the Vivi is amazing, that is coming along great

Nice! I think, though, that cutting off the height to maybe around half and placing them more width-wise might be more effectful. That's your choice though!

You should place some characters in close proximity so they look like they're interacting with other characters :)

e.g. nanaki could be lying on Ozma, Squall could be pointing his gunblade at zalera, Eiko and Mog could be standing back to back. etc

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That's actually the Black Mage from FFI, not Vivi, but he is still amazing, yes. :)

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Nice! I think, though, that cutting off the height to maybe around half and placing them more width-wise might be more effectful. That's your choice though!

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Yeah, it sort of ended up longer than wide unexpectedly. These pre-500 images are just me getting practice before the full 500 character image, so I work out the bugs as I go along.

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I plan on doing that whenever I see two characters that work together in the image. For example, I do have Whyt peaking out from behind Rydia, and Marlene is standing right next to Barret. I definitely want somebody on top of Ozma(and Alexander whenever somebody decides to tackle him), and I had tried out Cait Sith, but for some reason it didn't look quite right so I put him on his own.

As for Mog, I will be having FFIX's Mog with Eiko just like Rydia and Whyt, but the Mog in this image is actually FFVI's Mog, so he's alright on his own. You can tell the difference because FFIX Mog has a bit of a mane and a yellow pom-pom and FFVI's Mog has no mane and a red pom-pom(or none at all, depending on the source). Also, one's a guy and one's a gal, heh.

>>> Nice, 100 characters already.
In these group pics I think you should think about the scale of each character/bosses. The huge monsters like Chaos and such should be more larger in scale and probably locate some of them at the back and the center of the group..

Quina's looks like Quina.

Finally, here's the Beavers. They kidda look more like chipmunk than beaver I think.:eep:

For the next one, I'll go for Watts.

Hah, those beavers look perfect. Thanks! Now all I need is someone to do Guy to complete the set. And I think they look a bit like chipmunks because you can't see any of their tails.

And Watts, eh? I'll put you down for him then.

>>> more stuff here..

Wow, you just keep churning them out. They all look great, as usual. Thanks!

>>> Sign me up for
The Final Fantasy 500 - Ovelia
The Final Fantasy 500 - Meliadoul
The Final Fantasy 500 - Palamecia
The Final Fantasy 500 - Zemus

BTW, you have a broken link here
http://www.finalfantasy500.com/500/cid_ffu.htm

Dang broken links, there always seems to be more of them. They're like weeds!

Thanks, it should be fixed now.

And I'll put you down for Meliadoul, Ovelia, Palamecia, and Zemus, too. Pretty soon I'm going to have to starting calling this the black orb 500. :)

It looks fantastic. I agree that it should be wider than longer though, but it's coming along nicely :)

Yeah, it ended up that way completely by accident. I was going ~ten characters a row for ten rows, thinking I'd have a square when I was done, but of course, people are taller than they are wide, so I ended up with a longer than expected image. It did give me a good idea of how tall the image will be when done though. It will be about as tall as it is now, but five times wider, which is huge, but not unmanageable.

very interesting idea you got there, its a huge task.
I would like to give some piece of advice to you since there some issues when you try to gather talent from different people.

Sorry for the lack of updates... I am currently working on the last magus sister at the moment. Then, as soon as I am done with this last one, I will send out a copy of them without a background. :)

Thanks for your patience.

Other characters I have to do:

gau -- Lineart completed
kuja -- still have to start the lineart
elena -- still have to start the lineart

Glad to see you're still trucking along, Setzer. I'm ready whenever you are!

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very interesting idea you got there, its a huge task.
I would like to give some piece of advice to you since there some issues when you try to gather talent from different people.

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I'm always up for any help or advice. What have you got in mind?

Sneak peak at my work:
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...work/okgau.jpghttp://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...k/oksister.jpg

You can go ahead and mark the Nero's as free for the taking. I might still get around to finish them, but I don't want to occupy the spot if I'm not sure I will!

I dunno how I missed this. This is friggin amazing. I'd help out, but I never learned how to manipulate my art very well in an editting program. And lost my scanner a long time ago anyway. Awesome stuff though

Edit: That mog looks suspiciously "official". Was that done by an artist?

Yeah, that Mog is obviously just a copy of the very Mog artwork I used for my logo :P. I let it go because it was just a bonus thing the artist threw in with their other characters and there is somebody else who is actually supposed to be doing Mog and hasn't finished yet. Once that one is done, that will be the real Mog for the project.

And both of those look great, Setzer. Whenever you're done, I'll happily take them.

And if you've actually already started on the Nero brothers, Rantzien, I might as well leave you on. I don't think anyone's going to be asking for them any time soon anyways, heh.

This is a pretty cool idea. Makes me wish I returned to the forums a long time ago, haha. I only just noticed it now.

Okay, put me down for Marcus, Vossler and Kiros.

Lucky there's no time limit, I have two other drawings I'm sposed to have done by next week for a couple of friends birthdays and I haven't even started them, haha! So I'll get to these as soon as I'm done with them ^^

Oh and if you're curious about what my drawing style is like, just check my DeviantArt page. There's a link in my sig :monster:

>>> Nice, Slade is part of this too..

This looks like a great idea. It's too bad I just noticed this thread now, I could have done something earlier had this thread caught my attention. I'll be throwing my support to this, if that's alright. I'm going to see who I can do and come back to this thread with who I'll be doing asap. :D

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This is a pretty cool idea. Makes me wish I returned to the forums a long time ago, haha. I only just noticed it now.

Okay, put me down for Marcus, Vossler and Kiros.

Lucky there's no time limit, I have two other drawings I'm sposed to have done by next week for a couple of friends birthdays and I haven't even started them, haha! So I'll get to these as soon as I'm done with them ^^

Oh and if you're curious about what my drawing style is like, just check my DeviantArt page. There's a link in my sig :monster:

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Great! Better late than never. I'll put ya down for Marcus, Vossler, and Kiros. And take your time, this project isn't going anywhere any time soon.

Wow, I looked through the characters available. There's too many that I could choose from, but I'm going to pick one at the moment. Anyway, I'll choose to do Cid Kramer from VIII.

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Awesome. Thanks for letting me be a part of your momentous Final Fantasy tribute. Great idea. The drawings I've seen so far are awesome. I'll try not to disappoint and like I said, I'll get to it as soon as I finish the other drawings I need to finish :hat:

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Cid it is!

>>> I have Reis here..

Awesome. I was wondering whether you'd do her human form or her dragon form, and you went and did both at once! I'll add that to the mix.

>>> FF2 empreror..
Are you going to make another group pic when you reach the 250?

Alright, one more down! And yep, I plan on doing one more at 250, and then the final, real one at 500.

Here's Watts.....:moomba: The next one is Zone.

See why I'm glad Jirito entered this? :D

I'm glad we have such similar usernames, it makes me look good sometimes :D

I sure wouldn't mind artistic talent like yours Jirito.

Yeah, that's a slick looking Watts. Awesome work!

EDIT: Oh, and if I could make a small request with Zone - do you think you could manage to squeeze in The Girl Next Door dirty magazine into his image? That's sort of his thing besides the convenient stomach cramps.

>>> Zemus..

Good ol' Zemus. Looking evil, I like. Thanks and keep up the great work! Only three more to go.

>>> FF12 Cid here.. Please add Alexander and Titan to my list too..

Looks like im getting close to the 50 characters :P..

That's an awesome Cid right there. I think that might be my favorite one of yours so far. And yeah, 50 characters...that's getting close to half the total characters done up to this point. Crazy. If I just had nine other people as dedicated as you, the project would be done right now.

And I'll add Alexander and Titan to your list. I'm eager to see what you do with Alexander.

>>> A bonus character, Magissa from ff5..

BTW, looks like you made a mistake here http://www.finalfantasy500.com/500/d...2)blackorb.jpg

Ah, thanks and fixed. As far as Magissa goes, I don't know if I'll be able to squeeze her in there or not. I've pretty much got the 500 where I want it now, and it would be exceedingly difficult to try and get rid of someone else now. I'll still put her up on the site of course, and we'll see if something doesn't work itself out down the road.

>>> Then make a 501 group pic, (no one will notice :shifty:)..

Ha, I could do that and no one probably would notice. Besides, I could always group some characters together, like Shadow and Interceptor, or Yojimbo and Daigoro. We'll see how it turns out.

>>> 2 More.
please add to my list Queen Brahne and
The Final Fantasy 500 - Herba
The Final Fantasy 500 - Cid (FFU)

Great! I'll add three more to your ever-growing list.

This is going to need to be renamed The Final Fantasy 500 by black orb and friends.

>>> Looks like various Eoff members here have not been doing their homework, come on people show some pride..
And Im still waiting for scrumpleberry`s Relm..

I know you are! Guess what I'm doing right now.

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Lol, I've drawn Marcus but that's as far as I've got. Unfortunately it's not due to being busy but more being un-motivated at the moment that is making them take so long. I drew Marcus quite a while back but just haven't really felt motivated enough to complete him or the other two just yet. But dun worry, I'll finish them. Just a matter of time and how bored I get with everything else, haha.

relm is now submitted :cool: but i cba to put her on photobucket because i'm lazy and don't want to bother with all it's bull:bou::bou::bou::bou:s

she's the latest thing in my deviantart which is linked in my sig, if you want to see

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>>> We have attachments you know...

lmao i actually totally forgot i haven't used them in forever

>>> I wanted to draw Relm too but you picked her before me..
In my version she looks way more younger but yours is not bad..

Well you got about 100 other character's I'd say it's a pretty fair deal ;) Let's see yours anyway!

Also I know she's not really the conventional image. To my mind (SPOILER)she takes after her father who I imagine to be pretty insanely huge including height wise and she's a lanky, skinny kid. I hope it's not a big problem x)

Nope, no problem by me. Relm should be on the site now, in all her lanky glory. :)

Has Balthier been taken? I didn't see him in the 100, but I'm too lazy to look through the whole thread for it. If so, I CALL HIM HE'S MIIIIINE. But if he's already taken, I have others:
Black Waltz no. 3 (just 'cause he's fun to draw)
Bartz ('Cause he's so unpopular for some reason, but I kinda like FF5)
Quina (Same reason as Black Waltz)
Shopkeeper from FF1. Yes, you read that right.
Marche from FF Tactics Advance

Aaaaand I can't think of any more. least of all I should be able to do Black Waltz no. 3, shopkeep and Marche, but if any of the otners are availible I'll happily do them.

You may want to check here to see what characters are already taken and/or finished. Balthier is already taken, as is Bartz and Quina. In fact, both Bartz and Quina are already finished, although I'm not to happy with the Bartz one, so you can take a shot at him too if you like. The FF1 shopkeeper is not on the list, and is a bit too obscure and irrelevant for me to make room for him now. Marche and Black Waltz #3 are still available, though, so you can do them without any problems.

I, uh, typed a lot but my browser decided to delete it all.
And so, I give you... highlights of my deleted response!

I didn't know there was a list, or I would have checked and will for further characters.

I might do all the Waltzes as they're all not taken, but only #3 for sure.

I'll do my version of Bartz, and you can decide. I saw the other, though. If I get in, it... might be best not to tell the guy.

Bit surprised Quina's taken, but I expected Balthier to be.

I'll get to work on Marche first, And I'll do that tomorrow.

And last, how do I send the pictures to you?

OK, I'll put you down for Black Waltz #3 and Marche for sure, and we'll see about the others as you get to them. You can email the images to me at espritduo@hotmail.com, or post them as an attachment here, or if you have a deviantart account or some other place to upload you can post them there, and just link me to the image. And just so you know, it's best if there is no background to the image - just the character on a plain white background. Thanks!

I expected the white background. I do traditional art, so I'll try and keep my paper neat and clean.

I have a DeviantArt, and thinking about it, I'd like to post them there, so I'll link them.

[edit] Looking over the list, I've decided to do Dalan and Puck also. I'm putting together my resources, and my lined paper sketch of Black Waltz no. 3 looks pretty good, so I could have that done very soon.

Alrighty, I'll put you down for Dalan and Puck as well.

Update and questions:
Black Waltz no. 3 is finished except for inking and color. Do I actually need to color it, or do you want to?
Puck is half-finished, I'm having trouble with his pants.
In between I've worked on Bartz a bit, I've got his head half done and his torso finished, and I think it's coming along well, though he is proving to be the most difficult.
I haven't started Dalan, but I will one I finish Puck.

Hah, I'm no artist, so you'll have to be the one to color it. Hope that isn't too much of a problem.

Nah, that's fine. I should have Black Waltz & Puck done Wednesday-ish; I gave myself the weekend off. ^^
「edit」Sorry for missing another one of my own due dates, I'm just not going to give them anymore. They would be done, but Puck... didn't turn out quite right, and I realized I didn't have much to color it with. I may color it digitally. For now, though, would you like to see the black and white drawing?

>>> Sorry for the delay, all i have been doing lately is play Dissidia..

Wow, I love the Brahne. :D Excellent work.

Yeah, that Brahne is hot stuff, hah. Sorry about the delayed response, but my computer died about a week ago, so I haven't had much online time. My new, vastly more powerful computer should be arriving this week sometime, so keep those images up till then. And don't worry, everything is safely backed up on my external harddrive, so this doesn't effect the project at all.

And Joethulhu, you can send me a sample of the black and white sketches if you like. I always like seeing any works in progress, and it's always nice to know a character is on the way and not lost in artistic limbo.

What are most of you using to create these drawings?

I'm a traditional pen on paper kind of guy but I've never done color (not for detailed stuff) except on a computer where I've scanned in something and done coloring in illustrator (a bit painstaking).

I'd be interested in doing a character or two.

I really like the Sabin from Kal... that guy needs to make some more. Looks kind of like a Street Fighter image actually.

Sorry that I've also taken so long to reply also, but I've been having scanner troubles. Once I get it working, I'll scan the picture. I'm really sorry about this all, I should have had it finished by now, but I can really ONLY color it digitally, and the scanner is just a hair short of flipping me off on the messages it's sending me. I'm sorry it's not done, I may just have to get someone else scan and color it for me if the scanner keeps acting up.

Finally, I have time to finish Zone.
The next one I'll go for Hiryu...:)

Ah, good old perverted Zone, I love it. And Hiryu, eh? As soon as I get my new computer I'll add that to your list. I'm supposed to get it tomorrow, so hopefully I'll be back up and running this weekend.

And beema, if you're interested, check out the site to see what characters are still free and that you'd be interested in doing, and let me know. There's still plenty of characters open.

And take your time, Joethulhu. There's plenty of other people who have taken far longer than you, so don't feel like you've got to rush. The project will get done when it gets done. Hopefully before FFXXVI!

EDIT: Alrighty, my new computer's broken in, and I've updated the site with the new submissions.

>>> FFU Cid, I almost forget about this one..
Im busy with other drawings now so I`ll pick more characters later..http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...Walk-Front.gif

Hah, alrighty! I was starting to think you did forget about poor FFU Cid. He always gets forgotten in the long line of Cid's. Whenever you get that itch again, I'll be here waiting for ya. Thanks again for all the hard work you've done for the project. It wouldn't be anywhere near where it's at now without your help. :)