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first twewy art

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Last night I learned that the best way to draw Edgar from Final Fantasy VI is to understand that he's supposed to be italian

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I'm just gonna sit over here and scream. That can't possibly be me.

Photo by: David Idemoto

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Happy birthday Setzer!

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Happy Birthday Setzer, Feb 8! Now go forth and cause chaos

(Song is Tití me Preguntó by Bad Bunny if you need to know)

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Final Fantasy 6 is my first FF game and I loved it! I played this game at a young age so my English wasn't so good and sometimes I got lost, mostly I looked at how my brother's playing this. Terra was immediately my favourite and Celes my second. 🥰💖

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Kefka's height.

One of my absolute favourite discoveries I've made as I play and delve deeper into FFVI and all of its wonderful lore and trivia is that Kefka is...incredibly short.

In his concept art and most fanart that you see--including a few of my own--he's drawn as some looming, hulking figure. He's also often drawn with an air of confidence and even arrogance, and his design being eye-catching and vibrant also tends to give off the assumption that a guy like this must be...tall, right? Arrogant, confident, intimidating, evil, all characteristics of someone you may imagine that MUST have some sort of fairly impressive height. I've even seen quite a few art pieces where he is MUCH taller than the rest of the FFVI cast.

So with all of this in mind, paired with his final boss look where he really IS hulking and looming and ginormous, it is incredibly funny when you realize that--no. He is not tall. He is not average height. He is not even 5'6. (Despite what the online wiki says. Trust me I know.)

He's 5'4. 162 cm.

Kefka is an inch taller than Tina. An inch.

Now of course, he does appear to wear heels, and because of this delightful discovery, I have fully decided that he wears them BECAUSE he is so short. A way to assert dominance and all that.

Regardless, I thought it was really funny and will probably draw a few silly doodles about it when I get the chance.

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Patreon mid-boss goodie based on a fashion spread I liked. For as little as $5 a month I can draw things like this for you!

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Take a break from scrolling and come sit by the fire 🔥

Finished this animation on the last day of my 30s- I don’t know where the next 10 years will take me, but I know ff6 will be there for me. It’s a source of joy, creativity, and comfort. I hope you feel the same way too ❤️

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On the road to Narshe, Part 1. It’s cold up there in the mountains.

Read Part 2 Here (link)

More comics ’n’ stuff here (link)

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A quiet night and it’s Terra’s turn to stand watch. Edgar is there to keep her warm but he’s dozing off.

Fun animating flames and smoke. Will add shadows and stars and blinking later. WIP

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golden hour

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not that I trust square enix with it, but twewy 3 I need you...,

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Oc doodles for practice (again)

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Time shenanigans....

This was an attempt to mimic the style found in TWEWY's renders on the DS, utilizing Index Coloring.

And I made an Overworld sprite for Rindo to go along with it. Expect more fake screenshots like these in the future.

This also marks the third time I've made a sprite of Rindo in this style. I'm getting better at mimicking it, I think.

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Sabin's Last Thoughts

I'm sorry, I have to share my heartbreak. This is heartbreaking. Don't read further if your heart is at risk of breaking. Consult your doctor before attempting to suffer through heartbreak.

To preamble an unnecessarily excessive amount, a few years ago kwhazit did an AMAZING, step-by-step, detail-filled, context-providing, wonderfully thorough translation of FF6. Like, the entire game: dialog, attack/item/spell names, monster data… more information than you'd find even in an official strategy guide. Should they ever read this, I hope they know how much I appreciate all of the work they put into it, and it's quickly become one of my primary reference sources when looking up something about the game.

Since they included translations of everything, they also included translations of events that may not usually be seen in the game, such as when you fail at a critical event.

FOR A HEARTBREAKING EXAMPLE, it's possible for Sabin to die in the World of Ruin if Celes does not rescue the child from the collapsing house in Tzen quickly enough.

The incredible @wsancho wrote an excellent post on this particular event and how the "failure" option was softened from the original concept (again, consult your doctor before reading their post about twin death).

In the final version of the game, failing to rescue the child in time results in a "fade to black" Game Over screen. Nothing is shown, only implied (thank god).

What I didn't know until recently, [no] thanks to kwhazit, was that Sabin has last lines before the house collapses on him.

The two translations definitely have different emotional weight to them. To me, Woolsey's translation's conveys Sabin meeting his demise with confidence (dare I even say optimism?) that Edgar will continue fighting to rebuild the broken world.

Meanwhile, the original Japanese text (through kwhazit's translation) feels more layered to me, like he is pushing himself to the very last moment, is angry at himself for not being stronger, and is feeling regret that he won't be able to help Edgar anymore.

So, not only does Sabin die, but his final thoughts are always about Edgar. 😭💔

Outside of the game, I think this would be true for Sabin in any scenario, even if he lives to be 94 years old and dies peacefully in his sleep.

And although I love the idea that Edgar's final thoughts would be about Sabin, I'm actually not sure they would be. Again, as wsancho points out in one of her amazing braindump posts, Edgar tends to focus on the welfare of his kingdom above all else. Because of this, I think that his final thoughts could be about Figaro and its future. Perhaps it depends on how well he thinks the kingdom would do without him.

None of this matters, of course, because as far as I'm concerned, both brothers live forever and ever and never die or suffer and are always happy and thriving END OF STORY.

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(joshua voice) have fun neku!!!!