Jon's Sprites

[Kagebunji]

There is already done Lightning portrait. She is a main charcter of FF13. Remember, viewing old topics is the key to victory.
http://jp.ffhacktics.com/forum/download/file.php?id=9

[Jon]

I am not even close to done with the hair. Google Final Fantasy Lightning. She is probably the hero of one of the newer FF games which I don't have, will probably never have and will try not to play because I think FF is going down to be honest. Ever since FFTA and what I hear FF 12 and above.

Edit: Well, the Lightning I saw had pink lipstick and her hair in the Japanese one is once again floating against gravity, whereas the picture I am using as a reference has extremely realistic hair, here see for yourself:
[attachment=0:kkz95eaq]lightning.jpg[/attachment:kkz95eaq]
She is hotter than Tifa and Rikku. Wow!

[Mando]

NICE <3 me some lightning.

"I control my fate!" followed up by the most badass (looking) move ever in FF series Army of One

[mav]

But you really don't like at all how the Stormtrooper looks? Sure, he doesn't fit at all in FFT, but I thought it was half decent...one thing I didn't like was that his blacks are too dark.

It looks, like you said, half decent. You should always want your work to be its best, don't settle for half decent. Hell, don't even settle for decent: aim for excellence and make that what you settle for. The point I wanted to make earlier was that it wasn't good yet--it's a great place to jump off though. You can make it work if you take some time on it. Back when I was working on portraits, I'd post like ten versions before it started looking good to me. That's just the way these things work: you gotta sit there and work on one thing for quite a while before you become satisfied with it.

[GeneralStrife]

I actually like 12. Even 11 was okay although i dont have time for it it was a time sucking mmo game. New times call for new games. They are not so bad.

[Kagebunji]

She is hotter than Tifa and Rikku. Wow!

Yeah, and her design was heavily based on that of Cloud's. Lightning is supposed to be female Cloud.

[Jon]

Needs crits, its supposed to be Ramuh:
[attachment=0:lhjlo27k]Ramuh Portrait.png[/attachment:lhjlo27k]

[GeneralStrife]

LOL. Derp

[mav]

Hah, not too shabby. The eyes look a little crazy though. I feel like the beard should be covering more of the collar too.

[Jon]

Thanks guys. Hey, whats "derp"? I don't know that one. I think Ramuh has crazy eyes, he is a thunder and lightning mage after all. Here's the latest, Shiva now:
[attachment=1:1f5kehex]Shiva Portrait.png[/attachment:1f5kehex][attachment=0:1f5kehex]Shiva Portrait 2x.png[/attachment:1f5kehex]

[Zozma]

from which game is this version of shiva based off of cause sometimes she also has green hair

[Jon]

I can make a green haired version if thats what you want? I just thought purple fits to the icy chilly feeling better. Also, I had problems making the ear ring, so I based it off of one of the Viera's (I think the Sniper) from FFTA. I'll post a green haired Shiva in a little...

Edit: Up next are of course Ifirit and Titan. Also, I am working on FF7 stuff, but its not ready to be posted just yet...

[Zozma]

yeah she has green hair in 6 and 7

[Jon]

Still 16 colors, this does look better. My little sister walked by and was like "Oh, cute, an Avatar" XD
[attachment=1:h7ymxmdn]Shiva Portrait Green Hair.png[/attachment:h7ymxmdn][attachment=0:h7ymxmdn]Shiva Portrait Green Hair 2x.png[/attachment:h7ymxmdn]

[Zozma]

look at my avatar earring, try that

[mav]

The colors are just a little too bright on this portrait, if you ask me. The green hair almost looks leafy.

[Jon]

How about the skin? I used purely the palette of the Blue Dragon, so technically its not wrong. And yep, thats why I mainly made the hair purple originally. Green=forests and leaves. I still like purple better. Blue, purple, white, these are all snowy cold icy colors. I only made it green because Zozma didn't like it. And wait, whats wrong with her earring? I think its perfect! Honestly, the angle and everything! I am not changing it, maybe only the color!

As a final note, I wonder if I tried something new, and gave Shiva (my favorite Shiva is in 8 btw) a new hair color, like white perhaps? Any ideas / suggestions? Currently I am working on Jessie from FF7 and also mixing Adramelk and Elidibs to make a Titan portrait.

[Zozma]

you know what, the purple might work better here, nothings wrong with the earring, i still think you might need to get a little more pastale with the coloring tho, like use other portrait blues and purples

[Lijj]

I like the purple haired a little better too. yeah I think a bit desaturated would look better as well. That Ramuh portrait looks cool!

[Jon]

Thanks. Alright, I'll find some better purples and the best place to start is actually a food! Yes! Rice (Reis) harharhar! *okay, not funny*