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darthmongoose — Fujin. competition entry
Published: 2005-07-10 13:28:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 1503; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 46
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I've always found Fujin to be an interesting minor character in FF8. So for the contest being run by I decided pretty much instantaniously that she was the character I'd like to draw. I also wanted to experiment with some new techniques and so ended up going for a really unusual style of image! The hardest part was finding enough source material to get the details right. I also looked into the original mythology for Fujin, the Japanese god of wind, which gave me the idea for her being stood in a strange mass of cloud.So er, yeah, it's kind of unusual, I hope you guys still like it though!
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me likey!!!i'm voting for this one!!!!i love the technique you used!!
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Thanks very much, for your comment and for your vote! ^_^
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I love this. The style is unusual, but that's what makes it so great. Fujin rocks.
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Thanks very much ^_^ Fujin definitely rocks.
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*points at random people and or objects* RAGE, NO, SIEFER Or however his name is spelt. I alwaysfound her to be one of the more interesting peoples. Always wondered about her apparent speech problem... if they ever explained that I didnt pay attention lol. Great job.
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They never explained it, it doesn't really make sense in English. In Japanese she speaks in single kanji rather than Kanji with hiragana, so it would kind of look like she's speaking Chinese or something! Instead of saying something like 'taberu' (I will eat), she'll just say the 'ta' (eat/food) kanji bit, which means that not only can you not tell the exact context in which she's speaking, but that she generally comes across as a bit wierd. Since we have no equivalent in English, having her just say one word with no other words to put it in a sentance is the closest they can get.
In both the Japanese and English though, it's apparently never explained why she speaks this way! And she does speak normally at a certain point in the game, so I don't think it's a 'problem' so much as a wierd personality quirk (minor villains have a tendancy to have a wierd speech quirk of some kind, though how well they get translated into English can vary from game to game).
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^0^ Nice. I love the material in the background ^0^
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Thanks. I try ^_^ v
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Ooooh! Fuujin! She is actually my favorite FF8 character.... well, her and Laguna are tied. XD Nice job. I love the over all look of the piece it has a cool style about it. ^_^
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Thanks a lot. Oh! You spelled her name the proper way too! (I did think of doing that, but I thought people might try to correct me and stuff -_-' ) She's a cool character, I'd love to play the original Japanese version to see her talking in single kanji rather than capitalised words.
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LMAO. That would be very fun to see. It makes it a lot funnier to see/read the single kanji than the single uppercased words in english. Ah well though. And it is funny you mention the correct spelling thing because more often than not I catch a lot of grief from people saying I MISSPELL her name. I'm all, "I can read! I know how it is spelled!" lol. XD But I always spell it that way. I wrote a fan fic about her and Zel a LOOOOONG ass time ago and spelled it right the whole way through. I think almost everyone who read it mentioned it to me. XD Ah well though.
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Ooh, very pretty. I love the sketchiness to the colouring, it gives it a more mystical feel, as do the sparkly bits at the bottom. That's one great expression, too.
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Thanks. I enjoyed experimenting with this piece! ^_^ wheeee! sparkles!
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Wow, that was fast! Thanks a lot, glad you like it! ^_^
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