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Depiction of the destruction of Terra from the video game Final Fantasy IX from the view point of the village Bran Bal.I'v noticed that there is very little or no fan art for Terra, Bran Bal or the genomes (the people in the picture). All three seem to get left out in favour of Kuja or Zidane (and others). It seems a shame as Terra is such a beuatiful, surreal location. This picture was done, in part, to rectify this.
I'll admit it's not completely true to the game, but finding any decent reference pictures is a nightmare (I went of memory that, though I'd played that section a week or two prior to doing the sketch, was poor as any 'non-essential' facts were forgoten infavour of exam revision. Also used two rather pixelated screenshots I found in an old gaming magazine I still had lying around) I think the purple roofs come from another section of the game, Cleyra.
Bran Bal was chosen because I was vaguely wondering what their reaction would have been to Kuja's destruction of their home. It was probably a blank stare towards the fireworks and some knowledge, deep down, that things weren't going to be the same in the morning (a metaphorical morning as Terra apparently has no day-night cycle)
This was done in photshop elements taking anywhere between 40-50 hours. Worked on from mid October 07 to early Jan 08. The possibly the largest and certainly the most complex picture I have done on computer. It was a nice way of breaking in the new laptop. I can firmly say I learnt a lot doing this picture.
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Comments: 35
SGJA [2010-08-25 10:34:23 +0000 UTC]
This is great. I love people who really get FFIX, its has some of my favourite locations.
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XjapanloverX [2010-08-24 14:47:55 +0000 UTC]
o.o wow, pretty~ i like how you portrayed the village~
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Typthis In reply to XjapanloverX [2010-08-24 21:18:36 +0000 UTC]
Thank you, I found it really hard to find decent reference shots of it. So unfortunately most of it's guess work.
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XjapanloverX In reply to Typthis [2010-08-25 01:03:43 +0000 UTC]
yeah, i know what you mean- people draw the characters of final fantasy games allll the time, but you can never find any art depicting the places. which is sad, cuz a lot of the places are absolutely gorgeous and deserve more credit.... but i can't draw backgrounds for crap so when i see a good picture like this one, even if it's not utterly perfect, i still have a lot of respect cuz it's a helluva lot better than anything i could do lol.
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Wedge009 [2010-08-15 12:51:12 +0000 UTC]
Going off memory as well, I can recognise Bran Bal in this. I agree, genomes need more love . Mikoto was such a sweet little sister.
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Typthis In reply to Wedge009 [2010-08-15 21:43:26 +0000 UTC]
I know that picture.
There is a club for Terra and the Genomes. #Terran-Genomes
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Typthis In reply to ChesterSad [2010-05-16 21:56:13 +0000 UTC]
Too true. And there should be more Terran art, it's such a beautiful place after all.
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Chewymunch [2010-04-18 22:33:39 +0000 UTC]
Holy-- Wow, this is so awesome! There are so many things to like about this picture.
I like the reflection in the water and how you did the ground, and, and well let just say I like everything because I do.(fav)
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Typthis In reply to Chewymunch [2010-04-19 05:18:21 +0000 UTC]
The reflection was a flipped version of the background with the layer settings fiddles and possibly a filter or two.
The ground took a while to do....glad you like this.
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FloatingUkuku [2009-09-10 16:31:01 +0000 UTC]
This is amazing °_°
True, it's a shame that there are so few pictures of Terra/Bran Bal...
And this one is just...WOW!
It conveys danger,and...the feeling that things won't be the same anymore , just as you wrote in the description.
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Typthis In reply to FloatingUkuku [2009-09-10 20:56:31 +0000 UTC]
I should probably do another version sometime then?
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FloatingUkuku In reply to Typthis [2009-09-11 05:00:30 +0000 UTC]
Oh...I like this one, but if you want to..^^
There can't be enough Terra-based pics^^
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Stratalancer [2008-06-24 23:54:19 +0000 UTC]
Fair play for spending so much time on your picture, it's really nice to see Bran Bal on Deviant, the beautiful landscapes are a great part of Final Fantasy. If you're looking for references youtube do step by step walkthroughs of the game. That's what I did for the Desest Palace
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Typthis In reply to Stratalancer [2008-06-25 23:22:29 +0000 UTC]
Ah yeah. I couldn't use youtube, not easily, with 56k dailup. There's probably going to be more pictures of Terra, eventually.
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Typthis In reply to Stratalancer [2008-07-17 23:15:05 +0000 UTC]
Here it is, finanly done: [link]
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coolkuma [2008-03-19 23:33:20 +0000 UTC]
Wow!! Amazing!!! I also love the Terra part in the game.
true now that you say it. there really isn't much fanart of terra... I wonder why, because it really rocks!
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Typthis In reply to coolkuma [2008-03-20 00:29:13 +0000 UTC]
It might be because there are so few reference pictures to be found. Also it could be people don't like doing fan art of landscapes, particularly if there are characters like Zidane and Kuja to draw.
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coolkuma In reply to Typthis [2008-03-21 16:56:13 +0000 UTC]
yeah. probably.
hehe... you think that people could now use your picture as reference, cause it looks exactly like in the game
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Typthis In reply to coolkuma [2008-03-21 22:41:28 +0000 UTC]
A very flattering comment. But it's not entirely the same as the game, there is a bit of guess work and the purple roofed building was imported from Cleyra.
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coolkuma In reply to Typthis [2008-03-22 03:51:01 +0000 UTC]
maybe, but do you think there is someone who knows that...?
and besides who cares
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Typthis In reply to coolkuma [2008-03-22 22:27:47 +0000 UTC]
I doubt anyone is going to notice either. It doesn't look out of place and the roof of that building isn't shown in the game. So artistic license (you can get away with so much using that)
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DJMoose [2008-01-10 01:32:49 +0000 UTC]
Holy cow..this is sooo awesome!! You did a great job! I love how you made the magic from Kuja coming from behind the building! Very clever!
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Typthis In reply to DJMoose [2008-01-10 03:19:24 +0000 UTC]
Thanks so much. I did put a lot of effort into it after all.
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DJMoose In reply to Typthis [2008-01-10 20:26:25 +0000 UTC]
It shows, the details are beautiful.
Your welcome!
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AngelBless [2008-01-07 14:00:55 +0000 UTC]
This looks so amazing!! I love the details and the bright colours in it. It looks awesome ^_^
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Typthis In reply to AngelBless [2008-01-07 23:49:35 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much. Initially I actually wanted pastel colours, but I'm still haven't got the hang of the colour picker. I still like the end result though.
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AngelBless In reply to Typthis [2008-01-07 23:57:38 +0000 UTC]
I'm glad you didn't use pastel colours, 'cause it makes the picture really stand out ^^ It's like the bright colours contrast with how lifeless the genomes in Bran Bal are, so it works really well to me
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Typthis In reply to AngelBless [2008-01-08 00:07:33 +0000 UTC]
Okay. That sound's like a good reason to me. I'll go with that.
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Vagustae [2008-01-07 02:32:59 +0000 UTC]
I agree that Terra's freakin' awesome. ;.;
I love this! Good work!
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Typthis In reply to Vagustae [2008-01-07 02:38:52 +0000 UTC]
Thank you. That makes me happy.
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