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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Pentacles

The Pentacles suit. This was an easy choice, because the first thing I thought when picking suits was, "Aerith is the Pentacles Queen." She's so perfect for that earth mother type personality. I had some difficulty getting Yuffie and Cait Sith in here, since I was never really fond of those characters. However, I am very proud of the card with Cait Sith and Reeve on it, because the actual artwork ends at the base of Cait Sith's ear, so I drew the rest. With a mouse. It was not easy. But it looks good, I think.

Sources:

ace. http://gretding.deviantart.com/art/Yuffie-Final-Fantasy-VII-Official-Wallpaper-291245362
2. http://crimson-sun.tumblr.com/post/43284565230/go-get-em
3. http://eeriefaery.deviantart.com/art/Three-253716334
4. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=29702316#_=_
5. http://iscariotic.deviantart.com/art/lamb-380762628
6. http://crimson-sun.tumblr.com/post/67457061633/ill-take-care-of-marlene-wrong-arm-eh-no
7. unknown
8. http://arvalis.deviantart.com/art/Vincent-Valentine-67360165
9. http://silverflight.deviantart.com/art/Nanaki-at-Sunrise-197832526
10. unknown
page. http://www.pixiv.com/works/31943327#_=_
knight. http://vtas.deviantart.com/art/FFVII-AC-Cloud-Strife-189402677
queen. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=24480874
king. http://mcashe.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-VII-Brave-Zack-Fair-fan-art-291633115

Wands

The Wands suit. This one went very smoothly. I didn't even remake a single card. Plus it had a nice small cast of characters, so it was easy to get everyone in. I'd have liked to get Seymour in, but there was a surprising lack of good fanart for him. I also included FF X-2 in this a bit, and I'd have liked to get Payne in, but she also suffers from a lack of fanart.

god, I love that picture of Wakka and pregnant Lulu...

Sources:

ace. http://chop-stuff.tumblr.com/post/81277383531/yuna-and-kimahris-relationship-is-something-i
2. http://aureta.deviantart.com/art/FFX-Sea-Hibiscus-281164893
3. http://zhepgig.deviantart.com/art/The-Jecht-Shot-156730381
4. http://chop-stuff.tumblr.com/post/81288404026/i-love-how-ffx-2-is-all-like-use-your-imagination
5. http://bangbez.deviantart.com/art/Lulu-and-Moogle-Doll-FFX-198902270
6. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=big&illust_id=40776743
7. http://dasaod.deviantart.com/art/Kimahri-on-the-Attack-39410766
8. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=21758908
9. http://abishai.deviantart.com/art/Sir-Auron-8008928
10. http://stellab.deviantart.com/art/Calm-Before-The-Storm-309104550
page. http://sodz.deviantart.com/art/rikku-206471807
knight. http://amylrun.deviantart.com/art/Wakka-248061671
queen. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=17656556#_=_
king. http://nerkin.deviantart.com/art/Listen-to-my-story-440132187

Cups

The Cups suit. I think I've mentioned before, Cups is my favorite suit, and Final Fantasy VIII is my favorite Final Fantasy, so it seemed like an obvious combination, but man, did I struggle with this. It seemed like no matter what I did I could never find good artwork to convey the meaning of the card. I don't know why this one was so difficult. But I managed.

each Final Fantasy was matched up with each suit based on how I felt the main couple of the game fit in to the royalty of the suit. Preferably King and Queen, but that didn't always work out.

Sources:

ace. unknown
2. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=31276494
3. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=39789791#_=_
4. http://smallthingsdefine.tumblr.com/post/33570662450
5. concept art
6. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=16836104
7. http://suaveli.deviantart.com/art/Quistis-Trepe-199521152
8. http://salayanara.tumblr.com/post/57458669106/rinoa-heartilly-from-final-fantasy-8-yep-im-in
9. http://djok3.deviantart.com/art/Zell-vs-Hotdog-214075203
10. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=28650985
page. http://cetramagic.tumblr.com/post/20952687685/selphie
knight. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=11229347
queen. http://crimsonsky.iza-yoi.net/framepagea.html
king. unknown

The Final Fantasy Deck

Yeah, I like designing tarot decks with nerdy things. So I made a Final Fantasy one.

Coming up with themes was easy, finding art to fit my self imposed restrictions was not. The rule here was fanart only, no game screenshots. The theme for the Major Arcana was any Final Fantasy but VII, VIII, IX and X, as those were each going to get their own suit. I stuck to ones I've played, and VI is pretty heavily favored, since that's my favorite pre-VII Final Fantasy.

The World is probably my favorite card in this whole deck, because it looks badass printed. (Yeah, I've already gotten my actual deck. I'm gonna get some good pics of the actual decks for this and the Sailor Moon deck and post them. They look amazing.)

For anyone who might want to print their own copy of the deck, this is my Mediafire link for the files:

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1dmashk7biy9p/fftarot

And this is the site where I got them printed:

http://www.makeplayingcards.com/design/design-your-own-tarot-cards.html

Please remember, this artwork isn't mine, so it isn't yours either, and you may not print these decks for commercial use, personal use only! If I find that happening I will notify every artist who's art I used and we will stop you.

Sources:

0. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=8425821

1. http://airasan.deviantart.com/art/Balthier-01-69702047

2.http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=27494685#_=_

3. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=31882978#_=_

4. http://nisa-art.tumblr.com/image/56073762135

5. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=33672552

6. Artist koutoubu, no longer online

7. http://randis.deviantart.com/art/Moogle-riding-Chocobo-164458152

8. http://saprophilous.tumblr.com/post/62838645496/sabin-figaro-for-mclau-d

9. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=28454725

10. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=19977752

11. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=33869554

12. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=8508310#_=_

13. https://yande.re/post/show/154079

14. http://iammovan.deviantart.com/art/FF12-fran-61237942

15. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=16042363

16. http://eva-cybele.tumblr.com/post/46208805413/the-rune-knight-sources-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10

17. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=39869544

18. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=29867972

19. http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=14192268

20. http://lykouros.deviantart.com/art/The-Dragoon-261086720

21. http://abigailscott.tumblr.com/post/70805642375/mystuffstuff-wings-of-fish-abigailscott

Friday, April 25, 2014

bonus!

Bonus! This is what the back of the cards looks like. It's deceptively simple, but that little fucker is perfectly symmetrical, and it took me a whole eight hour shift to do that. Well, that plus I did have to edit the frame a bit. it's the same as the one on the front, but simplified to be symmetrical. Okay, symmetrical isn't the right word. Perfectly reversible. that's better. And the moon thing was edited because the original has darker shadows on the bottom half of the crescent. Then I just doubled it and mirrored it to get the double moon.

And if you were paying attention you'll noticed I used different items from Sailor Moon on each suit. The Cups were the Holy Grail, the Wands were the Moon Wand, the Pentacles were Sailor Moon's star brooch, and the Swords were Sailor Uranus' Space Sword.

here's the sources for all the background art, if you're interested:
pentacles symbol: http://fluffybluesheep.deviantart.com/art/Brooches-300951659
swords symbol: http://fluffybluesheep.deviantart.com/art/Outer-Weapons-308050423
cups symbol: http://fluffybluesheep.deviantart.com/art/Magical-Items-1-306421000
wands symbol: http://fluffybluesheep.deviantart.com/art/SM-Weapons-303540003
frame: http://diza-74.deviantart.com/art/Silver-frame-291179310
moon: http://icons.mysitemyway.com/legacy-icon/051531-glossy-silver-icon-natural-wonders-moon7-sc48/
background: http://fune-stock.deviantart.com/art/discarded-spacestuff20-95522319

that's all of it. and it's all been sent off to a printing company. I can't wait to actually hold and see my cards.