Made a little Rinoa plush to test out the new velvet fabric I’ll be using for printed detail plushies from now on! It’s a bit pricier than the old fabric, but softer, more durable and holds details better.
On the 11th of February, twenty-one years ago, Final Fantasy VIII was released in Japan for the PlayStation.
The game follows mercenary Squall Leonhart and his group of friends who are battling a sorceress from the future, Ultimecia, whose goal is to compress time. Central plot points of the story include Squall’s struggle as the party’s leader and the burdens it encompasses as well as his romantic relationship with one of his comrades, Rinoa Heartilly.
The game was a commercial success, the fastest-selling Final Fantasy game until Final Fantasy XIII, and critics mostly praised it, particularly it’s originality and visuals (the game uses realistically-proportioned character models for its entirety, a first for the series) but certain gameplay aspects were not well-received.
This scene was and still is even replaying it, is more intimate than even sex could ever be. I don’t even think I can describe it in words but the sheer embrace between these two shows the intimacy and bond. ❤
I drew a bunch of FF8 characters as younger versions of themselves the other day, you can see them here. I had to make a young Rinoa, young Angelo and young Irvine aswell! Tried to make Rinoa sort of 90s looking but I don’t know lol. I have a feeling she would change her hair a lot and of course dye it, being the crazy rebel that she is and all.
Here’s some younger SeeD cadets, inspired by @klepto-maniac0 (who has lots of cute sketches of the FF8 characters at younger ages, check it out!). I wanted to try to, not sure how well I succeeded haha, but this was so much fun to draw anyway. The practice was great!
