Graphics, graphics, graphics! That's what it's all about, right? Not necessarily, but the eternal dilemma with doing custom assets is the lack of the ability to truly test without them. Placeholders can only get you so far, after all, and this is especially true for maps!

So, let's look at the lineup for this up date.

I started conceptualizing Quistis. This isn't final (I'm not satisfied) but designing the girls comes so much harder to me than the boys, which is why they're getting done first. Eat your broccoli first, I always say~*
*If you eat the yucky stuff first, you get to save the best for last.
Design-wise, I want to create a mesh of three different aspects with most of the characters. Firstly, their original designs from Final Fantasy VIII, secondly, the SeeD or Cadet uniforms (you can see an example of this with Selphie) and thirdly, military designs. There are two exceptions: Squall, even once he loses the orange hoodie, dons an outfit nearly identical to his Final Fantasy VIII garb, but there will be slight modifications, and Rinoa, who also mostly retains her original outfit. There are reasons for both, but I'll leave that up in the air for now.

This is Tobias and Nicolau's first concepts! (respectively). I'm not too sure about Nicolau at this point, but I kinda like how sallow Tobias looks.

ZE CAROUSEL. I jumped into NewBlack's folder for some collaboratin' and found teenage bedroom hijinks. Being the waifu team leader, I decided to help him out and clean it up, as well as beginning some detailing. All in all, going well, I think!

Of things I can't show, I have finished Squall's Idle, Item, Attack, Defend and Battle Entrance. A number of others are started, and I've also started the animations for the side on and down run cycles. Not bad for a college student at the end of the semester! (you can almost hear my ribs cracking, can't you? *crunch*)

Not too much on the story front, except for a big shout out to Archeia_Nessiah for reading over the script! It prompted some... interesting reactions, and there will be some minor revisions (that were already planned, but this solidified it) but so far, everything seems to be going smoothly! Thanks again Nessiah! :D

It's super hard to get into college homework habits coming out of high school, and to be honest I've been working myself to the bone (4/5am some nights) both on this project and on homework. SO YOU HAD BETTER DAMN APPRECIATE IT.
Just kidding! :D
appreciate me or I will eat your face