8 Bit Art Finds: The Falcon from Final Fantasy VI

Gannondork on Etsy is selling beautiful reproduction prints of a painting they made of the Falcon Airship from Final Fantasy VI.

The 18x6 inch print featuring all the playable characters from Final Fantasy VI. It is quite beautiful and I would totally hang this piece over my bed or in my bathroom if it was big enough.

The reprint sells for $45 plus shipping.

Check out more work from Gannondork.

Buy the print here.

[Source: Etsy]

Kingdom Hearts: Re:coded and Other E3 Square Enix Games

Got the official list of E3 games from Square Enix today and low and behold there's a new Kingdom Hearts game listed on there - Kingdom Hearts: Re:coded. Now its for the Nintendo DS, so this cannot be the official sequel to Kingdom Hearts 2 but the description of the game does suggest that the game plot does continue after the events of Kingdom Hearts 2, so at least we have progress here. Still the game is not called Kingdom Hearts 3, so its not the official sequel.

Kingdom Hearts: Re:coded Official Description:

"Sora’s journey in KINGDOM HEARTS II has drawn to a close, and now a new tale is set to begin. Jiminy Cricket is looking over the journal he used to document his first adventure with Sora when he discovers a mysterious message. He didn’t write it – so how on earth did it get there? King Mickey is determined to find out, so he and his friends decide to digitize the journal and delve into its deepest secrets. Inside this “datascape” dwells a second Sora who is about to embark on a grand adventure of his very own."

Again, this doesn't sound like an official sequel as it doesn't have anything to do with the secret ending found at the end of KH2.

Also on the list of E3 games was games like The 3rd Birthday, Dungeon Siege 3, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, Front Mission Evolved,  Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, and 2 Tales of Bearsworth Manor titles.

I'm looking forward to the new Dungeon Siege 3, Kingdom Hearts titles, Tomb Raider and anything Final Fantasy. Hopefully Square Enix will deliver some good titles this year.

Epic 8-Bit Art: Mystic Violet's Final Fantasy Masterpieces

This week we had a new member join the Pixelgasm forum, Mystic Violet and she blew us away from the get-go with some epic Final Fantasy art pieces she created as gifts to her husband and a secret santa.

Mystic Violet has a Deviant Art page where you can check out more of her work.

Little Moogle Costume - HOW ADORABLE!!!!!

There isn't enough words to describe how darn cute this kid is in this moogle costume.  Created by Vampira_666 and posted on Craftster, this sweet little moogle costume was a Halloween idea she came up with last year for daughter's first year out trick or treating. (No candy though - she was only 7 months at the time).

I can't wait to see what she makes for her daughter this year.

[Via Craftster]

So I got Dissidia: Final Fantasy Yesterday ....

Click on the image for a bigger version.

Dead Fantasy III & IV

Not only were we treated to one new Dead Fantasy movie video this month but we got two! Dead Fantasy, the creation of Monty Oum which features the ladies of Final Fantasy and Dead or Alive battling it out in glorious digital 3D, received two sequel videos this month: Dead Fantasy III & IV. Dead Fantasy III features Tifa and Hitomi.

Dead Fantasy IV features Kasumi and Yuna.

Check out Dead Fantasy I & Dead Fantasy II if you haven't already.

Papercraft Armor to the Extreme

This was posted along with the video on Facebook which just confused me when I read it, so I just had to post it here. Enjoy!

What is this? Is that a boy or a girl?
Noooo, it's Final Fantasy!
Nobody should have that many zippers...no matter what fantasy it is...

[Via Twisted Imp on Facebook]

Epic 8 Bit Bead Art: Giant Final Fantasy & Chronotrigger Art

Next to Doctor Octoroc, this new artist is my hero. He's inspired me to redo my Final Fantasy VI project (which now has a home with a Destructoid community member) and make a giant scene like one of these.


Dunhour, a new member for the Pixelgasm forum, has been wowing the whole lot of us with their giant mural size Squaresoft videogame scenes. Taken from Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy IV and Chronotrigger, this giant scenes must have taken Dunhour days to complete.

To give you an idea on how big these pieces are, quite visible in the middle picture are the squares that the mural is made up of. Each square is roughly 5.5 inches x 5.5 inches, so count the number of squares in that mural on each side - 6 wide & 4 high and you find that the piece is 33 inches wide and 22 inches high.

If you really want to get technical, there are 841 beads per square and there are 24 squares in the mural total, so there are 20,184 beads in that piece overall. That's a lot of bloody beads! Imagine having to place each one by hand following a pattern and then having to iron the whole thing, all the while hoping to God that you don't mess the piece up. Now, that's dedication.

I hope to make something that big someday but I need to finish my orders up first.

[Editor's note: The top Final Fantasy VI piece was originally arranged by artist, PaperRockScisorz]

Leon Kroft? - Random Sprites from Pixel Joint

Now there's an image to keep you wake at night.

Pixel Joint, a community for pixel artists is one of my favorite haunts to find new and cool pictures for my beading projects. Every so often I find amazing remakes of videogame characters that scream to be made into a bead piece. The sprite, Leon Kroft by Rabidbaboy, you see above is not one of those.

However, the ones below are.

Guybrush remade by JinnDEvil

Final Fantasy X-2 Girls by Doctor Octoroc

Resident Evil fighting game by Chanfan

BioShock - 8 bit by Badassbill

I highly suggest checking out all the artwork on Pixel Joint because there are tons of cool animated and non-animated sprites to find on there. I wish I was so talented with the pixel to create such amazing artwork.

[Via Pixel Joint]

E3 2009: Dissidia Final Fantasy English Trailer

The newest English trailer from E3 2009 for Dissidia Final Fantasy. This fighting game for the PSP will be hitting stores shelves on August 31, 2009.

This is the first Final Fantasy game that I know of where so many different characters from the Final Fantasy franchises appear in one game. I can't wait to kick everyone's butt with Jecht and Cloud.

Fuzzy Moogle Munny

Mog the Moogle Fuzzy Munny by ~mesmithy on deviantART
This is probably one of the best videogame munny pieces I've seen so far. God, I wish I had the talent to make something like this.

Handmade Moogle Warms the Heart

Moogle, originally uploaded by tallybates.

Though I'm a bead artist at heart, I still love a good handmade videogame plushie and this Moogle is so cute I just had to post about it.

Tallybates unfortunately didn't provide any details on her Flickr page on how she created this little guy but just getting a glimpse at him is nice in the long run.

I've not very good at sewing and I can't even being to tell you how to knit, so I always love to see people who can create fabric pieces like this.

Videogame Easter Art - Chicks, Bunnies and Eggs ... Oh My!

All from my personal collection of bead art pieces, I thought it would be fun to post all the Easter related items I've crafted over the years. From Dark World Bunny Link to the Chocobos in Final Fantasy, there are lots of Easter icons in videogames.

Even the cute little rabite reminds us of the Easter bunny a little, until it tries to eat our leg.

If you like any of the pieces you see hear, remember you can find or custom order them from my Etsy store, Pixelated Creations.

Square Enix Announces New Titles for Nintendo Virtual Console and Wii Ware

Square Enix announced today two new downloadable Wii Ware titles from the Final Fantasy franchise as well as a new virtual console release. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord will be available as Wii Ware titles, while the orignal NES version of Final Fantasy I will be available as a Virtual console download as well.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years follows Ceodore, the son of Cecil and Rosa from Final Fantasy IV and features a cast of characters that FFIV fans will be familiar with. This game was originally released as a mobile download in Japan.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord puts players in the shoes of the Darklord's daughter, a malevolent little Miss, charged with dispatching intruding do-gooders by strategically placing traps and monsters around the tower she calls home.

All three of these titles are planned to be released sometimes in 2009.

Better Ways to Remember Your Elements

It all began with the cartoon periodic table of elements and soon we got ...



And this.



I think I prefer these to the original periodic table. Click on the images to see the full size charts.

Happy 1000th Post! I'm celebrating with Final Fantasy I

This will be officially my 1000th post on The Girl Gamer after 3 years of writing this blog.

Of course, I'm selfish and I wanted to make it about me, so I thought I would post my Final Fantasy I collection. I finished all the jobs in Perler beads and though it's not as cool as 29 characters from Final Fantasy VI, I'm still happy to finish them.

You can purchase any of these characters individually for $4 or as a complete set for $20 from my Etsy store, Pixelated Creations.

I AM FINISHED! Full Final Fantasy VI Collection

Finally after getting side tracked multiple times and selling pieces off because I was too lazy to make new ones for customers, I have finally finished my complete set of Final Fantasy VI characters that I started over a year ago.

Left to Right: Terra, Locke, Edgar, Sabin, Celes, Gau, Cyan and Setzer.

Left to Right: Shadow, Interceptor, Relm, Strago, Mog, Umaro, Gogo and Esper Terra.

Left to Right: Emperor Gestahl, Kefka, Cid, General Leo, Banon, Ghost, Imp and Opera Celes.

Resistance Fighter and Empire Soldier

And finally: Magitech Armor, Chocobo and Chocobo Rider (Below)

Anyone wanting to purchase one of these characters for their very own, can do so by going to my store, Pixelated Creations.

The small characters can be purchased for $4 a piece or 3 for $10 here.

And the Magitech Armor or Chocobo can be purchase for $8 each here.

More Videogame Munnies!

Created by Chris Furniss, this Big Daddy Munny inspired by same Big Daddies in BioShock is pretty cool looking. I know Chris wasn't happy with the final product by what he wrote in his Flickr page but I think it's pretty darn cool.

Chris also created a cute Moogle Munny as well.

If you're wondering like I was where you've heard Chris's name before, Chris is the Editor-In-Chief for The Weekly Geek and is quite active in the gaming community.

Trailer: Final Fantasy XIII Trailer with Subtitles

Finally a Final Fantasy XIII Trailer with some freakn' subtitles, so we can tell the hell is going on in this game! Well, at least what the characters are saying because if you watch the trailer you still don't really know what's going on in the game.

Epic 8-Bit Art: Master Chief

My newest piece was inspired by a guy over at Destructoid who asked if I could make Master Chief. So I tried and this is what I came up with. You can buy Master Chief or a Pink Spartan for $10

I've got a lot of time on my hands right now and so I've been trying to create new pieces for my store. Below are a few of the new ones.

Mega Man for $5

Metroid

Moogle and Pikachu Key Chains

Remember that you can purchase my creations from my store, Pixelated Creations.