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*steals the title from the track since I be so unimaginative*
While sorting through the unfinished sketches folder, searching for what to complete from the never ending pile, I came across this - a bad doodle of poor Marche and Montblanc (and a veeeeerrry bad bangaa X'D ). Ehem... the washes were so very bad (and glaringly bright too! ack!) that I just HAD to work upon it.
And so! when all things look bad, scribble upon them with a brown pencil to make things even worse! XD
Medium: Bad watercolor washes on parchment with brown watercolor pencil
Actually, out of all the four games - Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, and Final Fantasy XII - methinks I liked FFTA the least. After the high political drama of the other three... the ending of this one was a wee bit disappointing. But even then, it was nice!
And oh meh.... I loved Montblanc! (moogles! squeeee! and one who could take up a mechanic or gunner job class!
)(And Marche was nice too! He seemed like a cross between Ramza and Ashley Riot!
)Marche, Montblanc, Random Bangaa (c) Ryoma ItΕ,
SquareEnix, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
[Wa..... submission procedure change again?! So many catagories... O_O]
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Montblanc: Back off. I got a gun and it's loaded, kupo.
Judge: *TWEEEEET*
Ahhh. The sounds of the judge's whistle STILL horrifies me. XD But I've gotta say, Gunner job is really worth the effort of getting! You got all these moves to toast your enemies. This may be a cheap strategy of winning but my personal favorite abilities are definitely Stopshot and Charmshot. It's a cheap strategy but it's amazing. XD And besides, if the debuffs don't work, the damage sure will. And don't get me started on using Ultima Charge with a gun. XD
This art just always makes my day though. Every time I try and look for FFTA fanart, there is no doubt I will come across this and laugh at it. XD This is very impressive too! Well done with this!
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It looks to me like montblanc about to get a red card...
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i like it a lot, great job, it looks amazing on the parchment paper.
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VERY nice, I love the dynamics and simplicity of it... you really pulled it off
And I know you say you're not very happy with it, but what you may call mistakes actually looks like an intended aesthetics. It just looks like it's the style of it, not that it looks bad
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This picture just screams "Go ahead, make my day..." >XD
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ah! LOL!
Thats the funniest thing by far to see! Watch out! Montblanc has a gun!!
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Moogles with guns be the best things ever~! XD
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Yes. Which is why I love my gunner. Can't get enough of that one!! XD
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The feel of that made me think of like a comic book for some reason, then it made me think of the book at the beginning, which led me back to the battle when you first meet the best moogle ever(Montblanc)!!! Did you know that the inspiration for Montblanc's name is a Mountain in France? Well, atleast i think it is, I seen that there was a mountain around that area named Mont Blanc (or something to that effect, been awhile since i seen the name) and it thought of him!
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I know it's been mentioned, but as soon as I saw this I thought of the very first battle in the game, where Montblanc basically has to bail Marche out. I think you captured the feel of that battle perfectly
MalusCalibur
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aaaah! I can't believe it! All this time I thought I've faved this! >.<
hehe, commenting again; since I've been playing FFTA2, I've started searching ffta fanarts again and just happen to stumble on this again! XD
moogles with guns=win! XD Can't get enough of that Stopshot!
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Oooooh! Stopshot! I still don't have that. 
I'm actually liking FFTA2 more than its first part actually? It feels more fluid, more fun and the music be amazing! XD (and surprisingly, this time round, I'm appriciating nu mous and viera's more than moogles! Maybe because my only moogle so far is more of a supporting gun wielder?)
(Ehem... I went off on such an excited babble that I kind almost forgot to say... thanks for the fav! X'D)
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the bazaar is quite annoying XD I'm already at the part where, um, if the page on the upper screen is an indicator, then I have only 3 lines till the ending! D: Noooo! Don't end yet! 
ooh yes FFTA2 feels more fun! >w< the side quests are so addictive. 
Oh, have you met Hurdy? He's sooo adorable >w<
hahaha, you're welcome
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So Hurdy remains a 'he'? I thought that was a typo!!! 
Yip, illusionists are so inconvenient now! X( My viera (I'm still using the one who was there with the clan from the start - infact all of my usable characters are like so!) can pretty much switch to all the magic based jobs. She's like my red mage/elementalist/(and for now) summoner. While my nu mou has a turbo mp support and blasts people to smithereens with his black magic. XD I love those two guys!
I'm wondering if there are some 'hidden special characters' this time like Lini? Those guys were fun to find last time!
Oh... oh! And the judges can be a pain too. X( Some of the conditions can be pretty ridiculous. ('No attacking units weaker than you!' What the blah?! My entire party is levelled up waaaay more!
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I guess... yeah, I think Hurdy is a 'he' : P Montblanc appear sometimes in the background, did you notice?
..Who is Lini? D:
I had to laugh when the law says Forbidden: Harming Females when there's a gria in the enemy party! 8D I prefer the old one too... I prefer getting caught like a criminal rather than having to obey "No moving more or less than one tile"! XD I hate "no harming the weaker than you" too >.< Sometimes it's easier to break the law right in the beginning of the battle
Adelle is quite confusing at first! I kept forgetting that she's a female hume, not a viera! X0
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Eeeep... late reply!
So after you mentioned Montblanc popping up here and there, I started paying attention and there he was! XD That was so adorable! I've gotten Hurdy now and was doing the sidequests when I actually did bump into Montblanc! Did that happen to you too? (In... Flurogis?) He's starting to look more and more like a moogle Balthier!
Oh, oh! And Hurdy was a girl in FFXII! 
Lini was one of those hidden characters in the first FFTA. Do you remember reading the stories/quests about the brave hero Gaol and his sidekick Lini? Somewhere along the way, he joins up if you follow certain steps. (He looked like a normal moogle knight, but actually had some extra special skills. There were others like him too!)
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Yeah that happened to me too! That scene was so adorable... and nostalgic!
oh, that's Gurdy... I think I read somewhere in the web that Hurdy is Gurdy's twin.
Oooh... I didn't get him! >.< Or could it be that I didn't notice and refused him from the clan? D:
So far there's this one character you'll get if you finish a series of continuing quests, I don't know if there would be others or not... I like the stories of those quests! :'D
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Ooooohh... I'm so stupid! Ofcourse there was Hurdy! Why did I think Gurdy the chocobo rancher was Hurdy! >_< Hurdy was one of the moogling operators! (And to add to my airheaded stupidity - how come I never noticed the poor guy even though I had his pic saved?! D': )
I... don't think they're twins though. Montblanc has 5 brothers and sisters? X'D
I was reading up on chocobos yesterday and noticed one doesn't get Montblanc till after the game ends!
Ehem... I'm really eating off your brain by my daily, overly excitable discoveries... XD
Sidequest stories are fun! I liked the House Bowen ones the most so far!
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hahaha XD Maybe because they have similar names?
huh? nooo Montblanc >.< So we could only use him after the game? nooooo :< Oh but I got Vaan and Penelo already! the point is to walk around right before the last line on the top screen! I walked around and see a red exclamation mark and ta-da, it led me to vaan and penelo! XD
It's okay, I'm actually glad I have someone to share some FFTA excitement! 
I like the House Bowen story too! Mack ones are pretty memorable too
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(how come I didn't see this before
woww you made Montblanc so cool
I'm replaying this game by now... XD since I could only play GBA and only a few games... but this game's awesome
first .hack, now this, why I've been into stories with escaping from reality as the theme?
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It's the summer! It's putting all 'escape from realities' ideas in our brains. Heh... it's pretty funny though, since I was first obsessing over this (or more specifically Montblanc and moogles in general) and then .hack!
Yip, its a scene from their first encounter! Though back then Montblanc was just a mage, the moment the gunner class popped up, I ran towards it (dragging along poor Montblanc XD). Moogles with guns!
While I didn't mind the ultimate ending of the game, the main one was a slight bit disappointing... Maybe it was because Marche just seemed like a pale copy of Ramza and Ashley, and even later Ashe? He had all the righteousness and just-ness, but no real cause? I mean... it didn't make sense - though this world be better, and you all have gotten all that you ever wished for, we cannot stay here forever just because I say so? So seeing him go and defeat Mewt's mother was just not as... satifying.
Ah... long rant. Sorry!
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I was first into this,too, but I've forgotten it for a few while, then replayed this game after watching .hack thus made me obsessed over FFTA again
the gunner class is wicked! they could shoot through walls with their skills!
I see... You're right, it didn't make sense. if anyone were there they wouldn't come back either. Maybe the story is a message to the gamers, that we can't escape the reality forever? XD I don't know, but that's what I thought while playing the game 
What happened after the ending was pretty strange, too, don't you agree? the ending story stated that the world returned to normal and everyone returned, but then we continue taking missions, as if only Mewt returned to the normal world
oops, I ranted too. XD
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Heh heh... most probably it was! Which, yes, did feel like a slap to the face. X'D I never thought about the strange thing about the second bit! It's sad! One never gets to use Mewt!
I'm guessing that once they used the Gran Grimoire they could access old Ivalice whenever they wished, without being trappen in it forever..? But still... *wants Mewt in party!*
All things aside, I still loved the game to bits!
(Did you ever play Vagrant Story? Isn't funny to see the Gran Grimoire turn to pretty looking! XD )
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probably if we get to use Mewt, we'd be able to create and nullify all laws 
Gran Grimoire? what is it?
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Oh yes that would! How I hated that sword penalty law! >_<
The gran grimoire in FFTA was the book Mewt bought, which ended up transporting them to old Ivalice. Incredibly pretty!
Vagrant Story was an oooold game on PS1. Did you ever play it? It was made by the same people who made FFTA, and so, same Ivalice.
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I thought that WAS Ramza XDXD Only played fft and not advance.. dont have anything higher than a gameboy color, I'm pathetic!
Anyways that rabbit(moogle?) is awesome XDXD the gun 8D
Loove the peco and knights and such too X9 and the main dude! Makes me wish i had the game..D:
Maybe you should've done the official art for it hmmmmmmm? >>
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The official art for FFTA is soooooooo pretty. Meh pathetic attempt does not do it justice from any where! 
Did you play FFXII? Montblanc pops up in that too!
Marche is so very much like Ramza! Personality-wise too!
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Reminds me of the very first quest you do....
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It is actually supposed to be that scene!
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Dang I'm good.
I think it was the 'teach me' thing, because it's the only ACTUAL battle you get taught something.
The snowball fight don't count.
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Actually the track that plays during that fight is called 'Teach me Montblanc!'. X'D And yes, that is probably THE battle that teaches you stuff! ^_^
(Love the fact too that Mr. Bangaa gets carted off to jail! XD)
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I love when that happened. You know what I love? Eleminating everyone but two enemies of a different race, then put a dmg2: whatever and charm the other so they get send to jail. 8D Then remove the law
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I want to ask, can enemies be sent to jail?
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yes, from critical hits or by killing people with it. They usually auto avoid it though, but I've seen it happen.
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I see, so it doesn't happen easily. thanks
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*is a geek* ^_^
(But hey... VS doesn't count as a FF game!)
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I'm glad you're giving these drawings a second chance
I love how you've drawn Marche and Montblanc (Characters I am unfamiliar with, unfortunately), very nice poses and expressions (Especially Montblanc's. Brave little fella! 
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I'm going to attempt to complete them all! XD (yeah right...) Well... almost all. I have no hope for the Damas ones!
But thank you! ^_^ You really should play this game, even if you don't own a GBA. If you can, download it even! It's reaaaaaaalllly pretty! (Ofcourse, I have a tendency to fall in love with the places in most strategy games...
Methinks the washes have come out even brighter in the scan...
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Strategy games? last stategy-ish game I played was the original Warcraft quite some time back... and I was soooo bad at it!
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Aww, love this! ^^ And Marche and Montblanc are awesome. :'D
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Thank you!
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I love it! You made Marche look so adorable, and montblank too...
Irony behind this, at this very second I am playing FFTA
(one of the few gameboy games I own, and the only one I play obsessively)
I like the likkle judge in the BG too, it made me smile <3
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I own quite a few games, but yip, this is the only one I play absolutely obsessively too! XD I only just recently put it aside to attempt playing Tales of Phantasia.
Thank you! I be glad meh most gorgeous judge is appriciated! XDDD (heh... meh intrest level greatly diminished by the time I reached him!)
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