Final Fantasy VII: AVALANCHE [fan comic]

[Odysseus]

I have too many damn threads in this sub-forum, don't I? Oh well. Some of you may have seen my "How did Barret and Tifa meet" thread, well the reason I asked that was for this FFVII fan comic I wanted to work on: FFVII: AVALANCHE. This isn't going to be an adaptation of the game itself, there's a certain watermelon out there who has that niche covered, instead this is going to be a prequel to the game about how Barret formed AVALANCHE before Cloud ever joined. With that said, Here's paaaaaaaage 1:



My deviant art for higher quality

Did you know that drawing Midgar is just terrible?

If this goes anything like any other solo project I've ever done, it will last maybe 5 pages and then I'll give up. May as well humor the idea I'll get farther than that this time, though.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Oh, I really, really hope you write it. Obstinatemelon is still working away at his magnum opus even though he only gets one page out every three months or so.

 

[Odysseus]

I'll try my best to get it done, I have a lot of ideas I want to explore! Keeping up the motivation is the real problem.
Also, give my guy Melon some credit, He's posted a solid four times in the past month, that's pretty good for him.

Edit: previous version of this post was too mopey.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Has he??? I don't check that often any more because his posting rate seemed slow. I don't blame him; that comic is a lot of work and he has a real full life outside it. I'm happy to get anything at all from him, however slow.

 

[Jairus]

Very nice, Ody. It must have taken you an age to finish that, but it looks really good. I thought I was the watermelon you were referring to at first, but then I realized you were probably talking about ObstinateMelon. No big, his stuff's pretty funny, what I've seen of it.

 

[Odysseus]

You're making a book out of the game. That's another reason not to adapt the game though, the field is already very covered.

 

[Odysseus]

He's the hero we deserve

 

[Glaurung]

Well, that's no small task you embarked on. I'm curious to see the development. All I can say is godspeed, and root for you

 

[Odysseus]

Okay, well I learned from Jairus that the remake apparently will address the past of Avalanche. That's what I want this comic to be all about, so I'll probably just wait until I play it to continue. I'm almost done with page 2, so I'll post that tomorrow probably, and I'll still draw page 3, but the story stars going on page 4 so I'll stop there until after April 10th at least.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Understood.
Oh man I hope they don't give us Turk backstories.

 

[Odysseus]

Well Elena already has one from before crisis, but I do hope we never find out about the others. Mystery is fun, let's you use your imagination.

 

[Odysseus]

I'd say its late, but really this is how long it will usually take probably. Paaaaaaaaaaage 2:

If that big dumb drawing of Midgar fooled you into thinking I could draw worth a damn, hopefully this page will lower expectations accordingly.
"Mooooom! There's floating words mom!"

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

I love the colouring! Midgar seems really vibrant and alive.

 

[Odysseus]

I was trying to give it that "city mist" look. There's certainly enough mako fumes to go around.

 

[Odysseus]

Well seeing as she's become a fairly divisive topic around here I'm not so sure I should post this, but here's my concept for a younger Jessie design that I was going to use in the comic:

Depending on how the remake handles things, this outfit might not make any sense. Guess we'll see.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

That's fantastic!

 

[Odysseus]

Thanks! Trench coats are cool, blame DMC.