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Heyo. So this is just an idea I've had bouncing around in my head for a while. I'm a big FF7 collector, and one thing I've considered a missing piece to that is the short story "The Maiden who travels the planet." If you're unfamiliar, this is a dubiously canon short story from the Ultimania Omega about what happened to Aerith after she died, and because square hates us, it was only ever released in Japan. We have a translation of it here on the site. I don't expect that story to ever get acknowledged by Square again, let alone release it officially outside of Japan, but I'm not the sort of person who will let that stop me. So here's the idea:
Maiden is a really, really short story. Not the sort of thing you could make a proper book out of, so how do you pad that shit out? ART! In true light novel fashion. I figure every story beat could be accompanied by an artist's depiction of the scene. So there's where the "collaborative" nature of the project comes in, I know we have quite a few talented artists kicking around here, so I wanted to gauge interest. Would anybody want to do art for this thing? You might be thinking "wait can't you draw" and the answer to that is yes, but T̶h̶a̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶l̶o̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶l̶a̶z̶y̶ I think it would be more interesting if a different artist handled each picture. I'd do one, another artist would do one, etc. So each picture would be distinct and unique. It'd be a real "lifestream.net" production! I don't know how many pictures would be needed, I want to gauge interest before I do more thorough planning.
So, uh, any takers?
Okay there are some takers. Let me break down the "rules" I guess. I've broken up the story into 22 segments, which you can see here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f_GzL4jaQ_8QC0suqYoOJFQW30atkh90Qua5VbYQJIE/edit?usp=sharing
pick the segment you want to draw, and I'll mark it off for you. For the most part I don't have anything special in mind, go ahead and draw whatever you'd like, but I do have a request for segment 12, and I want something very specific for 22. So here's the standards for how the drawings need to be:
1. The drawing must be 6x9 inches (1800x2700 pixels/ 15.24x22.86 centimeters,) as that's the size of the book pages.
2. Digital or physical art is fine.
3. All pictures must have some kind of shading, not just outlines. It was suggested that they be in grey scale with one color that pops out. I think that's a good idea but I'll see what others think.
4. I don't care what versions of the characters' designs you use, whether it be more in line with Nomura's original art or closer to how they look in the compilation. Just don't use their kingdom hearts designs or anything.
Maiden is a really, really short story. Not the sort of thing you could make a proper book out of, so how do you pad that shit out? ART! In true light novel fashion. I figure every story beat could be accompanied by an artist's depiction of the scene. So there's where the "collaborative" nature of the project comes in, I know we have quite a few talented artists kicking around here, so I wanted to gauge interest. Would anybody want to do art for this thing? You might be thinking "wait can't you draw" and the answer to that is yes, but T̶h̶a̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶l̶o̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶l̶a̶z̶y̶ I think it would be more interesting if a different artist handled each picture. I'd do one, another artist would do one, etc. So each picture would be distinct and unique. It'd be a real "lifestream.net" production! I don't know how many pictures would be needed, I want to gauge interest before I do more thorough planning.
So, uh, any takers?
Okay there are some takers. Let me break down the "rules" I guess. I've broken up the story into 22 segments, which you can see here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f_GzL4jaQ_8QC0suqYoOJFQW30atkh90Qua5VbYQJIE/edit?usp=sharing
pick the segment you want to draw, and I'll mark it off for you. For the most part I don't have anything special in mind, go ahead and draw whatever you'd like, but I do have a request for segment 12, and I want something very specific for 22. So here's the standards for how the drawings need to be:
1. The drawing must be 6x9 inches (1800x2700 pixels/ 15.24x22.86 centimeters,) as that's the size of the book pages.
2. Digital or physical art is fine.
3. All pictures must have some kind of shading, not just outlines. It was suggested that they be in grey scale with one color that pops out. I think that's a good idea but I'll see what others think.
4. I don't care what versions of the characters' designs you use, whether it be more in line with Nomura's original art or closer to how they look in the compilation. Just don't use their kingdom hearts designs or anything.
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but in all seriousness this sounds like a fun project and I'm looking forward to seeing what you and the others come up with.
