ALTEREGO'S PROFILE

@Boobledeeboo: Those portraits look awesome specially the last one, I love how you draw the eyes and lips, they look so full of life... however the hair doesn't look quite as convincing to me, maybe it's because of the white highlights but I think it looks like a wig or something.

@Tardis: I don't know much about photography but I like both photos, the contrast of warm and cold colors look very nice. I like the panorama more though because there is like a zig-zag pattern going on in it, and the sun looks like an eye... OH SHI- GOD IS WATCHING US!!

@Oh_no_Im_melting: Man that's some wicked stuff... where did you came up with the idea to draw that? I notice the Japanese painting motif going on but still I think it looks pretty unique. Btw, did you draw the background as well or its a photo? those clouds look very realistic.

@SorceressKyrsty: That's not bad at all, but it still looks kind of anime or cartoony to me... actually the lips look very good but the rest specially the hair and her jawline look a lot less defined and detailed. Try not to use brushes so soft, it makes everything look smoother and fake.
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And well, I'll leave this here... What is it? Is it a fish? Is it a surfer? No, it's Super Boat!

author=Versalia

author=xeilmach
Then there was FF8 and Guardian Forces. The Guardian Forces seemed kind of really forced into it with that bit of the story attached just so that it would have a summoning system - oh and a junctioning system.

GFs were not the best system and yes, it genericized every character. HOWEVER, it was very involved in the story and not just stapled-on...

But I guess xeilmach's point still stands, as much as I love the junction system over the materia system, in ff7 you're introduced right from the beginning to the use and abuse of Mako energy, which is basically what Materias are made of, then you learn about the lifestream, about reincarnation, about Gaia, etc. In ff8 you "download" your first two GF's and the rest you can acquire in a varied number of ways. What are GF's then? Where do they come from? Why do they erase memories?. I think none of that stuff is ever really explained in game, only theorized by fans and thus making the game mechanics around them look more artificial compared to those of ff7.

author=GreatRedSpirit
I hate the learning method though. Christ knows what spells can be learned, or if an enemy even has them. I don't even think the enemies that teach Big Guard in FF7 even use the skill.

That's why Blue Mages often come with the scan ability don't they? Or at least that's how I remember it. But yeah, it can also be a very painful task to go around scanning every enemy on sight just to find out a very few of them can "teach" an ability...

Well, here is an idea: how about learning an ability after scanning certain combination of monster? Something like: "if I could combine the strengths of that monster and the strengths of that other one I could develop an awesome new technique" so in this way after scanning a bunch of enemies you could enter a menu where you could study their abilities, mix them and such (like if you were fusing items) and in result learning new spells.

...dunno, I guess I need some sleep. -_-

Yay! More videos to catch up with, I'll go watch them now! ...also, congrats on the new title! =)

Edit: Oh, but you are. ;P

author=WCouillard
WHEN THAT BECOMES A RULE I'LL FOLLOW IT

Seriously? This is how you react? You should really try to make use of the tools available to you in this site in a conscious way and act maturely without "the rules" or anyone else compelling you into it... Who knows? You may like it.

Edit:Edit: Meh, whatever...