[Terra Edit] Amano's Terra

[Joseph Collins]

Looking around the forums, I know there's been a couple attempts at things like this before, but I'd like to hope mine is different enough to warrant someone's attention.  Plus, I think she goes pretty well with the likes of Astaroth_'s "Celes Amamo".

And so, I proudly present... Terra, wearing an outfit much more in-line with her Yoshitaka Amano and Dissidia Final Fantasy design:

Amano-style dress with cape
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Amano-style dress with no cape
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Amano-style dress with cape and blond hair
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Various versions in-game
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^ Dress and cape ----- Dress, no cape ^
v Blond hair (seen on menu) ----- Dress, cape, and blond hair v
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I actually made this as a personal project, since for whatever reason, as I started to re-play the game again... her original design felt strange to me.  There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, mind... and I probably wouldn't have even given a second thought, had I not seen Amano's artwork or her Dissidia renders... but something in me wanted her to look different.  And so, I set to work on making it happen.
Initially, I just changed her hair color in Final Fantasy 3 Sprite Editor.  I also recolored her legs while I was in there, giving her the illusion of white leggings.  While she looked good with blond hair and white leggings, even in her in-game outfit... I still wasn't happy, so I decided to spend the rest of the day working on editing her sprites.
After a few hours of work, I was finished with her dress sprites.  They looked and moved perfectly in-game!  But I still wasn't done...and so I decided to give her her cape/cloak thing.  It took a lot of work to make it look right and even now, I'm not sure it does... but it definitely looks "passable" -- like it's official spritework, almost.  So, I was finally happy.

I'd intended to release this as a "universal" ROM hack, since all it does is edit graphics and/or palettes... but upon further investigation, I decided that releasing such a minor update for a game just didn't feel worth the effort, despite the fact I'd already made patches and documentation and everything.  And so... here I am, at the one place I am dead certain would be appropriate to release this.

Enjoy the sprites, folks.  You are welcome to use them in anything, but I'd appreciate credit for the edits where applicable.

Edit: I forgot the extra pose.  It's included now. (The legs sprite is the same for both versions.)

[seibaby]

Very nice!

[Murak Modder]

...This is so amazing.

If I ever use normal Terra for anything, I am so using this instead, it just suits her so much better as she looks far more feminine now.

This is the kind of sprite that would be used in a 'sleek' redesign project that polished sprites to look closer to the intended conceptual art.

[SSJ Rick]

these are not bad at all

great job

[Timbo]

This in my opinion is the best Terra Sprite I've seen. I was really disappointed to find out that I couldn't use the blonde version without messing up everything else in the game. Which is why I recolored it using the gold and brown in her natural palette. I also corrected some mistakes I found in the several of her boots. Now, her hair is not as good as the original posters sprite, but it's way better than I thought it would turn out. Opinions?

[madsiur]

Your edit is correct. The colors doesn't stand out as much as the originals but if this version is compatible with the rest of vanilla sprite, it's a plus.