Feature 67--Azurelly

Defenders of the Crystal

This is a gathering of Azurelly's "stained glass" Final Fantasy heroes. I fully love how she set up the glass around the figures--the green and yellow fits great next to all of these. She has plenty of references that she used and she linked to them at the end of her artist comments. 

My eyes keep being drawn to the crystals down at the bottom. Considering that most of the Final Fantasy games mention crystals, I think that they fit brilliantly.

Can't you hear its cry?

All of these pieces are gorgeous but this one is the one that drew me into the feature itself. Didn't she do great in showing the distance in the room itself? Azurelly left a link to a youtube video that you should listen to. It fits this area perfectly! 

I love how lonesome and kinda sad this image looks like there are not enough people coming to the area. (Considering that it appears to be a villain's place, I wouldn't really argue with the heroes. XD)

The Star

This is a redraw of a summoner called Rydia. That dragon behind her looks great, I love how it seems to be watching her magic in preparation of what is asked of it. (This is apparently the Mist Dragon from FF IV?) 

I love how she drew and painted that starry background, don't you? It looks perfect for everything that is going on in the foreground...I wonder if Rydia is creating the background with her magic or if it's just a starry night? Excellent work!

If you want to see more of Azurelly's work (and you should!), her gallery is here! I probably didn't give her enough credit to her work, they're all super amazing, but my words are failing me today. You'll really enjoy getting to see more of this beautiful painting style! ^^

Feature 8--Azurelly

Homecoming 1 - Cornelia

Azurelly mentions that she was inspired to draw this after seeing a scene from the older Dissidia games. I don't know anything about those games but this piece is very well done in my opinion. The colors look like they're from the highest point of this character's travels--as it should be, the character's finally getting to go home after a long adventure. Look at how the town he goes toward is so pale against the pink of the sky but is still so very easily seen. Where he's walking to is oh so close!
And he has left his battling behind, shown very well by how the sword and shield were put down where he had been before starting across this field. 

May he not have to pick them up anytime soon!

Aurora lights

I personally love how those stars and the color in the painted aurora has come out. And all the focus goes straight towards them! She worries that the background looks quickly slapped onto the piece but I see it differently...the lack of detail on the fields that the character is going through helps to give the eyes some rest after looking at the stars above it--at least in my opinion!

Life...Dreams...Hope...

Looking at this forest scene makes me want to go through it myself. Wouldn't it be so nice to walk on this grass and maybe take a rest against one of the trees like the character she painted? The flowers in the grass are so easy to see...and it's not even because of the butterflies Azurelly has fluttering around! 

I also love how she's pushed the background even further out by making it fade in the light! 

All three of these are amazing pieces! You really have to go to the links I've provided and see them for yourselves.