Summoner design!

[Vaen]

Tell your boyfriend that he should seriously consider a career in concept art if he's not already in the business.

Very astute comment He's been applying to game studios all across North America ever since he got is Bachelor's in Fine Arts recently. Designing characters and environments is his passion.

nice design and all, I hate to be that guy but please don't pressure the dev team to do stuff like this or even toy with the idea. people just get all hurt when their ideas can't be used, and if they use yours then all of a sudden that sets a precedent for 9999 different people submitting their own stuff.

Oh, we're not pressuring the dev team to use this design, I just wanted to put my boyfriend's work out there and see people's thoughts about it. Plus, he ended up more motivated to work on this design for his own personal interest thanks to people's comments and feedback on this thread

We totally understand that the design team has their own plans and their own (extremely talented and wonderful) artists, and we're not expecting them to do anything with this design. I know my boyfriend would be very honored if the Square Enix artists even just took a look at his work, but he's a realist and he doesn't expect anything from any of them.

as a drawing, painting, anything: awesome.
as a design of clothes: also awesome.

as summoner af design? no thanks. that looks way too miscellaneous. looks like something you'd wear on a date. and no horn. we totally need the horn.

Thanks for your thoughts FFXIV's armor and clothing design isn't really that outlandish, though. It keeps a bit of realism and while the job AF armor goes for some fantastic colors and shapes, it's still more realistic than armor in other Final Fantasy games. His SMN design was inspired by that aspect of FFXIV's armor.

Anyway, he's been working on a painting with the SMN in his spare time. It's not really close to being finished yet, but:

I might be a bit biased, but I really like the "summoner's stone" crystal/jewel near the waist of the armor. I think it gives the design a unique quality that separates it as SMN armor :3

[Ryuko]

I love it! And there's a headpiece, too! (I was originally going to comment on the OP, but then I noticed the final drawing... and I'm happy). I don't necessarily think she needed a horn (like others said), but I definitely agree she needed something visible. Anyway, I can see where your boyfriend borrowed elements from both this game and all FF's in general. Bravo. Even if they don't use it, I think it should be somewhere in the game (connected to the SMN SL in some way).

[Kasathar]

I like the design, pretty cool, but reminds me way too much of Yuna, and I hated FFX...Ack!

[Ryuko]

I like the design, pretty cool, but reminds me way too much of Yuna, and I hated FFX...Ack!

Hmm, I liked Yuna but I don't really see the connection to her outfit here... with the exception of the overall 'flowiness' of the outfit... which I always considered to be a distinctly summoner thing (or mages in general...) Yuna wore a long skirt, obi sash, black boots and detached sleeves. This girl has a sort of two-piece short dress with attached sleeves and high boots.

Edit: Actually, you're right. She does have detached sleeves. Hmm... I guess I just didn't see it because I looked at the final drawing and it's dark. I actually think that's a good idea game-wise, though. As it is, 90% of the outfit we see here would be the body piece. The pants would be invisible, as would the hands. We'd see the boots and horn but the majority of the body would be covered by the body piece. So, why not make the 'detached sleeves' fill the hands slot? That way, 3-4 of the pieces will be 'visible' with only the pants behind hidden...

[Kasathar]

Oh I was talking about the design in the first page.

[Nabiri]

Beautiful pictures! I would love something like that for SMN!

[Yumi_Hibiki]

awesome^~^
i like the color redesign a lot

[Majidah]

I actually like the redesign.


Also I'm creeped out by the girlfriend playing a bald buff man.

[Quatre]

I really LOVE the artwork. But I'm not too big of a fan of the design. It looks great, but honestly, When there are sets as intricate and epic as Black Mage, Warrior, Dragoon? This AF armor would be very simple and bland looking.


Like I said, great artwork! But I feel like AF needs a little bit more spice.

[Platinumstorm]

I'd actually like us to have a more extravagant appearing summoner in this game, especially in light of using less powerful summons. I know there is a trend with summoner to make them look homely, but I would like to see this change for this game. I'd also like them to be heavier black magic users.

I do like the incorporation of gems that could be representative of magicite in the armor.