Aya Posted June 1, 2015 Share #1 Posted June 1, 2015 [align=center]The future of Eorzea hangs in the balance. The fates of our cities, our lands, and our people hinge upon the willingness of men and women to take up the cause. The Grand Companies stand prepared to do their part: to hold the line and defeat those who threaten our way of life. Will you do yours? Will you rise to the occasion and do your duty? Will you stand with our proud banners, and against our enemies? In an united Morale and Recruitment campaign the Grand Companies of Eorzea are publishing a series of patriotic pin-up posters. They are available in both poster form, posted in public spaces across the cities and smaller settlements, and in magazine-sized pamphlets complete with reports on the Grand Companies, and information on either joining or volunteering time and material. The model chosen as the centerpiece of the campaign is none other than the Quick Sand's own Aya Foxheart. She has traveled far and wide through every region of Eorzea where artists have captured and reproduced images with the most advance imaging magi-technology available to the Grand Companies. These images have been readily made available in print form upon parchment. [align=left] The Immortal Flames of Ul'dah The Maelstrom of Limsa Lominsa The Twin Adders of Gridania [/align] [align=left]Ishgard Poster! After joining the Eorzean Alliance, it was only proper for Ishgard to be included with its own pin-up. Our intrepid model endured the bitter cold, to show her support for her home City! [behind a spoiler tag because its a little racy!][/align] For Eorzea! - Ala Mhigo (Hidden for risque! NSFW, Swimsuit Edition Style) OOC Information [align=left] This is a joint Screenshot project between QueenFrejyalen and I. Work on it began last September, taking about eight months to complete! There was a great deal of work required leveling appropriate classes, and attaining the necessary GC rank and gear. The shots themselves were undertaken after significant scouting, work on outfits, and the shooting itself proved to be time consuming due to having to deal with quickly changing times of day and weather! The shoots and several subsequent re-shoots were completed in late January, and since then QueenFrejyalen has been steadily preparing the selected shots for their poster form (including an inspired effort to recreate a parchment-feel for their mounting!) The project was inspired by the pin-up art of the Second World War, and some of its more modern imitators. It is light-hearted, and rather silly, but still a great deal of thought and effort went into every shot. It was my goal to capture the essence of each City-State and its GC in each of the posters. Outfits and weaponry were chosen both for their visual appeal, and in an effort to make each set immediately recognizable as referring to the city-state and Grand Company for which it was taken. The settings were similarly chose to show the character and variety in each region. The hope is that the effect isn't just "Look its a pretty girl!" but, that its a pretty girl who also reminds the viewer of the Twin Adders, and their home in Gridania and the Shroud! Its been an incredibly fun, if sometimes challenging project, and I hope that the results are enjoyable. Since this is a screen-shot based project, the limitations of Final Fantasy itself have limited the outfits, poses, visual styles, and so on that we could use, but hopefully we've still been able to create something fun and memorable :-] I would like to thank everyone who's helped along the way, most especially QueenFrejyalen for all of her effort in every stage of the project, C'kayah for a little funding along the way (I'm not exactly adept at making gil, and at one point the costs of the project had me down to about 50k gil total. Without a little help from C'kayah things would have been a lot harder!), and everyone who helped me out from help picking outfits (Val), to serving as a target so that I could look in right direction on Queenie's screen (Hikaru). Thank you everyone!!! Posting Information: A set of three Posters will be posted every Friday until the full set of 15 has been posted. The Posters will also be listed by GC in this post! A selection of the thousand+ outtakes that were taken will also be posted every week. QueenFrejyalen even took the time to edit some of these to improve their look! It may take a little bit of work to get the posting/hosting of the images right. I want to make sure they're available in their native resolution! Feel free to respond either ICly or OOCly if you wish! Please Enjoy! [/align] OOC - Immersion Disclaimer! [align=left] While the existence of photography in Eorzea seems to be indisputably settled, I certainly understand if people feel that such a campaign could not occur ICly in Eorzea. This is meant to be fun and lighthearted, and I won't feel offended by anyone who feels that way; I know I've taken plenty of liberties! Please don't take it too seriously, and I hope that you're still able to enjoy the posters for what they are. [/align] [/align] 6 Link to comment
Aya Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted June 3, 2015 Outtakes 2 A few more fun ones, the first set of finished posters will be up Friday! (Just a little bit of Queenie! Will see more of our adorable artist later ) 1 Link to comment
Aya Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted June 4, 2015 Taken while levelling Archery for the Project. Not quite an outtake, but I wanted to post it! Link to comment
Aya Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted June 5, 2015 Happy FRIDAY!! Posters Set 1! Maelstrom #1: Twin Adders #1: Immortal Flames #1: 4 Link to comment
Aya Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted June 8, 2015 The first set of posters were posted last Friday! Today some more outtakes (several of which are demo shots I took while working on outfits! - And while discovering that the sitting pose just didn't work well enough for a poster.) Outtakes #3! 1 Link to comment
Aya Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted June 10, 2015 Just two more days until the second set of posters! In the meantime a few more outtakes :-] Outtakes #4 And bonus Queenie! (So cuuute!) 1 Link to comment
QueenFrejyalen Posted June 11, 2015 Share #8 Posted June 11, 2015 (( I forgot all about that little Santa outfit lmao. Also yay the shots look great, hope all your friends who had been waiting are happy to see them! =D )) 1 Link to comment
Aya Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted June 12, 2015 Poster Set #2 Immortal Flames Maelstrom Twin Adders Link to comment
C'kayah Polaali Posted June 14, 2015 Share #10 Posted June 14, 2015 Aya and QueenFrejyalen have done a fantastic job over many, many months, and the results of these are just fantastic. While I wasn't directly involved in this, I was fortunate enough that Aya used me as a sounding board for many of the shots, and the sheer number of them are just staggering. All the time spent scouting locations, leveling grand companies, taking screenshots, not to mention the amazing post-processing work QueenFrejyalen has done. These have all turned out just fantastically and I'm ecstatic to see the finished result of all that work! Link to comment
Aya Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share #11 Posted June 15, 2015 Thank you so much C'kayah! It was such a fun project! Your help is so appreciated! :-D Please feel free to reply to the thread if you'd like! I know QueenFrejyalen was looking forward to hearing comments. Don't be afraid to post! More outtakes, including more Cutie Queenie! Link to comment
Aya Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted June 17, 2015 More fun! Outtakes #6! BONUS QUEENIE Making of the Salute Poster! 2 Link to comment
Aya Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share #13 Posted June 19, 2015 For anyone still waiting anxiously to get home to play Heavensward, a couple of posters to make the wait a little easier! Poster Set #3 Immortal Flames Maelstrom Twin Adders 1 Link to comment
Aya Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share #14 Posted June 22, 2015 Two more poster sets to go! I do hope people are enjoying these! Outtakes #7!! A Flame Sergeant in Limsa Lominsa! ~Clueless~ A Little Sunshine for the Grey Fleet! Before Gridania (an alternate for last week's poster! - but with a floating spear!) The Night Sky in Not So Forgotten Springs! Hunting Girl! [ Link to comment
Aya Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share #15 Posted June 24, 2015 Out Takes #8! Almost time for the fourth set of posters :-] The Sagoli is a scary place! Queenie trying to pose Aya Just Right! (I really love that Gridanian axe!) A Gridanian bikini on a snowy day in Ul'dah... that makes sense! Arrrrrrrrr! On the Lookout in Limsa! CLOSEUP 1 Link to comment
Aya Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share #16 Posted June 26, 2015 Happy Heavensward! Happy Friday! Poster Set #4 Immortal Flames Maelstrom Twin Adders 1 Link to comment
Aya Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share #17 Posted June 29, 2015 Its the last week of Posters! (Something more to look forward to for the weekend!) In the meantime, some more outtakes Out on the Limsan Night Lost in the Mist The Moonlit Sky of the Sagoli You're on the wrong side of the rock Queenie!!! Wait, what was I supposed to be doing? The Sunset is Almost Upon Us Link to comment
C'kayah Polaali Posted June 29, 2015 Share #18 Posted June 29, 2015 This one might be my favorite. Look at that! C'kayah wants to quit his life of crime and join the Maelstrom right now! Though I love her expression on this. "Will you take the picture, please? My schwarma's getting cold..." What's everyone else's favorites? Link to comment
Melodia Posted June 29, 2015 Share #19 Posted June 29, 2015 Immortal Flames #1: Maelstrom I love them all. Aya is an amazingly gorgeous character and Mel would be a drooling idiot if she ever saw her in one of these outfits. But, my favorites? These two. The first is a beautiful pic and the angle, lighting, etc. are fantastic. The second? Hot Pirate for the win. *droooool* :love: 1 Link to comment
Gegenji Posted June 29, 2015 Share #20 Posted June 29, 2015 If I had to pick one of each out of the actual posters, I'd have to go with these three: I really like that first one the most, though. I love how the city looks in the background. I'm also a sucker for properly placed lens flares, hence the other two. Though, the Maelstrom one C'kayah posted is a pretty close second for that GC. Link to comment
Aya Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share #21 Posted June 29, 2015 I'm so glad you guys are enjoying them! I'm curious which ones people like the most too! I have a few favorites, one of which is in the last set for Friday!!! I wish there was more to this outfit (and originally I'd hoped to at least color in the white of the bikini), but something about the particular sun flare, and the disc of the twelve in the background (the way Queenie's editing brought out the detail.. just... oh I love it!) And then this one, because of the Ul'dah skyline in the background. This was one of the very last images I took. I wasn't really expecting to get a poster shot out of it, but once I saw what I had, with Aya casting a protective eye over her shoulder toward that amazing night-time Ul'dah, I knew it was a keeper Link to comment
Melkire Posted June 29, 2015 Share #22 Posted June 29, 2015 I thought my favorite was this one... A Little Sunshine for the Grey Fleet! ...but looking back at that nice night-time skyline shot of Ul'dah that Aya posted, I'm now conflicted. Link to comment
Aya Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share #23 Posted July 1, 2015 Outtakes!! Last Poster Set in two more days! Happy Hump Day? Outtakes #10 Salute to the Gray Fleet Fogotten Springs Hot in the Sagoli Sun Cooling off in the Shroud Under a windmill! I'm out of clever names! Like Magic! Link to comment
Aya Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share #24 Posted July 3, 2015 Happy (Holiday) Weekend! I'm happy to present the final set of GC Pin-Up Posters! For Eorzea! Please enjoy, and I hope they can bring some smiles :-D Poster Set #5 Immortal Flames Maelstrom Twin Adders Link to comment
QueenFrejyalen Posted July 3, 2015 Share #25 Posted July 3, 2015 Aya and QueenFrejyalen have done a fantastic job over many, many months, and the results of these are just fantastic. While I wasn't directly involved in this, I was fortunate enough that Aya used me as a sounding board for many of the shots, and the sheer number of them are just staggering. All the time spent scouting locations, leveling grand companies, taking screenshots, not to mention the amazing post-processing work QueenFrejyalen has done. These have all turned out just fantastically and I'm ecstatic to see the finished result of all that work! ^////^ :love: 1 Link to comment
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