Norne - Tumblr Posts
I draw characters that don't get enough love. Don't like popular ones, for some reason
Malibu Norne, for the upcoming beach banner in Fire Emblem Heroes. A friend on the FE amino inspired me to do it. I tried yo make her swimsuit look like a vintage one piece, and I think I did pretty well. The octopus is named Steve. He's my new OC.
"Ho there! I'm Norne, a volunteer in the Altean army. Don't let the festive attire fool ya; I'm a keen hand with a bow if you're needin' one."
Finally finished this! I started it back in November, but if there's one thing I'm good at, it's not finishing anything. I adore Norne, have I mentioned that? I think I mentioned that. So instead of the "default outfit but red with white trim" that seems to be the standard holiday skin, I tried to make her into something that actually ties in to the season. She's an elf! With a gingerbread bow that shoots candy cane arrows. I was planning on doing some of my other favorite characters (with inspiration from other seasonal holidays, not just christmas), but I'm the queen of procrastinating, so I can't make promises.
IS... I know you'll remake Shadow Dragon one day, I can feel it in my bones. When that day comes... Nintendo, please let 8-4 do the localization. And 8-4, PLEASE let Norne be a country bumpkin with an accent like Donnel. I can't express how disappointed I was with Mozume. That's all I want for Christmas.
So, I actually drew this some time last year, but I never really liked it, so into the corner it went. I fished it out a few weeks ago and decided to try and finish it. There were lots of mistakes with the linework, and while I managed fix *some* of them, I couldn't make it *right*, partially due to the acrylic paint I use as whiteout being really hard to draw on this time for some reason.
I fucking LOVE New Mystery of the Emblem. It's my second favorite game in the series, after Conquest. These are my favorite characters from the game (and Barst, but these are the top three). NM is honestly the only game whose cast I actually like. It's amazing how three conversations can make a character more sympathetic, interesting and likeable than several pages worth of dialogue. Sad that IntSys decided to forego quality in favor of quantity these days. And I know Cecil is from the original Mystery and Norne and Frey are from Shadow Dragon, but the non-main characters in the famicom games were pretty much NPCs, and characters that are locked out of all but the easiest game mode might as well not exist. If IS remakes Shadow Dragon in another twenty years, for the love of Naga, make the prologue a part of the whole game. It was literally the best part of the story!