#ffxiv reference

[diardri]

Dia's FFXIV Art Reference Notes, A possibly long post

Hello! I made this as a thread on my twitter but I might as well post a version of it here. For the record this will be a thread linking to the resources I use when drawing commissions or fanart, I have not made Any of these and whenever I can I will note the creators and link directly to their resources.

GPose Reference First and foremost, if you're drawing a WOL or ordering a commission of your WOL the most important thing is to take a proper reference GPOSE. I use the method in this post, to make sure I got all the angles. Clean refs are super important when drawing armor/intricate outfits so take care to take simple standing poses like the one in the tweet above. Cool dynamic poses might be fun but they're not really useful for referencing.

Gear/Weapon Reference

If you need good references for a weapon/outfit that you don't have a GPOSE for, I recommend using the attire website

This is a japanese website maintained by @/chiyo_asa on twitter and if you've ever looked up a piece of gear in the lodestone you've almost definitely come across their pictures.

This is a super rough translation in english of the menu of the website. While it is in Japanese it's very easy to navigate and all the pictures in the site are super high quality and very useful for referencing.

This is my number one source for gear references I haven't taken myself

The "mirapuri" button afaik is for glams they made themselves that they want to showcase.

An important note about this site specifically is that I believe it's currently undergoing an overhaul so Some weapons/gearsets might not be completely transferred in yet.

That being said, the majority of sets from dungeons/crafting/alliance raids/job gear sets etc are sorted like so, which makes it super easy to look for.

There IS also a search function but I'm pretty sure it works only for japanese input.

NPC reference sheets

@xivrefsheets Offers really detailed resources of npc models. They also occasionally accept requests on their ko-fi (closed at the time of writing this)

These are super useful and really high quality, especially for some of the boss refs they've done. As someone who doesn't use anamnesis I go back to their refs very often

Convocation of the Fourteen refs

Maintained by @/Igeyorhm on twitter this site has a nice list of Ascian refs per character in addition to some lore bits for each of them. Also some very useful closeups of the Ascian clothes.

Even more NPC and Boss Refs

I believe maintained by @/MlNRATHOUS on twitter, this site has a really nice array of major NPC and boss references in various angles and with colourpicks for skintone and hair which is super useful. I use them a Lot

Lalafell centric refs

Norirow Note is a super cute blog that showcases glam items/ weapons/ chocobo barding and more.

It is NOT meant to be an art reference, however if you play a lala like me, I find their showcases useful when drawing gear on lalas.

Even if you don't use it as an art ref it's a super cute blog that's just fun to go through AND fully translated in english so I recommend just having a fun time reading through it anyway.

Bonus- Au Ra Scales.

I literally found out about this today but @/saficchi on twitter has made a super detailed angled ref sheet for both male and female au ra scales and I love them for it

Bonus 2 electric boogaloo- TextTools

I use this to import 3d models of specific weapons into CSP if I'm drawing them.

I don't know how useful this is for other art software but it's saved my ass from freehanding titania weapons so in the thread it goes

That's the full list of refs I personally use, if there's more that people want to add please feel free to do so in the comments. I hope it helps people out in their creative endeavors!

[rosestarart]

A Comprehensive List of Halonic Swears

For your Ishgardian fanfiction and lore reference

I made this for use in my own fic, but I've decided to share it in case it is useful to someone else!

Compiled mainly from MSQ scripts and incidental NPC dialogue. Contains all sworn references of either curse or blessing to Halone or the Fury in MSQ, and some from non-MSQ content. If I am missing any, please feel free to send them my way!

Short, Common Swears

By the Fury

Fury take me

Fury strike me down

Fury willing

Thank the Fury

Halone have mercy

Halone grant me strength

Praise Halone

Halone forgive me

Longer Swears to the Fury

May the Fury watch over you

May the Fury watch over and keep you

May the Fury grant you strength

May the Fury guide your steps

May the Fury guide and protect you

May the Fury guide you

By the grace of the Fury

Receive of the Fury's judgment

Accept the Fury into your heart

Let us see whom the Fury favors

The Fury is with us

The Fury's Gaze is upon us

Fury speed you on your way

'Tis as if the very Fury herself stands before me

Are you the avatar of the Fury Herself?

Praise be unto the Fury

Longer Swears to Halone

It is for Halone to judge

May Halone guide you

Halone's blessings be upon you

If Halone is kind

I give thanks to Halone for your preservation

By the grace of Halone

Halone has blessed us

Halone smiles on us yet again

Halone grant us strength

Halone as my witness

Halone be praised

By the ruth of Halone

[primamchorus]

Loonh Gah reference sheet for @lal-ffxiv

Thank you for the support!

commission & reference sheet creation info

[vielle-art]

Recent ref sheet cm for @/tileo_2 !!

Had SO much fun putting together some variants of this badass lil shortie 🤩!

[voxvc]

First attempt to creating my own character reference sheet.

[mxkokopuff]

Main ref

↓↓ Wardrobe throughout Expansions ↓↓

[dvandom]

OP is secretly Nidhogg.

reblog to explode a landlord

[brilliantbeautyofthedevine]

Des'ree and Khorchi in Sims 4 ❤️💙

[powerup-the-revolution]

ah yes, my new favorite ship: The Truther x The Bullshitter

[dustedbooksandreadingnooks]

Practice your Eorzean!

Saw this post and thought hey! Now that's a great idea! So I did it. On the left is the in game font, and on the right is what I'm calling "Simplified Eorzean", where I took the same theory as when you're teaching a kid how to write. My goal was to simplify the shapes and strokes as much as possible, while still making it the same letter. This way it (should) be easier to practice disregarding the rules and making it in your own handwriting! Under the cut I've placed a stroke/letter guide, and also a blank sheet(With some optional prompts) for practice. Happy writing!

EDIT: Was brought to my attention this is difficult for some people to read- Thank you! So I've added some (hopefully) more accessible versions of every image under the cut as well. Please let me know if you have trouble/what ways I can make it more readable!

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[heckleycat]

Brayflox's Longstop miniboss

[nights-at-crystarium]

Jan 9 is Vivi's bday, and, after 3 years, I finally made a proper ref for him \o/

[finnykin]

headache

[drag00ni]

this outfit was very interesting

[sofusenpai]

they’re sparring again!

[jookpubstock]

Viper & Pictomancer poses ✨

The full set with 30 poses is available for free via Patreon and Ko-Fi

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