Suikoden

It's not like I have any pattern whatsoever, here. Even if I try to create one I then go on to ignore it. A lot.

Jowy The companion to the Riou skin at the bottom of this page. Unfortunately, most of the detail on his clothes is covered by the equalizer, but I'm reasonably happy with the results all the same. The title was recommended by Merc, while the image, like the images used in several of my other Suikoden skins, came from Konami's gallery.
Cleo Scan credit goes to Cat. In the original, she was kneeling in front of Leknaat, presumably being given the fire rune. I cropped it down to just her because that was the only way it worked as a skin. The title's random but seemed, as with so many of my other song choices, like a good idea at the time. I like this much better than the previous Cleo skin, though I am aware of the widespread hatred of pink.
Sierra Any woman who'll kick Nash down a flight of stairs is okay by me! And no, she is not married to him. I love this skin - blue and purple wheee. And the font is pretty. The title is about as uncreative as it is possible for a title to be, but that's okay, because thanks to the font it looks pretty.
Viktor The Suikoden 1 characters are plainly conspiring against me. Why the hell do the skins I make for them turn out so godawful? Blargh. I love Viktor dearly, and I think I love the S1 art - this is such a good image of him - and he very nearly redeems this piece of crap, but "nearly" just isn't good enough.

The title was taken from the Bon Jovi song, and while the lyrics are completely inane (and also reference Frank Sinatra), the song sort of fits Viktor. Not that Vik's inane, mind you, but... well, I don't know, anything that mentions not living forever has some potential to apply to Suikoden. I should not write this sort of thing while stoned on sinus medication.

Riou The background consists of the Suikoden 2 map, Jowy's face, and the runes, and yes, I flipped them. Sorry. The title's from the song by Buffalo Springfield, because I suck with the titles, yo. And it's orange. Which is actually appropriate! Cool!

It really isn't often that I like a storyline better the second time around, but I can honestly say that about Suikoden 2.

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