Astute readers may well have noticed the new ongoing project over to the right of the page. Coming off the high of a much anticipated cross stitch (that I will post as soon as I get it mounted and framed) I was eager to keep on riding that feeling and deigned to put my energy toward an extensive continuous project — a first for me if you don’t count those Final Fantasy characters from a while back (I don’t).
Over the past few weeks I’ve been immersing myself in Dragon Quest VIII to much enjoyment. The enemies in that game have been one of my favorite aspects. As the entire series seems founded on a steady bedrock of nostalgia, it was no wonder that I remembered my history with the series (which is largely only the first Dragon Warrior game as it’s the only one I’ve finished to completion).
So, I turned my craftiness to it. I threw together a Slime in an afternoon on some of the 11-count fabric that had been sitting around since the big cross stitch xmas. Then, with three more sections of that fabric to go, I thought I might as well use them up too. Then I felt guilty for playing favorites. How could I immortalize only four of these critters? I decided to go for broke and do them all. There are only 40 in the first game. That’s not so many, right? They don’t take too long to finish; as of the time of this post I have seven down and an eighth nearing completion only waiting on photos and posts.
I’ve created a special page to allow you dear readers to browse all of the completed monsters in a single viewing. As they are posted you’ll be able to find them here. As this effort progresses I also intend to flesh out the description, adding background information and other tidbits. Perhaps I might also craft a dedicated feed for these posts if I feel it worthwhile.
