
Artist's commentary
Alternate Emperor
I wish The Emperor WOULD have some other alternate look in Dissidia 2 instead of just a boring palette swap.
Well this is inspired by his look in the CG opening of Final Fantasy II. See this: [link]
If they did have this costume in Dissidia 2, I wonder how their version would look like. That video only showed him from head to waist only, so I left the lower part of his costume black. It does look unique though. He looks like a different character!
I made him perform a Flare here and I thought of putting a piece of his stage here as background - just to see how this costume matches up with it. And there some other sketches down there too to fill up the blank spaces. Those tattoo-like designs? I just put them there for no particular reason. Maybe that'll be how his crests would look like when he's in this form. Whatever. :D (Big Grin)