Final Fantasy VI Painting | Edgar and Sabin Coin Flip

Jon Amdall

1 month ago

My classic SNES painting series continues with this piece, which is another Final Fantasy VI painting, this time featuring the Figaro brothers Edgar and Sabin. These were two of my favorite characters from the game, although in fairness I could potentially say that about most of the cast from Final Fantasy VI. This scene in particular, where the brothers flip a coin to determine who becomes king, is incredibly memorable. This is my second Final Fantasy VI painting, which clearly continues to be a source of inspiration. I’ve already shared one Chrono Trigger painting, and have another in the works. This all started with a Secret of Mana painting, and at this point seems like something that will continue!

This Edgar and Sabin Final Fantasy VI oil painting was done on 12″ X 12″ oil paper and was my 279th overall. I’ll follow my standard format here, which is to share an image of the painting, the Instagram time lapse, and some verbiage specific to the piece. Then, I’ll embed the YouTube discussion video, including another brief writeup on the topic, materials used, and some other hopefully useful information. I’ll wrap the post up by sharing the YT Shorts time lapse and some other similar painting videos.

*Final Fantasy VI Edgar and Sabin, oil on paper*.

Chrono Trigger Painting | Magus and Schala in Zeal Palace

Final Fantasy IV Painting | Rydia, Cecil, and a Chocobo

Before discussing the painting itself, a bit more on this scene. When this game first came out, most games had relatively bare-bones stories. But this game, as with Final Fantasy IV, had a fantastic story with complex, varied characters. In this scene, Edgar and Sabin’s father has passed away, and they decide to flip a coin to determine who will be the next king. Edgar wins the coin flip, and so Sabin is then free to leave and travel the world. Later, we find out that Edgar actually used a two headed coin to rig the flip. On it’s surface, this sounds shady, but the truth of it is that Edgar did this to free Sabin from the burden. Edgar knew Sabin wanted his freedom, and so made sure his brother had it. This was such a compelling, multi-layered twist that just knocked me off my feet as a kid.

As I mentioned at the top, I’ve really gotten emersed in these classic RPG paintings. Initially, I didn’t have anything like this in mind; I just painted the Secret of Mana piece without intentions to do more. But then I started thinking about Final Fantasy VI and wanted to do something for that game…and inspiration kept hitting me. I’ve done six now and have several more in mind! As long as this inspiration keeps hitting, there’s certainly no reason to stop.

I’ve embedded a discussion video from YouTube above – this is a time lapse of the painting process with some discussion with the process. Within these videos, I try to either condense a walkthrough video into a fairly short time frame or focus on a specific topic. It’s certainly not a comprehensive step-by-step type of walkthrough, but it does cover some similar ground from this post.

I’ll add some additional details of the video I shared on YouTube, including materials used and some other information. I’ll also embed the Shorts video, although it’s kind of redundant to the Instagram Reels post, as I typically just share the same edited vertical time lapse on both platforms. The main video I’ve embedded is around the usual amount, and is similar in format and presentation to some of the others I’ve done (also linked after the timestamps).

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