The first sorceress enemy fought during time compression has a similar facial tattoo or makeup to Adel and Ultimecia. In the fighting sequence the tattoo is replaced by an actual set wings. Sorceress Adel appears to have facial tattoos and a set of tattoos that delineate a mirror-image of wings on her back. Sorceress Edea has white lines extending from the corner of her eye and cheek, but they appear to be makeup, as they are no longer visible when she dresses down. Sorceresses are associated with body modifications, and lines around their faces, which could be either tattoos or body paint or makeup. Mike Tyson also has a similar facial tattoo.
The inspiration for Zell's tattoo came from a music video that featured a man with a full body tattoo resembling tribal origin and design. Zell Dincht has a black tribal tattoo on the left side of his face. Last Boss Spirit) on Bizarro∙Sephiroth's upper-arm.Īrtwork of Bizarro∙Sephiroth. Frequent Patron) on Behemoth's foreleg, ラスボス魂 ( Rasu Bosu Tamashī ?, lit.
Super Herculean Strength) on Gigas's upper-arm 常連 ( Jōren ?, lit. Other text on body parts in enemy artwork include 毎度おまさに ( Maidō Omasani ?) down Vice's upperarm, 超剛力 ( Chōgōriki ?, lit. 002 (too small to read )", "son of a bitch", and "kill". Aps also has a similar tattoo in its artwork absent from its in-game model: a heart with a sword through it, bordered with the text "Colneo's Pet No. This is not on his character model in-game, however. On Don Corneo's artwork he has the word "Love" above a heart pierced by an arrow tattooed on the left side of his head. They are not visible on his original in-game character models, but appear on his original artwork by Tetsuya Nomura, and on his Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- portrait and in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Final Fantasy VII Remake. As Seto, Red XIII's father, also has the tattoo, it can be taken to be the symbol of their tribe. In a concept artwork for an older Red XIII and a cub, the cub has the same tattoo Red XIII has without out the XIII numeric. During his breakdown, Cloud Strife begs Hojo to tattoo him as well, to "give him a number".
In Final Fantasy VII Remake the clones' tattoos are large black numbers. In this vein, the Sephiroth-clones are said to have tattoos of numbers, but in the original game they are not actually seen in either artwork or in-game models.
His "XIII" tattoo was placed on him by Professor Hojo, who tattoos his test subjects to keep track of them. Red XIII has black patterns on his legs and what appears to be face paint. The new tattoo design has a rounder skull with extending wisps of flames.Ĭuriously, Barret's artwork for Final Fantasy VII G-Bike doesn't have the tattoo. The tattoo was altered for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Barret has continued to appear with the new design as recently as in the Final Fantasy VII Remake. In the original Final Fantasy VII, Barret's tattoo is a skull with flames that resemble the shape of wings around it. The earliest concept art shows a horned skull with "HEVEN" written under it. Key art of Barret and Marlene for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.īarret Wallace has a skull tattoo on his right shoulder. Yang Fang Leiden has a red tattoo on his shoulder. 1.6.1 Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.