Digital black and white ink sketch of a scene from Final Fantasy IX. Garnet and Zidane are reunited, after Zidane was thought to have died during the escape from Memoria.
#IXtober day 31:
"How did you survive...?"
"I didn't have a choice.
I had to live.
I wanted to come home to you."
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Digital black and white ink sketch of a scene from Final Fantasy IX. The eight heroes (silhouetted in the foreground) face off against Necron, the final boss and personification of death and despair.
#IXtober day 30:
"Why defy your fate? Is the will to live that powerful...?"
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Digital black and white ink sketch of a scene from Final Fantasy IX. Once they reach the crystal, the party (represented by Zidane in the foreground) faces off against Trance Kuja.
#IXtober day 29:
The Dark Messenger
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Digital black and white ink sketch of a scene from Final Fantasy IX. The party (Amarant, Eiko, Vivi, Zidane, Garnet, Steiner, Freya and Quina) stand facing the entrance to Memoria, the final dungeon.
#IXtober day 28:
Memoria
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Digital black and white ink sketch of a scene from Final Fantasy IX. Kuja, now in his Trance form, begins his destruction of Terra.
#IXtober day 27
"I won't let this world exist without me!"
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Digital black and white ink sketch, themed around Final Fantasy IX. Zidane has just discovered his origins as a Terran genome and the other party members rally round him; Garnet (with her hand on Zidane's shoulder), Vivi, Eiko, Quina, Steiner, Freya and Amarant (turned away, trying to look aloof). In the background, Garland, Zidane's creator, is silhouetted and facing away.
#IXtober day 26:
"You're not alone!"
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Digital black and white ink sketch, themed around Final Fantasy IX. The party's airship travels over the sea to Terra's entrance portal. In the background, are the four shrine guardians (Fire: Marilith, Earth: Lich, Wind: Tiamat and Water: Kraken), who the party had to defeat in order to unlock the portal's seal.
#IXtober day 25:
Journey to Terra.
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Digital black and white ink sketch of a scene from Final Fantasy IX. Garnet cuts off her hair with Zidane's dagger and lets it fly away in the breeze.
#IXtober day 24:
"Remember the way I was... for me."
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Digital black and white ink sketch of a scene from Final Fantasy IX. Garnet and Eiko use their crystal fragments to summon Alexander, a guardian deity to help protect the kindgom of Alexandria. Two of its four wings appear from behind Alexandria castle as it emerges. The moon shines from above.
#IXtober day 23:
"O holy guardian, hear our prayer."
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Digital black and white ink sketch of a scene from Final Fantasy IX. Kuja (foreground), on the back of a silver dragon, summons the Invincible (airship that looks like an eye with a target reticule, showing through the clouds) to turn Queen Brahne's Bahamut summon from an enemy into an ally. Underneath in the background, Brahne's warships are approaching the Iifa Tree from the sea, all about to be destroyed.
#IXtober day 22:
"And you, Brahne...
Your tragic role in this drama now comes to an end!"
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Digital black and white ink sketch of a scene from Final Fantasy IX. After meeting Eiko and entering Madain Sari (ruined city with rocky outcrops), Eiko calls out for her Moogle companions. Mog, the one flying above, is the last to arrive.
#IXtober day 21:
"MOG!"
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Digital black and white ink sketch of a scene from Final Fantasy IX. Quina and Vivi have their "wedding" at Conde Petie, standing on a platform on a stationary boat.
#IXtober day 20:
"I... so happy..."
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Digital black and white ink sketch of a scene from Final Fantasy IX. Vivi discovers the cemetery in the Black Mage Village and the two mages either side of him are explaining that they bury their friends here when they "stop moving". In the background are various grave markers, using clothes and possessions of their friends.
#IXtober day 19:
"My friend who knows lots of things told me that this is what "death" was, and we had to bury him."
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Digital black and white ink sketch of a scene from Final Fantasy IX. Queen Brahne has summoned Odin, who descends from the sky and throws an exploding spear at the Kingdom of Cleyra below. Silhouetted in the foreground is Queen Brahne's airship, the Red Rose.
#IXtober day 18:
"Odin, come to me!!!"
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Digital black and white ink sketch of a scene from Final Fantasy IX. Queen Brahne looks on as Kuja puts Princess Garnet to sleep.
#IXtober day 17:
"Overcome by grief, the princess must sleep for a hundred years..."
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Black and white ink drawing of the scene in Final Fantasy IX, where Garnet renames herself "Dagger". She's holding up Zidane's dagger, while Zidane, Vivi and Steiner (looking bemused and clenching his fists) look on.
#IXtober day 6:
"From now on, my name is..."
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Digital black and white ink drawing of the first Black Waltz landing in front of Zidane, in Final Fantasy IX.
#IXtober day 5:
"Why didn't you fall asleep? You should be dead by now..."
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Digital black and white ink drawing of the scene in Final Fantasy IX, where Blank gets caught by the paralysing plants in the Evil Forest. He and Zidane are both reaching out to each other in vain.
#IXtober day 4: "Blank..."
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Black and white digital ink drawing of Zidane and Garnet from Final Fantasy IX, swinging on bunting as they escape Castle Alexandria.
#IXtober day 3: Escape
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Black and white digital ink drawing of Vivi and Puck (rat kid) from Final Fantasy IX, after breaking into Alexandria Castle to watch the play.
#IXtober day 2: "Whew... we finally made it!"
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Black and white digital ink sketch, depicting one of the opening scenes of Final Fantasy IX, where Baku goes through the plan to kidnap Princess Garnet (a doll of whom he is holding), with Zidane, Blank, Marcus and Cinna (holding the model of the Prima Vista ship).
#IXtober Day 1: The plan
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Promo image for my Final Fantasy IX themed daily sketches for October 2025. The sketch in the bottom right is of Vivi Ornitier, with chocobo chick Bobby Corwen. Text reads: "A Place to Call Home. A Final Fantasy IX 25th anniversary celebration. An FFIX sketch a day for October 2025. Tag: #IXtober . Feel free to join in and use it for your own creative works! @ryuuza.bsky.social."
This October, as part of my #FinalFantasyIX 25th anniversary celebrations, I'm doing #FFIX themed daily sketches!
I'll be posting them on all socials under the tag #IXtober - anyone else doing FFIX creative works is absolutely free to use it for themselves. ❤️
#drawtober #drawtober2025
