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Concept Art 60: The Ekpyrosis Emblem.
🕑 Added 2024-01-04 17:28:18 +0000 UTCThe Ekpyrosis church emblem is important as it symbolizes the power and presence of the religion and the influence of Adam over all of Arcadia, so you will find this emblem in flags, official documents, religious ceremonies, and so many other things.
I explored various ideas for the emblem at first but the main things I wanted to depict in it were: Adam's influence, the twin keys, and Infinity (as a symbol for the eternal cycles).
In the end, I arrived at the 2 main concepts:
1- number one is more influenced by real religious imagery like the cross representing Adam or the twin keys as a reference to the Vatican Emblem with the keys of heaven. Infinity as though it might not seem like it, is present in a more subtle way as an Alpha and Omega in Adamic script in both sides of the cross also referencing both the gates of Alpha and Omega ( white magh and dark magh, Life and Death, Chaos and Order)
2- Number 2 is more influenced by fantasy emblems like the Ivalice universe in Final Fantasy, and while it also incorporates the infinity, the keys, and Adam maybe it doesn't feel as well thought out as the first one, this feels more superficial I guess.
That's why I might be inclined to go for number 1, but hey let me know which one is your fave in the comments!
Comments
Garreon LeFay
The moment I saw the second concept i thought of the Emblems of the Beast to which the Espers are tied to......the second thing that came to mind, which also came from Ivalice, was the Blood Sin from Vagrant Story
Gray Gately
I like the first one more - it feels more succinct and eyecatching compared to the second
