Neighbors’ cat, oil on paper. A portrait of our neighbors family cat, who passed away recently. It’s still nice to look back sometimes at older paintings I did of our first family cat. #cats #catart #catpainting #oilpainting #catportraits

Cafe Scene, oil on paper. Sometimes a painting will confound me after I’m finished. This one of a woman at a cafe with a crowd behind her is a great example. I do like the piece overall though. #art #painting #allaprima #cafescene #portrait

Final Fantasy VI Painting | Celes and Ultros Opera Scene #art #finalfantasy #painting #fanart The eighth oil painting in my classic RPG series is another scene from Final Fantasy VI - can you tell this is an… https://jonamdall.com/2026/08/09/final-fantasy-vi-painting-celes-and-ultros-opera-scene/

Final Fantasy VI Painting | Celes and Ultros Opera Scene

The eighth oil painting in my classic RPG series is another scene from Final Fantasy VI - can you tell this is an all-time favorite? Obviously an amazing and memorable game, and with such a large cast of characters, it's challenging to include all of my favorites. This painting features one of the (many) protagonists, Celes Chere, a former General for the Empire who joins the heroes.

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Back to Painting, oil on paper. I had a leftover small piece of treated paper (strathmore oil painting paper) from a previous project, so I thought it would be fun to do a quick head and shoulders portrait. #art #oilpainting #portrait #portraitpainting

Vacation art no. 4, pastels on paper. With this last water pastel portrait, I finally started to get how the medium works (relatively speaking). I still struggled with the water painting phase washing detail out - control is definitely a hurdle. #art #pastel #portrait #artist

Vacation art no. 3, pastels on paper. I’m sharing these in the order they were drawn/painted (whatever the appropriate verb is for water soluble pastels). This really shows the challenges I had learning how they work. #art #pastelart #artist #portrait

Vacation art no. 2, pastels on paper. Sketching during this trip was my first experience using water soluble pastels. Actually, it felt more like a hybrid of drawing and painting, split into a couple phases. Very interesting…and challenging! #art #pastel #sketching #sketchbook

Vacation art no. 1, pastels on paper. When my family and I travel, the kids and I usually do some sketching when we’re just hanging out. This time I wanted to try something new, so I did some drawing/painting with water soluble pastels. #pastelart #pastels #sketchbook #pastelcolors

Secret of Mana painting no. 2, oil on paper. Although I’m surely not finished with classic game inspired paintings, I thought it would be fun to come full circle and do another Secret of Mana scene. #secretofmana #art #painting #fanart #retrogames

Our kitten, oil on paper. I took a little break from the classic game inspired paintings to do an oil paint sketch of our “kitten” since I’d only ever done one of him in a sketchbook. I used quotes because this fluff ball is huge! Bigger than our three year old cat. #cat #catagram #painting #catart

Work in progress Breath of Fire painting, oil on paper. Sometimes I don’t know when to stop, and end up overworking paintings. I may have gone too far of this classic RPG inspired piece of Nina and Ryu from Breath of Fire II. #painting #fanart #breathoffire #artist #gameart

Final Fantasy VI Terra, Edgar, Sabin painting, oil on paper. Here’s another FFVI inspired piece, this time a scene in Narshe with Terra, and Edgar, and Sabin. #painting #fanart #finalfantasy

Final Fantasy IV Cecil Trial of Ordeals, oil on paper. I had a request for this one - a painting of Cecil the dark knight from FFIV overcoming his flaws to become a paladin. #painting #fanart #finalfantasy #artist #artwork

Final Fantasy VI Celes vs Ultros Opera Scene, oil on paper. I took a few months break from painting, but have resumed my classic rpg series with this one. My take on the classic opera scene. I like how it turned out, but this is a compromise from my original. #art #finalfantasy #painting #fanart

Classic RPG painting collection, oil on paper. Wanted to share the entire group of oil paintings I’ve done so far based on my favorite old SNES games - inspired by the Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, and Secret of Mana. #gameart #retrogaming #art #painting #fanart

Magus and Schala Chrono Trigger painting time lapse, oil on paper. Here’s the full time lapse of my painting process for this scene in Zeal Palace. I was really hoping to bring out some of the emotion tied to Magus and Schala’s story. #chronotrigger #art #oilpainting #retrogaming #fanart

Final Fantasy IV Cecil, Rydia, and Chocobo painting time lapse, oil on paper. Here’s the full time lapse of my painting process for this scene from FFIV. I was trying to capture the feeling and vibe of some of the forest overworld in the game. #finalfantasy #art #oilpainting #retrogaming #fanart

Final Fantasy VI Edgar and Sabin painting time lapse, oil on paper. Here’s the full time lapse of my painting process for this scene of the Edgar and Sabin coin flip from Final Fantasy VI. #finalfantasy #art #oilpainting #retrogaming #fanart

The original Final Fantasy, finishing touches. Oil on paper. The first Final Fantasy was probably the most excited I’ve been to a game - it really consumed my imagination when I was a kid. #finalfantasy #fanart #art #painting #rpg

For the sixth oil painting in my classic RPG series, I painted another scene from Chrono Trigger, this time featuring Magus and Schala. In this blog post, more on the painting itself and my aim for the right emotional impact with it (more at the link). #chronotrigger #fanart #art #painting #artist

Chrono Trigger Painting | Magus and Schala in Zeal Palace

For the sixth oil painting in my classic RPG series, I painted another scene from Chrono Trigger, this time featuring Magus and Schala in Zeal Palace. The Zeal plotline in Chrono Trigger is one of my favorite parts of the game, following Magus' journey through time and his search for his sister. You could argue that Schala's role and Magus' journey are central to the entire story, shaping events and connecting time periods.

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Chrono Trigger painting time lapse, oil on paper. Here’s the full time lapse of my painting process for this scene with Chrono, Marle, and Frog. I’ve done quite a few more paintings now in this classic rpg series, more timelapses soon! #chronotrigger #art #oilpainting #retrogaming #fanart

My latest classic game inspired painting blog post, this one featuring a couple of characters from Final Fantasy IV, Rydia and Cecil, sitting with a chocobo nearby. Another of my favorites, and I really enjoyed painting my interpretation of the characters. #finalfantasy #fanart #painting

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

My latest classic game inspired painting features a couple of characters from Final Fantasy IV, Rydia and Cecil, sitting with a chocobo nearby. I've done a couple now from the Final Fantasy series already, so it felt like a must to get into this one. I talked about how much of a game-changer Final Fantasy VI's story was, but really I think Final Fantasy IV was the first game I recall that provided this sort of complex, movie-like plot.

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Finishing up another Chrono Trigger painting, this one featuring Magus and Schala. Magus was one of my favorite characters in this amazing game. I always loved his story, with the search for his sister across time. #chronotrigger #rpgart #painting #gameart #artwork

This is a pencil sketch of the same scene I painted a few weeks ago of Final Fantasy VI characters. I like to compare sketches and paintings in different mediums just to see how much fidelity I can maintain. #art #drawing #sketch #finalfantasy #pencildrawing

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. This blog post features some discussion on the piece… https://jonamdall.com/2026/02/28/final-fantasy-vi-painting-edgar-and-sabin-coin-flip/

Final Fantasy IV painting, adding the finishing touches. This piece is of Cecil and Rydia towards the back half of the game. Rydia was fairly straightforward, but providing my spin on Cecil as a paladin was tricky #finalfantasyiv #art #finalfantasy #painting #gameart

I really need to run more sales on the shop - just put a 30% off on everything. I hope to do some website and etsy shop spring cleaning soon, so seems like a good time to really see what's popular there: www.etsy.com/shop/AmdallG... #etsyshop #etsy #artsale

Blog post about my Chrono Trigger painting, featuring some of my favorite characters Frog, Marle, and Chrono. The classic RPG painting series continues! #painting #fanart #chronotrigger #art https://jonamdall.com/2026/02/14/chrono-trigger-painting-frog-marle-and-chrono/

Finishing up another Final Fantasy VI oil painting, this time of the “coin flip scene” with characters Edgar and Sabin. One of my favorite plot lines in FFVI, I think this captures the same feeling from the pixelated 16 bit version. #finalfantasy #art #artist #painting #squareenix

Finishing up a Chrono Trigger oil painting - a preview of the next in this series inspired by classic rpgs. I’ll share the full time lapse soon! And I didn’t plan on so many, but I’ve already done five of these, so more retro game art to share soon #chronotrigger #art #fanart #snes #painting