diff --git a/ff/Cargo.toml b/ff/Cargo.toml
index 56939ca93..4a51ec433 100644
--- a/ff/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ff/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ ark-std = { version = "0.2.0", default-features = false }
 ark-serialize = { version = "^0.2.0", path = "../serialize", default-features = false }
 derivative = { version = "2", features = ["use_core"] }
 num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
+paste = "1.0"
 rayon = { version = "1", optional = true }
 zeroize = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["zeroize_derive"] }
 
diff --git a/ff/src/fields/arithmetic.rs b/ff/src/fields/arithmetic.rs
index 34924103b..b65e60974 100644
--- a/ff/src/fields/arithmetic.rs
+++ b/ff/src/fields/arithmetic.rs
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_prime_field_standard_sample {
 }
 
 macro_rules! impl_prime_field_from_int {
-    ($field: ident, u128, $params: ident, $limbs:expr) => {
+    ($field: ident, 128, $params: ident, $limbs:expr) => {
         impl<P: $params> From<u128> for $field<P> {
             fn from(other: u128) -> Self {
                 let mut default_int = P::BigInt::default();
@@ -242,10 +242,21 @@ macro_rules! impl_prime_field_from_int {
                 Self::from_repr(default_int).unwrap()
             }
         }
+
+        impl <P: $params> From<i128> for $field<P> {
+            fn from(other: i128) -> Self {
+                let abs = Self::from(other.unsigned_abs());
+                if other.is_positive() {
+                    abs
+                } else {
+                    -abs
+                }
+            }
+        }
     };
-    ($field: ident, $int: ident, $params: ident, $limbs:expr) => {
-        impl<P: $params> From<$int> for $field<P> {
-            fn from(other: $int) -> Self {
+    ($field: ident, bool, $params: ident, $limbs:expr) => {
+        impl<P: $params> From<bool> for $field<P> {
+            fn from(other: bool) -> Self {
                 if $limbs == 1 {
                     Self::from_repr(P::BigInt::from(u64::from(other) % P::MODULUS.0[0])).unwrap()
                 } else {
@@ -254,6 +265,30 @@ macro_rules! impl_prime_field_from_int {
             }
         }
     };
+    ($field: ident, $int: expr, $params: ident, $limbs:expr) => {
+        paste::paste!{
+            impl<P: $params> From<[<u $int>]> for $field<P> {
+                fn from(other: [<u $int>]) -> Self {
+                    if $limbs == 1 {
+                        Self::from_repr(P::BigInt::from(u64::from(other) % P::MODULUS.0[0])).unwrap()
+                    } else {
+                        Self::from_repr(P::BigInt::from(u64::from(other))).unwrap()
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            impl<P: $params> From<[<i $int>]> for $field<P> {
+                fn from(other: [<i $int>]) -> Self {
+                    let abs = Self::from(other.unsigned_abs());
+                    if other.is_positive() {
+                        abs
+                    } else {
+                        -abs
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    };
 }
 
 macro_rules! sqrt_impl {
diff --git a/ff/src/fields/macros.rs b/ff/src/fields/macros.rs
index 09ccf9e42..4fbc434aa 100644
--- a/ff/src/fields/macros.rs
+++ b/ff/src/fields/macros.rs
@@ -530,11 +530,11 @@ macro_rules! impl_Fp {
             }
         }
 
-        impl_prime_field_from_int!($Fp, u128, $FpParameters, $limbs);
-        impl_prime_field_from_int!($Fp, u64, $FpParameters, $limbs);
-        impl_prime_field_from_int!($Fp, u32, $FpParameters, $limbs);
-        impl_prime_field_from_int!($Fp, u16, $FpParameters, $limbs);
-        impl_prime_field_from_int!($Fp, u8, $FpParameters, $limbs);
+        impl_prime_field_from_int!($Fp, 128, $FpParameters, $limbs);
+        impl_prime_field_from_int!($Fp, 64, $FpParameters, $limbs);
+        impl_prime_field_from_int!($Fp, 32, $FpParameters, $limbs);
+        impl_prime_field_from_int!($Fp, 16, $FpParameters, $limbs);
+        impl_prime_field_from_int!($Fp, 8, $FpParameters, $limbs);
         impl_prime_field_from_int!($Fp, bool, $FpParameters, $limbs);
 
         impl_prime_field_standard_sample!($Fp, $FpParameters);
diff --git a/ff/src/fields/models/cubic_extension.rs b/ff/src/fields/models/cubic_extension.rs
index 48d33ca4a..88db731bf 100644
--- a/ff/src/fields/models/cubic_extension.rs
+++ b/ff/src/fields/models/cubic_extension.rs
@@ -312,6 +312,18 @@ impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<u128> for CubicExtField<P> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<i128> for CubicExtField<P> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(val: i128) -> Self {
+        let abs = Self::from(val.unsigned_abs());
+        if val.is_positive() {
+            abs
+        } else {
+            -abs
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<u64> for CubicExtField<P> {
     fn from(other: u64) -> Self {
         let fe: P::BaseField = other.into();
@@ -319,6 +331,18 @@ impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<u64> for CubicExtField<P> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<i64> for CubicExtField<P> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(val: i64) -> Self {
+        let abs = Self::from(val.unsigned_abs());
+        if val.is_positive() {
+            abs
+        } else {
+            -abs
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<u32> for CubicExtField<P> {
     fn from(other: u32) -> Self {
         let fe: P::BaseField = other.into();
@@ -326,6 +350,18 @@ impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<u32> for CubicExtField<P> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<i32> for CubicExtField<P> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(val: i32) -> Self {
+        let abs = Self::from(val.unsigned_abs());
+        if val.is_positive() {
+            abs
+        } else {
+            -abs
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<u16> for CubicExtField<P> {
     fn from(other: u16) -> Self {
         let fe: P::BaseField = other.into();
@@ -333,6 +369,18 @@ impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<u16> for CubicExtField<P> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<i16> for CubicExtField<P> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(val: i16) -> Self {
+        let abs = Self::from(val.unsigned_abs());
+        if val.is_positive() {
+            abs
+        } else {
+            -abs
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<u8> for CubicExtField<P> {
     fn from(other: u8) -> Self {
         let fe: P::BaseField = other.into();
@@ -340,6 +388,18 @@ impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<u8> for CubicExtField<P> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<i8> for CubicExtField<P> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(val: i8) -> Self {
+        let abs = Self::from(val.unsigned_abs());
+        if val.is_positive() {
+            abs
+        } else {
+            -abs
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<P: CubicExtParameters> From<bool> for CubicExtField<P> {
     fn from(other: bool) -> Self {
         Self::new(
diff --git a/ff/src/fields/models/quadratic_extension.rs b/ff/src/fields/models/quadratic_extension.rs
index 4e0d664de..a7e36dace 100644
--- a/ff/src/fields/models/quadratic_extension.rs
+++ b/ff/src/fields/models/quadratic_extension.rs
@@ -435,30 +435,90 @@ impl<P: QuadExtParameters> From<u128> for QuadExtField<P> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<P: QuadExtParameters> From<i128> for QuadExtField<P> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(val: i128) -> Self {
+        let abs = Self::from(val.unsigned_abs());
+        if val.is_positive() {
+            abs
+        } else {
+            -abs
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<P: QuadExtParameters> From<u64> for QuadExtField<P> {
     fn from(other: u64) -> Self {
         Self::new(other.into(), P::BaseField::zero())
     }
 }
 
+impl<P: QuadExtParameters> From<i64> for QuadExtField<P> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(val: i64) -> Self {
+        let abs = Self::from(val.unsigned_abs());
+        if val.is_positive() {
+            abs
+        } else {
+            -abs
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<P: QuadExtParameters> From<u32> for QuadExtField<P> {
     fn from(other: u32) -> Self {
         Self::new(other.into(), P::BaseField::zero())
     }
 }
 
+impl<P: QuadExtParameters> From<i32> for QuadExtField<P> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(val: i32) -> Self {
+        let abs = Self::from(val.unsigned_abs());
+        if val.is_positive() {
+            abs
+        } else {
+            -abs
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<P: QuadExtParameters> From<u16> for QuadExtField<P> {
     fn from(other: u16) -> Self {
         Self::new(other.into(), P::BaseField::zero())
     }
 }
 
+impl<P: QuadExtParameters> From<i16> for QuadExtField<P> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(val: i16) -> Self {
+        let abs = Self::from(val.unsigned_abs());
+        if val.is_positive() {
+            abs
+        } else {
+            -abs
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<P: QuadExtParameters> From<u8> for QuadExtField<P> {
     fn from(other: u8) -> Self {
         Self::new(other.into(), P::BaseField::zero())
     }
 }
 
+impl<P: QuadExtParameters> From<i8> for QuadExtField<P> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(val: i8) -> Self {
+        let abs = Self::from(val.unsigned_abs());
+        if val.is_positive() {
+            abs
+        } else {
+            -abs
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<P: QuadExtParameters> From<bool> for QuadExtField<P> {
     fn from(other: bool) -> Self {
         Self::new(u8::from(other).into(), P::BaseField::zero())