Hmmm... I think I promised a few people to get this done like, wait, half a year ago?
I started back then but I had this in my WIP folder for so long because I just didn't find the inspiration to finish. I drew it without a reference (except official art for the clothes) and I'm not sure if I'm satisfied with the outcome. But hey, you were waiting for it so I should keep my promise
It's Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII and an "OM" (Original Monster, just invented the term, hehe). Looking forward to your opinion and critique.
I used some textures from cgtextures.com and a leather texture from my own stock [link]
Edit (10-31-2010): Tweaked a few things. But still looking for your advice! Edit (11-10-2010): Another update is done after receiving some great input from *Chukairi and =Fiveonthe - thank you!
Final Fantasy is copyrighted by Square Enix, Lightning character design by Tetsuya Nomura.
You can download a bigger version, but make sure you use it under the Creative Commons license. Do not make changes to it (don't use it for signatures, wallpapers, avatars, manipulations etc. without my written permission), and never-ever for commercial purposes. If you upload it somewhere else, please link to this deviation page and make clear that it's fanart.
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