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Aesgrath — Lightning. by-nc-nd

Published: 2011-03-12 23:58:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 1215; Favourites: 53; Downloads: 31
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Description Phew this babe was certainly a challenge...
The hardest part was to mix the realism of cg
with my still undeveloped style and doing
my best to make her LOOK like Lightning
I picked her in-battle pose, it looks sooo dynamic! <3
I tried some new techniques for the coloring
on this one, took me a while though since
I messed up the layers a few times lol.(Lazyness XD)
I hope you like it!
It was fun and challenging for me in the long run

*(YES I'm aware Light is right handed but
I wanted her to hold the sword with her left hand
that has the glove, looks sexier that way imho )

Outline drawn and colored in Photoshop CS4/Intuos 4
Time taken: About a week, 2-3 hours per day
Music: Various but mostly this one
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You can see here the early sketch(face only)
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Character Lightning, FF XIII and Final Fantasy XIII logo
belong to Tetsuya Namura and SquareEnix.
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Comments: 13

MADG3ni0us [2011-03-13 23:18:54 +0000 UTC]

Nicely done i find lightning very hard to do because of the large amount of details on her clothing it can drive u insane. I'll say only thing i dislike is that her lips look a lil weird but overall awesome job!

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Aesgrath In reply to MADG3ni0us [2011-03-14 00:47:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
Tell me about it! It was seriously frustrating and I witnessed firsthand >.<
About the hips, yes maybe you are right 'cause the cloth may not "sit" well, otherwise I've done my best on the anatomy

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MADG3ni0us In reply to Aesgrath [2011-03-14 00:50:28 +0000 UTC]

XD lips not hips lols

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Aesgrath In reply to MADG3ni0us [2011-03-14 01:16:08 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I misread >.<
Yes, maybe, I went for a bit more of a sultry look

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MADG3ni0us In reply to Aesgrath [2011-03-14 01:23:13 +0000 UTC]

XD

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Levia-the-Dragon [2011-03-13 05:23:56 +0000 UTC]

Huh, i thought her hair was shorter... must be my weird imagination then. She looks a little more... valley-girl than badass here, I think it's the pink lipstick and slightly vacant expression.

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Aesgrath In reply to Levia-the-Dragon [2011-03-13 14:52:56 +0000 UTC]

It is!
You can't believe how many variations of her her I've seen lately,
it's just confusing lol so I picked the hair from FF XIII- 2,
it's slightly longer there

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Levia-the-Dragon In reply to Aesgrath [2011-03-13 17:00:54 +0000 UTC]

Ahhh, I'd forgotten about that... that.

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ShadowyZman [2011-03-13 03:46:32 +0000 UTC]

Niiice!
By the way I'm having a contest if you're interested

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Aesgrath In reply to ShadowyZman [2011-03-13 14:47:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you
Sure I'm game, sent me the details

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ShadowyZman In reply to Aesgrath [2011-03-13 20:06:27 +0000 UTC]

The contest is about my character Jane She's to be shown in peril. The details are here:

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The link also has the prizes and the reference images

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XNocturnalLightX [2011-03-13 02:02:06 +0000 UTC]

*breath taken* Such a beautiful drawing!

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Aesgrath In reply to XNocturnalLightX [2011-03-13 03:06:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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