FFXIII - Lightning

Just for the heck of it I drew Lightning in super realism, just because I feel I need to practice portraiture more often. So I did this between classes yesterday and Monday, when I had either no work to do or there wasn't a point to start any work.

I'm happy how it turned out, except maybe the hair, but that was suicide anyways, particularly the hair flowing over the shoulder. D: It looks so bad...

And yes I realize that my shading isn't 'smoothed-in' but its just how I shade; I prefer line shading and cross-hatching. It also should look a bit darker, but the scanner brightened it up a bit. I did darken it slightly in photoshop, but it still looks too light to me. :/

Process: [link]


_{Done with .5 and .7 mechanical pencil on sketch bond paper
About 7-8 hours
Lightning belongs to Square}