I got done with another hard & incredibly nightmarish 16-page paper (for my Criminology class) last night & I was so relieved (to feel the stress & frustration leave me) that I drew this up & painted it last night.

The character design in Final Fantasy XII is so detailed but I have a lot of fun drawing it. I'm also experimenting with different poses & anatomy is really hard to get right. Though the anatomy & proportions in the picture came out good (for me!!!) so I'm happy. (And ja, ja, his right arm might look a little off but the angle is actually correct...his arm is resting on something.) But yes, this is Balthier from FF12, of course. He's my favourite male character in the game; he kind of seems like a player & he flirts but he's awesome. And he's the only guy that can wear pastel-coloured bracelet's & rings and still look like the straightest guy. Drawing him makes me want to draw Fran now. The weapon that is leaning on him is his Antares gun; it's the 3rd strongest rifle for him.

Drawn with coloured india inks & then coloured in with watercolours. Because the blue background (originally) came out really awful (my blue watercolours were being hell & were mottling), I had to edit it with Photoshop. So yeah...the sky is Photoshop, bloody hell.

Final Fantasy XII (c) Square Enix
Balthier character design (c) Akihiko Yoshida
Fan Art (c) J.E.McNeese. Please in the name of all that is right, do not steal or copy this image.