The FXN Final Fantasy XIII Podcast is back with episode 7, but…there’s absolutely no news! An epic misadventure ensues as news-hungry maniacs chase down the newly formed four person crew for their fix of FFXIII crac–I mean, info.

This was a blast to work on. I just had to draw something for this week’s episode after listening to the kickass intro sequence that Kyle cooked up. It’s the best one so far, in my opinion. Anyway, got a couple of easter eggs in this piece! The car chase is based off of Burnout Paradise’s “Marked Man” event and David’s got a Zat from Stargate.

It’s a lot more cartoony than my usual works too and I think I’m getting better at noses. However, I noticed that I haven’t been that great with hair. I guess it’s time to start doing more studies again, I haven’t done any in a while. There’s a couple of perspective issues too, I guess I should’ve used a vanishing point, haha.

By the way, I’ll probably be doing some tinkering around with the CSS in the next few days, so if you notice anything wonky with the colours and layout, don’t fret! It’s just me.

FXN and unartifex are proud to present the FXN Final Fantasy XIII Podcast, with host, Kyle; site admin, David and co-host, Jamie!

Haha, so yeah, the podcast is really great! It’s amazingly fun to listen to and it’s about Square-Enix’s next title in the Final Fantasy Franchise: Fabula Nova Crystallis! What’s not to like? I believe this week’s episode will be the fourth one. Things are really shaping up, with guests and special interviews, plus the forum community plays just as big a role, contributing to the feature discussions and question segments of the podcast.

Anyway, working on the promo art was incredibly fun. Lightning was a pain in the bullocks to colour though, as simple as her outfit looks, it’s actually quite the detailed design, but at least Nomura cut back on the 200 belts and buckles, so that was a relief! Haha.

Quick sketch I did today. Who’s it of, I wonder? Okay, fine, it’s Lightning from the upcoming Square-Enix game, Final Fantasy XIII. After seeing that trailer from the CLOUD DVD, which you can download at FXN, I was left ridiculously excited. My favourite scene was when she was surrounded by squads of opposing soldiers and she just stares at them for a few seconds before shooting off a cocky smile. It was brilliant, can’t wait for this game. Er, I’ll paint this eventually.

I think I’m getting better at drawing noses, hooray for drawing from observation!