...for !!!...


Ladies and gentlemen, the leading man and skypirate himself: Balthier

The main reason why I like Final Fantasy 12 so much is because Balthier was in the game. He has such clever lines and his voice is to die for.

Balthier: *winks*
Vincent: 'Eww, are you flirting with me?
Balthier: o_O


LoL, I spent 5 hours drawing all these details of his vest! It wasn't complicated to do, just very time consuming.

The hair I kinda rushed off. The background I drew with mechanical pencils. lol Yes, even more time consuming than the vest, but I like it this way.


After I was done I had this convo with mom:

Mom: 'Is he done?'
Me: *adds signature* 'I think he is now!'
Mom: 'Okay! Can I see it?!'
Me: 'Yeah... sure!'
Mom: *watches drawing* 'What's his name?'
Me: 'It's Balthier'
Mom: '...Come again?'
Me: 'It's Balthier, he's standing on my desk too!'
Mom: 'Ah yes, that's nice. It's pretty but not as pretty as that portrait of that creative guy.'
Me: 'Huh? (*creative guy? o_O*) Who are you talking about?'
Mom: 'You know, that hot guy with the long hair. He's so nice!'

What she's trying to say she likes Jared Leto, lol. Sorry Balthier!

Balthier: 'I have feelings too, you know?' T_T
No you don't.
Balthier: 'oh... right... '


Stuff I used:

2H, HB, B, 2B & 3B mechanical pencils

tissues and tortillions for blending

very crappy quality A4 size sketchbook

reference picture

Time spent: approx 14 hours!

Work in progress can be found here!:
WIP 1


About that contest... well eh... I promise I'll write it down for you tomorrow things went a little different today!