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Published: 2015-01-08 01:58:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 4634; Favourites: 51; Downloads: 5
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Description "I'll protect you now. My true feelings... will protect you."

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Presenting my seventh submission for the Ladies of Gundam project, a project that will feature a series of portraits of female characters from the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise...

My first submission for the year 2015, a realism rendition of Flay Allster from Mobile Suit Gundam Seed. Yes, I started this year painting a character known for being bratty, manipulative and insane. But to me, I see Flay more as a misjudged individual. I prefer painting her smiling and wearing her default pink attire. I hope you like this rendition.


LINKS to other Ladies of Gundam portraits:

01.) Aila Jyrkiainen                             
02.) Tiffa Adill                                       
03.) Elpeo Ple                                      
04.) Relena Peacecraft                       
05.) Fa Yuiry                                        
06.) Wang Liu Mei
07.) Flay Allster
08.) Quess Paraya
09.) Kaoruko Sazaki
10.) Lunamaria Hawke
11.) Kiki Rosita
12.) Cagalli Yula Athha
13.) Yurii Ajissah
14.) Haman Karn  / 2.0
15.) Mineva Lao Zabi
16.) Rain Mikamura
17.) Mirai Kamiki
18.) Kudelia Aina Bernstein
19.) Lacus Clyne
20.) Emily Amonde


More Ladies of Gundam portraits coming soon...


Flay Allster and everything affiliating Mobile Suit Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed are copyright trademarks of Yoshiyuki Tomino, Sunrise Inc. and Bandai co. ltd.

This is fanart only, please do not steal
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Comments: 14

vikernese [2017-01-01 18:08:56 +0000 UTC]

Nice work there. Do check out my drawings of kira x flay

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thatguy999 [2015-12-12 18:36:22 +0000 UTC]

And the ultimate irony, she not only ended up falling in love with a Coordinator, but the Ultimate Coordinator.  Incredible piece.

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2ble-ZZ In reply to thatguy999 [2015-12-13 13:13:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you...

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AUTODECEPTITRON [2015-01-18 22:04:09 +0000 UTC]

Me: *watching when Flay and Kira doink each other* Screw Fifty Shades of Grey, this is Fifty Shades of Flay XD

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G4MM43T4 [2015-01-10 03:14:44 +0000 UTC]

such gorgeous skin tone and a cute smile

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Zeonista [2015-01-08 22:40:06 +0000 UTC]

You have made some interesting picks for your character portfolio.   Flay was definitely a complex character, even in a Gundam series that regularly introduced them. Like you, I felt there was more to Flay's actions than a privileged brat with a hate-on for Coordinators. Flay's smile here looks rather fake, as if she knows she ought to have had a proper expression for a photo, but didn't feel up to it at the time, or was trying to put a game face on a bad situation. That does seem right for her though.  

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2ble-ZZ In reply to Zeonista [2015-01-09 00:48:51 +0000 UTC]

It's amazing to see the amount of hate for Flay Allster. I can understand why and/or how Flay is such a person she is... For one thing, she's a spoiled rich kid with Elektra Complex. She is pampered to the bone and not used to seeing the horrors of war. Thus, it became her nature to act the way she acted.

Furthermore, she just saw her father get killed right before her eyes, which is good diagnosis for her losing part of her sanity and an even better reason for holding a grudge against Coordinators, ironically manipulating Kira Yamato, who is also a Coordinator, to do her bidding. Compared to Quess Paraya (from MSG: Char's Counter Attack), Flay Allster is much more tolerable.

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Zeonista In reply to 2ble-ZZ [2015-01-25 17:32:26 +0000 UTC]

Flay did get a lot of motivation for her actions, and character development thereof. Her kidnapping and POW-pet arc gave Flay a more balanced look on things, and I am sure that if she had not gotten blown up then she would have been able to pick up with Kira on a better note. She turned out to be first-rate tragic heroine though, unlike Quess, who mainly came across as a spoiled brat with no understanding of the world around her or a real stake in the action. 

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ZGMF-X42S In reply to Zeonista [2017-09-15 23:18:38 +0000 UTC]

I think that SEED being a 50-episode series while Char's Counterattack was a roughly 90 minute movie worked in Flay's favor on that front.

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Zeonista In reply to ZGMF-X42S [2017-10-19 21:57:49 +0000 UTC]

We'd like to think so, yeah, but Quess was intended to be a Newtype silver spoon head case just ripe for manipulation & exploitation. There is a not-so-veiled critique of her old man and the Federation leadership (and by extension, Japan inc. circa 1990). It's not a flattering character bio, but it works, and it ought to engender a little understanding, maybe a little sympathy.  

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ZGMF-X42S In reply to Zeonista [2017-10-20 00:32:50 +0000 UTC]

How do you mean?  0.o

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ReiBara [2015-01-08 02:28:16 +0000 UTC]

Good job! I love Flay as a character (she has a great story arc and actresses playing her) but hate her actions and attitudes (let's just say we would not be friends if she were real. ). I love how clear her eyes are. Will you be doing any others from SEED or Destiny?

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2ble-ZZ In reply to ReiBara [2015-01-08 03:24:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you...

The answer to your question is yes... I will be doing other ladies from Seed and Seed Destiny, especially with the fact that the most requested character that people want me to paint is from Seed, which is Lacus Clyne. I plan to do this project all year long and possibly the year after. But unfortunately, I won't be painting Seed characters anytime soon. I need to give room for ladies from other Gundam series... So please be patient.

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ReiBara In reply to 2ble-ZZ [2015-01-08 03:54:45 +0000 UTC]

Ah, of course. I look forward to it, whenever it does come! ^^

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