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My first Final Fantasy XIII-2 fan art! And who better to draw than the star of the show - Serah Farron.

I've played the game non-stop from night 'til dawn yesterday. Can't play during mornings or afternoon. Our city's experiencing A LOT of blackouts.

That aside, FF 13-2 is quite a change from the first game - lots of new things I love and equally a lot of things I didn't love that much.

And Serah here, well I don't dig her as much as I did Lightning - but she's still a pretty nice and likable character. I drew her here doing a badass pose (she can be badass sometimes. ) Like she's unleashing her Ultima Arrow. Then I added some random background. You can see the shape of Cocoon there, some random rocks/buildings and some splashes of bright pastel colors. Btw, it's always a tricky task to draw characters looking up (face angle is hard), let alone using a bow and arrow. I still can't figure out how Serah's bow works (although I did manage to find out how exactly she holds the bow by looking at screenshots and other references - it has a handle on the side).

NEVER saw her loading arrows in it. I hate her weapon. Not that it looks bad, it's just hard to draw. Complicated weapons... Then suddenly Caius's sword passes through my mind.

Need to draw more FF 13-2 fanart. Oh, if you're interested, I have the sketches/studies I made for this here: [link]

UPDATE:

Much better. Had to edit the bow. It's not supposed to be curved. The two ends are the parts that make up the blade of the sword. won't work if they're curved.
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Comments: 41

iiSolluxCaptor [2016-11-24 23:43:43 +0000 UTC]

Wowie, this is amazing :3 Serah has always been one of my most favorite FF characters, Keep up the work <3

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HaseoTheDivineRuler [2015-02-22 04:13:57 +0000 UTC]

This is really good. I love Serah!

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shezaei-neko [2014-02-24 23:33:59 +0000 UTC]

I like it a lot.

Goes to favs! :3

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cRaZy9219 [2013-08-12 04:40:35 +0000 UTC]

Lovely

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MissCatz912 [2013-06-11 20:55:40 +0000 UTC]

Nice move

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Nick-Ian In reply to MissCatz912 [2013-07-23 22:41:37 +0000 UTC]

thanks!  

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Emilene-I-love-you [2013-06-01 04:40:02 +0000 UTC]

cool

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Nick-Ian In reply to Emilene-I-love-you [2013-07-23 22:41:31 +0000 UTC]

thanks!  

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kasiranelease [2013-04-29 19:20:22 +0000 UTC]

Very nice!I'm so jealous XD

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Nick-Ian In reply to kasiranelease [2013-07-23 22:41:23 +0000 UTC]

thanks! you can do it too! just practice and believe in yourself (i sounded like a commercial just now. )

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kasiranelease In reply to Nick-Ian [2014-08-12 21:33:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks lol

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Whiterisu [2013-04-08 17:21:10 +0000 UTC]

Awesome drawingg and beautiful colouring!

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Nick-Ian In reply to Whiterisu [2013-07-23 22:40:46 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much!

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Whiterisu In reply to Nick-Ian [2013-07-25 14:41:15 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome~

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adarkworldfantasy [2013-04-01 03:35:36 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely stunning! This is just beautiful!

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Nick-Ian In reply to adarkworldfantasy [2013-07-23 22:40:35 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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LoonyBoB [2013-03-18 11:11:26 +0000 UTC]

Beeaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuutiful! You use colours about as effectively as one of my other favourite artists from years back (and a good friend too), and I LOVE IT.

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Skitzzo943 [2013-03-13 18:05:02 +0000 UTC]

I hear in 13 - 3 the battles are supposed to be like KH. if that ends up true i just might buy it

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Nick-Ian In reply to Skitzzo943 [2013-03-14 10:12:42 +0000 UTC]

Ooh! Nice! The only KH game I played was Birth by Sleep. And I like it! And if FF13-3 will have similar gameplay... YEAH!

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Skitzzo943 In reply to Nick-Ian [2013-03-16 06:00:26 +0000 UTC]

Yes!! I want Some ACTIONY combat. sick of this slow paced crap.

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RedKid11 [2013-03-13 09:04:06 +0000 UTC]

dude- this is awesome. all the hats to you- i especially liked the fact that you've done a couple of different poses before settling with this one. and the color gradation blends so smoothly just- asdfalsdflj. nice one (;

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Nick-Ian In reply to RedKid11 [2013-03-13 11:02:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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Nick-Ian [2013-03-13 08:10:37 +0000 UTC]

I'll have to make some small changes to this drawing. I just realized Serah's bow should not be curved. The two long end make up the blade when it is in sword mode. It wouldn't work if they're curved.

I'll upload the changed version later. I have some painting to do.

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Dohati [2013-03-12 02:26:55 +0000 UTC]

i always liked serah a lot. i was sad i never got to play her in the first installment or even see her in action with her l'cie powers. also, i think the bow just shoots energy blasts. it is powered by moogle magic after all.

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Nick-Ian In reply to Dohati [2013-03-13 08:16:37 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah! Considering the bow/sword is actually the moogle. It's nice making her the star of 13-2. Felt like she was just a cameo in the first game.

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Blackninja63 [2013-03-12 01:39:05 +0000 UTC]

I cant wait for FF13-3!!!!!

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Nick-Ian In reply to Blackninja63 [2013-03-13 08:15:29 +0000 UTC]

Me too! So I have to see the end of the story in FF 13-2 as soon as I can!

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Blackninja63 In reply to Nick-Ian [2013-03-16 00:19:39 +0000 UTC]

I finished FF13-2 but i didnt even beat the first one!! i got stuck on it

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waynelee [2013-03-11 20:06:17 +0000 UTC]

Very Nice!

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Nick-Ian In reply to waynelee [2013-03-13 08:15:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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waynelee In reply to Nick-Ian [2013-03-13 19:36:02 +0000 UTC]

No Prob!

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diskfire [2013-03-11 18:34:07 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, dude.
Heh, Caius's sword. The dude might as well carry a giant saw around.

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Nick-Ian In reply to diskfire [2013-03-13 08:15:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

Final Fantasy swords... What'll they thing of next? A katana that turns into a rocket launcher?

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diskfire In reply to Nick-Ian [2013-03-13 18:50:12 +0000 UTC]

I actually heard that Gilgamesh uses Rocket launchers in XIII-2. You can fight him in the Coliseum as DLC.

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TomatoBoxFairyFeli [2013-03-11 15:45:50 +0000 UTC]

omg omg serah!!!! yay finally a great serah drawing!!! she's my favorite in the 13 series!! keep up the great work I hope to see snow next :3

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Nick-Ian In reply to TomatoBoxFairyFeli [2013-03-13 08:14:13 +0000 UTC]

Snow for some reason reminded me of Sanosuke in Samurai X. Must be that scruffy look.

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TomatoBoxFairyFeli In reply to Nick-Ian [2013-03-13 08:16:54 +0000 UTC]

i like the scruffy look hes hawt lol

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AsXurian [2013-03-11 15:01:35 +0000 UTC]

lol, her weapon is amazingy complicated. But I like the idea of a gun-bow just as much as Lightning's gun sword. Also I never saw her load arrows into as well, I always figured she was loading magic into it and it just looked like an arrow as it flew out.

and lul, Caius's sword . . . . .

I took a look at the sketches, dey were very nice

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Nick-Ian In reply to AsXurian [2013-03-13 08:13:42 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. It must be some sort of l'Cie ability that lets her shoot magical arrows.

I actually am planning to draw Caius. With THAT sword.

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ClaireRoses [2013-03-11 13:22:15 +0000 UTC]

I'm a really big fan of Serah Farron,she is so lovely ^^
I think it was so difficult to draw her in FFXIII-2 version,but you have done a great job,like always
FFXIII-2 is a good game,but there somethings which I don't like at all like...ops,spoiler,sorry -.-

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Nick-Ian In reply to ClaireRoses [2013-03-13 08:12:25 +0000 UTC]

I agree. I guess it's because she has a new, more intricate costume that makes her more difficult to draw than how she looked in the first game.

Wah! Don't spoil me! I'm excited how the story ends. I'm REALLY interested in Noel and Yeul's relationship. He seems to know her A LOT.

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