#lightning returns art

[panthermouthh]

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

[akimojo]

I should've felt something. A surge of joy, or warmth

[snvxiii]

My drawing for @creatingblackcharacters' CBC Black HIstory Month Challenge. Thank you for the opportunity to participate!

Since the flood of chaos 500 years ago, Sazh Katzroy fixes an ancient camera, developing a centuries-long passion for photography. He travels all over Nova Chrysalia, capturing day-to-day scenes to showcase the flow of life in a world where time is broken.

To my Black viewers: you deserve to be centered and considered. You deserve lovingly depicted Black characters and representation, with the goal of seeing your joy. I hope you always ask for more, more, and better.

With that statement in mind, I drew my version of Sazh leading the life I wrote he'd have in my canon of Lightning Returns. Close-ups of the three lined arts + head canons are under the cut.

Tagging @fangsded if you want to join in!

Sazh is often bombarded with too much food by the people he helps and their neighbors. He, Dajh, and Celeste still work out in the shell of an airship, but has a small place in the nearby village. It acts as a gallery and storage space for all of their art.

Sazh's favorite area to take photos of is the Wildlands. He especially likes to track the day-night cycle of the local flora, and makes projects of visiting the same spots to log any changes. It's interesting how one can capture change in a world that's stopped changing.

Sazh visits his old friends regularly, as much as he's able. He catches up with Fang every time he goes to the Dead Dunes, taking a much deserved drink. He tries to catch Noel and Snow when he finds them – as hard as that is nowadays – and short meetings with Vanille when able. He gives Lumina letters to sneak to Vanille. (Strangely, none of the photos he takes of Lumina have her appear in them.)

[moonveiil]

midnight mauve 🩷

[bisexualmcqueen]

unhinged warmup sketches

[firefaerie81]

The weight of the world's on my shoulders Like Atlas is crushing me down We're not brave, we're not strong, we're not soldiers My heart's just a drum, and damn does it pound

(Inspired by @seraphimankh's Beyond the Yellow Brick Road)

[zoeves]

happy 10th anniversary to this beautiful game!!⚡️⚡️have some studies i did of the opening cutscene

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bonus thumbnails:

[kai-arts-blog]

Serah Farron | FF XIII-2

[vertigoartgore]

1986's Batman: The Dark Knight (Returns) Vol.1 #1 ("The Dark Knight Returns") cover by artist Frank Miller and colorist Lynn Varley.

[painting-with-much-passion]

Shinto Academia - Year 4xxAF (Night)

So, this painting took me quite a while but I really had tun working on it, first time I painted rain too.

So, about a month ago I finished playing the excellent FFXIII-2 (amazing art direction and superb soundtrack) and I was fascinated with the atmosphere and setting of "Shinto Academia", a futuristic city the main characters explore for a while.

Well, this is a reinterpretation: it is a reinterpretation of the City Of Academia in the Year 4xxAF (good timeline) with the coloring and lights of Academia in the Year 400AF (bad timeline).

Serah, the main heroine, sat on eaves as she admires the architectural urban glimpse of Academia.

While I was painting this, I had the Shinto Academia theme almost always on repeat to delve myself into the atmosphere, give it a listening.

[akimojo]

"don't leave me all alone"

tfw the child you left behind you at your mother's deathbed comes back to haunt you 1000 years later

[shiyu-artpainting]

救済

Relief

[friendofesteem]

so I crawl back into your open arms

Sketchy redraw based on this tweet (https://x.com/SmuggestSage/status/1819700765868412976) I’m sorry for making it about FFXIII though

[bisexualmcqueen]

been trying to get the cars groove back have a sketch dump

[anleva]

Conversation with Dapling while she watched me play Lightning returns

[tapiocadefuego]

Final Fantasy XIII