I began work on the next Final Fantasy 7 picture which will be done the same spirit as the Sephiroth and Zack pictures. I picked the hardest one I could think of to do first; Barrett Wallace.

I've completed the body and have to work on the gun arm and the face, which I've erased probably 5 times already for various reasons.
He's really hard! I say that for a host of reasons:

1. He always looks so pissed off, or like he's going to pound on someone. So all the references I have of him he's got cranky face on. Stripping that away and maintaining his look has proved to be difficult.
2. He's doesn't have the typical look which I'm used to drawing.
3. His features are harsh. Broad chin, charp cheek bones...
4. I'll admit, I've rarely drawn black guys and he's an asian/black combination it seems (based on the eyes). The features are a stretch for me. The nose was hard at first but then I redrew is so often that it doesn't look so strange to me anymore. Its the boxy shape of his face which is getting me.
5. He's a big guy. Seriously, he's overly muscled. I've tweaked the other guy's body shapes a little so I've messed with his...just a bit.
6. He has a freaking mechanical hand!
7. I'm trying not to give him the gangsta look he seems to have.
8. A lot of the reference shots I'm using have him with rotating features! Seriously! In some his eyes are small, in others they're large. His tattoo seems to float around his arm and change size. In some shots it takes up his whole upper arm, in others its just up on his shoulder!

Anyway, so the body is done and there's only a few things left to do (yes I'll draw the body before the head. I know that seems a little ass backwards but its what works for me. I also draw the features first before the face shape...I'm crazy that way. Its not how I learned but I find I get the face shape more accurate to what I want and get it to match up with the features easier that way.)

I'm not sure who is coming after this one but this is the list:

Cid
Vincent
Cloud
Reno
Rude
Rufus
Genesis
Angeal
Kadaj
Yazoo
Loz
Tseng (added thanks to *RavynneNevyrmore )
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Dante
Squall
Tidus

Its an ambitious list and I may add some others on there as I progress. Let me know if you think someone needs to be added to this. THEY NEEDN'T BE FINAL FANTASY RELATED.

I'll consider any character suggested (males only, not too interested in doing females right now).