Artist's commentary
Being a Final Fantasy heroine tends to be a dramatic position, so I wanted to have fun since Lightning is under contract not to smile for 99% of her screen time (/badjoke).
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Shantotto and Iroha from Final Fantasy XI (2002)! I know Shantotto is the developer and (I guess?) fan favourite, so she takes up the most space — figuratively and literally! (see? I can be deep) (I really like Iroha though haha). Not as much time put into this one, but it was fun having more wild strokes!