Emo Cloud is being emo Oh but who cares, we love him

It's hard to believe my last Cloud Strife fan-art is 48 deviations and over a year back! Being my favourite, I just had to draw him again and rekindle the interest of those who are watching me for my fan-art, just to let them know that although they are rare (due to my variety) that I still havn't given up on them. In fact, I might be just a little more motivated these days because I'm getting better at it and a little faster too...Normally I would have spent all week on something like this, but I managed to get it done over the course of a few days and will hopefully get speedier as I go along

This was originally just an excuse tp practice drawing semi-realistic faces as that's normally the part of any character - fan-art or original that I always struggle with. But I think it's good enough to submit. Now I havn't enabled the proper critique feature as normally once Im finished a work, I don't like having to go back, but still - crits and suggestions are still welcome, I'll just keep them in mind for next time

Oh, and it's not neccessarily based on any particular part of the game/movie. I just wanted something with a bit more emotion in it

Drawn entirely in Photoshop, no textures or 3D used in here I'm also aware that there's someone elses Cloud fan-art by the same name, but a song I listened to when drawing this had that word and it just fit the mood so well

EDIT: Re-did the eyes since the iris/pupil was too big before. Made the lips stick out beyond the edge of his face a bit to give them a bit more volume too. Also made a slightly more varied shading in the hair and thinned out the ends a bit. Thanks for your suggestions!

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