I used a cut scene in the Final Fantasy VII game as a reference for this piece.
This was a remake of a previous drawing but with color and less flat. I actually have a third version but the nose looks weird and Sephiroth is in it too and he looks funky and I'm not posting it.
Aah, Cloud. FF7 was my first RPG. I remember that cut scene. I was so pumped. It was 3 a.m. and I'd been playing all day. Nice detail on the spikes. I airbrushed a picture of Cloud for an assignment while in art school. If I can get a good picture of it I'll post it. ^_^