Square Enix has proclaimed that Net Fantasy serial publication character couturier Tetsuya Nomura has chosen three princely prize finalists for a fan art competition. The competition was organized past Square Enix and DeviantArt to celebrate the recent release of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13, and was the first time Nomura, World Health Organization designed Final examination Fantasy 13 heroine Lightning, has acted has a judge. The winners, in no particular order, are Marga Donaire, Nicolas Push forward and Randis Albion - or KarmaLizzard, ArisT0te and randis, equally they're respectively known on DeviantArt.

The three winners will receive an original sketch from Nomura, $1,000, a keychain, a shirt, a custom-built Xbox 360 and controller, and the complete Final Fantasy 13 trilogy. Each winner will as wel be the header image at the top of DeviantArt for a 24-hour interval. More than 4,000 creations were entered in the competition, which garnered to a greater extent than 1.5 million views.

We've included a little resolution of Donaire's piece, "Wilhelmina" at the top of this article, only you can find out the glutted-settlement image, on with the other two winners, by checking out the gallery below. You can also check KO'd the official DeviantArt contest page to see the rest of the entries.

[Image: Marga Donaire]

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Final Fantasy's Tetsuya Nomura Partners w/ deviantART for First E'er Fan Art Contest

To lionise the found of LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY Long dozen, deviantARTand Square Enix teamed capable invite members to create their have customized reading of Lightning in a newborn incomparable-of-a-kind contest with special judge, Tetsuya Nomura, the main character architect for Ultimate Fantasy and the Kingdom Black Maria serial publication.

For the past weeks, thousands of budding artists on deviantART have sketched, painted, imagined and created customized designs of Final Fantasy's main protagonist, Lightning, in hopes of receiving prizes well worth the ambitious endeavor. Today, we reveal the trey grand prizewinners American Samoa decided past Tetsuya Nomura himself, who has never judged a buff prowess contest earlier. In fact, Square Enix has never participated in any user generated content program since its origination. Tetsuya Nomura said, "There were then many well-drawn pieces, that it was real difficult to pick just three. I was blown away by the overall level of quality."

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Tetsuya Nomura has hand-picked DeviantART members Randis Albion, Marga Donaire and Nicolas Barge As the grand prizewinners. Please see the winning artwork on a lower floor along with links to download and a inverted comma about winning piece from Tetsuya Nomura:

Marga Donaire (KarmaLizzard)
"With cardinal look I was hooked. The dress up itself is sophisticated, and it's also very well done as an exemplification. The desktop that reminded me of the Japanese flag (Hinomaru) matched well with the piece and was beautiful. As an artist, when I take different works of art, I think to myself "If it were up to me, I would do it otherwise," merely that view didn't cross my mind once when I power saw this picture." – Tetsuya Nomura

Nicolas Flatboat (ArisT0te)
"At first glance IT looks like a CG, and it has A level of quality that makes it take care like IT was captured A a screenshot. While there were many expansive costumes for Lightning, I was drawn to the femininity of this dress up and her coif." – Tetsuya Nomura

Randis Albion (randis)
"IT's howling as an illustration, but in addition to that, the creative person drew in both the front line and back views, so I felt the creative person's clear intent when they created this small-arm. The Bolshevik and dispirited colour scheme was very beautiful, also." – Tetsuya Nomura

In gain to self-aggrandising rights, each of the three winners received an original outline from Tetsuya Nomura, a custom Xbox 360 and controller, $1000, a keychain, a shirt, and the entire Final Fantasy XIII trilogy. Apiece winner was also faced at the top of deviantART's homepage for a full day.