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Published: 2009-07-07 22:23:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 1310; Favourites: 53; Downloads: 17
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Description For those who haven't gotten it yet (or haven't hear me tell about it), this little gal is the same as this pink thing:
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And she is the daughter of Sailor Star Fighter and Tuxedo Mars. (My next gen senshi). She also contains the starseed, and soul, of Chibi Usa. Yes, the pink spore, Princess Lady Serenity, is in fact born a generation later. You didn't think I'd leave her behind, did you?

Only problem is; Sere here doesn't really like to be told that she was originally someone else, and that so many of her friends and family knew her when she was another person.

I don't often work in pencil, plenty of reasons for that. My line-work is shoddy, I always smudge the drawing (but never where I want it smudged), for some reason I never know where my pencils are when I need them and my printer is crap for anything other than line-art (and even then it's not all that great.) But sometimes I still feel like working with them. Especially when practising anatomy! And where better to get good material than ?

I did cheat a little, and touched the picture up in photoshop. Mainly to get out the shadows that got lost in the scanning, and to fix a few extra lines my scanner decided to actually pick up on!

Next Gen Lady Serenity (c) Me.
Sailor Moon (c) Naoko Takeuchi.
Stock photo from .
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Comments: 36

DragonDriver5 [2009-09-08 17:00:43 +0000 UTC]

I really like this one a lot.. there's a lot of emotion in it, the black and white and soft lines really give it a wonderful mood. Great job! Don't change a thing

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elila In reply to DragonDriver5 [2009-09-09 06:22:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, that makes me happy to hear!

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DavisJes [2009-08-01 14:39:59 +0000 UTC]

beautiful

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elila In reply to DavisJes [2009-08-01 14:52:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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GreenInkling [2009-07-11 19:55:09 +0000 UTC]

This piece is gorgeous, Elila. I can't imagine it in anything other than pencil.

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elila In reply to GreenInkling [2009-07-11 19:57:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I did start colouring it on the computer, but then I just though "nooo...". It just didn't seem right!

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QTZephyr [2009-07-10 15:26:09 +0000 UTC]

She's gorgeous. Great job with the pencil work. You did an excellent job with it, and it shows.

I really want to see the pink one's face, because you've never really shown it in her civi form

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elila In reply to QTZephyr [2009-07-10 15:51:47 +0000 UTC]

Other than this, you mean? [link] (and yes, that is a civilian outfit... )

Thank you, I don't often work in pencils, but it can be really relaxing! Of course, when it's not mindbreakingly annoying because nothing ever turns out okay!

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QTZephyr In reply to elila [2009-07-10 15:53:40 +0000 UTC]

I didn't realize that was a civi outfit. Wow, do I feel dumb.

Yeah, pencils can be relaxing. Sometimes.

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elila In reply to QTZephyr [2009-07-10 15:58:26 +0000 UTC]

Nah, no reason too. It's certainly fluffy enough to be a fuku, I'm pretty sure no one would've lifted an eyebrow if I presented it as one. Actually, I wouldn't have lifted an eyebrow either. But her actual fuku is the one seen in the mirror. (at least a general starter one.) Still very, VERY pink!

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May-be-Lee [2009-07-09 21:25:47 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I really like this. The shading and lighting looks really good, and her hair looks especially nice. Her knee closest to us seems a little... angular? There's like a dent in an odd place. Anywho, this looks really cool. I love how you used her body language instead of her expression this time!

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elila In reply to May-be-Lee [2009-07-09 21:34:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! The dent (if it's the one I think you're talking about) is actually supposed to be there, but I did make it a bit too angular (and I think the paper ate part of her knee), so it looks a bit weird!

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May-be-Lee In reply to elila [2009-07-09 21:50:48 +0000 UTC]

Ahhh. I guess it just looks a bit too pronounced to me. And baaad paper! No eating knees! XD

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AdorkaStock [2009-07-09 17:36:28 +0000 UTC]

I can see that being a real challenge for her. How annoying it must be to always hear about how she was. Neat idea

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elila In reply to AdorkaStock [2009-07-09 19:00:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! The sad part is that it's mostly in her head, though.

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AdorkaStock In reply to elila [2009-07-09 20:17:48 +0000 UTC]

aww

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elila In reply to AdorkaStock [2009-07-09 20:22:17 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I know! I try to occasionally be nice to my characters, but it's so booooring! Well, at least there is always Peach!

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AdorkaStock In reply to elila [2009-07-09 23:51:13 +0000 UTC]

xD

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osti5 [2009-07-08 11:13:09 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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HotaruThodt [2009-07-08 05:24:28 +0000 UTC]

Poor little Pink Lady. I feel terrible for her.

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puff222001 [2009-07-08 00:02:11 +0000 UTC]

Aw, poor Sere. It would stink if everyone expected you to act one way when it wasn't how you acted. I hope she has a happy ending.

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elila In reply to puff222001 [2009-07-08 00:06:48 +0000 UTC]

It does! (believe it or not... ) Actually, Sere's the only one who believes that other people expects her to be the "original" Chibi Usa, everyone else has accepted a long time ago that she's not her. But she's a teenager, so everything is automatically ANGST-ANGST-ANGST! It's okay though, Helios helps her feel better.

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puff222001 In reply to elila [2009-07-08 02:18:41 +0000 UTC]

You should draw her with Helios, then!

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elila In reply to puff222001 [2009-07-08 07:40:53 +0000 UTC]

But that would involve me having to draw a guuuuuu~y!

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puff222001 In reply to elila [2009-07-08 21:23:34 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, but Helios is so girly you could get away with it. XD

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elila In reply to puff222001 [2009-07-08 21:37:39 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, perhaps!

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PaperIz [2009-07-07 23:23:29 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing buddy!

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Iris-Angel [2009-07-07 22:53:27 +0000 UTC]

Wow it's beautiful! The emotion is strong here and it can be hard to face such a thing >: Though I love the history behind her and I love the way you made this piece! Great job!

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elila In reply to Iris-Angel [2009-07-07 23:18:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I can't even imagine what that would be like! The idea of reincarnation is one thing, but to be told that "you" (or your soul, as it is) were actually the daughter of your grandmother? Mind-boggling!

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Iris-Angel In reply to elila [2009-07-07 23:26:52 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!^_^ I know!@w@ It would be hard to try and take in

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nikonchadetumadre [2009-07-07 22:26:14 +0000 UTC]

greaat!

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elila In reply to nikonchadetumadre [2009-07-07 23:16:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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VoltronZ1 [2009-07-07 22:25:56 +0000 UTC]

Wow... simply wow. This is your darkest sailor art yet my dear. Very wonderful job on her and her bio.

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elila In reply to VoltronZ1 [2009-07-07 23:16:16 +0000 UTC]

You think so? Hehe, thanks!

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Sailor-Serenity [2009-07-07 22:24:58 +0000 UTC]

Aww!! *hugs poor Sere* poor little Lady serenity D: thats quite a burden for her to live with

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elila In reply to Sailor-Serenity [2009-07-07 22:29:45 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I imagine it must be very confusing!

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