In celebration of Naru's birthday, here's some of my drawings, made entirely in PaintDotNet. I've been working on very closely recreating the '90s anime look for my own digital drawings for an illustrated fanfic (possibly to be reworked as a comic) that I'm working on, with the working title "Serenity & Vitriol". I've been churning on ideas for it ever since I got into the anime in 2011, and slowly practicing.
My current model sheet of Naru's face (the expression is blank because it's a model):
Crystal Tokyo:
Jadeite:
Nephrite (not entirely happy with his face and hair here, and I'm going to change the epaulets on the second version later):
Kunzite and Zoisite (haven't done them in color yet, sorry):
(That's a pink rose Zoisite is wearing. These would be the lighter colored uniform versions to go with the Jadeite and Nephrite above, which is also why I went for a more 'innocent' look for Zoisite, though I'm not sure if I succeeded.)
And of course, Sailor Moon (I think I may tweak the design a bit more on this one):
Not sure about naming this form, but you can probably see what I did there design-wise. I also tried to give her sliiiightly more of a tummy than usual.
And here's a couple earlier drawings of Naru and Umino (sorry about linking these more than once around here in the past). These give a bit more of a hint about what the story involves, though I won't say how or why this happens, just yet...
Regarding part of the concept for what's happening to Naru, I took an idea from John Biles and Shadowjack's loose interpretation summaries/sketches, and ran off in my own, somewhat less comedic direction with the concept. It's... complicated.
I have most of the story written in prose form, but I'm still working on the ending and going over the main bulk of it repeatedly (both adding and removing things, and rewording badly phrased parts). I type way too many words (it's, er, kinda over 200,000 already ^^' oops) so I'm trying to pare it down, fix it up, and so on. I don't want it to be interminably garrulous like I am in my posts
I might be interested in beta-readers down the road if anyone would like to see a prerelease draft closer to time (to be handled via PMs, e-mail, or some other format), but not just yet- I'd like to get the ending done before I show anyone and ask for feedback. And I'm not going to post the story publicly until it's completed.
And as mentioned above, I'm also hoping to rework the whole thing as a comic based on these drawings (though I would probably cut some corners on getting it all drawn). We'll see how it turns out, but I am very hopeful about completing and releasing this project properly, in some format, once it's done. Here's hoping, as 2018 begins...
My current model sheet of Naru's face (the expression is blank because it's a model):
Crystal Tokyo:
Jadeite:
Nephrite (not entirely happy with his face and hair here, and I'm going to change the epaulets on the second version later):
Kunzite and Zoisite (haven't done them in color yet, sorry):
(That's a pink rose Zoisite is wearing. These would be the lighter colored uniform versions to go with the Jadeite and Nephrite above, which is also why I went for a more 'innocent' look for Zoisite, though I'm not sure if I succeeded.)
And of course, Sailor Moon (I think I may tweak the design a bit more on this one):
Not sure about naming this form, but you can probably see what I did there design-wise. I also tried to give her sliiiightly more of a tummy than usual.
And here's a couple earlier drawings of Naru and Umino (sorry about linking these more than once around here in the past). These give a bit more of a hint about what the story involves, though I won't say how or why this happens, just yet...
Regarding part of the concept for what's happening to Naru, I took an idea from John Biles and Shadowjack's loose interpretation summaries/sketches, and ran off in my own, somewhat less comedic direction with the concept. It's... complicated.
I have most of the story written in prose form, but I'm still working on the ending and going over the main bulk of it repeatedly (both adding and removing things, and rewording badly phrased parts). I type way too many words (it's, er, kinda over 200,000 already ^^' oops) so I'm trying to pare it down, fix it up, and so on. I don't want it to be interminably garrulous like I am in my posts
I might be interested in beta-readers down the road if anyone would like to see a prerelease draft closer to time (to be handled via PMs, e-mail, or some other format), but not just yet- I'd like to get the ending done before I show anyone and ask for feedback. And I'm not going to post the story publicly until it's completed.
And as mentioned above, I'm also hoping to rework the whole thing as a comic based on these drawings (though I would probably cut some corners on getting it all drawn). We'll see how it turns out, but I am very hopeful about completing and releasing this project properly, in some format, once it's done. Here's hoping, as 2018 begins...
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