Sailor Luna

The Senshi of Love and the Little Things, Sailor Luna! This girl ony existed in the live action version of Sailor Moon, and to be honest I thought she was terrible. She was a little girl, while Luna was supposedly an adult, and her origin was never satisfactorily explained. It's pretty obvious to me they wanted a kid character in a continuity that lacked Chibiusa, but I think they handled it poorly. Besides, she looked pretty bad because the different hues and fabrics of her costume clashed. However, I wanted to give her an opportunity and try to make her pretty in my style, and in the process I grew fond of her.

In terms of lighting, I think this is my best work so far. I'm pretty sure I got an achievement for successfully coloring those boots with back light and reflected light. Same for those bangs of hers. I used a bit of blue there, because her wig is blue in the series, but I didn't want to go all the way because the original design doesn't have it, and I thought too many colors would kill the palette. I pondered for a while about whether I should give her brown or blue eyes. The actress who plays her has brown, and so does the anime version of Luna, but her cat plushie form in the series and the original design have blue eyes. I ended up with the latter option because I wanted the cat to be faithful to the series and it wouldn't have made sense to have both forms with different eyes.

The pose isn't the best thing ever. The torso is tilted. =/

That background nearly killed my arm, but I'm mostly happy with it. The bubbles weren't such a hot idea, however. Afterwards I visualized yellow stars in their place and it seems like a better idea. Why didn't I do that? But either way, that detail messes up the lighting. I didn't realize they'd look so bright and appear to be light sources. Oh well. I'll try to learn for next time.

All in all, I'm pretty happy with this drawing, and I learned a lot doing it. I hope you like it as well!