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Published: 2014-04-10 09:03:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 29507; Favourites: 660; Downloads: 183
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A redraw of the new Sailor Moon Crystal anime promo image. The idea for the redraw came from the tumblr blog, crystalfacets. I was not originally planning to color this, but somehow I ended up coloring it anyway.
There was a lot of fiddling around with the image I didn't realize how much the flower shape of the Pink Moon Crystal resembled a cabbage until I started drawing it XD and while I can't say I'm 100% happy with it, I did give it my best shot.It's no secret that Chibi Usa is my favorite female Sailor Moon character, and I always wished we'd gotten more images or info on her Pink Moon Crystal, so I chose to draw her with her Pink Moon Crystal in this picture. In the original promo image Sailor Moon has a wide-eyed look as she holds up the Silver Crystal, as if she's gazing at the crystal in awe and wonder. This makes sense, since in the first arc Usagi is inexperienced and does not know the extent of her crystal's power. But adult!Chibi Usa would be an experienced, full fledged senshi by the time she's in possession of her own Pink Moon Crystal, so I gave her a more assertive expression as she's about to unleash its power.
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My I please use this picture for the cover of a possible future fanfic? I'll give you credit once I do
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You mean like on fanfic dot net or something else (i.e. a hard copy publication)?
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Fanfiction.net. Is that okay? I know that this picture is based from your fanmanga.
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Yeah, fanfic dot net will be fine. They don't allow links even in the author' biography section so you can just list my name instead of linking it.
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Chibiusa is my fav too ! For all the reasons you gave. So beautiful
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I absolutely love this! Chibi Usa is my favorite and I think you did her justice in this pic. Everything about this picture is just beautiful
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Very nice job.
I think it's supposed to resemble a lotus:
Lotus - purity
lotus, flower - enlightenment
lotus, seeds - prosperity, offsprings
lotus, stem - connection to origin
Lotus is one of the Eight Buddhist Symbols of good fortune, an attribute of He Xian Gu of the Eight Immortals. www.nationsonline.org/oneworld…
Lotus. The lotus shares some associations with the lily. Lotus flowers, which bloom in water, can represent female sexual power and fertility as well as birth or rebirth. The ancient Egyptians portrayed the goddess Isis being born from a lotus flower, and they placed lotuses in the hands of their mummified dead to represent the new life into which the dead souls had entered.
The lotus often appears in Hindu and Buddhist stories. Here, Buddha sits on a throne of lotus blossoms.
In Asian mythology the lotus often symbolizes the female sexual organs, from which new life is born. Lotuses appear in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Hindus refer to the god Brahma as "lotus-born " for he is said to have emerged from a lotus that was the navel, or center, of the universe. The lotus is also the symbol of the goddess Padma, who appears on both Hindu and Buddhist monuments as a creative force.
The holiness of the flower is illustrated by the legend that when the Buddha walked on the earth he left lotuses in his trail instead of footprints. One myth about the origin of Buddha relates that he first appeared floating on a lotus. According to a Japanese legend, the mother of Nichiren (Lotus of the Sun) became pregnant by dreaming of sunshine on a lotus. Nichirin founded a branch of Buddhism in the 1200s. The phrase "Om mani padme hum," which both Hindus and Buddhists use in meditation, means "the jewel in the lotus" and can refer to the Buddha or to the mystical union of male and female energies. www.mythencyclopedia.com/Fi-Go…
Which fits with the meaning of Sailor Moon, though Sensei used it later.
Setsuna is also a Buddhist concept of time... though totally off topic... it goes to show how much research she put into the series and how much she cared to get it right.
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I agree with you how the lotus symbolism for the Silver Crystal. In the first edition release of the manga the Pink Moon Crystal was also lotus shaped, but in the shinsouban release the Pink Crystal was subsequently edited to a rose shape.
Personally, I like the change. In the black and white format that manga is published under, it's impossible to differentiate between the Silver Crystal and the Pink Crystal. By giving the Pink Crystal a different shape, not only does it make it easier for the reader to comprehend that they are two distinct items, but also shows how Chibi Moon has effectively walked out of her mother's shadow by attaining her own distinct sailor crystal.
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Geez... 0_0
Just make me ashamed of calling myself an artist, why don't you.
XD
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Wow, that is wonderful! I love all the attention to the details, along with her stance and facial expression. Very well done!
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I saw this as the profile picture for the mooniverse Facebook page! Excellent job! I love this so much!
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Thank you for sharing! And again, excellent job.
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It's so nice to see grown-up Chibiusa with her crystal!
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Very pretty ^^ I think you did an amazing job with this piece, and I like how you also changed her facial expression based on the context ^^ Nicely done
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Hm...looks more like either a rose or a lotus flower instead of cabbage
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I knew Takeuchi-sensei was going for the rose look, but my sketch of it especially made it look like a head of cabbage. XD;; Now I can't unthink of it as a cabbage.
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It looks great. Especially the contrast between the dark sky getting lighter at the bottom. Love Chibiusa.
C-A
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You're right, it kinda does look like a cabbage... anyways, it looks amazing! I love the flow of the hair, it matches the original drawing of sailor moon crystal! sometimes I ask myself how you do it!
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Love this!! Chibi Usa grown up is honestly one of my fav senshi along with Jupiter and Pluto.
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Wow!
Thank you very much for this beautiful picture!!!!
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