Contest Entry: Sailor Aminta

This is my second entry to my wonderful friend, 's current contest.

Surprisingly, I've happened to have made two entries for her contest, so for this entry, I have decided to draw a "one-of-a-kind" picture, of one of her beautiful fanmade Sailor Senshi, Keira Monara "Chou Chou" as Sailor Aminta, who is an absolutely gorgeous senshi, with such a unique fuku design and hairstyle!

She was quite challenging, but very enjoyable to draw, I've happened to take a bit more time on this character than =Sailor-Serenity's Sailor America on my first entry ([link]), in fact, since I had lots of fun drawing her Sailor America for my first entry, and was truly happy with the finished result of the artpiece, I then had thought to myself "Why not make another artpiece, featuring one of my other favorite characters made by her, for my second entry?", knowing how much I adore viewing her really beautiful and so unique fanmade/OC Sailor Senshi.

However, if either or neither one of my entries win a prize (winning would be a wonderful thing, and will also make me feel very proud and happy for myself & all my hardwork that had paid off well), I'm always sure to keep in mind & heart, that I had such a wonderful time taking part in the contest, for all the fun & enjoyment, for how I admire =Sailor-Serenity and her artwork, and also for all the encouragements & support that I've recieved from my friends/watchers & fellow artists, in which is all I can ever count on, with all my heart, courage, sharing and joy.

I simply had the desired choice to get this completed & submitted to my gallery, just in time before the contest ends tomorrow (Monday, August 9th), and also before I leave for my big annual, 5-day trip to residential (sleep-away) summer camp tonight.

I'm very happy of how this came out, especially with the coloring, shading, and fuku & hairstyle details. I hope that you'll enjoy this, everybody!

Drawn on 11x8 1/2 sketchpad, with a No. 2 pencil (and in my own traditional art style), fixed, cleaned-up, colored & shaded by using Adobe Photodeluxe Home Edition 3.0., and finalized on MS Paint (for thin boarder, and artists' signature). The background was made & added on by using Adobe Photodeluxe Home Edition 3.0.

Keira Monara "Chou Chou"/Sailor Aminta (character) © =Sailor-Serenity
Sailor Moon © Naoko Takeuchi
Artwork © ~Sweet-Blessings (Myself) 2010

Also view my first entry: [link]

Reference pictures: for character's appearence and clothing design & [link] (for character's similar physic pose & facial expression)

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