Edwinhuang - Sailor Mercury (Patreon)

 After doing the coloring of Sailor Moon done by @edwinhuang  and  seeing what else they had done, I wanted to do the others.  So I  contacted Edwinhuang and asked if they could send me the linearts of the  other Senshi.  And upon receiving them, I went about coloring them.   Although, after the other senshi were colored, I knew that I had a  pretty high task to do.  I wanted to make it as dynamic as what was done  by them but I wanted to do it in my own way.  And the way I usually do  it is in reference to the original versions.  So, given that, I tried to  essentially replicate as best as possible the original transformation  scene or image that Sailor Mercury had.  However, at the same time, I  added my own dynamic flare to it, namely the bubbles which I had to  throw in since it is pretty much Mercury’s weapon.  Which is the only  disagreement that I would make with what Edwinhuang did with their  version by using water.  My personal opinion on the matter is that water  is more Neptune’s weapon and bubbles is more Mercury’s weapon.  So  having two senshi use water magic seems a tad redundant.

Here’s the version they did:  Sailor Mercury (4 of 5) by Edwinhuang

Making  the bubbles was the hardest part since the version of Photoshop I had  didn’t have it and there was no one in DA or anywhere else that had an  adequate bubble brush that I needed.  So I went and found a tutorial on  how to make your own bubble brush.  And using that along with the  various added brush functions I was able to give the bubbles various  sizes and spreads.  And for the final piece, I had to throw in the  Sailor Moon style version of Sailor Mercury’s symbol into the  background.

My thanks again to Edwinhuang for allowing me to make my own colored versions of these senshi.

Stay tuned for more, my loyal watchers and followers.

© Sailor Mercury - Sailor Moon - Naoko Takeuchi   

Sarcasm:  Thank you, Patreon, for not allowing me to post any actual artwork here.