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BSSM Original Picture Collection Vol. III

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  • 374 X 275 mm.
  • January 1995 Nakayoshi supplement.
  • Media: Pencil, color ink, pastel, color spray, tone.
  • Paper: Canson.

I didn't have time, so I drew this on paper quickly with pencil, then put the color in easily with pen. On top of the background pastel, I put on white tone, but I wonder how it will turn out.

artbook scan
  • 380 X 275 mm.
  • Cover of KC volume 10.
  • Media: Color ink, color spray, marker.
  • Paper: Canson.

I'm running out of colors for the comic covers, oh no! I realized I wasn't using red, and decided to use red first. And since volume 10 should be commemorated, I worried about doing a simple, bright picture fitting Sailor Moon, and decided on this picture.

artbook scan
  • 372 X 259 mm.
  • Cover of KC volume 8.
  • Media: Color ink, color spray.
  • Paper: Canson.

I drew this picture on pink paper. I hope the color comes out well. In the Korean version of the comic, pink is really turning out well. For the flowers in the background, I put lace cloth doilies (so Ikuko-mama calls them. This is like making a lace flower vase.) on top of the paper, and forcibly sprayed white color spray on it.

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  • 350 X 250 mm.
  • Drawn for use in the Picture Collection.
  • Media: Color ink, pencil, tone.
  • Paper: Canson.

When I decided on the content of the third series, and started writing down character creation, I drew this as an example of the feeling I wanted their civilian-clothed forms to have. It's a doodle I never intended to publish anywhere. Their faces and hairstyles are still like they're actually different people. Michiru-sama is such an adult. I just wanted to draw the clothes of these two.

artbook scan
  • 372 X 265 mm.
  • Title page of the May 1994 Nakayoshi.
  • Media: Color ink, color spray, pencil.
  • Paper: Classical Fabriani.

I can't think of these two as the same people at all as the two on the previous page. Especially since Haruka-sama is in male form. In the anime as well, I wanted to do a lot with Haruka-sama in male form. I was surprised to notice a number of people dressed in Infinity School uniforms at events. There were also girls in green wigs. Wow! Not just after transforming, I guess. But I love watching costume play, so I was happy.

  • 380 X 540 mm.
  • Title page of the June 1994 Nakayoshi.
  • Media: Color ink, color spray. Paper: Fine BB Kent.

This is the eight of them with different faces from normal. I like Usagi-chan's face (even though it's strange). I really like drawing the ten of them (though this is just eight) before transformation in one color picture with different facial expressions and poses. But drawing lots of people is troublesome since it takes so much time. Sigh...

  • 375 X 548 mm.
  • Pin-up drawn for KC volume 7.
  • Media: Color ink, water-based marker, color pencil, instant lettering tone.
  • Paper: Canson, Paradise.
  • Picture edited by Terralune

When this became a poster in comic volume 7, I forgot to color in part of Mina-P's hair. When it became the picture for April in the '95 calendar, I colored the background over it. It's a different version. This is the ten of them in plain clothes, which don't appear much in the manga. By the way, Setsuna-sama wears hotpants as well at home, but basically she also likes long skirts.

artbook scan
  • 392 X 545 mm.
  • Title page of the August 1994 Nakayoshi.
  • Media: Pencil, color ink, color spray.
  • Paper: OK Muse Kaiser.
  • [This picture is on two pages. The one-piece version is from a CD-ROM.]

This is the two of them in the style of models from Vogue Bambino (a really cute Italian children's clothing magazine). The background colors I also used for the cover of Picture Collection I. They're color spray I love, pearl blue and pearl purple. The color didn't show up at all on the cover of Picture Collection I (and the grain turned out rough). I was really shocked (damnit!), but I hope it will show well this time.

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  • 430 X 380 mm.
  • September 1994 Nakayoshi supplement.
  • Media: Color ink, color spray, gel medium, beads, lace, paper, water-based marker.
  • Paper: Canson, Paradise.

This cut of the two I drew for use as a file supplement. I attached the background lace paper and beads for use in the Picture Collection. I drew the checkers on their clothes with water-based marker. I hope the pink beads and their fluorescent orange background show well.

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  • 283 X 374 mm.
  • March 1995 Nakayoshi supplement.
  • Media: Color ink, marker, poster color.
  • Paper: Canson.

These people and hearts I drew to be used as a supplement as well. I drew the background for use in the Picture Collection. This is a different version. I believe this color picture is the first time I used a Kopikku marker [ed. note: Copic Marker]. I didn't have any interest in markers, but the art supply store I go to really recommended them, so I started painting a sample, and it was fun! Really fun! I didn't think I could draw so many hearts.

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  • 379 X 545 mm, 274 X 372 mm.
  • July 1994 Nakayoshi supplement and original drawing.
  • Media: Color ink, marker.
  • Paper: Canson.

It didn't seem likely until now, but here are the ten of them in "sailor" form. For use in the Picture Collection, I also drew the four sailor forms of Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna, and Hotaru. The center three pieces on the right page were stationery designs. At that time I thought it would be an unusual, good supplement.

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  • 381 X 285 mm.
  • Front cover of July 1994 Nakayoshi.
  • Media: Color ink, color spray, water-based marker.
  • Paper: Arche.

Until this picture, I had been using pink color ink for their skin for a while. But since the pink is emphasized so much when it's printed, now I'm using fluorescent orange.

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  • 374 X 272 mm.
  • Front cover of the January 1995 Nakayoshi.
  • Media: Color ink, marker.
  • Paper: Canson, Japanese paper.

For their kimono, I cut out Japanese paper and pasted it. I like kimono and yukata, so I want to dress the characters in them, and I have lots of book clippings to use as references, but... Anyway, there are ten of them, right? I thought about it, but drawing it would be so much trouble...


  • Original art and text © TAKEUCHI Naoko
  • Published October 5, 1996
  • ISBN4-06-324518-7
  • English translation © 1998 Alex Glover. Used with permission.