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EDIT: I've cropped the picture to focus more on Marin and Miran. The full view is here !
Round 1: Civilian
When she isn’t fighting evil, 19-year-old Marin Lan is a student at culinary school. Her dream is to be a pastry chef at a high-end restaurant, but she still has a long way to go: her mentors say her technique is clumsy and her creations aren't fancy enough, and they give her a lot of flack for it.
Shortly before she became a senshi, Marin was considering dropping out of school because she was afraid of being a failure. But after meeting Miran, who encouraged her to not lose hope, she’s since changed her mind and is now determined to prove herself.
Since then, Marin's been staying up late at night to perfect her skills. Here, she’s working on her latest dessert, a blue velvet cake. The dessert is inspired by how she became a senshi and met Miran -- the ombre blue represents her fuku colors, and the jewel she’s placing is a sugar replica of Miran’s star seed, the one that Marin ate. To balance the richness of blue velvet, the cake is dotted with tiny raspberry and lime jellies and laid upon a raspberry swirl. Raspberries are Marin’s favorite food, and she’ll find any excuse to include them in her dishes.
Agh, I think I've finished on time! I was a tad ambitious and I wanted to practice with perspectives and foreshortening and backgrounds and color schemes -- basically everything I haven't really practiced. Overall I think there's some room for improvement (such as the fact that I really need to draw faster), but I'm pretty proud of what I've done.
If it's not clear, Marin is the dark-haired girl in the chef uniform, and Miran is the glowing blue-haired girl keeping her company. As an effect of absorbing Miran's powers, Marin takes on some qualities of Miran's appearance when she becomes a senshi, namely her hair and eye color (which is why she doesn't look the same as her senshi form).
You'll also notice Miran's holding a notebook with some drawings of desserts, and the one on the bottom bears a resemblance to a certain moon princess...
As always, feedback and critique is very much appreciated!
OSI Qualification Round
Marin's past adventures