drawn June 2, '04
posted for Feb 13, 2007
(75)
Haku! Or, if you like, Kohakunushi Nigihayami! I watched my first Miyazaki
movie shortly before drawing this, and I though it was really cool, although
Spirited Away is probably a pretty drastic introduction to Miyazaki. This
movie was probably my whole introduction to Japanese culture, especially
the animated kind.I drew him in "human-world" clothes because I hoped he'd be able to meet Chihiro again afterwards. This picture isn't the greatest, though (short legs), but I like the shoes. The colours would be for his shirt, striped white and foam green (like his dragon mane), with pale blue blue jeans and white sneakers.
He's quite the 12-year-old (in appearance) bishounen in the movie.
Although I didn't presume to do much more Studio Ghibli fanart, I own most of the movies, and certainly all the well-known ones. Here's my current collection:
Spirited Away
Nausicäa of the Valley of the Wind
Kiki's Delivery Service
The Cat Returns
Whisper of the Heart
Howl's Moving Castle
My Neighbour Totoro
Castle in the Sky
Princess Mononoke
Eventually, I realized that most of the English voices just didn't sound as good as the original Japanese, and the translations didn't make as much sense as what the subtitles told me they originally said. I learned wisdom!