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Howl and Sophie -WIP- by ~heatherbunny:iconheatherbunny:

Categories Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing > People > Fantasy

©2006-2009 ~heatherbunny
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I'm probably gonna add a background to it (most likely the moving castle), and probably add Calcifer or something. For now, this is what I've got, I'm rather proud of the colouring. I've still got way more details to do, particularily on Howl's "fantastical blue and silver suit", but it's coming along nicely so far.

Anyway, these are obviously not based off Miyazaki's designs of Howl's Moving Castle characters, but my own based on how I imaginateded them while reading the book :) More or less, anyway. Howl's features always changed in my mind, therefore they always change every time I try to draw him U_U;; (you've gotta read it, Chelsea!) What's funny is that I picture Calcifer way differently from his cute movie self, but he's still got Billy Crystal's voice ^^;

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~baja-rocklizard May 3, 2006, 8:51:07 PM
this is really awesome ^_^ I'd love to see the finished product ^_^

I still want to see this movie though I didn't find out about it till after it was out and I haven't found it on DVD yet
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*YoukaiYume May 3, 2006, 8:57:26 PM
Nice. Howl seems so much more flamboyant here. For some reason, Sophie looks like a more mature version of Robin from WHR... maybe it's the blonde hair and pilgrim dress as opposed to Sophie's reddish hair in the book. ^^; So gorgeous though.... *sighs wistfully*

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~*Youkai Yume*~
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*venuslove May 3, 2006, 11:12:12 PM
hehe Howl looks like a count :D

Very nice

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She promptly turned into a cumberland sausage. "YOU HAVE A WOMANS PURSE, MY LORD!" She exclaimed arousingly.

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The unicorns let me loose from their experimenting! :excited:
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~Wonderland-chan May 4, 2006, 2:34:10 PM
I LOVE the book. But I'm also a big fan of the movie... ^^;

The characters look AWESOME. Do the background, and I'll :+fav:!! ^^ :heart:

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I smile because I have no idea what's going on. <3
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~Koholint May 4, 2006, 4:08:30 PM
I love that movie... :D You did such a good job on them! They look amazingly realistic. I love Howl's coat. :love:

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~ToriAno May 4, 2006, 4:32:53 PM
Lol looks great, can't wait too see it finished!
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~heatherbunny May 4, 2006, 6:44:33 PM
"Flamboyant" was exactly what I wanted, since that's how I picture him, so yay ^^. Yeah, one of my friends pointed out the Robin-ness of Sophie too, I didn't notice till he mentioned it, so it certainly wasnt' intentional. I did try giving her reddish-blond hair, since Sophie calls it "red-gold", but I guess it didn't turn out too well..... I'll have to work on it a little more. Thanks a lot for the comment!
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~heatherbunny May 4, 2006, 6:48:18 PM
Same here :D I watched the movie first, then read the book, and I can't decide which I like more. I actually like that the movie doesn't follow the book to a T, because now we have two different versions of the story that are both awesome.

Thanks! I'll get working on the background, as soon as I get my book back to refresh my memory of the different scenery (lent it out to a friend some time ago, grrrr, and I only got to read it once)
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~Wonderland-chan May 4, 2006, 8:33:28 PM
I only got to read it once, also... My friend lent it to me...

About the Movie VS. the Book: I think I like Howl a lot more in the movie... He's a meanie in the book! ^^ But I still luv him anyway! :heart: I love how Studio Ghibli portrayed the book.

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I smile because I have no idea what's going on. <3
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~Nekaness May 15, 2006, 5:26:42 AM
That is AWESOME.

I;m kinda tired of miyazaki's howl...^_^
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