Fan Art Friday: Jiro and Nahoko from The Wind Rises directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Happy Fan Art Friday everyone! Today's drawing will be about Jiro and Nahoko from the Studio Ghibli movie 'The Wind Rises'. It was directed by Hayao Miyazaki. This was the final movie that Miyazaki created. He then retired from making animation.

I was quite saddened by the news that this was the last movie. So I made an extra effort to buy my copy of this movie. I first watched this movie in Japanese first and for the first in a long while, I can understand some of what the the characters are saying. I felt quite happy about this because I have been studying for quite a while now. A week later I decided to watch the English dub and I was very very VERY impressive. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt played these characters really well. Above all I found the movie to be really good and also great insight to the making of aeroplanes. 

Also the movie was at a pivotal point in time. It was during the the 1920's onwards.

When this movie was out in the cinemas in the UK, the art book of the movie was released. I managed find it in my local library and read only halfway. This was mainly because it revealed a lot of spoilers for me since I didn't watch the movie. Also there was a lot of the information about how the movie began as well as the background storyline. I was was quite intrigued by this as I was able to find out a lot more.

For this drawing, I made the main characters in watercolour paints and made some blue spirals in a green background.

There will be more fan art next week. Thanks for visiting and please write a comment.

Fan Art Friday: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Kevin Eastman Peter Laird , Calcifer from Howls Moving Castle by Diane Wynne Jones and Megara from Disney's Herucles

Happy September and Happy Fan Art Friday today I'll be showing three drawing that are all in colouring pencils.

The first fan art is of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman. I'm a big fan of the turtles and I have been watching the TV during the 90's. It's awesome, great and spectacular. My favourite turtles was either between Raphael and Donatello.  I loved everything about the fanchise. The movies, the cartoon and the live-action series. I think the only thing that I have haven't seen ore read is the comics. I would love to read them some day. There might be possibility that I might draw more characters from this series. I think it is timeless and it has been very appealing to every generation who have come across them either through the comics or TV. I don't think I can every get tired of them.:

The next fan art is of Calcifer from Howl's Moving Castle by Diane Wynne Jones. The movie was directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Although I haven't read the book I have watched the Studio Ghibli movie and  I think it is incredible. I've watched both the  Japanese and English version and surprising both of the was really good. I decided to draw Calcifer because he was hilarious in both versions. He also looked quite cute too. Although he is fire I really wanted to hug him after watching the movie. I decided to make him very cute in this drawing:

The third and final fan art for today is of Megara from the Disney movie Hercules. This is a great movie. Around the time it was released here in the UK, it was advertised everywhere. It was so big that the premiere was shown on TV too. I was very intrigued. However I did not watch it until it was on the Disney Channel. I really enjoyed and Megara was my favourite. I adore the fact that the story was set in Ancient Greece as I was fascinated about Greece when I was very young. I've drawn Megara quite randomly during this week and I thought that it will be awesome to great to shown here on my blog.:

There will be more fan art next week. Thank you for visiting my blog. Please write a comment.

Fan Art Friday: Ponyo, Kiki form Kiki's Delivery Service and Chihiro from Spriited Away written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Kaoru from Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki and Subaru and Hokuto from Tokyo Babylon by CLAMP

Happy Fan Art Friday Everyone! Today I'll be showing you three fan arts. All of these fan arts are all in colouring pencils also I thought that it would be interesting to show these characters in child-form.

The first one is of Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service, Ponyo and Chihiro from Spirited Away.  All of them were written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.  The first one I saw was Spirited Away. The DVD was a birthday gift from a very good friend of mine. It's probably movie that I haven't gotten tired of. The music is brilliant too. Kiki's Delivery Serivce was another movie that I really enjoyed too. This movie made me smile and it made me wonder what if a postman or post-lady used a alternative vehicle which is smiliar to Kiki's one to deliver the post? I think that would be interesting. I have yet to see Ponyo but I will definitely watch it.:

The next fan art is of Kaoru from the anime and manga Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki. I first came across this series when I was either 17 or 18. It was another manga that I found at my local library and I loved and adored the story. I was fascinated of the concept of how it was set during the past of Japan. In this case it was the Meiji Period. Kaoru is a teacher of a kendo school and she and her family have a long history of a particular Kendo technique that can be only taught. At some point she bumps into Kenshin. I can't say what happens you'll have to read the manga to find out. The anime was impressive too. I watched most of the episodes up to a certain point. This was due to the fact that some of the plot was not corresponding to the manga. Back then I had read so much of this series as a manha that I assumed that it would be the same thing in the anime. Today, I realise that maybe this was done because at the time when the anime was released the manga was still being released. I got roughly a couple of volumes to finish the manga. I'm on the last arc of the series and I'm loving it so far:

The third and final art for today is of Subaru and Hokuto from the manga Tokyo Babylon by CLAMP. Both of them are twins. This was another manga that I found at my library. I was in university when I read this series and It's a favourite of mine. It left me with a lasting impression on how I viewed one of the characters of the story. Although it has been a while since I've read this series I remember the plot very well. This manga made me admire CLAMP a whole lot more. In the manga both of these characters are teenagers. Plus the purple thing that I made in the background was something that I created out of my head. Looking at this drawing I've realised that it could be a hint of  a foreshadow. In the story. PLEASE read this manga. It's really great. :) :

There will be more fan art next week. Thank you for visiting my blog and please leave a comment. Enjoy your weekend everyone! ;)

Fan Art Friday: Haru from The Cat Returns by Aoi Hiiragi & diredcted by Hiroyuki Morita

Happy Friday Everyone! Today I'll be posting another fan art today. Today's fan art is based on the the company Studio Ghibli. I thought that it would be great that I will do another because so far this the second fan art that I've made from this company. To see the first one click here.

The fan art is of the main protagonist Haru from the movie The Cat Returns. It was directed by Hiroyuki Morita. This was the third movie that I watched after watching Spirited Away and it was a movie that was recommended by my friend when I was at university. I decided to buy the DVD and watch it and I really really enjoyed it. The music too was quite impressive and I adored the Baron in this movie. At some point I will draw him. There is also a manga of this movie too. It was written by Aoi Hiiragi. I think I still have a copy somewhere in my house.( ^_^) I hope you like the drawing:

There will be more Studio Ghibli drawings that I will create throughout this month and hopefully into the first week of September. There will be more fan art next week. Thanks for visiting my blog and please leave a comment. The will be a new post on Monday of some sketches of objects that I did sometime this week. Please look out for it.

Fan Art Friday: Nonoko from My Neighbours The Yamadas by Hisachi Ishii and Isao Takahata and Mr Bump From Mr Men and Little Miss by Roger Hardgreaves

Happy April and Happy Fan Art Friday! Today I'll be showing two fan arts. Both of them were pencil sketches and the changed and modified on Photoshop.

The first fan art is of Nonoko from the movie My Neighbours the Yamadas by Isao Takahata. This was a Studio Ghibli movie that I watched back in 2011 and I really really enjoyed it. I laughed so much and the songs were pretty good too. From doing a bit more research I found out the original comic is by Hisachi Ishii. My favourite character is Nonoko so I thought that it would be awesome if I draw her. While studying Japanese I decided to watch the DVD again and what I noticed is that there are a couple of words that I understand. I was absolutely thrilled.:

The second and final fan art for today is of Mr Bump from Mr Men and Little Miss by Roger Hardgreaves. I remember in my childhood reading the books as well as watching the series. It was hilarious. There were moments were I marvelled of the things that each of these characters go through. Mr Bump is my favourite. I got a key chain of him. The pencil sketch of Mr Bump was not to my best effort so I decided to make some improvements on Photoshop. I thought I create him with a happy smile. This was a success:

There will be more Fan Art next week. Thank you for visiting my blog and please leave a comment. Have a brilliant month. (^_^)

Fan Art Friday: Nurse on Call by Edith Cotterill and Laputa Castle in the Sky Fan Art (^_~)

Hi Everyone and Happy Fan Art Friday! Today's fan art were all drawn by hand and then modified on Photoshop CS3. Other than adjusting to the use of traditional Materials I thought that at times I might switch to digital drawing. It has been a while since I've used Photoshop. I will still use traditional materials for my work.

The first fan art is of the novel which I am currently reading called 'Nurse On Call' by Edith Cotterill. So far I'm loving the novel so far and I thought I will create another fan art. This is the third one that I've created. I've chose to draw Edith from the side instead of the centre and also draw different periods of her life quite differently. The last two drawing were in Watercolour paints and I felt that I rushed these pieces. This one is in the form of a digital drawing. I hope you all like it:

The next fan art is of the Studio Ghibli movie 'Laptuta Castle in the Sky'. Strangely, this was the first movie that I saw briefly when I was about eleven or twelve. It came on channel 4. Back then I was a bit put off by some of the first few scenes and immediately changed the channel. It wasn't until 2008 when I watched it  again and realised that I should have remained patient and watched the whole movie. I chose to make this fan art because it was in fact the first Studio Ghibli movie that I watched quite a bit Where as 'Spirited Away' was the movie I probably enjoyed the most. There are in fact more of these movies that I really enjoy and I hope to make a fan art of these films at some point:

There will be more fan art next week. Thank You for stopping by and for reading my blog. Please leave a comment! (^_~)