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Published: 2014-09-01 08:07:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 489; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 5
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As you may know, I've had no Photoshop access for a while and so I've turned to traditional art. I recently fell in love with Howl's Moving Castle, so I thought, why not? It may not be as good as my digital work but I had fun doing it anyway. And it looks a lot better in real life. It's on a canvas, done with acrylic paints.Hopefully soon I can do a digital version of Howl - with a tablet!
Howl belongs to Diana Wynne Jones, and his look to Ghibli Studios
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Thank you so much! Glad you like it
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I am just kind of exploring right now since I am really new to the site and I stumbled across your profile 
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Welcome to DeviantArt! 
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HoLy CrAp!!! There are a ton of people on here, I don't even know where to start looking!
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I know - I remember that feeling! I think the best place to start is looking up groups that focus on your interests - then you can find awesome artists and potential friends as well 
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Thanks! OH I have a quick question, what does a llama badge mean???
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No problem!
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OOOOHK That helps me allot lol I was very confused when I was notified that someone sent me a llama....I didn't know you could do that over the internet.
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Haha yeah it doesn't get explained to you when you start and I think it should. XD Yep it's pretty exclusive to dA I think
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Like I wish there was a little tutorial video they gave you letting you have an idea of what you're doing, or when setting up your profile
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Yeah I think that would be a really good idea!
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I'm about to get this trending on Twitter or something lol
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Having worked with acrylic paints myself, I understand how difficult it is to create a shapely contour line, especially when unused to traditional art. Because of this I feel the life of the eyes have been lost. To solve this problem, it might serve you well to use a smaller brush/ fineliner and work over stiff jagged lines. I took a look at howl's moving castle art and I noticed to truly emulate the style your eyes also need to be closer together. Observe this image and how round the eyes are
images5.fanpop.com/image/photo… .
The energetic and rounded, quick strokes are clearly apparent. Capturing that energy will breath real personality into the art.
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I know! The eyes looked good until I outlined them >.< I used a reference image and tried to get the eyes as similar as possible, but unfortunately traditional doesn't work like that for me. I'm hoping I can do a better job of those strokes when I do some more digitally. I'll definitely try to capture the energy next time. Thank you again!
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That's really cool, I like how the hair turned out. I really like the movie as well, it's such a fun concept.
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Thank you, I like the hair too 
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