I think my medium-nib brush pen got slightly frayed. It keeps getting this “feathery” look, and it annoys me.
This is one of the drawings that I feel “meh”, but I’m glad I took the courage to try drawing rain and the water splash when it hits the earth. I still need to learn a great deal of capturing natural elements and details, but I feel this is a good start.
… and now I want pancakes and a cup of coffee.
I’m taking the meaning of “fuzzy” as “abstract” or “unclear”.
In Ghibli “Sen to Chihiro” (Spirited Away), the character No-Face (Kaonashi) is neither good or bad. I even feel Kaonashi is childlike. Chihiro shows kindness to Kaonashi, which makes Kaonashi following Chihiro with hope Kaonashi can make Chihiro happy. Kaonashi received excessive attentions and splurged on lavishness from the bathhouse’s staffs which caused Kaonashi behaved terribly. It was until Kaonashi left the bathhouse, they returned to their original form. Chihiro even mentioned it in the movie, “the bathhouse is bad for him.”
I want to apply the same concept on this drawing. This drawing is derived from Inktober Day 6: Spirit.
I want to draw a forest spirit, curious in nature, and guarded closely by the fairies as it’s placed inside fairy ring — the forest spirit should not step outside the ring, for it can go to the human world and get corrupted in return. Those who wanders deep inside the forest might meet the spirits, and one needs to respect the spirits and its realm. Forest does what forest needs to do.
This drawing is heavily referenced from Disney Pixar’s “Wall.E”. “Wall.E” is one of my favorite movies, and I really like how the original story is actually a love story.
In case it wasn’t super clear, I actually referring to the loop in, uh, knitting.
When I was little, I had this picture book by Kazuo Iwamura, titled “14 Tikus” (Fourteen Mice) — it’s a series of a family of mice, fourteen of them: from grandparents to grandchildren, and their daily activities and adventures in the forest.
The books are BEAUTIFUL. The pictures are— Chef’s kiss. A raspberry harvest scene can cover a lot; from the diligent ones to the ones who’s goofing around, and on the next page, you can see the youngest mouse cried because they got too tired of walking. When they arrived home, the father prepared the breakfast — mushroom soup and bread IT’S JUST SO CUTE AAAAAAAHHHH.
I really want to convey the memory of the book on my drawings, and I really hope I’m doing a good job on it. Who knows, maybe one day I can be like Kazuo Iwamura-sensei, and created my own story books?