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Dommnics In reply to SerifeB [2014-08-06 09:45:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Serife! It is a bit of a challenge but very fun and satisfying hehe. You learn a bit from doing it too c:

You should definitely try your hand at this!

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Dommnics In reply to AEmiliusLives [2014-07-26 02:23:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Dommnics In reply to DimitriKJr [2014-07-23 14:00:55 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thank you Dim! :')
I felt a lot of pressure drawing Howl. I wanted to make sure I got him just right. I mean, it's HOWL after all.

HAHA thanks
I loooove dem eyebrows. They're fun to draw heh

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Dommnics In reply to YourHumbleHost [2014-07-23 05:06:08 +0000 UTC]

Aw, shucks. ;u;

You're much too kind! Thank you plenty!

I could never live up to Miyazaki though o A o

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Dommnics In reply to Wickfield [2014-07-23 05:08:00 +0000 UTC]

A certain someone happened to inspire me!

Thank you! I was lucky enough this time to get the lineart so clean. Normally, my style is too sketchy.

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Dommnics In reply to Freyad-Dryden [2014-07-23 05:10:48 +0000 UTC]

Hee, yup! Oh yeah? ;o It's something I picked up from Phobs... I love what he does with noses. I wouldn't be surprised if Howl was slightly drunk here though.

Definitely! I really want to do more of these in the future. And yeah, I was thinking Castle in the Sky or Spirited Away.

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Freyad-Dryden In reply to Dommnics [2014-07-23 05:13:37 +0000 UTC]

Castle in the Sky is possibly my favorite, though it has Whisper of the Heart putting up a hard fight for that title.  Miyazaki is probably my favorite director.  Ever.

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Dommnics In reply to Freyad-Dryden [2014-07-23 05:52:22 +0000 UTC]

Castle in the Sky was the first Miyazaki film I saw so I've got a special place for it in my heart. My favorite is probably Howl's Moving Castle though.

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Freyad-Dryden In reply to Dommnics [2014-07-23 06:12:50 +0000 UTC]

I don't really like Howl's much.  It's good for the first half of the film, but once it gets to the introduction of Sulliman, it kinda falls apart.  I mean, we have a clear villain with known goal and motive (Witch of the Waste wants to steal Howl's heart because she has none of her own) being supplanted by what appears to be a villain, but who's goals and motives are never clearly explained.  And the ending has so many conflicting implications that it doesn't make sense.  And also, Miyazaki cut the sub-plot from the book about Sophie having a magic talent for breathing life into things, so her suddenly being able to bring Calcifer back to life isn't set-up properly.  What truly baffles me, though, is that Miyazaki stood out from the crowd in that he *never* made mistakes like that in his films.  In fact, the praise he most consistently gets is how detailed and believable all of his characters are, so for one of his films to fall apart because two critical characters aren't properly developed is just weird.
I mean, I will give it that it's got at least the first half good, so there's more I can praise about it than Ponyo, but Howl's just doesn't gel together very well.  It's watchable, but not his strongest effort.

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Dommnics In reply to Freyad-Dryden [2014-07-23 14:02:50 +0000 UTC]

I see. o:

Well, you're one of the rare few I've met who didn't like HMC as much. I can understand why though!

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Freyad-Dryden In reply to Dommnics [2014-07-23 17:52:32 +0000 UTC]

Part of it I can understand.  Apparently, Miyazaki wasn't going to actually be involved in that one except as an executive producer, but there was an in-house argument and the person who was directing it quit, so he had to take over her job.  Still, it's really not his strongest film.  I'm just hoping his last film is better, because I'd hate for him to go out on a bad note after a brilliant career of more than thirty years.

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Dommnics In reply to Nina-Lupus [2014-07-23 05:08:15 +0000 UTC]

Aah thank you!

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Nina-Lupus In reply to Dommnics [2014-07-23 15:32:09 +0000 UTC]

You are most welcome!

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