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Published: 2007-10-14 20:01:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 25329; Favourites: 770; Downloads: 707
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How lazy of me to submit a work in progress.... but it's been a busy weekend. I shouldn't even be working on this, I'm going to be up all night with homework.
So as you can see, I've been diligently procrastinating this weekend, and I read Howl's Moving Castle. Fans of the movie should defintely check out the book: it is absolutely wonderful and quite different in places.
Etc. Howl and Sophie. They were fun to draw. Howl is such a bastard and Sophie is such a nag. Hopefully I can find time to finish it properly sometime this week. There's hardly any Howl fanart on deviantart that isn't modeled after the movie!
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I love this style!! It's so different from the movie, I adore the diversity.
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I love seeing something based on the book! I just finished it and think you captured the characters perfectly. Amazing!!
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I love the movie, bu it is very refreshing to see some original artwork based off the book!
This is great I adore how grumpy Sophie looks.
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I love the book version of these characters ten times more than the movie versions. ^-^ Thank you for drawing them as they should be.
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Silver and blue costume...trailing sleeves with scalloped edges...I really like how you paid special attention to the details. <3 Also, the characterization in your faces is fantastic. Most people would draw older people the same as they do younger people with lines, but Sophie definitely has her own look to her, complete with personality!
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Glad you noticed. Thanks for the comments, I'm glad you liked.
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I absolutely loved the book!! I also found out recently that there are two sequels to it. I must read them lol
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I've always preferred the book versions to their movie counterparts, so seeing this really put a smile on my face. Its a shame that the book is still often ignored despite how ultra popular Miyazaki is. Ah, oh well! At least I got this gem to look at ;D
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I totally agree with your definition of Howl & Sophie xD I love the book and I like the movie too, but I prefer to not make comparisons between theme 
btw I really loved finding a fanart inspired by the book
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*them (not theme xD)
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I love your renditions of Howl and Sophie. Howl has that foppish bragadocious air whilst Sophie is the epitome of shrewish old nag. Kudos to you for this little delight!
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Wonderful! So different from all the anime-fantart 
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I love the book! (signed)
but now diana wynne jones is dead...is very sad
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I love the book! The end it's so different I definitely love it!
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His sleeves are fantastic! I don't think they ever got them big enough in the movie
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I've read the book many times and it is so different than the movie! So I really love how you portrayed them here! So perfect!
And is it just me or did his eyes change colors in the book? At first they are green then they are blue, it seemed.
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I thought I already had this fav'd...oh well
still love this, even if it is a WIP
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My favorite thing about this picture is that the writing looks kind of like Dr. Seuss's. That's a compliment, by the way.
Awesome job with Howl! He's such a bastard child, but you can't help but love him. <3
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nah howl just can't see past the end of his own nose unless he want's something and sophie just gets pissed off with him at the start
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I really love how you used your own style for this!
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I love the difference between them the way you've drawn it!
It is refreshing to see fanart that doesn't use the Howl from the movie ^^ It's nice to see peoples' more imaginative take on him
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I like your handwriting.
and the colours.
Do finish, please.
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i agree there is to much movie fan art. the book is so great. i actually havnt seen the movie yet but i heard its completely differnt
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Ha ha! I love it! DA needs more HMC (book) fanart.
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Dude, Howl's moving castle is one of the greatest books I've ever read. I don't really like the movie though.
Great work!
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Amen to modeling Howl art after the book! We need more of it. 
This is wonderful - your take on Mr. Heartbreaker is superb.
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was that the part where she made the suit too big and he teased her for it? lol!! I finished the book in a day 1/2 just couldn't put the thing down!!
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I never imagined Howl with a ponytail, but it's an interesting look for him. I like his extravagant clothing too.
Sophie is not amused BX
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This is such a fun picture. I'd already loved the book for years before the movie came out - it is, in fact, my favorite book - so it's nice to find some fanart not based on the movie, which disappointed me by changing so much.
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cute :#
i think i should've seen the movie first
the book was...let's just say OMGILOVEITSOMUCH. XP
the movie sorta disappoiinted me, but i dont knw, i think i have a problem. i just wish they explained some things and that they showed more of howl and sophie's personality (and i'm totally confused on the with of the waste and prime minister lady
so anyway
glad to see aome art based on the book D
been planning to make some for a while
aaah taking up too much space
anyway, LOVELY art :3
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btw i love your sophie--totally shows her naggy stubborn side XD
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I thought I commented on this! Hmmm.
Well, anyway, it's wonderful; there IS way too little book fanart these days. I LOVE the scowling Sophie...she was so huffy and indignant around Howl!
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yay! it's true. i love it when fanart is original and not movie-modeled. there's nothing wrong with the latter, of course, but it's no fun. the movie is how Hayao Miyazaki saw the characters. it's his style. it's like looking for Harry Potter fanart and getting pictures of Dan Radcliffe. i love to see other people's own interpretations. this is very good, by the way. huzzah!
also, in the book, do u know why the witch curses sophie to begin with?
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Hrrrm. It's been a while since I read the book. Hm, well the witch realized from the bat that Sophie had magic abilities, even if Sophie didn't, and was it either that she was jealous/nervous about it, or was it just the result of the argument she and Sophie got into? It never really said specifically, did they? The Witch just does bad crap like that I guess, lol.
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She cursed Sophie because she thought she was Lettie, who had a knack for sorcery. Apparently Lettie was talked about and word got to the witch. That's why she addressed Sophie as "Miss Hatter"; she thought Lettie was trying to become powerful enough to rival the witch.
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wow. thank you very much. i don't remember where it says that in the book, but i'll take your word for it.
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Yeah I would check but I'm too lazy XD
I'm pretty sure that's how it goes though.
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Book fanart! Now there's something you don't see every day. Man, the book was so great... totally understandable that all that awesome wouldn't fit into a movie.
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You know, I preferred every single thing about the book, (god the black door that leads to modern Wales, that was so damned cool....) except for the ending. I thought it was a bit abrupt. Have you read the sequel? Is it good as well?
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There's a sequel? I must get my hands on this...
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