Miyazaki Hayao

Howl's Moving Castle's theme song ♥

Miyazaki Hayao is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, character designer,

animator, storyboard artist and manga artist.

I first watched his movie called "Howl's Moving Castle" when I was in 5th grade

and since then He's been my biggest inspiration.

I never watch same movie more than once and his movies are exception..

I probably watched Howl's Moving Castle more than 10 times and I cry evertime I watch it.

The great thing about him is that he uses the traditional animation process which means he hand draws everything. I love how the colors are so vivid and the details are amazing.

His movies always have themes about fantasy and other worlds, and yet there's something

so elementally human, and basic.

If I have a chance to go to Japan again, I wanna go to Ghibli Museum ♥(designed by Miyazaki Hayao).

History of illustration

Since my blog is going to be about illustration, I thought It'd be great to talk about the history.

Definition of ilustration is a displaye visualization form presented s a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is creted to dlucidate or dictate sunsual inforation (such as a story, poem or newspaper article) by providding a visual representation graphically.

The first illustrations were cave paintings in Europe. The purpose of the cave paintings is not known.
Some people say that they may have been a way of communicating with others.
They mostly painted large animals like horses and deer.

In the Middle Ages, illustrations were used on books. Books were made working over coat or cow leather and using the "illumination" technique.

In 1851, artist Edmund Evans and Kate Greenaway began to print children's toy books and picture books.
That's when they first started using color in illustrations.

The book illustration art was on the peak of its popularity in the 19th century.

It's called "the golden age of illustration".

Improvements in printing technology helped illustrators to experiment with color and new rendering techniques. Many illustrators in this time became rich and famous.

Today, illustration is more than just advertising products and tranfering information. Illustrations are becoming valued as popular and profitable art works especially in South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong

 

"Art is the lie that makes us realize the truth" Pablo Picasso

My love of art ♥

I love art. I have always loved to draw.

Since when I was about 6 years old, my favorite thing to do was drawing.

 I remember I skipped so many days of kindergarten just to sit in  my room and draw all day.

At that time, my mom was working at the animation studio.

So I always asked her to draw something for me so I could copy her drawings.

 I'm now 18 years old, senior in high school and I'm in AP studio art.

I knew art was my favorite but I never thought that  it would get this far.

After I graduate from high school, I'm planning to go to art school and major in interior design or illustration. I still haven't decided what I'm gonna do between these two.

The great thing about art is that there isn't really a good or bad.

I think every drawings (or paintings) has it's own meaning and a story

and nobody could judge if it's good or bad because everyone's point of view is different.

♥Here are some of my favorite paintings♥

Michael Shapcott Firefly

 Kris Lewis Red carnation

  Daniel Merriam In the heart of an angel

Tran Nguyen And our world came tumbling after