Art of Diana Castillo

My art and musings

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I’ve been keeping this little passion project close to my chest, but now it’s out in the world! My FIRST comic Kickstarter Ivan! The Firebird is a colorful, charming comic where a headstrong palace guard must save a young prince before the kingdom is plunged into chaos. A tale of adventure, magic and friendship, heavily inspired by the work of Studio Ghibli and other animated films! You can read a little preview of the comic on my Tapas:

https://tapas.io/episode/1514765?comment_id=8719746 Please take just one minute to check out the kickstarter, and help support a new comic creator today! Feel free to back or share or BOTH! <3 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dianacastle/ivan-the-firebird-issue-1

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Summer memories of eating ice cream on my grandmother’s porch in Cuba~🍦

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Adding simple animations to my webcomic is super satisfying 🤩 Read the latest update at: https://tapas.io/episode/484819

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~The Ruby’s Little Sapphire ~ Wish I had more time to work on this but it was fun <3 Loving Critical Role’s side story with Jester and her mom : DDDD

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Finally got to finalize the design for the two main characters in my space comic Parallel/Orbit

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I’ve been working on developing my thesis story out in a webcomic! These are some of the newest pages but feel free to read KONANI from the beginning at https://tapas.io/episode/484819

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Wow, long time no post! Here’s something cool I’ve been working on: my first real attempt at pixel animations! Harder than it looks.... I suck at simplifying things. Lol. 

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Hey kids! Sorry about the radio silence~! I’ve been super duper busy working on exciting new things (aka. getting used to my new job and turning my thesis artwork for Konani/The Pele Project into a webcomic!). As you can see some panels/pages will have simple gift animations. I’m really excited to finally show this so if you want to keep track of the comic I’ll be posting here: https://tapastic.com/series/KONANI  I’ll also post some behind-the-scenes stuff, like roughs and sketches here on tumblr so keep an eye out! 

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Kylo Ren, the Death Tarot Card. 

Yes, I saw this movie. Yes I loved it. Expect more Star Wars character tarot cards soon! <3  Death Tarot Card meaning: Death signifies intense change, and most people do not welcome change. If viewed with a negative outlook, Death can indicate the unexpected, and deep rooted fears of the unknown. Speedpainting:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjuuRd9-Ddw

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may post your most recent drawing of moana on my Instagram (with credit of course) or should I wait until you post it on your Instagram?

Yes, as long as the drawing is already on my instagram you can repost it to yours (as long as you credit me)! : )  The Moana drawing went up on my Instagram today, so feel free!

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It's been a while since my last Moana drawing and I wanted to revisit and draw her according to her official Disney design! : D I'm so hyped for this movie! Will Moana interact with weird water spirits? How did she get her necklace? What should I draw next? Demigod Maui? Reblog or message me with suggestions! <3 Video of the drawing on my youtube channel as usual!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bWdm7CajvY

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Had fun starting a new series on my youtube channel: Let’s Draw Youtubers! Here’s Disney-plier (aka. a Disney-fied Markiplier)! I’ll be drawing other of my favorite youtubers as well! : )  Speedpaint video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZPezN_9ToU

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Oh wow, totally forgot to post this before leaving on my trip to Korea. Happy belated halloween everyone! This was a collab I did with my lovely, talented friend http://shannonelam.com/.  : DD  Video of the collab here! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6stoZjNrHeU

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Crimson Peak was a stunningly beautiful movie, even if it left me kind of bewildered and lost towards the end. I can always count on Guillermo del Toro to deliver beautiful, artsy horror! A++ Guillermo   Process video can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9m3TFbJHsw

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Are you going to do another Moana piece now that her official design is out?

Definitely! More moana drawings on the way soon : )

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I saw a few reblogs/comments on my Tangled fanart asking for more Disney Next Generation Kids- so here they are! Frozen Next Generation- ft. Anna and Kristoff’s twins. I had them in my sketchbook for a while and finally got around to painting them! As usual, sped up video on my youtube channel --- >   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-qJ54GKzrQ&feature=youtu.be I’m thinking maybe next I should do Tiana’s cake decorating son? Idk.. does anyone out there have suggestions for more Disney Next Gen Kids? : )

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I’ve been re-watching the first season of Gravity Falls, and I wish we had seen Ghost!Mabel in more episodes- she looked awesome! Here’s my tribute to her and Mermando! Reblog if you’d like to see me do more Gravity Falls stuff! :D   You can also watch a speedpainting video of me working on this piece, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVEJEH_P07g&feature=youtu.be