A selection of my favorite hand-painted backgrounds in sequential order from “Escaflowne: the Movie” aka エスカフローネ, "Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea” released in 2000.
A lot gets mentioned about the characters in the world of Gaea, so I want to give some love and attention to the beautiful, mystical, natural world of Gaea itself. The traditional painted backgrounds in this movie use gorgeous color theory and rendering techniques to show a truly otherwordly place where the dark fantasy adventures comes to life!

















