#nayviart

[nayvi]

Last week @mirtadraws and I, finished The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett, the sequel of The Colour of Magic and was time for me to draw fanarts of the beautiful adventures of Rincewind and Two Flowers ✨

At some moment I'll paint them!

[mirtadraws]

Look at this thing my gf made for me !!!

[nayvi]

"But, Alicia, how many illustrations of the first chapter of Howl's Moving Castle do you plan to do?

—Yes."

Chapter One: In Which Sophie Talks to Hats

In 2020, and again in the University, for my Illustration class, I decided to do my 3rd attempt of the first chapter illustration for a project.

Again, with the aesthetics of the film, but with much better watercolor and drawing skills!

Yes, when I started to try to illustrate HMC with the aesthetics of the film, I also created an obsession with the Victorian period and I almost got bonkers investigating the fashion of the time and every detail 🫠👍🏻✨

It's been 6 years since this watercolour, and now I can appreciate how good it was :')

Of course, now can be better, but for that it will need to wait a tiny bit more 😉

PS: I added a few scans and photos of the process that I found that could be interesting to see!

[nayvi]

Something that I love in the novel are Sophie's sisters!

In the movie they mention Martha in the beginning as an acquaintance but not related to Sophie's family, and Lettie was a mix between the two sisters and they only show one scene with her.

In the novel Martha and Lettie are much more important for the plot!!

And of course, I did this drawing twice, the colour one was the first, and only one year later I did it again but just in B&W. The improvement with my drawing skills those years was crazy!

Maybe there will be a 3rd version with the definitive designs 😌!

PS: I didn't forget to post yesterday, I just was dying with the period.

[nayvi]

Today is May 1st, and I'm celebrating this day as the "beginning" of the story of Howl's Moving Castle book by Diana Wynne Jones (and Michael's b-day!)

I'm a huge fan of the trilogy, and this month I just want to share some ideas, sketches and concept art I've created over the years ✨

[nayvi]

Happy 1st of May, in which Sophie encounters a young man in fantastical blue-and-silver costume and says to her "It's all right, you little gray mouse, - I only want to buy you a drink. Don't look so scared." (This sketch is super old and is not the definitive sketch at all. I really want to redesign them and do all the illustration that I have being sketching and planning for YEARS... I just need to not be so stupid with myself and just do it. ) P.S: Read Howl's Moving Castle book, please

[nayvi]

DTIYS - Howl

In 2020 @/Giulia_Blue (IG) did a DTIYS with Howl and obviously, I had to do it! Thanks to all their "Modern" HMC drawings, I wanted much more to do my own version of the book! Also I take the chance to do it in traditional and add all the metallic ink that I had on hand.

PS: I found a video showing all the metallic details!

[nayvi]

In 2017, when I started university, I tried for the second time to illustrate the first chapter, as an excuse for my painting project.

Because of the project's format, I made things complicated for myself, and instead of doing a single large-format drawing, I decided to do two smaller ones... Choosing Chapter 6: In which Howl expresses his feelings with green slime.

Once again, I combined the book's descriptions with the film's aesthetic, even though I was convinced I was doing it 100% as the book described 😔

The truth is, I'm not proud of Sophie's drawing because in that year, my drawing quality dropped considerably. But even with its flaws, Howl's drawing isn't that bad..

Guess which was my favorite part to paint 🫣