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Been a hot minute since I've posted any art. Thanks burnout. Anyway, here's a sample of my current WIP because I thought her eyes turned out so cute 🥺
My beloved Sophie Hatter 💖
#anime fanart#anime drawing#anime graphic#work in progress#current wip#studio ghibli#studio ghibli fanart#studio ghibli art#studio ghibli inspired#howl's moving castle#howls moving castle#howlscastle#howl's moving castle fanart#howls moving castle art#sophie howls moving castle#sophie hatter#sophie howl's moving castle#sophie hatter fanart#sophie hmc#sophie hmc fanart#hmc sophie#howl's moving castle sophie#studio ghibli howl's moving castle
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For disclaimer, I don't own Studio Ghibli and their characters.
#studio ghibli#kiki's delivery service#kiki#laputa: castle in the sky#castle in the sky#sheeta#my neighbor totoro#satsuki kusakabe#mei kusakabe#haru yoshioka#the cat returns#sophie howl's moving castle#howl's moving castle#chihiro ogino#spirited away
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Okay no I need to talk about the book version of Howl's Moving Castle. I love the movie but the book has such a different vibe and you, yes you, should read it.
Movie Howl is a soulful and quiet. Book Howl is a drama queen and Causing Problems and has a long string of jilted exes and couldn't shut up if you paid him.
Sophie and Howl drive each other up the wall at the beginning and it's really funny. Sophie and Howl are (despite themselves) very much in love by the end and they still drive each other up the wall and it's even funnier.
In the movie, Howl has been ordered by the king to participate in The War, and Howl is avoiding it because he is a brave conscientious objector. In the book, Howl has been ordered by the king to rescue his lost brother from the Witch of the Wastes, and Howl is avoiding it by any means necessary because he is a cowardly weasel who wants to stay as far from the Witch as possible.
In the movie, the Witch cursed Sophie because she was jealous about Howl speaking to Sophie for five minutes. In the book, the Witch cursed Sophie because Sophie had been doing surprisingly powerful magic for years without knowing it and it was actually starting to cut into the Witch's plans. (Sophie does not discover any of this until nearly the end of the book, but the reader can start to pick it up much earlier and the way Sophie's magic works is pretty darn cool.)
In the movie, there's a rumor that Howl eats the hearts of maidens, but this is implied to be nothing but nasty fearmongering. In the book, there's a rumor that Howl eats the hearts of maidens because Howl started the rumor so people would stop asking him to do wizard junk all the time.
The book lightly parodies a couple of tropes from Western fairy tales. In particular Sophie has internalized that, as the eldest of three sisters, her "destiny" is to fail so that her younger sisters will look cooler when they succeed, which is why she's so resigned to the hat shop at the beginning. (Sidebar: Sophie's sisters come up much more in the book and they're great.) There's also a really funny bit where Sophie attempts to operate a pair of seven-league boots.
In the movie, the fourth and final location that the magic door connects to is some sort of black void / mindscape / time portal dealy. In the book the fourth location is Wales, in the UK, on Earth, so that Howl can visit his family, because from Howl's perspective this is an isekai story.
#also there are two sequels#sophie and howl aren't the focus but they're still very good#howl's moving castle#howls moving castle#howl's moving castle the book my beloved#diana wynne jones#<- also read everything else she's ever written#me#my text post
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A lil practice in perspective with this piece mostly, so here's Howl and Sophie, who I designed based 50/50 on their book and movie counterparts! I actually would love to revisit this piece and paring in the future, since the book is one of my all time favs
#howl's moving castle#howl's moving castle fanart#hmc#hmc fanart#studio ghibli#howl x sophie#hmc movie#hmc book#howl jenkins pendragon#sophie hatter#howls moving castle
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A heart’s a heavy burden to bear
#howls moving castle#studio ghibli#sophie hatter#howl pendragon#fanart#artists on tumblr#digital art#print available#Inprint
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find me in the future.
#i thought that scene looked familiar#had to draw this cuz they both fucking EATED it all!!!!#their plots are somewhat similar and it makes me emotional#i love the idea that zelda would be howl and link would be sophie#art#artists on tumblr#digital art#howlscastle#howl pendragon#howl's moving castle#zelda tears of the kingdom#totk spoilers#tears of the kingdom#the legend of zelda#totk#sophie hatter#my art#tloz#zelink#botw#breath of the wild#zelda#short hair zelda#totk fanart#zelda fanart#light dragon#studio ghibli#studio ghibli style
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Returning home
#I like to think it works like Sophie being old in Howls moving castle#without his friends and family and Arthur Merlin obviously ages#but Arthur makes him feel young again - like who he was with him#because Arthur woke up obviously because that’s what happens#it’s true and canon and I said so#(don’t tell anyone im only on season three currently)#my art#Merlin#bbc merlin#merlin emrys#arthur pendragon#Merthur
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Heyy everyone! Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish, one that has been repeatedly requested by my lovely patreon members-- with a caveat! There were frequent requests for two scenes: one where Sophie tells Howl to find her in the future, and the 'There you are' scene in the beginning. I decided to bridge the gap between these two scenes and show something we've never seen before - the secret moment when Howl tracks Sophie down using matching ring he gave to Sophie. If you'll notice in the movie, it's sparkling just as he puts his hand on her shoulder. I thought it would be a fun 'what if' fanart for this off-screen theory. :)
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green slime be upon ye
#howl's moving castle#howl jenkins#sophie hatter#howl's niece mari#and the skull (already forgot again whether it was sullivan's or prince justin's)#i reread hmc and came to the following conclusion#movie howl: slightly whimsical but still very much a byronic hero#book howl: sopping wet pathetic meow meow#(he even turns into a literal wet cat at some point)#art tag
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Howl and Sophie doodle
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Benjamin Sullivan, the honorable and somewhat mysterious court magician was married last Saturday to Lettie Hatter, formerly of Market Chipping. The other court magician was also there, presumably as a guest of the matron of honor, Sophie Pendragon nee Hatter, the bride's sister. They seemed wrapped up in some sort of disagreement for most of the ceremony though.
#this bitch wore white to every weddign he goes to#howl jenkins pendragon#howl x sophie#howl's moving castle#howl’s moving castle#sophie hatter#howl pendragon
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Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
#howl's moving castle#howls moving castle#sophie hatter#oldanimeedit#animangaladies#anime#animeedit#fyanimegifs#anisource#dailyanime#dailyanimatedgifs#animangahive#studio ghibli#ghibliedit#gif#gifset
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One of my favorite parts about the writing of Howl's Moving Castle is how easy it is to write off all the things from our world at first as him just being a weird wizard™ (also thanks to bestie @jutenium for spotting this I wouldn't put it like that without you!!/pos). Sure, Sophie uses weird descriptions, but readers have every reason to believe them because of the way Howl is presented as a character. When Sophie says he wrote with a quill that doesn't need an ink, you wouldn't think it was actually a ballpoint pen, you would think Howl had just enchanted his quill so that it wouldn't need ink! When she adds that she can't make out a single word, you think he has matchingly terrible handwriting, but in fact Sophie has simply never seen a pen writing. When she sees the mysterious labels on his books, you think he's keeping a lot of obscure magical literature, but it's really just an encyclopedia and a guide like "Top 10 Rugby Tips." When Sophie notices the bottles in Howl's bathtub, you think they're some kind of magical jars where he keeps girl's hearts, but I'm almost certain that they're just 'Dove' and 'Head and Shoulders' that he's enhanced with his spells and put silly labels on. When you read Calicifer singing a song in a language Sophie doesn't understand, you think it's some kind of ancient cipher or code, but it's actually just a rugby song in Welsh that Howl sings when he's drunk. And finally, when you see the terrifying black door, which is completely shrouded in darkness, you imagine a passage to an eerie, mythical place, similar to what Miyazaki showed us - but it's just fucking Wales.
#howl's moving castle#sophie hatter#howl pendragon#howell jenkins#hmc#howl's moving castle book#hmc book#diana wynne jones#I love him he's a mess#he just goes 'I'm gonna make myself such a quirky horrible image so that no one wouldn't question the weird stuff I keep using'#('because no WAY I'M GONNA WRITE WITH A QUILL 20TH CENTURY GUYS)#and it WORKED#(Also that probably why Suliman can't do the same thing. He's too classic Royald Wizard™)#(and ppl would have questions to him)#(but Howl? He's fine guys he's like that All The Time)
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A heart’s a heavy burden ✨
Prints available here!
#hmc#howl's moving castle fanart#howl's moving castle#howls moving castle#howl jenkins pendragon#sophie hatter#howl x sophie#studio ghibli
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^redraw of a behind the scenes pic from a bout de souffle
This doesn't happen on page because it's a childrens book but I know in my heart it happened.
and probably some former english major student somewhere recalling howell jenkins, circa 1980:
#howl's moving castle#howl pendragon#howell jenkins#howl's moving castle book#diana wynne jones#sophie hatter#he probably magically removes his body hair </3#jean-paul belmondo is so slutty in this movie its off the charts kdsflsf hes also somehow more insufferable than howl#book#fanart#my art#hmc
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