inspire. wrote:
oh wow! the horses these months are so intricate, they must have taken absolutely hours to make. oh myyyy <3 <3 <3 it's a shame I'm not a fan / don't enjoy / am not obsessed at all with any of these films, or anything like them in general >u<
Hours? Nah, months.
The first horse I painted was the Nausicäa one(I actually started working on it the month after the Ghibli ponies were released), and it was so hard to make I had to take a break from this litter for about 2 months from how sore my wrist had become... you will see why once that foal grows up. Afterwards I worked on Kiki's Delivery Service and it was PAIN because I had no idea how to properly portray the movie in that design. I was stuck on that horse forever and it was mainly thanks to it I took so long to develop this litter.
Ponyo was a bit hard too, but I only took a few days, while I managed to pixel-paint the Laputa horse in less than 24 hours due to a huge intake of inspiration XD. Same thing with The Wind Rises.