Nails of the Week: My Neighbour Totoro and Studio Ghibli movies
❤ Thursday, July 25, 2013
This week I decided to attempt Totoro on my nails. So I looked for inspiration on Google and found this:
Credits to owner of this photo, who is not me.
So I took my brushes and sat down for another backbreaking session of nail art. It took me almost two hours of meticulous work and here's what I got!
As you can see, I did my own take of the design.
Index finger: Totoro's ears and eyes, the little black dots are soot sprites flying in the background. This was something I added on a whim because I had some grey left and didn't want to waste it.
Middle finger: Chibi-Totoro. Don't be deceived, this was actually pretty hard to paint even though you may think it's just all white. Precisely because it's white, it requires more work to get it opaque.
Ring finger: Soot sprites! Also modified the design from the photo I googled. My boyfriend says this is his favourite one! I made him watch Spirited Away with me last month and the soot sprites were in that movie too. I quite enjoyed painting their little eyes, it was like giving life to little black dots.
Pinky finger: A soot sprite under a leaf. The leaf could have been a little better if I had an even thinner detail brush but it's okay.
I do love these well-known animated movies from Studio Ghibli and of course the famous Hayao Miyazaki, the father of these works. He's a genius and such a remarkable artist for creating all those works of art.
My favourite movie of the bunch has to be Grave of the Fireflies.
It was released in 1988 but I HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend you watch it if you can get your hands on it. No matter how many times I watch this, I never fail to cry really badly. If you're someone who likes sad movies like the Titanic then hello we can be movie-buddies.
This movie is probably the saddest movie I've even watched! I get really emotionally attached to characters when I watch movies and when something tragic happens my heart breaks and I won't be able to control my tears. I won't spoil the movie for you so just watch it if you can!
I feel like this movie never gets as much attention as My Neighbour Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle or Ponyo. Probably because it was from 1988. I wish more people would watch it and love it!
I also love.. The Cat Returns!
For obvious reasons. Anything with cats gets my attention. Which may be strange that I have yet to watch Kiki's Delivery Service. The Cat Returns is a tale about friendship and I really do enjoy seeing so many cats in it. Adorable!
Alright, I apologize this post went from bring a nail post to a movie post but hey, I'm just over-zealous about Studio Ghibli's productions. I wanna go to the Studio Ghibli theme park in Japan! I will someday! It'll be like a dream come true and I'll never wanna leave ❤
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