Sunday 3 July 2016

Hoteru

I wanted to create a drawing loosely based off one of my favourite films "Hotarubi no Mori e". I changed the character quite a bit but I wanted to create the same sadness the main character has throughout the film. Not spoiling anymore for you though!


This was probably one of the longest drawings I've done in a long time. I wasn't happy with the colours so I kept editing them, A LOT! I kept making the colours too bright when it's supposed to be a night scene. Then I made the hoteru (firefly) light too bright which cancelled out the sadness. Basically I had to tone it down a lot! I'm quite happy with the final result though. I really like the watercolour brush. I love the effect it gives.