joe randel's art dump

Over the past few days I’ve been watching Miyazaki film’s while I work.  Kiki, Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle.  I love the painted backgrounds, they’re so beautiful and colourful.  Every time I watch one it’s like I feel home sick for the worlds I’m watching.  I need to buy some of the art books that came out for these movies.  I’ve seen the Princess Mononoke art book at a friends house some time ago and work here has the Spirited Away book and they’re fantastic.  I love seeing the process that goes in to film or games.  Productions notes, concept art and everything.

I guess if I had to pick a favorite, Kiki’s Delivery Service would have to be it.  I just love the city that Kiki travels to and the level of technology that exists in that world.  The innocences that is shown in the film is just wonderful and I fall in love with it every time.

Ahhhh…

I watch these movies over and over again and I never tire of them.  I should see if I can find the older ones like Castle in the Sky or Nausicaä.  Both fantastic stories as I’m sure most will agree.  I find these stories far more entertaining then what Disney can produce.  But to be honest… I never really found Disney animated films to be fantastic.  Sure they’re technically excellent but the stories rarely seem to grab me.

I get excited to show my daughter Kiki one day.  She’s only 4 right now so I’ll probably wait a bit to show her.  I want her to see that there can be more to animated shows then Disney made ones.  You know… make her more artsy and knowledgeable about such things.

Hopefully she likes it when she sees it eventually ^_^

On a side note… the box art for Doki Doki Majo Shinpan 2 has been released… Hot ^_^  All box art should look like cute ^_^