No Face Watercolor!

Hello everyone! Today I am here with an artist blog and a little announcement at the end of the blog! I hope you enjoy and if you want to see another drawing leave a comment below of your favorite character!! Now let's get into the blog!

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First things first, I simply love No Face...Today I was sitting in my bed thinking about what to draw and I just decided that I hadn't drawn any Studio Ghibli characters in a while! Next thing I knew, I was watching Ponyo and sketching a base photo for No Face! I ended up having a mini Ghibli marathon while drawing and painting him and it was very much needed.

Now you might be asking, "Why No Face and not a heroine like Chihiro or Kiki?" Well, I happen to really relate to him! He is a super misunderstood character that was looking for acceptance and simply went about it the wrong way. I really like the way that they designed him to be covered in a black cape sort of skin. His mask helps him to remain anonymous and sort of void of emotion, when inside he wants friends and is lonely and sad. I can really get behind his character and I love that he is redeemed in the end of the film!

:cherry_blossom: The Process :cherry_blossom:

So as I said, it all started this morning and I really just wanted to draw a simple character. I used a number 2 pencil for my base sketch, which only took about 30-45 minutes to complete. The most time consuming part was definitely drawing the small roses around him.

After drawing my base sketch, I worked on picking out my colors and getting my other materials. Then I covered the body in regular water, and then a shade of ebony black, getting lighter as I went down. This took about 20 minutes. The original look was pretty great until I smudged it...so enjoy this pre-smudge photo.

Next I painted in the eyes and mouth as well as the four purple triangles on his face. Everything went pretty smooth until I applied the shade on his face and it jumbled the colors. Thankfully I figured out a way to save it, but it isn't as clean as I would have hoped. I spent about 25 minutes on this over all and finished Ponyo in the process.

Then I worked on the large roses on the front, painting each petal a specific color, then blending them more with water. Overall I'm proud of the way it turned out but I wish I could have gotten more variety and shading on them. This took well over an hour because I spent so mush extra time on the shading and I missed most of Arriety for it.

Finally I painted the small roses with generic washes of pinks and reds, then filled in extra white spots with various shades. When I finished, I painted the leaves with two different color greens and added gold specks that look like the coins he throws out to the workers in the film. Unfortunately I ruined it after I got black paint on the paper and I had to add random black stripes to make it look like I did it on purpose...so enjoy this pre-striped photo that makes me happy. This only took about 15 minutes.

For a final touch, I dated it and put his name in pencil at the bottom and photographed it with a rose. I think the pink and the rose really tied the photo together and made him look like the innocent spirit he is meant to be...or maybe that's just me.

:cherry_blossom: Announcement :cherry_blossom:

So I made an rp chat! I'm hoping this will help me meet new people and make some friends! Its called Studio Ghibli Kingdoms and you can be any character in any of the Ghibli universes! It's a semi lit to literate rp and I'm hoping it will be a lot of fun! For more information visit this chat

I hope to meet you there!

Well that's all folks! If you have any questions or suggestions about my art, I would love to hear about it in the comments below! Until next time!

:cherry_blossom: Sayonara :cherry_blossom: