Howl's Moving Castle Anime Wallpapers
Life Lit By Dim
Life Lit By Dim
By Tantaga
- Submitted:
- 1y 45wk ago by Tantaga
- Category:
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Official Creator:
- Studio Ghibli
- Type:
- Anime Wallpapers
- Resolution:
- 1,600x1,200
- Size:
- 408 kB
- Views/Downloads:
- 2,755/571
- Comments/Favorites:
- 13/72
I recently came back from a 10 day trip with my hubby to see his sister's
wedding, which was fun but prolonged my halted status on many of the things I'm
working on 
. I created this wallpaper before than, but didn't submit it because
I thought it had to be judged at the battleground. I only found out later that I
wasn't even required to do the challenge as it was never accepted. So, although
this wall will never be in the interesting challenge it was meant for I'm still
happy as it came out quite well and is gracing my desktop.
Anyway, this wallpaper features Howl from Howl's Moving Castle, which has become
one of my all time favorite animes due to it's stylized look and interesting
characters. Howl in particular is my favorite, as is his fire demon Calcifer who
looks really cute 
. In
this particular image I used he looks rather feminine, but anyone not familiar
with the series shouold know that he is male ... he just likes to look pretty
(he even gets upset about in the movie and gets depressed when he feels he
isn't).
Anyway, I' ll try to keep the description short. I was going for a darker style, but not one that would be grunge heavy. I was going more so for the feeling of darkness, not the use of heavy blacks. I also didn't want to have a bleak image so I tried to make it have multiple areas of interest and kept with the painted feel of the character. The background is fairly dark in comparison to the foreground where the character is so that the eye will gradually make it's way to the buildings on the water in the distance after following the trail of books scattered about.
As for Howl himself, I sought to place him in a setting where he might go to
contemplate many of the busy thoughts he tends to have. I scattered some books
around to show how he can get so overwhelmed with his thoughts and as a show of
his dedication to seek more knowledge. Thus, the title comes to place in the
idea that sometimes life is lit be dimmer moments because that is when moments
of brillance light up in the mind. It also looked good from an aesthetic point
of view 
. The pillars are cracked marble as is the floor to further add to
the mood and offset the dark billowing sky. The pillars are also rather worn
with some of the details fading out due to wear. The edge of the overlook also
drops straight down into the water (similar to a cliff), but is sort of hovering
above the water.
There are many other things I could go into depth about, but alas that would require too much typing. Any thoughts or comments are welcome.
-Tantaga
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nice wallpaper, the chara looks good and the packground you made fits well to him i like the texture and the sky
keep up the good work.
wow, amazing, the background looks wonderful
i like
the concept of your wall and the slightly dark but not darkish theme 
i
like the texture and the pillars look nice 
the
title is interesting and suits well with your concept and your wall 
the
sky looks lovely and the colour sceme suits well 
the
books add a nice touch and i like how everything is portrayed 
amazing wall ^^
wow, the wall is sort of like a darkish, mysterious theme
i
love the pillars and everything in the wall looks really nice 
lovely wall~^^
Nice...I just got back from a wedding myself and I'm dead tired. It was nice though, to go and eat and play at a resturant with over 300 people! But anyway, I like the grudgy colors and the "looming-over-my-back" kinda feeling.
Very nice.
I'm in no mood to read all that description @_@ but I can tell you that this wallpaper is great. It uses textures and stock images really well and I like your colour scheme. It all looks green and ... eh.. mossy. lol Those black silhouettes are a tad too sharp compared to everything else and shading's a bit dodgy overall. But it's a better wall than most walls in the gallery. =P
get rid of the dropshadows pls :E
I love it!
This is fantastic! I'm so sorry I've missed this until now, but I'm pleased I havefinally found it
It's
beautful, the gentle tones and the moody atmosphere. It works so wel with the
pose. Just beautiful 
This is such a beautiful wall! Everything you've added to the scan compliments it so well and it looks great! I'm impressed at all the thought you put into everything. Thanks for sharing your hard work and talent!
this is great!
the sky is awesome looking and it goes great with those green pillars, howl looks awesome, of course, and calcifer is sooooooooo cute!
thanks, i loooove this!
he's male right?
sorta gothic but kewl nevertheless....keep it up!
Lucifeer!
