HOWLS MOVING CASTLE

An illustration commission for the Studio Ghibli film, Howl’s Moving Castle.

I am a big fan of this film and I wanted to create a poster that focused of the ‘home’ aspect of the machine. I did this by contrasting the blue, cold background of the clouds with the warm, orange of the castle. I quite like how this goes against the usual expectation of metal being cold.

I then added little details to the castle that are important to the film. Howl’s castle changes throughout the film so there was no singular reference image to follow. Despite this, I know I wanted to add little details such as houses and a clothing line to, again, follow the theme of this vast machine being a home.

As for the title, I wanted it to blend in with the machine. The castle is a collection of parts and it seemed appropriate for the title to be so too.

As a future project, I would also like to see this poster be converted into a book cover design.