My Neighborhood Totoro watercolor painting inspired by my recent trip to Taiwan and Japan where I saw Totoro everywhere from the Studio Ghibi exhibit in Taipei, streets of AnPing, and the Totoro store in Taichung. I also saw lots of Totoro stuffed toys in Japan all over Tokyo. I fell in love with Totoro in Asia and decided to paint this tree house scene where Mei first meets Totoro following the trail of acorns into his tree house. Hope you enjoy this magical scene as it's created with mixed media 3D figurines, stickers, acrylic, watercolor paints, and pen and ink. I also painted watercolor Totoro themed wedding and baby shower cards for my friends. I love cute stuffed animals and succulents so why not combine Totoro planters, pots and figurines into cactus designs. Above are a few of my Totoro succulent pots and terrariums that I designed with a fairyland like magical feel with the soot sprites and all.
My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away are my favorite Hiyao Miyazaki films full of magical creatures from Japanese folklore in the surrounding woods. I thought I would capture the essence of his work in my Totoro paintings and succulent designs. Both films depict little girls coming into contact with the magical spirit world and their personal growth and journey in understanding family life. Both films captures the innocent wondrous adventures of children with curious and imaginative minds and brings back our nostalgic childhood memories. I love the kindness and magic of Totoro and the free spirit of the children in Spirited Away because Miyazaki portrays the magic and imagination of a child's day to day life that we can all relate to despite our different life experiences and places we live in. I hope that creating these Totoro paintings and succulent plants brings a piece of enchanted world of Totoro to your life too as it does to mines. You can get poster prints of my Totoro paintings here.
My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away are my favorite Hiyao Miyazaki films full of magical creatures from Japanese folklore in the surrounding woods. I thought I would capture the essence of his work in my Totoro paintings and succulent designs. Both films depict little girls coming into contact with the magical spirit world and their personal growth and journey in understanding family life. Both films captures the innocent wondrous adventures of children with curious and imaginative minds and brings back our nostalgic childhood memories. I love the kindness and magic of Totoro and the free spirit of the children in Spirited Away because Miyazaki portrays the magic and imagination of a child's day to day life that we can all relate to despite our different life experiences and places we live in. I hope that creating these Totoro paintings and succulent plants brings a piece of enchanted world of Totoro to your life too as it does to mines. You can get poster prints of my Totoro paintings here.