Howl's Moving Castle
This was for a unit in my second year of university. I wanted to enter the 2019 House of Illustration Folio Society Awards and the book chosen was 'Howl's Moving Castle' - one of my childhood favourites. I went and reread the story and got some inspiration from Harry Clarke, Aubrey Beardsley and Alphonse Mucha to create an art nouveau approach to the story. I chose several key elements that I liked the best and also made a book cover design.
There was lots of detail that I wanted to include, as this is very prevelent in art nouveau, and I always enjoyed searching for little details in book illustrations when I was younger. For example, the detail here is mainly on Howl's coat- especially the dragon, which is for his last name- Pendragon, and the stars on the underside, because stars are very prevalent in the story.
Miss Angorian, or the Witch of the Waste
Howl and Madam Sulliman
The Witch of the Waste transforming Sophie
Howl catching Calcifer