{"id":1580,"date":"2013-11-04T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T02:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2013-11-03T21:14:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T05:14:50","slug":"artist-of-the-day-my-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/2013\/11\/04\/artist-of-the-day-my-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist of the Day: My Hero!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s art I found incredibly inspiring is fan art of one of my very favorite things: Hayao Miyazaki&#8217;s Studio Ghibli movies! In case you don&#8217;t know who that guy is, he&#8217;s pretty much my idol. He&#8217;s been creating BEAUTIFUL animated movie since years before I was born. He&#8217;s incredible talented, and down right adorable. I mean, look at this happy, classy guy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/Hayao.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1728 aligncenter\" alt=\"ITALY-VENICE-FILM-FESTIVAL-GAKE NO UE NO PONYO\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/Hayao.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/Hayao.jpg 340w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/Hayao-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been wanting to make a post (or maybe even a video!) about Miyazaki for a long while now. He&#8217;s always been my biggest inspiration when it comes to art; be it drawing, designing, or animating, I strive to be as creative as he is when I work.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen nearly all of his movies more than once; some I spent a solid 2 or 3 weeks watching every night because I loved them so much. I find all of them fascinating and charming and down-right wonderful, but I&#8217;d have to say my favorites are <em>Spirited Away<\/em>,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMjYxMDcyMzIzNl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDg2MDU3._V1._SX450_SY635_.jpg\" width=\"365\" height=\"515\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o811138.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1735 aligncenter\" alt=\"o811138\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o811138-1024x640.png\" width=\"576\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o811138-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o811138-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o811138.png 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o106712.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1732 aligncenter\" alt=\"o106712\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o106712-1024x640.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o106712-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o106712-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o106712.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Howl&#8217;s Moving Castle<\/em>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rebzombie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/howls-moving-castle.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o859416.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1736 alignnone\" alt=\"o859416\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o859416-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o859416-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o859416-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o859416.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and most of all, <em>Nausica\u00e4\u00a0of the Valley of the Wind<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlineghibli.com\/nausicaa\/img\/pkus_nausicaa_f_z.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/bscap0003ff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1737 aligncenter\" alt=\"bscap0003ff\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/bscap0003ff-1024x552.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/bscap0003ff-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/bscap0003ff-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/bscap0003ff.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o755550.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1738 aligncenter\" alt=\"o755550\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o755550-1024x819.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o755550-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o755550-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o755550.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky, <\/em>and<em> Princess Mononok<\/em>e are close seconds!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o564226.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1733 aligncenter\" alt=\"o564226\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o564226-1024x578.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o564226-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o564226-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o564226.jpg 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/castleinthesky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1729 aligncenter\" alt=\"castleinthesky\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/castleinthesky-1024x630.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/castleinthesky-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/castleinthesky-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/castleinthesky.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o2695.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1730 aligncenter\" alt=\"o2695\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o2695-1024x599.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o2695-1024x599.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o2695-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o2695.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o755546.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1734 aligncenter\" alt=\"o755546\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o755546-1024x819.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o755546-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o755546-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/o755546.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Who am I kidding, I love them all)<\/p>\n<p>Hayao Miyazaki is truly a creative genius, and my hero. Sadly, he retired this year. (It was a very melancholy day for me indeed!) However, there is a movie in production about his life, and his son, Goro, is already on his way to following in his father&#8217;s footsteps! Of the movies he&#8217;s directed, I particularly enjoy <em>Tales from Earthsea.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/Tales_From_EarthSea_Wallpaper__yvt2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1740 aligncenter\" alt=\"Tales_From_EarthSea_Wallpaper__yvt2\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/Tales_From_EarthSea_Wallpaper__yvt2.jpg\" width=\"502\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/Tales_From_EarthSea_Wallpaper__yvt2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/Tales_From_EarthSea_Wallpaper__yvt2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tales-from-earthsea-106.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1741 aligncenter\" alt=\"tales-from-earthsea-106\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tales-from-earthsea-106.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tales-from-earthsea-106.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tales-from-earthsea-106-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tales-from-earthsea-106-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I&#8217;m always finding beautiful fan art of these enchanting movies, so I thought it only appropriate to share what it is that made me what to be an artist in the first place! I&#8217;m unsure of the artist, but these pieces were too beautiful not to share. Enjoy! (and know that I&#8217;m obsessing over how dang talented you are, oh wise anonymous artist!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o4_500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1727 aligncenter\" alt=\"EPSON MFP image\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o4_500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o4_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o4_500-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o2_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1725 aligncenter\" alt=\"EPSON MFP image\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o2_1280-722x1024.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o2_1280-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o2_1280-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o2_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/09\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o1_500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1724 aligncenter\" alt=\"EPSON MFP image\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/09\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o1_500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/09\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/09\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o1_500-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o3_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1726 aligncenter\" alt=\"EPSON MFP image\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o3_1280-722x1024.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o3_1280-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o3_1280-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/10\/tumblr_mtfxu7w25Z1ql4a74o3_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s very sad that Miyazaki has stopped producing these beautiful movies, I have hope! I believe that even more charming stories and characters will come forth from Studio Ghibli as Miyazaki&#8217;s son continues the legacy, bringing life to fantastic worlds, ideas, and art!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/09\/tumblr_m488ehfHdu1r7u7kco1_500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1723\" alt=\"tumblr_m488ehfHdu1r7u7kco1_500\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/09\/tumblr_m488ehfHdu1r7u7kco1_500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/09\/tumblr_m488ehfHdu1r7u7kco1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2013\/09\/tumblr_m488ehfHdu1r7u7kco1_500-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s art I found incredibly inspiring is fan art of one of my very favorite things: Hayao Miyazaki&#8217;s Studio Ghibli movies! In case you don&#8217;t know who that guy is, he&#8217;s pretty much my idol. He&#8217;s been creating BEAUTIFUL animated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/2013\/11\/04\/artist-of-the-day-my-hero\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[15,298,20,301,300,302,276,303,299],"class_list":["post-1580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maddie-peckenpaugh-16","tag-art","tag-artist-of-the-day","tag-beautiful","tag-fan-art","tag-hayao-miyazaki","tag-illustration","tag-inspiration","tag-movies","tag-studio-ghibli"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1580"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1777,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions\/1777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}