Traditional drawing of Hayao Miyazaki, legendary director and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, known for films like Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Princess Mononoke.
Material Used
- Graphite pencils for grayscale rendering
- Graphite mechanical pencil for sketching and refining small details like facial hair and wrinkles
- Cotton makeup remover pads and blending pens for smooth shading and tone transitions
- Kneadable eraser for soft highlights and subtle corrections
- Hard eraser for sharper highlights and edges
- Inkless pen to pre-mark fine lines before blending with graphite for texture
- Drawn in white cardboard
Time Spent
18 hours 48 minutes
Canvas Size
24 × 32 centimeters
Timelapse
Watch the process in the following YouTube video: