Went to Gore over the weekend where they are screening the New Zealand International Film Festival. The film we went to see was a Japanese animated film called The Tale of The Princess Kaguya. Directed by Takahata Isao, it was beautifully animated in a water colored, hand drawn style.

As Robbie Collin said in The Telegraph,  "Takahata's film looks like an ancient scroll-painting come to life: its characters, sketched in charcoal, crackle with energy, while loose, vivid ink-strokes become dappled sunlight, bursting blossoms and falling snow. A character fleeing a palace becomes nothing much more than a flutter of red fabric, surrounded by an expressionistic whirl of snowy hillsides and tangled trees... This is a rich an astonishing swansong for Takahata, whose love of mischief and tender, expressionistic style have been essential steering forces at Studio Ghibli"

I love art work that isn't afraid to be loose. Need to keep this in mind, especially when conceptualizing. Some thing so nice about what the hand produces. STAY LOOSE! The first part of the process is the best part, - take some of these elements into the final product.