painting howl's moving castle but make it preraphaelite

hi hi helloooo!! Here is the process behind my painting "A Heart&a Heavy Burden," completed this summer in both London and Oregon :&inspired by both the 1986 book by Diana Wynne Jones, and the 2004 animated film by Hayao Miyazaki. There are so many things I could say about this painting. It&about romance and friendship, and holding each other up; and long journeys, and venturing out into the world, and embracing the wild and unsightly parts of ourselves. The models are my friends Apple Sershi and Harry Kirton - huge thanks to them both for posing for me :) There are a lot of symbols and easter eggs from both the book and the film here, from the bottles marked Skin, Hair and Eyes to the skull and turnip, and the tiny house in the meadow just below Howl&leg. Because Howl is from Wales in the book, the border containing many of these symbols takes inspiration from Welsh illuminated manuscripts, and I used my own photos of Welsh landscapes (where I spent some time this summer) for the background references. The composition as a whole is a continuation of my personal work investigating animal-human creatures and the importance of fantasy as a means of understanding ourselves. ❣ timestamps: 0:00:00 titles 0:00:42 incoherently rambling intro 0:04:10 part I, the planning stage: sketches and the book 0:06:34 the concept in procreate 0:06:57 going to photograph apple and harry for reference images!! 0:08:30 research trip to the national gallery 0:09:24 side quest to collect the...