CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 12/27/2022

Looking up and out, we wish you originality, energy and magic portals in the new year

As we tiptoe towards 2023, we are gently optimistic because … we simply have to be! Featured image—a background rendering of the sky above the pool of the Deer God for the 1999 Hayao Miyazaki animated feature, Princess Mononoke—is reproduced from perennial perspective optimizer Hayao Miyazaki. This collection of concept sketches, character designs, storyboards, layouts, backgrounds and production cels by one of the greatest animated filmmakers of all time is filled with original ideas, created worlds, spirituality, youthful energy and much needed magic portals.