From Charon Comeau
This face can make anyone smile!
Nikon Z8 -600mm with a teleconverter and Heavily cropped!
Taken from a friends second floor deck a few houses away! (Thanks Eric)
this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2024
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I went looking to see if there were any Ghibli owls, and I saw a number of references saying Totoro's design was based off a Great Horned Owl.
I always took him as a more rodent type design, but if you ignore the appendages, it checks out.
I always saw Totoro as an owl so I guess I got it right!
Because the most common artwork I see of Totoro is the standing/sitting position, staring straight ahead posture with the ears. So it always reminded me of an owl.
Looking at him today and considering an owl as the inspiration I can see it more. Having hands and forward facing feet and more pronounced whiskers throws me off from seeing it initially, but I take it that's to make him seem a little more human or at least mammalian and to allow him to hold things like the umbrella he couldn't do with wings.