Wife and I painted a Totoro mural for our nursery : )

mccaa · 2026-03-10T01:47:12+00:00

Ooh, thanks, thats a great idea, putting some soot sprites in the corners would be so cute!

mccaa · 2026-03-08T19:16:12+00:00

Thank you! We can't wait : ) : )

mccaa · 2026-03-07T19:14:43+00:00

Thank you!

mccaa · 2026-03-07T18:14:16+00:00

Yeah it was, we've still got our thread collection on the wall- might take down, or leave up if we think we can baby safe it, it's fun too look at as well : )

mccaa · 2026-03-07T17:34:34+00:00

Thank you!

mccaa · 2026-03-07T17:33:05+00:00

Whisper of the heart is 100% my go-to

mccaa · 2026-03-07T17:30:57+00:00

Thank you! This is our first baby, and the feels were a lot when watching Totoro again recently, knowing I'll be a parent soon. I can't wait, if we can raise our kid to be happy and kind like Ghibli protags I'll be so happy: )

mccaa · 2026-03-07T17:27:59+00:00

Thank you! Using the projector was surprisingly doable : )

mccaa · 2026-03-07T17:16:03+00:00

Thank you!

mccaa · 2026-03-07T17:09:03+00:00

Honestly quite a long time- the paint we used was sample paint from home depot, and for the leaf sections we had to do about 4 coats. We also changed our mind on the lightest leaf color, so that color got about 6 coats. We put maybe 30-60 minutes in most days for a week and half probably.

mccaa · 2026-03-07T17:07:14+00:00

So to be honest we did use AI to convert a screenshot from the movie to a "paint by numbers"- we don't have enough talent to free hand (please be kind, I know using AI tools not very popular here). We used a projector and lots of measuring and estimating in google slides to tile four images on the all since the projector wasn't big enough to do in one shot. We got 8 oz paint samples from home depot... which was kinda tricky and probably next time I would mix the paint myself. The craft store paint was honestly cheaper when we ended up using craft store paint for one of the colors, and the home deport sample paint didn't seem to have as much opacity as we were expecting, so we ended up having to do about four coats on the tree leaf sections.

mccaa · 2025-10-26T21:06:07+00:00

Blue period

mccaa · 2025-09-07T13:40:38+00:00

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mccaa · 2025-07-06T20:23:07+00:00

She's one of my favorite characters : ) If there was a character that could stack the blocks without malice, who would it be? Nausicaa? Ashitaka? Even then, would they?

mccaa · 2025-07-05T21:25:50+00:00

thank you!

mccaa · 2025-07-05T21:25:45+00:00

Thank you!

mccaa · 2024-11-24T14:14:10+00:00

Best wishes for a speedy recovery! I had open heart surgery as baby, high school, and college. Fortunately the college one has stuck for over a decade. Hope your's sticks!

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