You Won't Believe These Are Made of Snow! Ultimate Winter Art Gallery

8.My Neighbour Totoro

This amazing homage to Hayao Miyazaki's iconic character shows a great awareness of both anime aesthetics and snow sculpture methods. From its fat belly to its distinctive smile, the Totoro snow creation very well depicts the core of the well-known Studio Ghibli character. Including the perfectly proportioned ears, the unique whiskers, and the rounded body form that makes Totoro so instantly identifiable, the sculptor has masterfully replicated these classic elements. Maintaining the flawless curves and exact angles defining Totoro's design is especially remarkable technically. The artist was able to add minute elements like the leaf pattern on top of the head and exact eye placement that lends real appeal to this snow sculpture. The piece's scale is especially remarkable; it towers tall enough to give the person posed next to it an impression of a character straight out of an animated film.