Artwork entering CG Boost Prompted Challenge: Moving Castle.

The Prompt "moving castle" sounds very western fantasy style, so I decided to go the opposite way. I choose Japanese "shiro" (城）as my castle, and I combined several Japanese elements in the scene, such as the Koi fish and the wave pattern. 

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I firstly name it  "Noah's Ark: Japanese Edition" as the Koi fish is the ark that carries the castle (with people in it) away. Koi fish symbolizes good luck, as it carries the Shiro in its mouth, I want to make it symbolize "protection." 

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The whole aesthetic is very diorama, non-realistic like because I intend this piece to look like an artifact that people put at home for good symbolism and decoration.