Picture Dump
The next three pictures are done for potter_drinks. The end product is meant to be some sort of layout with the graphics together, but alas, I am crap at that sort of thing. So here are the individual pictures for feedback.
I used the same concept for she_who_dares and nentari's pictures, namely a black and white cartoon style with house colours thrown in. I wanted to do one for each house but I ran out of time, so I had to combine the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff house. And because it is for a cocktail community, drinks feature in each one. Featured characters: Narcissa, the Trio plus Ginny, and Zacharias and Luna.
Disclaimer: All characters are property of J K Rowling. I am doing this for fun, not profit.
Narcissa Alone
This is the first that I did and a bit more sombre than the other two. Ironically, Sombre was my maiden name for Narcissa before The Order of the Phoenix came out and threw a curveball at everyone's Sirius/Narcissa ships. I originally intended to draw her and Snape together but Snape was being a bitch to draw, so I just did her by herself. This is how I imagine her sometime near the start of Harry's sixth year, when her husband is in prison and her only son has gone off to Hogwarts on a mission that would most likely end in failure, if not his death. I see her having a glass of elf wine and wondering what the fuck to do with herself and how to solve this mess.
Drawing for the scanner can break my heart sometimes as Narcissa's expression was a lot more ethereal and innocent before I went over it with the pen.
Bill and Fleur's Wedding
Alias "Ron's Very Short-Lived Love Affair With Firewhiskey." I debated drawing this one as the characters are all under 18, but only Ginny is underaged in the Wizarding World and I didn't have her and Harry holding any drinks. Hermione is, but it's only champagne so I figure she'd be allowed at such an occasion. Strangely, it's the one I'm happiest with out of all of the sketches.
In case you can't tell, they're meant to be posing for a photograph, and I really wanted to get the dynamics between the characters. Ginny is the only one who's doing what she's supposed to be doing, which is looking and posing for the camera. I assumed that Fleur's comment about gold bridesmaids' dresses in canon was final and went with that. Harry isn't holding Firewhiskey, but is looking at Ginny rather than the camera. Ron is looking at the camera, but is clutching a bottle of Firewhiskey - which by his flushed cheeks and the level of liquid left he's already had some of.
Hermione is my favourite. I feel like there's a lot to read in her expression. She looks calm and relaxed, but like she's about to unleash all hell on Ron and confiscate that Firewhiskey from him the moment the camera leaves. What amuses me is that when I went over it with pen, she came out looking a lot more like Helena Bonham Carter, who of course is playing Bellatrix in The Order of the Phoenix. I guess I just wanted to give everyone one day of happiness and one moment of calm in the eye of the storm that is likely about to hit.
"Waiter, There's A Nargle In My Drink!"
This is the Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff one I had to combine due to time restraints, and yes, because it's my Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff picture, it ended up being (surprise, surprise) a Zacharias/Luna. For people who have read Our House, the epic fic I wrote for lindsical's birthday that I've yet to finish *hides*, this could possibly be set in an off-page scene when the pair, who are sharing a house with Ernie and Millicent, get into a massive fight and Millicent drags Ernie off to give them time to settle their differences. And settle their difference they do. I imagine that since it was around the festive period they may have fixed a drink or two in order to talk things through (although Luna appears to have found a Nargle in hers), and it would also explain Luna's shoes. If it's ever possible to truly explain her choice in clothing ;p
I like this the least out of the three in terms of colouring because once I had both the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff colours there and also some red and green to stop Luna's radish earrings blending into the background and make the hollies on her shoes stand out more, it looks as though it can't decide whether it's a colour picture or not rather than a black and white one with just a hint of colour, a la Sin City. And as they are - or will soon be - a couple, I put some of the other's house colours onto each one, like Luna's black leggings and the bronze piping on Zacharias's jeans. It also took me a while to draw both of their faces and I'm still not completely happy with them. But I heart the dynamics between the two. The look on Luna's face makes me smile and Zacharias's expression is a cross between wtfing and caring.
I have to eventually get these around the same size (or at least the same height) for the layout. Which will be interesting as once I reduce the drawing to a certain point, it starts getting all scratchy and blurry. Blergh. Need coffee...
I used the same concept for she_who_dares and nentari's pictures, namely a black and white cartoon style with house colours thrown in. I wanted to do one for each house but I ran out of time, so I had to combine the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff house. And because it is for a cocktail community, drinks feature in each one. Featured characters: Narcissa, the Trio plus Ginny, and Zacharias and Luna.
Disclaimer: All characters are property of J K Rowling. I am doing this for fun, not profit.
Narcissa Alone
This is the first that I did and a bit more sombre than the other two. Ironically, Sombre was my maiden name for Narcissa before The Order of the Phoenix came out and threw a curveball at everyone's Sirius/Narcissa ships. I originally intended to draw her and Snape together but Snape was being a bitch to draw, so I just did her by herself. This is how I imagine her sometime near the start of Harry's sixth year, when her husband is in prison and her only son has gone off to Hogwarts on a mission that would most likely end in failure, if not his death. I see her having a glass of elf wine and wondering what the fuck to do with herself and how to solve this mess.
Drawing for the scanner can break my heart sometimes as Narcissa's expression was a lot more ethereal and innocent before I went over it with the pen.
Bill and Fleur's Wedding
Alias "Ron's Very Short-Lived Love Affair With Firewhiskey." I debated drawing this one as the characters are all under 18, but only Ginny is underaged in the Wizarding World and I didn't have her and Harry holding any drinks. Hermione is, but it's only champagne so I figure she'd be allowed at such an occasion. Strangely, it's the one I'm happiest with out of all of the sketches.
In case you can't tell, they're meant to be posing for a photograph, and I really wanted to get the dynamics between the characters. Ginny is the only one who's doing what she's supposed to be doing, which is looking and posing for the camera. I assumed that Fleur's comment about gold bridesmaids' dresses in canon was final and went with that. Harry isn't holding Firewhiskey, but is looking at Ginny rather than the camera. Ron is looking at the camera, but is clutching a bottle of Firewhiskey - which by his flushed cheeks and the level of liquid left he's already had some of.
Hermione is my favourite. I feel like there's a lot to read in her expression. She looks calm and relaxed, but like she's about to unleash all hell on Ron and confiscate that Firewhiskey from him the moment the camera leaves. What amuses me is that when I went over it with pen, she came out looking a lot more like Helena Bonham Carter, who of course is playing Bellatrix in The Order of the Phoenix. I guess I just wanted to give everyone one day of happiness and one moment of calm in the eye of the storm that is likely about to hit.
"Waiter, There's A Nargle In My Drink!"
This is the Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff one I had to combine due to time restraints, and yes, because it's my Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff picture, it ended up being (surprise, surprise) a Zacharias/Luna. For people who have read Our House, the epic fic I wrote for lindsical's birthday that I've yet to finish *hides*, this could possibly be set in an off-page scene when the pair, who are sharing a house with Ernie and Millicent, get into a massive fight and Millicent drags Ernie off to give them time to settle their differences. And settle their difference they do. I imagine that since it was around the festive period they may have fixed a drink or two in order to talk things through (although Luna appears to have found a Nargle in hers), and it would also explain Luna's shoes. If it's ever possible to truly explain her choice in clothing ;p
I like this the least out of the three in terms of colouring because once I had both the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff colours there and also some red and green to stop Luna's radish earrings blending into the background and make the hollies on her shoes stand out more, it looks as though it can't decide whether it's a colour picture or not rather than a black and white one with just a hint of colour, a la Sin City. And as they are - or will soon be - a couple, I put some of the other's house colours onto each one, like Luna's black leggings and the bronze piping on Zacharias's jeans. It also took me a while to draw both of their faces and I'm still not completely happy with them. But I heart the dynamics between the two. The look on Luna's face makes me smile and Zacharias's expression is a cross between wtfing and caring.
I have to eventually get these around the same size (or at least the same height) for the layout. Which will be interesting as once I reduce the drawing to a certain point, it starts getting all scratchy and blurry. Blergh. Need coffee...