25 Days of Drawing - Day Seven - SEVERUS SNAPE and HIS ANTS

[mywitch]

Woohoo I finally got another drawing done! This one is for you, zigadenus! Happy Christmas, Z!

Just the other day Dr. Zig wrote a little Christmassy fic starring Snape, Maddie and Val, amazing and amusing original characters from her epic fic Inkstains That's got to be one of my favorite things in fandom, fanfic of a fanfic of a fic

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[zigadenus]

OMG this is AMAZING. I love love love LOVE it so much! They look so innocent, bwahahahah! #1, I love the pencil/ink sketch feel of this, it seats it so comfortably with the other (absolutely brilliant) illustrations you've created for Inkstains. #2, you do such amazing things with characterization in your art. I think you absolutely don't need to have read my story to understand the found-family relationships in this scene, or to know these characters -- it's right there in the way you've illustrated them. (I love Severus' little half-smile, like he's pretending to just-barely tolerate these idiots, but you know he cares about them on more levels than he's willing to admit to himself). #3, Can I just enthuse over Val's shoe collection? I love how you draw him with the most amazing shoes. I didn't even tell you what he's wearing, but it's this. Definitely it's this, because those shoes are superb. That rum bottle, btw, is actually EXACTLY the level I was imagining for this moment in the fic, tho!

Anyway, this is just perfect on so many levels and I love it so much that I can't even be articulate about it!

[mywitch]

I am so happy that you like this! I had a lot of fun drawing it and I soooo enjoyed that story!
Val and I both thank you for the shoe compliments, as we have all the exact same pairs...







Z, it was such fun to do this for you and your ants. Your writing is one of the pleasures of life for me, so thank you. ❤️