Art Post: After the Die is Cast

[mudblood428]

As promised, we have an art update. This is a scene out of Chapter 10 of my fanfic, After the Die is Cast in which Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Draco find Harry after Snape, in his dying breath, tells him what he must do in order to survive (yes, that's Dead!Snape on the ground there). Here's the moment:

"Let me through.” Ginny sprang forward and

Comments

[blue_blazes]

Purty, as usual. =) I love each of their expressions, and you draw such nice hands! I'm particularly noticing Ginny's and Hermione's right now. Which would make sense as those are the main visible hands...

Ah well. Very good. I may have to make some time to go read your fic after all. =)

[mudblood428]

Many thanks :). I'm a hands fanatic - it's one of the first things I notice about people, so I tend to put a little more effort into drawing them.

So happy you're thinking of checking out the fic :). The first chapter is somewhat cumbersome and will be rewritten in the near future (since I was too eager to skip to the final battle to start the fic at the beginning of Year 7 and wound up writing a prologue to get people up to speed instead), but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless :).

[blue_blazes]

I shall certainly let you know if I do, which I'm sure I will. =)

I usually don't read many 'what should/might happen' fics. I tend to stick to the odd, never ever going to happen variety, like dark fics, and Voldy victory fics. And humor/parody, of course. =) Probably because that makes it easier for me to separate them from what JKR is actually writing... =)

But your artwork is intriguing me, so yes, I shall check it out sometime in the near future.

*art love* =)

[mudblood428]

Ah yes, I love the subversive genres :). I followed one of your fic recs to a brilliant Harry/Draco fic and it damn near made me cry.

It's funny, because I had never even thought of doing HP fanfiction until someone came to me with the argument of "Harry (nor his scar) could never be a Horcrux because it's implausible and he'd have to die." I was like, "Dude, you're talking to an English MA student. Is that a challenge?" So I sat down and mapped out a plot that is based 99.9% on everything we've read so far and takes on the Harry/Horcrux issue just for the sake of saying "not so implausible after all, is it?"

Thus, AtDic was born and it quickly took on a life of its own. If my art has nudged you towards reading it, even if you never get around to it, I'm still gratified to know it :).

[mudblood428]

Thank you :)

[peachespig]

Wow, fantastic!

I really like the girls' body language. Ginny's is so dynamic, her concern for Harry is evident but you can also clearly see how she's trying to absorb and understand the situation, and is ready to act as soon as she does. Hermione on the other hand is so still in her shock, and her location in the perspective makes her a secondary focus for the scene - the eye is really drawn to her and her reaction to the action in the foreground.

This is really amazing, V.

[mudblood428]

Thank you so much - I'm thrilled that you like it :). It's the first time I've ever used ink to this extent, so I spent a little extra time on things like composition and light sources. I tried to give Ginny a more energetic stance to offplay Harry's despondence, so I'm glad it worked!

Thanks again :D.

[red_heather]

woaw!!!
so cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!!!! =)

[mudblood428]

Hehehe :) Thanks!

[mginner]

Brilliant! I really like the character's expressions.

[mudblood428]

Why thank you. I certainly tried to make them interesting :).