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nassima

birthdays and icons

Aug 30, 2005 21:28

Once again, I missed the birthday of two people I really appreciate. So sorry! Once again belatedly, I wish you a

happy birthday,

Comtesse_sin and Eumenides!

comtesse_sin, I'm so glad were friends, even if only in LJ, and that you're here in the fandom to give us loads more of Sirius. Please go on writing your long, gorgeous, Sirius-centric stories!

eumenides, ( Read more... )

g, pastels, sirius

Comments 41

hlclark August 30 2005, 20:22:53 UTC

I need to go buy some soft pastels... What paper do you use for them?
I love the shading on the nose, and the long strokes of the hair.

nassima August 30 2005, 21:35:11 UTC

Thank you! Yeah, soft pastels are great. For such pics (small, or sketchy or both), I use Sennelier sketchbook recycled paper with light grain (the pad is 9"1/2 x 12"1/2. Really, it's the best to draw with pastels! The inconvenient is that it's very light, so that the pics are FRAGILE. For biggest or more lasting pics, and especially when I want to draw on coloured paper (beige is great to get a golden light effect, light grey works for a less happy feel, and black and dark blue are great for night scenes), I use Canson heavier paper (mi-teintes).

The pastels brand is very important too. I found that cheap brands aren't regular (you can find harder bits inside, and I even found a black chip in the white pencil - argh). I use -and love! Stabilo pastel pencils.

I hope you get some soon, and I can't wait to see the result!

hlclark August 30 2005, 21:39:40 UTC

*notes everything down* Ta very much.

florahart August 30 2005, 20:33:37 UTC

Is it all right if I either use that first one or make my own from the art? carefordragons (that'd be my RP Charlie) always needs more pretty dragon icons, but I don't know that I know your policy regarding your art.

nassima August 30 2005, 20:51:30 UTC

You're very welcome to do either :)

My policy regarding my art is that I like to know where it goes and what gets done with it, but once I know, I very rarely say no -in fact, I think I never did!

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nassima August 30 2005, 21:07:45 UTC

Thank you! You know, I'm really glad you chose to stay here in LJ, even without being actively involved in the fandom any more.

And please, if you write a character that's just a bit like Sirius, one day, you'll find a way not to kill him in the middle, won't you?

nimoloth August 30 2005, 21:36:51 UTC

Nice! What original picture is the dragons one from (the first one)? Don't know if I saw that.

nassima August 30 2005, 21:42:17 UTC

Thanks! This one? It's a very recent one of Charlie and two duelling dragons, I posted it yesterday here

nimoloth August 31 2005, 11:20:55 UTC

Thanks! I only realised that one I'd sifted back throug the weekends flist. It's an excellent picture.

rosie_red73 August 30 2005, 22:49:05 UTC

Ohhhh gorgeous Sirius. Beautiful. *sigh* He looks so deliciously brooding.

Love the icons too, I'd love to take the corner of the mouth kissing one and the Sirius on his bike one if that's OK. I don't have any icon space at the moment but just as soon as I get my paid LJ set up I'll need 'em!

Do you happen to have one of Sirius' eyes from the corner of the mouth kissing picture? It's my favourite :) If not, would you mind if I made one?

nassima August 30 2005, 23:02:31 UTC

Thank you so much! I decided to place this Sirius during the OotP timeline, so he's allowed to brood ;)

The icon you just took isn't from the corner of the mouth kissing, but from another (Lucius/Sirius) one, that I rather like, in fact. As for Sirius's eyes, the only things I have it this *points to icon*. But I wouldn't mind at all if you did your own!