HP Tarot thumbnails - The Tower
SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE
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"Then he gazed down at the wise old face and tried to absorb the enormous and incomprehensible truth: that never again would Dumbledore speak to him, never again could he help--" - HBP28
The Tower represents a drastic, possibly traumatic, event that leads to a great shakeup in the status quo. The best example of this from the books is, of course, Dumbledore's death.
Notable art bits:
1. The traditional Tower card depicts a tower struck by lightning, and people falling out of it. This scene in the book is, obviously, roughly based on it (and directly referenced in the chapter title and by Trelawney earlier). I'd just like to say that the snake is being intentionally lightning-shaped. ;)
2. So years of art training means I can now draw a perfect skull but still suck ass at drawing people from unusual angles. I can manage a falling Dumbledore with perspective, but then putting flowy robes and beard on him screws everything up. I expect (hope) I'll be able to get those details better when working full-size. Incidentally a decent way to get reference for this is to GIS "trapeze" :P
3. If you look closely you can see tiny Snape (and invisible Harry) on the tower. I wonder how much detail I'll be able to get in there when working on the full-sized card, because I definitely would like to capture the horrified expression on Harry's face.
4. Aspects of The Hanged Man in this picture too. That is not unintentional.
5. Addendum: I tried putting in a couple more towers and roofs and such in the fore/background, but dramatic composition won out over architectural integrity. Let's just say the Astronomy Tower is the tallest tower... by a looooot. XP
P.S. Was not 100% satisfied with this scene in the movie, but everything in The Cave was perfect.
Edit: Did a separate study of the pose, with more definitive success. Know what the secret was? Turn it upside down and draw it like someone swimming upward :D
Hmm, might have to minimize robe-ness to preserve clarity of pose.
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"Then he gazed down at the wise old face and tried to absorb the enormous and incomprehensible truth: that never again would Dumbledore speak to him, never again could he help--" - HBP28
The Tower represents a drastic, possibly traumatic, event that leads to a great shakeup in the status quo. The best example of this from the books is, of course, Dumbledore's death.
Notable art bits:
1. The traditional Tower card depicts a tower struck by lightning, and people falling out of it. This scene in the book is, obviously, roughly based on it (and directly referenced in the chapter title and by Trelawney earlier). I'd just like to say that the snake is being intentionally lightning-shaped. ;)
2. So years of art training means I can now draw a perfect skull but still suck ass at drawing people from unusual angles. I can manage a falling Dumbledore with perspective, but then putting flowy robes and beard on him screws everything up. I expect (hope) I'll be able to get those details better when working full-size. Incidentally a decent way to get reference for this is to GIS "trapeze" :P
3. If you look closely you can see tiny Snape (and invisible Harry) on the tower. I wonder how much detail I'll be able to get in there when working on the full-sized card, because I definitely would like to capture the horrified expression on Harry's face.
4. Aspects of The Hanged Man in this picture too. That is not unintentional.
5. Addendum: I tried putting in a couple more towers and roofs and such in the fore/background, but dramatic composition won out over architectural integrity. Let's just say the Astronomy Tower is the tallest tower... by a looooot. XP
P.S. Was not 100% satisfied with this scene in the movie, but everything in The Cave was perfect.
Edit: Did a separate study of the pose, with more definitive success. Know what the secret was? Turn it upside down and draw it like someone swimming upward :D
Hmm, might have to minimize robe-ness to preserve clarity of pose.