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ook

Unfinished Snape/Hermione pastel

Aug 02, 2005 15:38

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I used 50-year-old pastels on Snape's hair and robes. I rather think he'd like that. ;)

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athenakt August 4 2005, 01:11:07 UTC

Leer. LeeeEEEEEEErrrr. He's leering. :)

Now this is a perfect example of what makes Snape pairings so interesting. Beauty and the Beast. I love the hand positioning (and oh, most everything else!). My two sickles however, would be to make the hands a touch smaller (they look like Hagrid hands Jr ;)... And perhaps have the eyes just a touch less bulgy (and house-elfie) on top.

Please do continue!

corvus_coronis August 4 2005, 16:05:42 UTC

It's always good to see another canon Snape that's nicely done. And I can just imagine him grinning like that too *sighs*

W00t! ebilsoki August 17 2005, 03:35:02 UTC

This is lovely. I love working with pastels, but find them too messy. It's nice to see someone manipulate them so carefully to get all those lovely details. That intensity in the colors too! Yay for old pastels! Very nice. :)

Re: W00t! ook August 18 2005, 12:48:16 UTC

Thanks for your comment. Yes, pastels are a huge mess...my hands (and the pastel sticks themselves) become grey from the pigments, despite constantly stopping to wipe my hands off with baby wipes. And the pastel dust falling all over me and the work area is a mess too. But I love how pastels look...and the nifty textures you can get. :)

With older art supplies, I love the shades of colors that you can no longer buy. A few of the colors (the reds and blues, in particular) are much more intense that what you can purchase nowadays. This is probably due to those colors using pigments that have since been withdrawn for use due to their toxicity. I keep wondering if that intense blue might have something like cobalt 60 in the pigment. ;)

Some artists will even purchase dried-out tubes of oil paint and grind the dried paint down and add fresh linseed oil so that the old pigments can be used for new paintings.

ani_bester August 18 2005, 12:17:10 UTC

Whoa, amazing style you have their, it remind me of a more diverse Red Grooms. The background is a great touch!

Btw, all is good in doujinshi land =P
The order went through fine.

ook August 18 2005, 12:39:59 UTC

Oh? You got confirmation? Should I issue you payment now?

ani_bester August 20 2005, 14:00:13 UTC

Anytime is fine, and don't worry, I paid on the 18th, and it's already shipped out ^__^

ani_bester August 27 2005, 06:38:03 UTC

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

expect late art!

ook August 27 2005, 09:46:06 UTC

Awww...thanks for commenting on my bday. :) It was fun talking to you on the phone (but NOT at 45 cents a minute...holy crap!!!).