*wipes sweat from brow* Well, that did end up taking the whole day. I say this again, watercolor is BAD FOR MY HEALTH. After I pencilled this pic I thought it looked pretty damn good, but then I started watercoloring it and it looked crappy, and then I got nervous but continued. And then it looked better, then looked worse, and finally looked good again after I inked it over after finishing the watercolors. @____@ The green light was tricky to say the least, and I was pretty nervous when I started coloring that after I finished the first few layers of shading. But I'm glad it came out all right. ^__^ Wand looks wonky and short, despite the foreshortening >_>;; No complaints other than that, as usual, my scanner eats colors. =__= The pretty red-purple in Dumbledore's robe's nearly all gone. T__T
Overall, I'm ELATED that at any point/stage in the long process of coloring this pic, I could've messed up any one step which would've ruined the whole pic, but I DIDN'T FUCK IT UP. WOOHOO!!! *proud*
You have so much reason to be proud! This rocks. I love the way you compressed so much into one illustration. That wand/light effect is wonderful, so are the expressions -- and I didn't find the foreshortened wand too short. It gave the piece a lot of immediacy and I like the way it's overlaid with Dumbledore reduced and overlaid, it's not literal but so evocative -- it's like he's far away and reduced by distance but overlapped in front, which is so cool. Packs a lot of punch!
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great face expressions. Mainly Potter. And Dumbledore looks great too.
-- "Btw If you didn't realise that yet, seein' only your HUGE-self-confidence, we-got-LOST" "Are you kiddin' me? I dunno what this word mean!" "It means you don't know where you are Jim" James gave Sirius disapproval look. - JPAM
JEEZ this is amazing. The expressions really say it all (especially Harry's) and you've really caught that moment, frozen in time, that moment when everything slows down....
The horror in Harry's gaze is piercing, as is Snape's fiercesome proclamation.
This is one of those rare finds that just absolutely stuns the viewer. I am in love with watercolour, it's my favourite medium, and you are really very masterful at it! I have to tell you that your Snape has quickly become one of my favourite versions thus far - you really portray him well. The green light is amazing - I'm so jealous - I don't think I could do that with watercolours!
You may be right about the wand - though I honestly don't think it draws that much attention within the peice. Absolutely well done.
Watercolours are great because no matter how bad it looks when you've started it always looks a tad better when you're finished.
But for a watercoloured pic such as this is a great acheivement. Wonderful job. A must fav.
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you did a great job!
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"Btw If you didn't realise that yet, seein' only your HUGE-self-confidence, we-got-LOST"
"Are you kiddin' me? I dunno what this word mean!"
"It means you don't know where you are Jim" James gave Sirius disapproval look. - JPAM
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The horror in Harry's gaze is piercing, as is Snape's fiercesome proclamation.
You may be right about the wand - though I honestly don't think it draws that much attention within the peice. Absolutely well done.
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But for a watercoloured pic such as this is a great acheivement. Wonderful job. A must fav.
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I love Nigel Bruce and David Burke.
[link] Snape
So what? The planet fails, lets save the great white males![link]
Eddy & Jeremy Forever
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