Fanart - Feelings have no shape

[reira]

I'm still sad that I missed the hd_holidays sign-ups, so I drew this fanart for the challenge over at hp_fringeart. I always wanted to draw Snape/Lily. I tried to use Painter X and I have to say I love it. It's so much easier than Photoshop, there's a mixer for colors and several settings for the brushes. But I still feel more comfortable with natural media.

Title: Feelings have no shape
Characters: Severus Snape, James Potter, Lily Evans (implied James/Lily, unrequited Snape/Lily)
Rating: G
Media: Painter X and Tablet
Notes: Done for the hp_fringeart November challenge: Unrequited Love
Warnings: Snape is way too handsome. Sorry. Image heavy.





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Comments

[agr8fae.livejournal.com]

This is really beautiful. The color is very expressive. Lovely.

[ani-bester.livejournal.com]

OH! I really *REALLY* like those. I love your brushwork and the compositions of each one.

Wonderful work!
For me the first and the third are the most evocative

Lily is gorgeous but for me doesn't carry the emotional weight of James and Severs, something about James being all alone in that and his body language is very moving and Severus's whole posture and expression conveys a longing for somethign he cant' have!

[balcairn.livejournal.com]

Oh my god this is amazing. I don't know what else to say because I'm still in shock. So amazing.

[roastchicken.livejournal.com]

This is so incredibly beautiful - I don't have any words that can do it justice! Adding to my memories - this is one of my all-time fav fanart pieces (and I recced it as such in today's hogwarts_today!) - thank you so much for this. Stunningly, stunningly beautiful.

[rotaryphones.livejournal.com]

These are wonderful! Excellent job incorporating the brushwork into the drawings. And I really love the empty compositions - it works especially well in the first one.

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Wonderful colours and nifty idea! But I understand your preference for natural media - it's the same for me! :-)))

[naadi.livejournal.com]

That's really gorgeous!! ^.^

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[prophetic.livejournal.com]

Very, very beautiful and evocative!

Thanks so much for sharing your talents.

[guad.livejournal.com]

very nice! :)

Feelings have no shape

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

This is extremely beautiful. It catches their different personalities so perfectly.

I like how you gave each of them a dominant colour and feature: James the vivid, greenish blue and his usual play with the snitch; Lily the red and her defiant expression and wild hair; and poor Severus the nightly blue and his desperate posture.

I also like the bits of the colours from James' portrait reappear in Severus' frame.

And with each frame, we get a more intimate view of the person on display.

Thank you so much for sharing!

[camillo1978.livejournal.com]

Cool! Nice use of colour, and I really like the way you've captured James' stance.

[snegurochka_lee]

That's lovely! I really like James's casual pose. :)

[ceares.livejournal.com]

the colors on this are amazing, and the figures are so evocative. Your Snape is heartbreaking.

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[secretsolitaire.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is just stunning!

[melusinahp.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful. I particularly love your depiction of Lily.

[duck-or-rabbit.livejournal.com]

This is so emotive. All their expressions and postures are honest. Using color themes really helped to tell your story. I love that James' world is painted green, which I interpret match Lily's eyes.

The snitch is wonderful.

And Severus? *dies*

Wonderful work, I found this through hogwarts_today I think ...

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[lilsteves.livejournal.com]

Wow. This is absolutely breathtaking. I loved the bold use of color. Also, Snape is exactly how I pictured him being that young.

[misanagi.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful. I love the style and the colors used. I'm wondering if you would allow me to make an icon of the James part of the pic? Of course I would give you credit as the artist. If you rather not, that's fine too. I just thought I would ask. Again, beautiful work.

[nehalenia.livejournal.com]

That's a beautiful piece, with such restrained emotion. Lovely.

[4bdnsn0wflake.livejournal.com]

Love the bold colors and the use of visible brush strokes.

So much intense emotion in all three! Even though James' face isn't visible, his body language conveys a lot.

Really lovely!

[misconstrue.livejournal.com]

wow, lovely. i like how each character pairs so well with his/her color.

[magrat-me.livejournal.com]

Oh my, James is just perfect!

[nice-lena.livejournal.com]

Your Severus and Lily are too awesome. <3

[a-tru-blu-27.livejournal.com]

duck_or_rabbit shared a link to this in her journal...

This is absolutely beautiful. The Lily pic looks just like Cate Blanchett! You are very talented and considered yourself friended!

[serendipity-008.livejournal.com]

Wow! I love the colours. I really like Lilly's hair. How it blends with the background. I discovered your art from HD fanart when you did "A Journey". That was stunning. I am going to go check out all your other stuff as soon as I get a bit of free time this week :)