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wanking_mods (wanking_mods) wrote in hp_wankfest,
@ 2008-05-07 00:03:00

Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand
Title: Confiscation (Harry's in the cupboard again)
Artist:

ships_harry
Character: Petunia Dursley
Location: 4 Privet Drive
Object: Harry's wand
Other Characters: Harry, sort of
Rating: R-ish
Warnings: None sexual, although there is a boy locked in a cupboard
Art Details: So I played around with styles, and I imagine this'll make me unrecognisable to the couple of people who seem to guess me :). Mainly photoshop, a bit of open canvas.
Disclaimer: Not my characters - Petunia Dursley, Harry Potter and Number 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging belong to JK Rowling.
Artist's Notes: Loads of hard chalk brushes, a limited palette, and deciding to remove all the guide-lines without putting all the detail back in. Fun, actually :).

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	nehalenia 2008-05-06 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	I love the limited palette which gives it sort of a dream-like look, and I especially like that you made Petunia actually look attractive. With that dress and her hair, she reminds me of one of those 1960s "cocktail hour" housewives; just a bit "Mrs. Robinson". Poor Harry. Makes you wonder if that would show up on a Priori Incantatem. :-D (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	Argh, yikes... maybe that would be a way to take out Voldemort? The Priori Incantatem is done and he's enveloped by a disembodied vagina? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	alwaysasnapefan 2008-05-07 12:03 am UTC (link)
	Hell yes! What a character! I don't think I've ever seen NWS Petunia art before. Yay! The style of this is gorgeous. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	alwaysasnapefan 2008-05-09 12:22 am UTC (link)
	I didn't see the hand until people mentioned it. Is this AU, then? Harry had his own room before having a wand. Maybe it's just a fantasy of hers? lol! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand

ships_harry
2008-06-15 04:25 pm UTC (link)

Thanks! I'm replying to this bit rather than your previous comment (and yay, such a nice one!) to answer the question - it's not AU :). Harry's been locked away as punishment, and his wand taken. He's young, and can't do magic outside school, and is therefore unprotected and vulnerable. His supposed caregiver has taken away the one potential equaliser, and he's trapped - she can do whatever she wants :). It's more symbolic abuse of power than anything in-character :).

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	Re: Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand alwaysasnapefan 2008-06-15 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	Ah. I see. :-) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	joanwilder 2008-05-07 12:06 am UTC (link)
	OH YES! Tsk, tsk, I wonder what's going on in her noggin--on the stairs, Harry just beneath, and with his wand to boot?! Naughty Tooney! I love the sepia effect, the graininess. Wonderful use of your prompts. Well done! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! Yes, Petunia's being really quite dreadful here :). I was going for symbolic abuse of power. I'm glad you like the colour and texture! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	loony4lupin 2008-05-07 12:14 am UTC (link)
	This is just STRIKING. I love the colors and the way it all just seems to gush out... guh. Love it, even if it is Petunia. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	Love it, even if it is Petunia. Hee, thanks! That's awesome :D. I very much like how you describe it as gushing out - once the lines were gone, it had such a loose feel to it that I had to leave it like that :). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jin_fenghuang 2008-05-07 02:14 am UTC (link)
	Giggles Makes me wonder if she is using Lily's or Harry's wand ;-P Great job. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	Heh, using Lily's wand would be a very different story! I wonder, in that case, if we'd be looking at the wand-as-phallus for an incest fantasy, or the wand as the source of the thing that took her sister away, and it's more of a kind of revenge/defilement of the object? As it is, it's definitely Harry's wand - power imbalance, abuse of power and all that :). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	blpaintchart 2008-05-07 03:58 am UTC (link)
	Wow! That is so striking. I love the composition, the colours and the texture. Good for Petunia! It's about time she had a bit of fun. :) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! I definitely had fun drawing this one; I'm so pleased you like it :). (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand blpaintchart 2008-06-16 03:05 am UTC (link)
	Tee hee! I realised after the reveals that I voted for both your pictures as best art, so there's some seekrit love-thing going on there. And (squee!) I noticed that you recced my fic too! Mind if I friend you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-16 04:34 am UTC (link)
	I liked that one so much; all that awesome boy dialogue! Friend away :D. Both my pictures?? ~megablushy~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand blpaintchart 2008-06-16 06:13 am UTC (link)
	Haha! Tis done. And yeah, I didn't realise they were both done by the same artist, as the styles were so different, but they both appealed so much. Hurrah! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	torino10154 2008-05-07 06:26 am UTC (link)
	That is a really great look for a piece of art-the coloring, the highlights. And Petunia, right over Harry's cupboard! Kinky. Great job. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	Kinky indeed, the dreadful woman! The poor lad's not in the best situation here :). Thank you so much! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	snegurochka_lee 2008-05-07 07:17 am UTC (link)
	Oh, Petunia, you kinky thing, you! Great colours! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	She's being an absolute beast here :). Thanks! I had fun with the colours :D. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	harrysexxxmagic 2008-05-07 07:31 am UTC (link)
	I agree with nehalenia on the Sepia Colouring. It does give it a dream like quality. Harry's hand coming out of the cupboard underneath the stairs is brilliant. Very kinky. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! I'm glad you like the colouring :). Heh, it is a bit kinky, huh :). (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand harrysexxxmagic 2008-06-22 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	I work with developing photos and B/W and Sepia are great for certain photos. I loved the effect that the colouring gave this. Thank's for sharing and you are most welcome. HUGS (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sweetmelodykiss 2008-05-07 07:52 am UTC (link)
	That is really amazing. Just lovely and so very hot! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! I really enjoyed drawing it :). I don't think I've ever done Petunia before. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	eeyore9990 2008-05-07 08:14 am UTC (link)
	giggles helplessly I can't get the image nehaliena left out of my head now. I can just see the soul of Voldie popping out of the end of Harry's wand followed by a dark, damp place... Oh, God, sorry about that. Your art is fabulous! I love your style and the sort of highlighty bits on Petunia's face and the necklace. Really gorgeous. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:36 pm UTC (link)
	Naw, I think it's more that Petunia's vagina will pop out the end of the wand and envelop Voldemort... Imagine that one for the crowds at Hogwarts! Minerva: "Mr Potter. Would you care to explain that... display?" Thank you! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kabal42 2008-05-07 10:30 am UTC (link)
	Wow, it's gorgeous. The colour scheme is fantastic... I love how you've portrayed Petunia. The touch of adding Harry's hand in the cupboard door is great. Sad, but really good. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:37 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! I'm glad you think it's sad, because yeah, the whole situation is fairly depressing; poor wee Harry. (Reply to this) (Parent)

r_grayjoy
2008-05-07 11:04 am UTC (link)

I really love this piece, and I don't think I can adequately put into words precisely why that is. I think it's a combination of the colors, the way you've portrayed Petunia (so long and lean; very canon yet not wholly unattractive in her own way), and the inherent wrongness of it all. It also makes me wonder about the story behind it, and what would prompt Petunia to, er, abuse a wand in such a fashion.

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	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:39 pm UTC (link)
	inherent wrongness Yes, absolutely! I've been thinking of this as a kind of power imbalance situation - a young Harry with his only potential equaliser taken away, and then Petunia using it purely for pleasure while he's locked up and deprived. I've also decided this has a lot less to do with character and more to do with symbolism ;). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fbowden 2008-05-07 01:20 pm UTC (link)
	Love the style, love the detail, and Harry's wand being used for nefarious purposes! If Petunia has his wand though, what has happened to Harry? shock (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:40 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! Poor Harry has been shoved into the cupboard - without a wand, the lad doesn't have too much chance against an adult. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	plotbunniofdoom 2008-05-07 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	I love the style and colours in this. :-) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:40 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tlp2107 2008-05-07 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	wow, really cool style. i love the texture. and you managed to make petunia a cutie! brava! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:41 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! Getting all the texture etc in place was pretty fun :). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ragdoll 2008-05-08 02:47 am UTC (link)
	Ooooh! I love this. The style's very different and I love the use of sepia tone too. It's got a really sketchy, frantic feel to it -- and yay, you made Petunia fair haired which I believe is canon! What a dirty girl she is! Excellent! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:43 pm UTC (link)
	Yay, yes, blonde Petunia is canon! I love how you describe it as "sketchy, frantic" because once the original lines were gone, it went from rather wooden to far more loose and fluid, and I liked that so much more for this picture :). Thank you! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ragdoll 2008-06-15 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	It was absolutely brilliant! One of my faves! :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	luvscharlie 2008-05-08 08:35 am UTC (link)
	I love this look (not an artist, and have no idea the correct terminology to use), but this is different, and awesomely done. I like the colors (and lack of color giving everything the greenish tone). I particularly love the hallway to the kitchen and the hint of portraits on the wall. Awesome. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand ships_harry 2008-06-15 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you so much! I had a lot of fun with this one, actually, because it's so different from the kind of thing I usually do :). I'm glad you like the greenish tone, because the limited palette was a big part of getting the feel of the picture right :). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	venturous 2008-06-06 06:11 am UTC (link)
	another treasure I missed in all the excitement! this has a beautiful mood, and is really nice use of filters. so often they can be just gimmicky and look like an afterthought. I'd love to chat PS techie talk with you! and, that NAUGHTY Petunia!!! (Reply to this) (Thread)

Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand

ships_harry
2008-06-15 04:50 pm UTC (link)

Thank you!

Let's see what I can remember about the filters... I know that the top texture is just the texturiser canvas option, once the whole image had been flattened.

My favourite bit of texture in this is from a coloured layer - I used a mixture of desaturated greens, yellows and oranges, in a messy sort of layer that was supposed to look a bit filthy. I have an "ink splatter" brush set that I downloaded from Ivy Photography's Deviant Art page (I can see if I can find a link if you're interested), and I used a lot of the more vertical splats to build up the shapes.

I *think* I set that to Overlay, but I'm afraid I can't quite remember... most of the image was drawn underneath it with that top layer set as invisible so it wouldn't affect the colours that the eyedropper picked up, but right there so that I could keep checking to see how it was looking. The sharp highlights were drawn over the top.

It's possible I may have duplicated the overlay layer, too, because just one might not have been intense enough. If it wasn't overlay, it would have been soft or hard light.

Like a twit, I flattened the psd file and saved so I can't go back and check :-/.

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	Re: Petunia Dursley at 4 Privet Drive with Harry's Wand venturous 2008-06-15 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	wow, thanks for all the details. Yeah, those adjustment layers can be so incredibly subtleo r powerful or both. but I am very anal about saving my master files and stepping them down for posting. I know just enought to go play with this and see what's possible. I never would have guessed it was your work, though! (Reply to this) (Parent)