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snarrymod (snarrymod) wrote in snarry_games,
@ 2007-10-10 20:46:00

Entry tags:

cnary_crem_dght, team angst

TEAM ANGST ENTRY - Cnary Crem Dght!
Title: Olympia
Artist: cnary_crem_dght
Team: Team Angst
Genre(s): Post War / AU
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Hard R? implied prostitution.
Artist's Notes: The whole time I was drawing this picture, I was thinking about Manet's picture with the same title. :) I'd also love the thank Team Angst for their hard work and dedication. They're such an inspiring group of people. Also special props to tripperfunster for participating in some ~~horrific events~~ fun with me.
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"Olympia" by cnary_crem_dght

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	regasssa 2007-10-10 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	Very lovely. I just adore the whole mood of this picture. purrs (Reply to this)

	miyoung_boz 2007-10-10 07:15 pm UTC (link)
	i love the colors you use in skin. it's creepy and lovely. lol great composition, great lighting. go team angst! (Reply to this)

	tgin 2007-10-10 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	I love the mood and the colouring. Amazing work! (Reply to this)

	bluestocking79 2007-10-10 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, WOW. I just love everything about this! The colors are amazing, but it's all the little details that really get to me: the gold coin in Snape's hand, his tattoos, the body hair, the black cat...and of course, Olympia herself on the wall behind them. ;-) (Reply to this)

	ships_harry 2007-10-10 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	I still adore this :-). The colours, the lighting, the beautiful details... the fabric, love. Although. Having said that, I think my favourite part is actually the set of colours you've used in the shadows along Snape's ribs and waist; that blue-purple-yellow-green-red mix is gorgeous, so lush. (Reply to this)

	ex_chrysos562 2007-10-10 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	There's so much in this picture! The facial axpressions of Harry and Snape, their tarnished bodies. The details like the coin and the painting, Snape's tattoo, the black cat (pet? guardian? McGonnagal?). All in all, it creates an almost uneasy feeling looking at it, as if we see something that we shouldn't. By which I mean: excellent, super picture!! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ex_chrysos562 2007-10-10 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	expressions, of course. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	f13tch3r 2007-10-10 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	The colors are marvelous and the details are brilliant! Love it! (Reply to this)

	svartalfur 2007-10-10 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	I love the cat! Great colours and composition. I love their expressions and how they avert their eyes, the gold on the bed and in Snape's hand. The tension is palpable. Excellent! (Reply to this)

	tripperfunster 2007-10-10 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, you've really out done yourself with colour on this one! So rich! I'm lovin' the fringe on the lamp, and I'm totally coveting the cat's armchair! Very cool how they refuse to meet eyes. I'm quite sure there was no kissing going on earlier either. Lovely work hon! (Reply to this)

	klynie1 2007-10-10 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	What an emotional punch. Snape counting his money just blows me away. Also, can I hug you? You've given him a real man's body - no romanticism here. Very powerful. (Reply to this)

	themostepotente 2007-10-11 12:00 am UTC (link)
	One of the things I love so much about your art is that you always keep Snape true to form. He's so deliciously ugly and that really just nails it for me. I am in love with the hair on his body and the tattoo on his arm. Beautiful, beautiful job! (Reply to this)

	ex_froggie897 2007-10-11 12:17 am UTC (link)
	WOWWW. ___ I love all the colors. Snape's face is so haunting. and I love the hint of the Manet piece in the background. ;) Awesome, awesome work. (Reply to this)

	mecklen 2007-10-11 01:32 am UTC (link)
	YesYesYes. Fabulous. Everything is just fabulous - the colours, the poses of their bodies, the composition, the cat, the picture of Olympia in the background. I truly love you right now. I wish I could vote. Did I mention I love this? (Reply to this)

	secretsolitaire 2007-10-11 02:11 am UTC (link)
	Oh, wow. This is amazing. I love that they both have similar sad expressions. I love the realism of Snape's body. I love the colors and the curves. I love the cat! ~~I love Snape's cock.~~ And I love that Harry has such a shy pose in contrast to the woman in the painting, which I've always felt is a very proud, "take me or leave me" sort of posture. Really wonderful. (Reply to this)

faynia
2007-10-11 04:08 am UTC (link)

Have I mentioned just how much I love this drawing? Have I mentioned how I can so tell you took a class where it described Olympia, and the way its drawn so your eyes never drop off the bottom of the picture?

No, well, I'm a little more than infatuated with the fact that everything flows into one another stop gaps in place and all. And that black cat slayed me. Although my favorite bit all together is definitely the sketched Olympia in the background.

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	calico_sky 2007-10-11 05:49 am UTC (link)
	Wow - I love the ambiance you've created here. And I love the greying hair on Snape's head. Excellent job! :D (Reply to this)

dacro
2007-10-11 06:01 am UTC (link)

gah. I wish I had a better way to tell you how this made me feel, but I only have little fragmented thoughts right now. I hope you'll interpret my meaning in a favorable light.

There's a dream quality to this, and something that feels like an echo to past masters, but at the same time it feels very real and solid to me.

Their eyes, and the fact that they won't/can't/aren't looking at each other, as well as their flawed skin, and the fact that I can't really tell who the prositute is--so very haunting.

If I could vote. Well, 'nuff said.
Well done.

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	blackcoyote 2007-10-11 08:11 am UTC (link)
	You've excelled yourself, love the way you've done Snape's body hair, the discomfort between them in their body language and expressions, the sadness. Your a master of colouring! (Reply to this)

	verdenia 2007-10-11 08:17 am UTC (link)
	The colors are amazing. Very surreal! (Reply to this)

	athenakt 2007-10-11 01:18 pm UTC (link)
	Um, wow. Mixed feelings on this one. The style, colors and tone of this pic are amazing, and I utterly love Snape's tattoo. It puts me in mind of something they'd put on an Azkaban prisoner. Is that Snape's Dark Mark on his right arm? (Reply to this)

	ziasudra 2007-10-11 02:22 pm UTC (link)
	Oh V, this is amazing! I love the atmosphere you painted with the colors and... I don't know how to describe things in art terms, but the mood is just perfect, poses and facial expressions and nifty details and all. My heart goes out to both Snape and Harry -- they both look so uneasy, poor boys. (Reply to this)

	undunoops 2007-10-11 03:48 pm UTC (link)
	I love their imperfect bodies! And I can see the picture hanging on the wall. Are they sitting on the model's chaise lounge? (Reply to this)

	ckeeki 2007-10-11 05:31 pm UTC (link)
	Stunning! I love the flesh tones and I'm drawn again and again to Snape's expression - phenomenal. p.s, love the cat! (Reply to this)

	pervart 2007-10-11 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	That looks fabulous! The field is deeper than your usual stuff, so I'm diggin the way you shook things up. And you know how much I love your flabby, hairy Snape, maam. <3 (Reply to this)

	estioe 2007-10-11 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	You outdid yourself with their bodies. Really. I love it! So realistic. That's what I like most about your drawings. :D And the colour and the whole story in the drawing, just, whoa, beautiful. :D I especially love the hair. You rock at drawing hair on our two favourite men. :) (Reply to this)

	valis2 2007-10-11 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	This is amazing, so complex, so subtle--wow. Just amazing. (Reply to this)

	amanuensis1 2007-10-12 12:55 am UTC (link)
	I love the harsh, almost bruised tones of their skin. There's such a story in this scene, what with their distance from each other, and that coin. And the painting in the background! Your art always hits on a gut level. (Reply to this)

	ariadneelda 2007-10-12 10:00 am UTC (link)
	I can't take my eyes away from Snape's face. It's awesome! Both their expressions and poses, the exchange of money, the cat, the entire background - you certainly tell a story here and I would love to know it. g And your colours are just fabulous. I always love your colouring! (Reply to this)

	nahimana 2007-10-12 01:42 pm UTC (link)
	This is great!! Love Snape's tattoo and Harry's pose. You've done a fabulous job with the details- everything is very well done! (Reply to this)

	alisanne 2007-10-12 08:04 pm UTC (link)
	giggles The cat is cracking me up! And there is just so much happening here, I wish I knew the back story. They look so dejected. Oh, and Snape's hair is just brilliant. :) (Reply to this)

	glockgal 2007-10-13 04:00 am UTC (link)
	Yeee I think what I love the most is how you colour skin. I find it so inspirational and fascinating, and I always want to try and remember how well you capture that transluceny of white, pale skin. It's lovely and especially striking in this. Team Angst! FTW!! XD XD (Reply to this)

	lampblack 2007-10-13 04:51 am UTC (link)
	Wonderful use of the Olympia theme. The sad and not romanticized reality of sex and money. Subtle tie in of cats to both the painting and the AU wizarding world . (Reply to this)

	misconstrue 2007-10-13 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	I love how they have such similar expressions that it wasn't until I saw the gold in Severus's hand that I knew who the prostitute was. The highlights and the shapes of their bodies are fabulous. So tactile and weighty! (Reply to this)

rakina
2007-10-14 12:11 pm UTC (link)

I really didn't think I'd like this as much as I did.
I mean, Angst and Prostitution? But...
but... it's so moving. Harry's crushed, rumpled look speaks volumes.
But most of all I love your Severus. His body is just right for a man of his age, especially the softness around the belly. The tattoos are intriguing - I'd love to know the story behind the one on his shoulder. Your use of colour is, as always, striking and effective. And the picture you've taken the title from in the background. Really, I love this!

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	seres_mimosa 2007-10-14 03:30 pm UTC (link)
	There is something both beautiful and lurid about your use of colour, which fits this post war world (and incidentally one of my favourite AU scenarios) perfectly. Harry's shy posture and Snape's aging body are portrayed with such love. This is angst at its most heartbreaking. (Reply to this)

	lalaith_niniel 2007-10-14 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	I love that Snape is so real. There's a pudgy tummy, and lank hair, and a broken expression on his face, and they make this all the more real and powerful. Nicely done. (Reply to this)

	snapetoy 2007-10-15 10:59 am UTC (link)
	I really like this! There's so much richness in the colours, so much detail in their bodies, that it's very striking. I love that you have Manet's cat in there, too! :D (Reply to this)

	nymaulth 2007-10-16 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	Nice! I like how many tones and shades you manage to work into their skin! (Reply to this)

hill_
2007-10-17 03:04 pm UTC (link)

What a beautiful piece! You are such a great painter...I love all the colors you put into their skin, and Snape's paunchy body in the foreground. The hissing cat on the chair really pops out, with the bright, vertical stripes. Everything about this piece conveys angst, from their expressions, their awkward postures, the hissing cat, and the dark background colors. Fantastic, Cnary!!!

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	ex_rumpelsti605 2007-10-18 09:20 pm UTC (link)
	V. v. angsty with Poor Harry looking abashed and timid and Snape looking miserable and hesistant. How do you make these colors so beautiful and bruised? It makes them look much vulnerable. (Reply to this)

	crimson_vipera 2007-10-26 02:52 pm UTC (link)
	I don't really know what to think. I love Your style, as always, but the mood... I'm not sure. It's still a great job and beautiful art. (Reply to this)

	tasha_neko 2007-10-30 06:54 am UTC (link)
	The colors in this are just amazing!! Everything about this pic just draws you into it. Im not sure why but Im totally fascinated by their body hairs too! :3 (Reply to this)