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Dean Thomas (artistdean) wrote in finnigans_rpg,

Dean smiled and nodded slightly. "I can do sympathy," he said, shifting and crossing one leg over the other in a relaxed slouch. "Ah," he said in understanding when she explained her predicament. "Well if helps at all I think most artists are perfectionists to one degree or another, I know I am," he said, waving a hand at the current disarray in his studio as an illustration. He looked carefully at Bryony, nibbling at his lip slightly, he had a feeling she was talking about the emotional toll, which was a very real problem when painting portraits of loved ones, or anything with serious emotional connection behind it.

"Okay," he said decisively when he'd eventually decided, straightening slightly. "Do you remember the big muggle portrait of a man that I had in the show that wasn't for sale?" he asked, hoping she would since it was the only one. "Well, anyway, that was a portrait of my father. Not the man I grew up calling Dad, but the one who left, that I have no memories of. He was a wizard, you know? But I didn't find out until I was eighteen, nineteen?" He was talking and looking in Bryony's direction but not really seeing her. "I found out he was killed by Death Eaters, although I've never really discovered why exactly. I wanted to do something to remember him, but it was so hard. I wanted it to be perfect, not just for me but for my Mum too, she really did love him a lot, even if he left. But painting that was hard because it had to be so perfect. It was hard technically and emotionally," he said. He finished and winced. "Er, sorry, I'm not sure you really wanted or needed to know any of that. It just sort of sprung to mind."

Dean had to pause and think about exactly how a film worked for a couple of seconds before he could answer. He managed to dredge it up from somewhere though and explained. "Okay, so I'm not an expert, but if I remember right they have to draw lots of drawing with tiny, tiny differences, and they actually I'm not quite sure how they get them onto film, but it goes onto a film, like a camera film but much longer and it gets moved through a mechanical projector really fast. Actually I think these days they might do some of it with computers but that's sort of basically it." He shrugged and pulled a face to show that was about as much as he understood. "But yeah, their paintings don't move, animation is a hell of a lot of work."

Dean nodded in understanding. "Sure, well the muggle versions don't move, but I always thought of animated films kind of like long-form moving comics. The Disney ones are usually based on some sort of fairy story or traditional tale, that sort of thing," he said. "And like I said they have sound too and quite often there are a lot of songs to move the story on, or just express stuff," he said. He gulped some more of his tea, delighted to see Bryony's interest in the topic.