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snarrymod (snarrymod) wrote in snarry_games,
@ 2009-08-09 10:43:00

Entry tags:

art, snitch

Team Snitch Entry (ART): "Thoughts that you'll never read" by Ano_Iro
Title: Thoughts that you'll never read
Artist: ano_iro
Team: Snitch
Genre(s): Mentor
Prompt(s): Pride and Prejudice, Achilles Heel
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: G; None
Artist's Notes/Disclaimers/Thank you to There's no point in reading thoughts if you can't decipher feelings. There's no point in getting closer if you can't open your heart.
The dialogue between Harry and Snape comes from "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix".
Media used: watercolors
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): yes, but let me know, first!

Thoughts that you'll never read, by Ano Iro

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MOD NOTE: POLL IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE SNARRY GAMES.

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	ladylark 2009-08-09 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	This is a very lovely picture. I love the look shared between the two. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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ano_iro, 2009-08-10 01:39 pm UTC

	fancypantsdylan 2009-08-09 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	I love the colouring on this art and the interaction between Harry and Severus and especially the way Severus turns his back on Harry in the last sequence, like hes just given up (Reply to this) (Thread)

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ano_iro, 2009-08-10 01:40 pm UTC

	alisanne 2009-08-09 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	sigh It's always amazing to me how stubborn these two can be. I can't imagine how difficult this was, watercolor is not the easiest medium. Snape's hair is great, as is Harry's crouched figure. And that close up... weeps Beautifully rendered. :) (Reply to this) (Thread)

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ano_iro, 2009-08-10 01:44 pm UTC

eeyore9990
2009-08-09 06:11 pm UTC (link)

I just want you to know that you have saved lives with this post today. Seriously. I was in a MAJORLY FOUL MOOD and then I saw this and immediately my day became 1000% better. So, thank you.

Your art is lovely. I adore this section of OotP (who doesn't?) and seriously, I really really really love how you've shown them. Snape is so foul and Harry so desperate and it is just awesome.

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ano_iro, 2009-08-10 01:45 pm UTC

	mimiheart 2009-08-09 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	Wow. I love it. Your Snape is perfect. I want to shake them both. Great job! (Reply to this) (Thread)

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ano_iro, 2009-08-10 01:45 pm UTC

	shadowess 2009-08-09 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	oh I really like Snape's hair in the second panel oh and his eye wrinkles too. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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ano_iro, 2009-08-10 01:46 pm UTC

	ellis_bell 2009-08-09 06:21 pm UTC (link)
	I like the coloring, and the second panel especially is great. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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ano_iro, 2009-08-10 01:46 pm UTC

	lulabelle72 2009-08-09 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	I love watercolors, and this is just divine. They can be difficult, and you've achieved so much with this work! Bravo. Excellent piece. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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ano_iro, 2009-08-10 01:47 pm UTC

	centaury_squill 2009-08-09 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	When a watercolour is done well - and yours certainly is - I much prefer it to digital art, good though that can be. It just seems more real, somehow. Lovely work! (Reply to this) (Thread)

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ano_iro, 2009-08-10 01:47 pm UTC

	synn 2009-08-09 06:41 pm UTC (link)
	This is really lovely. Great colors and style- I can see all of the books being illustrated with this same palette. Harry's figure in the first, and snape's figure in the last (esp w/ his shadow on the wall) are particularly well rendered, imho. Beautiful! (Reply to this)

	bk7brokemybrain 2009-08-09 06:51 pm UTC (link)
	I really appreciate that this was all done in watercolor in one piece. So difficult, with so much detail and so much emotion conveyed. Harry slumped on the floor, and then turned from each other speaks volumes. (Reply to this)

	taurus_paul 2009-08-09 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	Great colors. I love your Snape in the last picture. He seems so sad. It's very good. Thank you. (Reply to this)

	veridari 2009-08-09 07:03 pm UTC (link)
	Watercolors...wow. I CANNOT use that medium. So when somebody like yourself renders colors and emotions like this so beautifully it really is quite amazing to me. Beautiful piece of art. :) (Reply to this)

	yivel 2009-08-09 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	Ooh, the colors!! Harry on the floor is very intense somehow. And Snape is so defeated, but he doesn't really show it. Thanks a lot! (Reply to this)

	the_con_cept 2009-08-09 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, Harry all crumpled over like that is SO powerful! (Reply to this)

	nolagal 2009-08-09 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	Absolutely lovely! Wonderful! (Reply to this)

	ivylady 2009-08-09 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	Beautiful. I love the look between the two of them - it was so charged with emotion. They both look so defeated in the last panel. I just want to hug them. Wonderful job! (Reply to this)

igtow
2009-08-09 08:00 pm UTC (link)

Watercolours? My hat's off to you; your layering is divine, and your middle panel is exquisite, although their dejection in the last panel makes me want to cry.

I think the reason I disliked JKR's style so much is that she's a bit lazy with how she controlled her scenes. Frequently, she just laid 'it' out there and expected the reader to interpret what they will out of it. What I mean is her 'words' made us rely on an iffy subtext to discern the power of any scene. For fanfiction, that may be all right, but for mainstream, that's almost criminal.

This scene is one of those that could have been so much better, imho, and I'm so glad you chose to illustrate it because the scene, as she wrote it, was hopelessly flat. What I find truly ironic is that if she had just included those two sentences you have in your author notes, then this illustration would never have been necessary.

Very nicely done!

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whitecotton
2009-08-09 08:42 pm UTC (link)

*points up* I echo what IGToW wrote. You have fleshed out the scene from the book well, adding the emphasis on the pride and prejudice of both characters (although Severus *sighs* gets the Gold Medal on the latter count).

For the art itself... Well, I confess to being a sucker for anyone who has the confidence and the raw talent to use traditional mediums, and you certainly have both in spades. Well done!

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	accio_kilt 2009-08-09 09:15 pm UTC (link)
	I admire anyone who can get watercolor to 'sing' for them. It's a medium I'm enamored with but afraid to try.... beautifully done!! (Reply to this)

	lovesseamstress 2009-08-09 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	What a fabulous scene for your prompts! Pride and prejudice, indeed! Ditto what others have said about watercolor--I'm an art teacher, and I know how my students struggle with it. Your technique is wonderful here, and the medium fits the mood of the scene quite well. I especially love Harry crumpled up in the top scene, and Severus' turned away in the last scene. Well done! (Reply to this)

	gin_tonic 2009-08-09 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	Love love love the stubborn brokenness of the last panel! (Reply to this)

	cnary_crem_dght 2009-08-09 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	Very lovely! I love how you've done the text, as well as the poses. Great! (Reply to this)

	ex_candygram652 2009-08-09 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	Lovely pale watercolors. I love it when the background is sweet and suggested, it permits to the strong lines of the characters to make them stand out. You choose bright colors for a very dark moment, kuddo!! It's beautiful. (Reply to this)

	jadzialove 2009-08-10 12:28 am UTC (link)
	Goodness but you can just feel the tension. Well done. (Reply to this)

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