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[tealin]

Okay, it's 11:28 MDT, but I had to show my dad the nifty Photomerge thing in CS so that delayed me.

Morfin Gaunt - I realised while drawing this that I had cast Deagol as Morfin. Um.
Merope Gaunt - Gee, you'd think I liked Brett Helquist's art or something. I'm not sure her face is 'heavy' enough, but she's got the frazzled, desperate look I was going for. Her far hand is supposed to be on something but it's too high for a sink or counter ... any lower, though, and it would mess up the action line, so I don't know what to do with it.
Young Riddle gets a Visitor - This is probably my favourite scene in the book and the one to leave the strongest visual impression. Upon rereading it (halfway through completion of the drawing) I don't think Tom ever is in this pose, but I liked what it said in body language so I'm going to pretend that it was written that way. He also looks a bit too old, but I'm a terrible judge of age, so what do I know? Anyway, I'm rambling. I like it.

Comments

[fordanglia.livejournal.com]

*grooves patiently*

[gabbysun.livejournal.com]

Hey! Good to see you about; I've been wondering where you were, creepy as that sounds. xD;

Art? Art is good.

(Les Miz is also good.)

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Les Mis is also very good, especially when it's the Extended Edition of the soundtrack (thank you Bananabasket!).

I have been gone a while, haven't I? I think this is the longest I've gone without posting since I got a Livejournal.

[ari-enchanted.livejournal.com]

There's an EE Les Mis?!? This demands investigation.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's the 'Symphonic Recording' or something... they've done a couple of them.

[gabbysun.livejournal.com]

I actually think I have that edition somewhere . . . is Colm Wilkinson Jean Valjean? Because if not, then I have it. xD I prefer the version where he is Valjean though; somehow he just makes the character for me.

Yes, and don't do it again! Seriously, not on.

(Also, art is 'mazing.)

[dimgwrthien714.livejournal.com]

So totally waiting. (Alright, I've never commented before, so don't try to recognize me.) I love your HBP pictures so much. *goes off to convert times to my time zone*

[r-strider.livejournal.com]

Can't wait. :)

[(Anonymous)]

sweet. i cant wait. oh, and les mis rocks by the way.

[boringverbosity.livejournal.com]

sweet drawings =) i especially like the dumbledore one

my boyfriend and my friends were in les miz last year for the musical. my friends played jean valjean and eponine. they were really awesome. they went to go see it in SF a few weeks ago. i wish i went =\

[elysiancherry.livejournal.com]

I really like the 'visitor' drawing. I just feel the positioning of DD's arms is a bit odd; I'd sooner expect him to have them resting on his legs, rather than have them hovering above them. But his face is wonderful, he somehow looks indeed a lot younger. Perhaps it's the lack of glasses, lol.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I tried to make them look like they were resting on his legs ... as it is they're way too long already. Oy. Maybe if I make his chair taller...

WOW WoW wow

[blumcsi.livejournal.com]

This is exactly how I imagined Merope (too)

I got the chills now

Thanks Tealin ;O)

[tannhaeuser.livejournal.com]

Blast you, wench! How do you manage to start out so good, and yet improve with each new picture?

I suppose Dumbledore’s torso would be curved a little more if his elbows were resting on his knees -- but personally I like the gesture he is using rather more -- it looks ... er ... well, expectant, I guess. The only other nit I can pick is that I’m not entirely convinced by the curvature of the headboard -- it doesn't quite look like it will reach to the near side of the bed to me.

Does anyone else see Tom Riddle as Roddy McDowell? Anyway, he gives a convenient 1940’s boy reference -- just find a movie in which he’s the age you want, google it, and get all kinds of great pics:

http://www.xmoppet.org/miscpix/41_3.jpg

I generally see Dumbledore as Alan Napier, but (oddly) there don’t seem to be nearly as many characteristic pictures of him, despite the fact that he was in a kajillion movies. However:

http://www.lileks.com/bleats/archive/04/1104/1102art/noirart/5.jpg

Hope those were of some use.

Finally, a word (just one) about Merope. *Envy*

[dimgwrthien714.livejournal.com]

*worships* I tried drawing Merope once, and let's just say that it's nowhere near as good as yours. As usual, they're so perfect.

[my-fox-rocks.livejournal.com]

Merope could have her hand on a shelf I suppose...hmmm

But the drawings rock ^_^

[canisdoofus.livejournal.com]

YESSSS!!!!! I love these! That scene in the orphanage was a brillant one, so I'm thrilled to see that you have chosen to immortalise it.

And I DO love that inbred look you've given the Gaunt kids! Morfin is brilliant -- just as nasty as he should be.

Merope is hard to capture, but nowhere NEAR as difficult as Eileen Prince has been for me. For some reason, I just can't manage to get her design standardised. It's driving me INSANE...well, more insane than I already am! ^_^ Tobias, conversely, has been one of the easiest of the random-only-just-verbally-mentioned charcters.

[alicey.livejournal.com]

Aww! All those sketches look great!

[miss-ida.livejournal.com]

Merope and Morfin looks inbreeded doesnt they? i supposed you wanted them to look like that...

[moon-wise-muse.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with that, and I love the visitor picture. I think the only thing with it is yes, Tom looks a bit too old, but only by a couple years. He looks about 13 to me.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bunkka_/]

'visitor' one is awesome, and yes, young tom reminds me emensly of Roddy McDowell...odd..
dumbledore has to be my favorite character...(sob)..and youve done a lovely job with him, i dont see any problems with his posture..
theres this guy who always sits on the bench in front of the gas station every morining-looks exactly like your Morfin XD

[cambryn.livejournal.com]

Very nice. Love the slightly corss eyed Morfin. Reminds me of a reatrded Chihuahua I know (it is technically retarded. Am not just 'callously' throwing that term about.)
I really like Merope. The sense of movement is great.

Amd finally, I heart Dumbledore in that picture.It just IS Albus. Tom looks great, but as other said, too old. His face is so long, slender and pointed- he has no baby fat, and even slender 11 year olds have that. His limbs are also very long and proportioned more like a 14 year old. I really think this picture captures Tom, just not at the right age.

[cambryn.livejournal.com]

speaking of retarded, sorry for the many typos. I got absolutely no sleep, so have an excuse... sort of...

[crypticidentity.livejournal.com]

AWESOME. Great new drawings. The Gaunts look particularly disturbed. For some reason whenever I think of Merope, she's got her hair down in front of her face like Samara from the Ring. Except not as long hair. Still, great job with all of these pictures. Riddle should probably look a little younger, but it's still fine the way it is. The scary thing is I imagined that kid who plays Peter in Finding Neverland and Charlie in Tim Burton's Chocolate Factory movie in that seen in the book, even though he TOTALLY wouldn't play a character like that. So something's wrong with my imagination on Riddle. But that's besides the point. Great job on the drawings, especially on making Dumbledore look younger; he looks EXACTLY like I pictured him.

[(Anonymous)]

I love your fanart! And I do agree with you saying Tom Riddle looks too old (more like 13 than 11)... but it's still an awesome drawing. Can't wait to see more.

[canisdoofus.livejournal.com]

Might I add that Canon specifically stated that Tom looked a little older than most of the kids his age. He was much MUCH taller, more robust, and had older, more post-pubescent features.

So Tea's right.

And Les Mis is LOVE

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Taller, yes, I'll give you, but I don't recall hearing he looked specifically older.

[canisdoofus.livejournal.com]

Gah! Why must I be at Bloody Work, without my copy!?!?!? >.< It's there, I'll let you know later on.

The point is that Tom's not a normal child. So it's OK for him to look a little older. At least he doesn't look as old as he does in Mary Grandpre's abysmal representation of the scene in the American Version. I swore from the illustration he would have been at lest 18 there, so I was like "Woah!" when I read he was only 11.

Your version still kicks Mrs. Grandpre's version's butt, though! :-)

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Awww, I feel loved... : )

[canisdoofus.livejournal.com]

Good! Because you SHOULD! :-P

[fallohidepride.livejournal.com]

So awesome. Love the sense of movement to Merope, and the whole Visitor scene. I agree -- these kick Ms. Grandpre's versions' butt. ;)

Yes, I am a random lurker/stalker. Sorry, but your work is just too good to ignore.

Les Miz = LOOOOOVE

[chocolatepot.livejournal.com]

That last one is beyond awesome. Really.

[anathelen.livejournal.com]

Keep em coming, Tealin. Please. Or the people I've introduced your work to will start the prodding again..

Getting to see a younger Dumbledore picture with my own eyes instead of my watery imagination, what a treat! I pictured Merope looking 'stringier' in the face but your version is just fine. Yay dynamic posture. That hand is totally grabbing onto a shelf. Yep.

Morfin... yes. Yes!

[virusq.livejournal.com]

Ooo... Pretty.

You know, I think I pictured a whole Golum thing going on with Morfin, but ya nailed my mental image of Merope.

Can't wait to see more. :)

[fire-obssessed.livejournal.com]

Those are really good sketches! Dumbledore looks absolutely perfect. Exactly like I imagined. Tom does look kind of old though.
I pictured Morfin kinda like a crazy evil scary Tarzan(the disney version)...I'm not sure I was reading thoroughly though. :B *goes to read book description*

[ladyella64.livejournal.com]

Yay for Tea! I love them! I knew you'd do a wonderful job, and I'm especially glad, though this probably didn't cross your mind, that you drew my request--Merope.

For some reason, Morfin made me giggle uncontrollably. You've captured him perfectly.

Your young Tom Riddle reminds me strongly of the actor. Which is good, because the actor has that creepy air about him. I agree that he looks a bit older than eleven, but not by too much.

[vfdj22.livejournal.com]

I love that picture of Tom...he looks like how I imagine Will Parry from His Dark Materials.

[i-have-boydism.livejournal.com]

Make it a wall (What Merope is balancing on...) Those are awesome, like usual!

[meltedtuna.livejournal.com]

Gosh darn you're good.

[lady-werewolf.livejournal.com]

Ditto to meltedtuna. Hi, there, it's Mindy.

[padawanmage.livejournal.com]

Hi, I've always been looking at your webpage for your drawings, but I'm glad you mentioned you had a journal. You definitely give a different perspective to scenes in the books...

Although I didn't feel bad for Voldemort, I did for Merope...almost wonder how Riddle Sr. really reacted when he saw who he had left Cecilia for...?

Definitely a nice pose with Tom and Dumbledore...are you considering a similar one when they meet years later in Dumbledore's office?

[doryface.livejournal.com]

I think you, out of all the Potter artists on the web, best capture the actual characterisations of the characters---weird, I know, but you manage to give this life-like quality that is lacking in most fanart.

Keep it up, dude. :)

Vistor

[lyssa-greenfire.livejournal.com]

To me, Riddle does look eleven...or maybe the eleven-year-olds around here are just abnormally old looking...

[sannalim.livejournal.com]

Perhaps Merope's far hand is up on one of the shelves that her pots and pans and such are stacked upon?

Your Dumbledore is great. I love his suit.

cool---again!

[chilibreath.livejournal.com]

well, JKR DID describe Tom as being tall for eleven...and I especially like your renderings of Morfin and Merope---don't change them!

Merope and the other Pics

[(Anonymous)]

This is just a suggestion, but you could have her hand on a shelf or something like that. Great job on all the drawings!

young riddle

[(Anonymous)]

nice one of riddle

the technichally inept persues her goal evermore!

[(Anonymous)]

les mis! one of the greatest plays, though it is equalled by cats and riverance.

[pb-fishhead.livejournal.com]

I am a complete stranger, also a novice at coloring and lacking a scanner! So I chose some of your drawings, which I really like, to practice on. They were a lot of fun to color, thanks! Just don't ask me about Merope's feet...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/unwitting_dupe/lilriddle2.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/unwitting_dupe/merope.png