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Jul. 26th, 2005 09:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tealinOkay, 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.
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.
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Date: 2005-07-27 08:17 am (UTC)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*