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Thom-Heap
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[2011-09-03 21:45:19 +0000 UTC]
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 100; Deviations: 167; Watchers: 78
Watching: 27; Pageviews: 28887; Comments Made: 152; Friends: 27
# Interests
Favorite movies: Harry Potter, Sleepy Hollow, 28 Days LaterFavorite TV shows: Deadwood, Lost
Favorite bands / musical artists: David Bowie, Bjork, Madonna, Tori Amos, Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Depeche Mode,Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, The Knife, Imogen Heap
Favorite books: Harry Potter
Favorite games: Parasite Eve Series, Phantasy Star (Genesis Series)
Tools of the Trade: Pencil & Paper
Other Interests: Cosplay, Sewing, Design, Dance
# About me
Carol Datura Riot is an artist working in sculpture and illustration. She has exhibited artwork in museums and galleries such as The Tate Britain in London and The CincinnaContemporary Arts Center, and has been featured on the cover of The New York Times Arts & Leisure section. This past year, Carol worked to construct set pieces for several fifth avenue holiday window displays in New York City. She has also worked in special events and visual merchandising. She is currently building custom props set pieces for the Harry Potter Convention MISTI-Con set to occur in May 2013 in New Hampshire.Links
Fanfiction:
www.fanfiction.net/~thomheap
Tumblr:
daturasnape.tumblr.com/
Etsy:
www.etsy.com/shop/ThePotionsMi&h
# Comments
Comments: 23
i'm starting to make drawing classes now, you could give me advice or say what you think of my drawing? be sincere (:
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Sure! the best advice I can give you is to give yourself a lot of time and patience. When I was younger - my older brother could look at any photo and draw it perfectly. People visiting my house would ask why my parents had a photograph of cat woman on their wall, my Mum would say - "That isn't a photo, my son drew that." Back then, I could draw a little - but nothing like my brother. It wasn't until my junior year of college that I decided to devote a lot of time to learning to draw. I sat myself down and spent 3 months copying out of an anatomy book. It turned out, that when I really focused, I could draw just like my brother - in black and white at least. Some of it is natural talent, but the rest is just practice - and a little bit of magic as well. I still have trouble with faces. Sometimes I get lucky and it works quickly - other times it can take days. With my Loki drawing, I got him in two hours, but there is a Snape drawing that took me 4 days to get his face the way I wanted. Another bit of advice - art classes can be great - but don't let a teacher push you to draw in a style you don't like. It can be fun to experiment - but if you know what you like and how you want to draw, and they can't help you draw in that style - find the artist who do and figure out how they work. My first years of art school I wanted to do photo realism. All my professors wanted me to throw paint on a canvas with a knife. Finally I sought out Illustration classes. So that is my advice - that and have fun!!! And have good references to draw from. PS - if you're interested - I draw with a mechanical 5 mm pencil and when I really need to draw detail I use a 3 mm mechanical pencil. I almost always draw on bristol board because I love the texture!
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oh thanks so much! liked your story *-* I will strive very !
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I was wondering if your "Half-Blood Prince" font is downloadable? I admin a Harry Potter Fan Page on facebook and this would come in really handy!
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You are one lucky girl to have met Reznor "several" times. I've listened to NIN since the 80's which shows my age =-]
I've seen his concerts many times and since the last album I've been thinking will there ever be anything like this again? I highly doubt it. His music and words has helped me through many rough times.
On a separate note, your work is brilliant and congrats on the DD for "Crash"!
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Hello,
I'm the Co-founder of and I wanted to know if anything was wrong with my question about your Oc.? Oo And why you withdraw your subs? ^^"
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Oh no not at all - sorry I just thought I submitted them wrong! Yes she is my OC, I can resubmit them. Sorry.
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Great your art is very welcome 
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Sure thing - I will resubmit Monday once I'm back on a computer that can do such things. This one is too old
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I've read both parts of The Serpent Cycle on fanfiction.net and I LOVE IT!!!!! You're writing style is amazing. The journal-format of the story is very compelling; I couldn't stop reading (seriously, I spent a whole night reading until I finished the story at some insane hour of the night). I really love your OC, Tisiphone. I knew Severus would have had another woman in his life. 
P.S. DAVID BOWIE IS AWESOME!!!!
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Thank you so much it means a lot! And yay for more Davie Bowie fans. There's actually going to be a fairly significant scene with one of his songs in a chapter soon as well as a drawing. Must find time to do all these things!
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Do you do commissions or requests? I am part of a Severus Snape Audio Drama and we are looking for people who would like to draw art for the drama.
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Sure, I don't have a lot of time on my hands at the moment, but I might be able to do something.
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okay that's awesome to know. The Christmas script will be done by tomorrow, I'll give you the link them so that you can go ahead and read it and chose a scene you'd like. Also with your permission the art would be posted up in the site's Home Page
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