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EDIT 7/11 - I'll be attempting to remove the derpiness from his face when I get time
Drawing for ~AnCatDubh , who won ~northangel27 's Snapely contest.
I was happy to learn AnCat is a fan of Symbolist artist Gustav Klimt, which made this work very enjoyable for me. The decorative figures surrounding Snape are a nod to Klimt, with a bit of Fernand Khnopff included, for what I hope is good measure. Check this slideshow for his sublime work - [link]
The figures represent Snape's canon love, Lily Evans, interpreted here as childhood friend, and tragic beauty.
In the spirit of Symbolism, I have also included her as a stern and unforgiving Harpy, her red wings enveloping Snape drinking absinthe, contemplating the lonely evening, and the second glass by the bottle.This is a mostly traditional work with some color in PS. The texture is by *buzillo-stock - [link]
Thanks to friend *sayurikemiko for help with the pose 
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Thanks very much! Appreciate that - I do want to update this one day, though, I think
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Oh, thank you so much! I still want to work on the face, but I'm OK with the rest of it
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your welcome - I know that, I never really know when a painting is really finished - could go on and on withit, looking it it sometimes for years you always find something you could improve...
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Wow, I envy you're being able to work on several things at once! I've never been able to focus on more than 2 projects at a time, and that's kind of pushing it, I prefer one at a time 
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well, I don't think you have to envy me XD, It's just a general working attitude of mine. When I clean the hous (once in a while), I use the same technique: I start in some corner, go on to something else, and a third thing, and in the ongoing process it all becomes ONE BIG MESS, but in the end everything finishes at about the same time and is great - except me, who is totally exhausted
I called this method deconcentrated concentration
Love and blessings
Nanette
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Sweet . . . hmmmm yeah, I can kind of see that correlation, now that you mention it
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happy valentine's day to you...mine was sweet, thank you for asking!
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I'm wondering what it would look like without a texture.. Does that (particular texture) really add to the painting, or doesn't it?
Anyway, nice symbolism, and I like it muchly, as always :)
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It added enough where I had to be careful not to let it overshadow the image 
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Wow!
I really love your William Blake style stuff Jo!
This is way very awesome!
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Wonderful! I love how you took such rich tones and "subdued" (or is it sub-hued?) them. Gives me a mental image of a Snape in whose life the "color" has begun to fade with his Lily, and all he has is memories.
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Thanks Jodi. It was tempting to simply build off the texture of the background stock and make it about the lovely effects, but I caught myself doing that in time before it overshadowed the figure and overall message. (Not boasting here, I just found it interesting that if I wasn't careful, the 'tools' I used could actually take over the whole process
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I love the little portrait you included in the bottom corner.
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Thanks 
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I love it! the colors are a perfect match for all the emotions you can read out of his face and pose...even the way he holds the glass...perfect.Love the Tragic Lily and even more the Harpy one...and you put a second glass there, a lonely unused glass...waiting for someone to join him...perfect!
and let's not forget the nose..
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XD Thanks Joa . . . your last line made me spit my 
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Oh, and the detail of Lily and he on the edge of picture...:_)
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My god, I feel overflowed with amazing Snapes these days, thanks to you and
I just want to put silly smiley faces all over the comment but will refrain (
First of all I really like the way you coloured the piece, the light and darkness... He feels trapped in his obsession here, to me... It's not something I have seen very much in fanart. Lily always seems to be an embodiment of perfection and purity. But this shows how terrible obsessive love can really be. Makes me wonder how he dealt with the pain over the years, how much he was able to shut his emotions even to himself. He must have had way too much time to mull these things over. And your drawing is right, it must have been such a mixture of feelings.
And yeah... That skull is not obvious but my eyes keep being drawn to it. Very nice -very important- detail.
Thank you so much for this
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You're right, and it's one of the main reasons that make him so fascinating to me. He is such an archetype. He embodies something so much bigger than himself. Ahhhh... *sigh* Well, it's Snape
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You can get a real sense of Snape's sadness and guilt in this pic!
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Thanks - I'm glad the guilt translated here
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Wow, so full of emotion!!!
And these colours are perfect!
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The picture's so expressive. I love your color choices and the melancholy of the piccie. I almost forgot to mention the great textures. It looks like a pastel drawing|painting.
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Wow, thanks Marie, that means a lot
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Beautiful work, Cathy! Super atmospheric. I love the composition and colors.
Also-- happy new year!
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Thanks Diego, I'm glad you like it. Happy 2010 to you too, me friend!
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This is wonderful!!!!!!!!!! I love everything about it, the imagery, the colours, the atmosphere... just special special!!
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:iconsweethug:
Actually, I did write that poem (if we are thinking about the same one, but it appears so) and I would be very honoured if you would feel like using it in the future
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Oh my goodness - you wrote 'There is Silence . . . . and it ends with 'Soon there will be no [more] safe places? I'm sorry! That's a beautiful poem, I guess I forgot that you wrote it 
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