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naturally-morbid — Severus Snape

Published: 2011-01-06 02:30:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 957; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 15
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Description Not sure I am entirely happy with this one. I about scrapped it.

My reference picture printed super darkly so I had trouble seeing specific details :/ And spent a good deal of time running between the computer and my favorite chair to fix things.

Thanks to mum though for all the help!

So I'm not sure quite how I feel about this one...

Anyway! Materials Used:
Pencils HB - 7B
Kneaded Eraser
Blending Stubs
Watercolor Paper
Reference Photo
Grid to get started

Time Spent/Movies & TV Watched/Music Listened To:
About 20 hours or so?
Twilight Zone Marathon
L & O:SVU Marathon
The Rocker
Beethoven (various songs)
Bach (various songs)
Emilie Autumn (various songs)
Probably a bunch of other stuff I am forgetting...

See the WIP here -> [link]
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Comments: 29

Peace-inc [2011-01-22 20:29:21 +0000 UTC]

Somehow he looks more like Forte from Beauty and the Beast than Snape
[link]

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naturally-morbid In reply to Peace-inc [2011-01-23 05:59:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I hadn't thought of that.

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asahikawa-arashi [2011-01-15 03:01:25 +0000 UTC]

Awesome *_* Wow! *__* I have no words -__-
*__*

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naturally-morbid In reply to asahikawa-arashi [2011-01-15 04:49:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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Snapelove14 [2011-01-08 11:15:12 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful drawing!

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naturally-morbid In reply to Snapelove14 [2011-01-09 22:43:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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snape-lily [2011-01-08 04:05:40 +0000 UTC]

perfect.

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naturally-morbid In reply to snape-lily [2011-01-09 22:44:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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KateDuckXD [2011-01-07 22:11:24 +0000 UTC]

it's really great, except the nose is a bit too small. snape has a rather large nose

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naturally-morbid In reply to KateDuckXD [2011-01-09 22:44:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I'll keep that in mind and try to fix it later.

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KateDuckXD In reply to naturally-morbid [2011-01-10 19:12:10 +0000 UTC]

heheh :') you're welcome.
it's still an amazing picture

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AshTonks [2011-01-07 18:14:16 +0000 UTC]

I think it's one of the coolest things I've seen in a long while! You don't get too much actually hand-to-paper artwork on here, so it's good to see. I really like how realistic and detailed it is. Bloody brillliant.

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naturally-morbid In reply to AshTonks [2011-01-09 22:44:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it!

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ButterflyFish [2011-01-06 18:57:42 +0000 UTC]

I like the books in the background and the clothes of Severus Snape. However I am surprised about the nose and the mouth of the person because it looks quite warped. Nevertheless you did a good white and black contrast.

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naturally-morbid In reply to ButterflyFish [2011-01-07 04:44:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much ^_^

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SnapesRose [2011-01-06 17:06:17 +0000 UTC]

I think you did a awesome job!!

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naturally-morbid In reply to SnapesRose [2011-01-07 04:44:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much ^_^

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SnapesRose In reply to naturally-morbid [2011-01-07 06:29:12 +0000 UTC]

Your very welcome

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destinyfulfiller [2011-01-06 02:44:33 +0000 UTC]

It's much better than I could ever do but I can see why you'd be unhappy with it. The nose seems slightly off and the features to the right of the nose seem off as well though I don't know how you would fix it. To be honest I am think his lips are suppose to be closed when I stare at them but if I'm looking at another part of the picture it looks like they might be slightly open. Hope this helps

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naturally-morbid In reply to destinyfulfiller [2011-01-06 04:11:41 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, the nose and the space below it ended up being bigger problems than I anticipated, though every time I tried to fix them, they seemed to get worse?
They're slightly (annoyingly) open in the reference picture and there were a couple of arguments about how far they should be open on the finished piece.

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Abijahkv [2011-01-06 02:42:42 +0000 UTC]

sorry, but i cant afford a subscription lol...
this is a very lovely job of rendering snape's personality.. love the hair, his signature black cloak, top notch stuff! however, i would say the space between nose and upper lip may be slightly large for the face.. this might be supplying that uneasy feeling you have about this piece.... but be encouraged!; my art professor once said that the nose is the most common thing to go wrong when producing a portrait.. i made johnny depp look jewish once!
outside of that, again i say wonderful piece! continue the great work!

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naturally-morbid In reply to Abijahkv [2011-01-06 04:08:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for your encouragement! I was worried that the space was too big but fixing it somehow made other problems haha. My mother said noses are the hardest to draw as well ^_^

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Abijahkv In reply to naturally-morbid [2011-01-06 04:57:44 +0000 UTC]

i havent done any drawing for quite awhile, but i never liked doing portraits.... too much can go wrong for me to be comfortable with it..lol esp.f the subject is really self-concious..lol

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naturally-morbid In reply to Abijahkv [2011-01-07 05:25:30 +0000 UTC]

I hadn't drawn much either since probably earlier in the year (as I pretty much hated art school and the long distances several times a week to get there) but I've always preferred portraits to still life haha

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Abijahkv In reply to naturally-morbid [2011-01-07 23:30:42 +0000 UTC]

im honestly more into painting and photography.. my paintings RARELY have an under-drawing, and by definition of its name, photography is pretty much "letting light do all the drawing for you"..lol

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charlopunk [2011-01-06 02:36:11 +0000 UTC]

That's awesome! I wish I could draw like that!

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naturally-morbid In reply to charlopunk [2011-01-06 04:05:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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SugarCat002 [2011-01-06 02:31:22 +0000 UTC]

holy fucknuggets that's awesome!

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naturally-morbid In reply to SugarCat002 [2011-01-06 04:05:16 +0000 UTC]

haha thank you very much!

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