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Published: 2007-03-07 18:15:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 6527; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 67
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Description last night I FOUND HERMIONE!!!!!

Here's how it all started- i have been working on this sketch of her for a portrait for a while, a few days, and the only thing keeping me going is i really love the general feeling of it and the hair, only her face looks JUST LIKE ME. as they usually do. so i got to thinking- i have these phases of what i teach myself art-wise, like anatomy. i had (and am still in) my anatomy phase. I've had a "character development" phase on and off for a while, but nothing's really stuck. i've been searching for a way to define my characters with individual realistic features while staying in my own style.
so i was working on this portrait and like DAMN this is really annoying and decided to start with the easiest feature to change: the nose. i found this [link] amazing nose tutorial, which got me started. suddenly i was just busting out these sketches and it was like i was in a trance and then i looked down and was like...holy crap. THAT"S HERMIONE!!!!!


of course, harry's there too but i'm less excited about him because i've done harrys i like before. never a hermione, though.
I also apologize in advance for the incurably emo hair. i really like it. (except it's a LITTLE too big...i'll fix later.)
i've really missed doing potter art.
more to come!

about 15 minutes per sketch, scanned and formatted in ps.

made bigger, silly devart resizing my pics *grrr*
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Comments: 22

karma-morgana [2010-10-25 06:11:48 +0000 UTC]

i have an entire face tutorial in my favorites somewhere that boosted me so much!

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Raeikon [2010-03-25 23:26:35 +0000 UTC]

Well I always saw Emma as a Hermione

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use-the-force [2008-04-27 12:13:15 +0000 UTC]

wheres this amazing nose tutorial you speak of...?

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toerning In reply to use-the-force [2008-04-27 14:51:05 +0000 UTC]

most tragically, it has been removed. i was so sad.

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use-the-force In reply to toerning [2008-04-27 15:43:33 +0000 UTC]

gutted.

but i get what you mean with the whole breakthrough thing. I change my style all the time and when i find something i really love i tend to go on about it and everyone else is like " Okay its really not THAT interesting!"

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cocoa-forget-me-not [2008-01-05 20:17:22 +0000 UTC]

Hermione from the side here is beautiful. She's almost exactly how I see Hermione

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toerning In reply to cocoa-forget-me-not [2008-02-03 05:46:51 +0000 UTC]

WOO HOO thank you SO MUCH this was such a breakthrough in my style for me, i'm so glad she fits your image!

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Mikenestin [2007-03-13 20:01:36 +0000 UTC]

Harry's hair is very English schoolboy - trust me, I know all about that gig.
Herminone is lovely, I've seen many pictures but this offers something new.
Anatomically? Very nice - I think the back of the skull is a little shallower and following the jaw-line a little more - but otherwise excellent!

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toerning In reply to Mikenestin [2007-03-14 03:12:04 +0000 UTC]

i think you may be right about the jaw busines... i've since done another one (of course haha) so we'll see what happens with that.
thanks for the nice comments!

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Mikenestin In reply to toerning [2007-03-14 19:36:32 +0000 UTC]

Be sure to show me when you do. My pleasure!

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crazylilfreak [2007-03-09 07:29:58 +0000 UTC]

i know this piece isn't about harry but you draw the best fuckin harrys. Dammit, Daniel Radcliffe, why can't you look like this. >:CCC

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toerning In reply to crazylilfreak [2007-03-09 18:26:39 +0000 UTC]

oh god. have you seen the haircut? have you SEEN the HAIRCUT?!?!?!
*sob*

thanks for another fave, babe

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greendesire [2007-03-08 01:25:34 +0000 UTC]

get used to it bb, ALL my drawings have me in them, I try to tone it down a little, but yea, I can usually still see myself. First thing you might want to try is like the outline of the face...thats a BIG one for me, because all my drawings start out with how mine looks, so I first change that and that is usually the key to make it un-me. But I kind of like seeing myself in my pictures in my own narcissic way. At least my face already has weird cartoon proportions.

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toerning In reply to greendesire [2007-03-08 03:44:41 +0000 UTC]

haha yeah i think it happens to some degree with every artist. *sigh*

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BuddhistMike [2007-03-08 00:22:23 +0000 UTC]

I like the portrait of Harry Potter, these drawings would be perfect concepts for a Harry Potter animation!

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toerning In reply to BuddhistMike [2007-03-08 01:18:10 +0000 UTC]

oh man you are way too right. Animation is something i've always wanted to do, but never seemed to get around to...

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katamount [2007-03-07 23:25:24 +0000 UTC]

Heh, great job!

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toerning In reply to katamount [2007-03-08 01:18:23 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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lepidopterae [2007-03-07 20:49:51 +0000 UTC]

The profile is my faaaavourite.
Congrats on finding Hermione. It worked.

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toerning In reply to lepidopterae [2007-03-07 22:04:20 +0000 UTC]

it's my fave, too!!!!

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quite-possibly [2007-03-07 19:39:13 +0000 UTC]

I love breakthroughs/epiphanies!!

Congrats!!
I really love her profile, it's a beautiful mix of realism and caricature



that tutorial is rockin'

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toerning In reply to quite-possibly [2007-03-07 19:45:26 +0000 UTC]

me toooo!!! thank you so much!

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