Close Encounters of the Third Kind

I haven't read any Potter related posts on my flist for weeks. So I can honestly say I went into this completely unspoiled.

( SPOILERific reactions/first thoughts after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows )

I cannot believe it's over.

I'm gonna keep it short since I just walked in the door from my 10-day ski trip. It's 1.45 am and I have to be at uni for a midterm at 8.

And we've been driving since forever.

Anyway, to recap, I got bored one evening, had brought no paper etc, and decided to give PAINT a go.

No references used since I had none. No wonderful layers or blending. Just simple pixels in Paint.

And despite the wacky proportions I had fun (it turned out to be very relaxing not worrying about getting things right), even if during colouring not erasing the lineart became a problem.

I hurried to share, since these were just really fun to do.

So, here you have it - learning to draw in Paint (with a mouse, naturally) in four fanart portraits. In chronological order to show the 'progress' in handling Paint. :p

( Molly, Hermione, Snape, Ginny - all G )
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These were all done during a 2-day period. Insane really.

Photos (I have some really good ones!) and a recap of the trip coming as soon as I'm a bit more rested from my holiday. ;)

So, it's been almost ten months since I lasted posted fanart. I kinda feel guilty. So what you get is Hermione after the final battle.

The one my dear flist saw unfinished yesterday. And please, don't mind the hair. Finding it impossible almost stopped me from finishing, so it can't be helped that when it exploded in my face I kind of kept going.

Title: After
Characters: Hermione
Rating: G
Media used: pencil sketch one of my sisters posed for, scanned in, lineart cleaned up in The GIMP. After that lots of gimping with my trusty mouse and a knitting pattern photo found on google. Lots of references for tears... word of advice, when trying your first realistic looking colouring, don't decide on tears. Takes up way much time. ;)

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I think I'd like to go back to b&w now. Colouring - not as easy as it seems.