Fanfic Recs!

Sunday, January 9th, 2022 10:37 pm
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
I got to spend some time reading fanfic again, though could hardly make time for all the brilliant-looking Hoggywarty and rarepair winter exchange entries this year that look interesting - most of them do look so worthwhile! You creators have really outdone yourself this year, and the recipients must feel so lucky! Some hits from the ones I've gotten round to reading, most of you have probably already read them, but if you haven't: 

Fanfic: 
The Perfect Gift (Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape, 8441 words, PG), which is a truly magical ghost story about a Christmas gift, a family curse, and these two rather private adult characters slowly and respectfully falling for each other. Read this, you will not be sorry.

Rest your Dream in My Dream (Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape, 9k words, T/PG), is an excellent Minerva/Severus fanfic which tells a post-war story about how Minerva and Severus became a couple with flashbacks to relevant past interactions. You won't regret reading it if you haven't already!

and an honourable mention: Lit Match (Alecto Carrow/Lily Evans, ~2k words, R) by [archiveofourown.org profile] phantomanto , which is a very interesting take on this unusual pairing which they still manage to make work well.

Art:
Rejoicing (in the Greenhouse)- an illustration for an equally excellent fanfic (The Longest Night) set in a greenhouse.

Art for Reawakening - a delightful gifset illustrating the visitors to Severus' bedside illustrating the fic of the same title

What a good ending to last year and start to this one!
mothwing: Silhouetted Minerva and Severus sitting in front of a Christmassy mantlepiece (Hat)
Title: If Only In My Dreams
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 1393
Characters and/or Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape, Robert McGonagall
Prompt: Christmas Eve will find me/Where the love light gleams/I'll be home for Christmas/If only in my dreams
Fest: Written for 2021 HP Mini Fest
Summary: It has been thirty years, but as a familiar scent brings back sudden and unbidden memories, Minerva finds herself grieving for a past she believed gone.
  
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
Title: The Great Spattergroit Lockdown of 2000
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 11470
Characters and/or Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape, Andromeda Black Tonks, Arabella Figg, Aurora Sinistra, Filius Flitwick, Irma Pince, Neville Longbottom, Penelope Clearwater, Pomona Sprout, Portrait Phineas Nigellus Black, Rubeus Hagrid, Poppy Pomfrey, Septima Vector, Sybill Trelawney, basically all Hogwarts staff apart from Rolanda, who gets to stay home.
Summary: With Hogwarts in lockdown, the Hogwarts teachers have to come up with a way of teaching the students.
 
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
Title: The Great Spattergroit Lockdown of 2000
Rating: Gen
Word Count: 2159
Characters and/or Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape, Andromeda Black Tonks, Arabella Figg, Aurora Sinistra, Filius Flitwick, Irma Pince, Neville Longbottom, Penelope Clearwater, Pomona Sprout, Portrait Phineas Nigellus Black, Rubeus Hagrid, Poppy Pomfrey, Septima Vector, Sybill Trelawney, basically all Hogwarts staff apart from Rolanda, who gets to stay home.
Summary: With Hogwarts in lockdown, the Hogwarts teachers have to come up with a way of teaching the students.

Chapter 1/6 on AO3.

FIC: Home, Adrift

Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 12:05 pm
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
Title: Home, adrift
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 9597
Characters and/or Pairings: this is mostly a story about Severus and his father, but there is Severus Snape/Minerva McGonagall, past Severus Snape/Lucius Malfoy, Tobias Snape/Eileen Prince

Summary: Professor Snape was dead, and Severus was alone. He did not mind. He was adrift, unmoored. It was difficult to feel professorial in Cokeworth. It was difficult to feel anything but out of place. Not that he had ever fitted in. He walked up and down the high street for hours, not even getting suspicious looks from the other people. This was not an area where grown men in funny clothes walking up and down high street aimlessly in the middle of the day got funny looks. This was not the kind of place where people looked at one another at all.

Author's Notes: I did a thing. There were several things floating around my mind when writing this. Mostly how I think it is unfair that working class fathers seem to be portrayed as violent substance abusers more than middle class parents, and the fact that I can see Severus having developed his precocious and excellent Occlumency skills early on as a defence mechanism when dealing with an abusive Legilimens. Also how much of Severus's life is spent doing what other people tell him to. So, this happened. Thanks so much Crocky, for bearing with me.

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Fireplace Icons

Friday, December 28th, 2012 04:59 pm
mothwing: Silhouetted Minerva and Severus sitting in front of a Christmassy mantlepiece (Hat)
I made some festive Minerva/Severus icons from a fireplace gif I had seen online several times and which I now stole from found on a site selling oil and firewood here.

I realise that it is hard to tell that it's them at all, but here the icons are, anyway, for those of you who might like them. 

Preview: 


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mothwing: A wanderer standing on a cliff, looking over a distant city (Book)
Title: Gotcha!.
Characters: Peter, Remus, James, Sirius, and Severus.
Rating: G
Credits: geoectomy-stock's JBD Runner, charfade's Grass Brush Set. Thank you!
Summary: four Gryffindors and a Slytherin. 
A/N: Had to spend the time during the match yesterday somehow, so I made this. 



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Title: Soft.
Characters: Lily Evans, Severus Snape
Rating: G
Credits osorrisstock's TheDuo Sitting, charfade's Ultimate Grass Brush Set".
Summary: Lily, Severus, two teddies and a pond. Sorry about the cheesiness.
A/N: I wanted to do something with water, and this was the result. Working up to the mermaid one. 



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Fanart Recs

Sunday, June 10th, 2012 01:49 pm
mothwing: Silhouetted Minerva and Severus sitting in front of a Christmassy mantlepiece (Hat)
I usually check art tagged "Minerva" once a month to find pieces for DownyThistle, but since I'd taken a break from posting, I missed out on some great works that I'd like to show you here, too. 

To start us of, this is a must see: 


Minerva and Irma
by ~Johny-and-Mary on deviantART 
I love the colours and their expressions. Perfect. 

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mothwing: Silhouetted Minerva and Severus sitting in front of a Christmassy mantlepiece (Hat)
Title: Summer.
Characters: Lily Evans, Severus Snape
Rating: G
Credits: *Eirian-stock for He and She, ~nathies-stock's Pouring Rain Brush and *charfade's Grass Brush set.
Summary: Severus and Lily frolicking in a field. 
A/N: Weather we had over here on Friday. This is very saccharine, be warned!



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mothwing: Gif of wolf running towards the right in front of large moon (Wolf)
Yes, I do have too much time on my hand now that my exams are over, what gave me away?  Sorry about the spam. 

Title: Avada Kedavra.
Characters: Severus Snape, OC
Rating: PG-13
Credits: lightning by *redheadstock, Severus by *senshistock, muggle by ~dazzle-stock
Summary: Severus Snape using the Killing Curse on a muggle woman.
A/N: I believe Severus Snape killed during his DE days, though I respect other readings of the character. Though this is, as always, not very explicit, I put this behind a cut because I believe it can still be potentially upsetting. 

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Title: Keeper. 
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank.
Rating: G. 
Credits: Like a magpie. Corner brushes by =Eterea86, Pose references for Wilhelmina by ~BlooDoveStock here, Minerva by =Kxhara here - would have been lost without them, the limbs were all over the place in my reference-free attempt. Birds by ~WingsOfAHero here.
Summary: Minerva and Willa spending some time on the quidditch pitch. The latter is not the greatest flyer and lost her broom, but Minerva is there to help. 
A/N I think that the placement of my goal hoops is non-standard. Sorry about that!



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mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
Title: Ghosts.
Characters: Lily Evans, Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Dougal McGregor.
Rating: G.
Credits: Lily by ~Gracies-Stock and Dougal by ~Johnny-Yong, texture by `cloaks, grass and flowers by !ro-stock
Summary: Sometimes, if the light was right, in the hours around dawn, they almost seemed close enough to touch.
A/N:  Severus and Minerva being haunted by the ghosts of their past - Lily and Dougal. Loved ones who died remain a part of you, and navigating a relationship around those still half-with you must be pretty challenging. Yes, I caved in and did something Pottermore-backstory-related and kitschily indulgent. Apologies! 



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mothwing: Silhouetted Minerva and Severus sitting in front of a Christmassy mantlepiece (Hat)
Title: Minerva's Life.
Rating: G
Credits given in posts for individual images 
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, her family, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, 
Artist's Notes: My version of Minerva McGonagall's biography from before birth to her seventies from 2010. I never got round to posting these, but here they are now. I'm not happy with all of them anymore and surprisingly happy with others in hindsight.
Anyway, here they are, each is a click-through link to the entry with a larger version. 





mothwing: Image of a death head hawk moth (Default)
Title: Troubles.
Characters: Tobias Snape, Eileen Snape. Severus Snape.
Rating: G.
Credits: pose for Tobias by ~thepropagation3, Severus, texture by `cloak
A/N: Another non-subtle one, I'm afraid. There is a companion drabble that goes with this "drawable". Also maybe I did have a little too much fun when I was doing "Argument", but overlapping silhouettes are awesome. And my deepest apologies to the arachnid community for the blobby specimen, I don't seem to do spiders well. 



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mothwing: An image of a man writing on a typewriter in front of a giant clockface. At the bottom is the VFD symbol and the inscription "the world is quiet here" (Pen)
Title: Family.
Characters: Tobias Snape, Severus Snape, Eileen's broom and cloak.
Rating: G.
CreditsTobias by *SenshiStockSeverus by ~Struck-Stockgrass by *charfadebirds by ~WingsOfAHero and texture by `cloaks.
A/N: I'd like to imagine that the pictures speak for themselves, but since they're vague and silhouettes to boot I've included in a drabble at the bottom of the picture. Highlight if you're curious. 


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Title: Son.
Characters: Eileen Snape, Tobias Snape, Severus Snape, Death Eater of your choice.
Rating: G.
Creditsofficial Dark Mark as a reference here and *sarahebear-stock stock image for the Death Eater.
A/N: Another companion drabble that explains what is going on here. Apologies for the bad quality. 


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mothwing: Silhouetted Minerva and Severus sitting in front of a Christmassy mantlepiece (Hat)
Title: Weekends.
Characters: Tobias Snape, Severus Snape, Eileen's broom and cloak. 
Rating: G. 
Credits: Texture by `cloaks, grass by ~cougarLV, tree by ~Winerla, and the bike by ~fudgegraphicsfirst cyclist reference by ~paulussebastian, second cyclist reference by ~fantanicity
Summary: The Snapes on a clandestine family outing beyond the borders of the city. 



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Title: The Curse.
Characters: Severus Snape, Lord Voldemort 
Rating: PG-13
Summary: "At once, the spider's legs bent in upon its body; it rolled over and began to twitch horribly, rocking from side to side. No sound came from it, but Harry was sure that if it could have given voice, it would have been screaming. Moody did not remove his wand, and the spider started to shudder and jerk more violently."
A/N: Hardly subtle. I'm not quite happy how it turned out, something's off about the textures. Specifically the use of ALL THE TEXTURES. And Voldy, especially his sparkly flare there. 

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mothwing: Silhouetted Minerva and Severus sitting in front of a Christmassy mantlepiece (Hat)
Title: Favour
Rating: G
Characters: Remus Lupin and Severus Snape.
Credits: Wolf: ~MoonsongStock here, Severus: *SenshiStock here, Trees: ~Winerla here
Summary: Lupin never remembers what he does or does not do in wolf shape. Severus does not mind that at all. 
A/N: Rather silly than serious and not entirely in character, but fun. 



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mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
Title: The Potion.
Rating: G
Characters: Minerva McGonagall and Severus Snape.
Credits: Many this time because I continue to suck at poses: Severus: *SenshiStock here, Minerva: ~Essence-stock here, texture: `cloaks here, and the light brush: *redheadstock here
Summary: Severus demonstrates his Potions expertise to Minerva. Though I like to think that it's him showing her Neville's (Orange, Longbottom?) handywork to explain why he docked points. 



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Art Recs: SSMM

Thursday, October 13th, 2011 08:26 pm
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
This is a fairly unorganised collection of really great SSMM pieces I really like, and mostly a [livejournal.com profile] calicogoat fanpost. Some of them are quite old and you've probably seen them all already, I'm also not very articulate in my fondness for these amazing pieces and they deserve a better introduction than my uncoordinated squeeing, but they're all worth checking out. 

One: Duellers )

Two: Losses )

Three: Lovers. By ~Calicogoat.  )

Also noteworthy is ~hellanim's  beautiful 12 Pictures from Snape's Life in beautiful monochromes with a dash of red and ~calicogoat's Flight of the Goldfinch which has Minerva and Severus battling a dragon on a flying machine and what could be more awesome than that?

OMG! ♥

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 12:40 am
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
Just when I thought this day was bad and would stay bad I found the [livejournal.com profile] close_contrast masterlist full of SS/MM goodness, which includes a beautiful piece by [livejournal.com profile] sigune .

This one is called "Unspoken": Between Headmaster Snape and his Deputy Headmistress, what is essential remains unspoken."

I'm always incredibly excited when she's drawn something new because her art always speaks volumes with such precise, efficient means, if that makes sense. She has a way of capturing the expressions so beautifully, and their clothing style and the furniture she's shown them on is just perfect for them.

So. Perfect.

(There are so many fics which look promising over there and at [livejournal.com profile] hp_beholder , I'm really missing out unless I head over there this weekend.)
mothwing: Silhouetted Minerva and Severus sitting in front of a Christmassy mantlepiece (Hat)
Title: Trusting.
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's  Vintage Texture Pack V, ~redheadstock's light brushes, ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes, and Hogwarts Crest, (C) Bloomsbury PLC. 
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape.



Trust him, had been Albus' parting words.

If it had not been for the mask, this would not have been a problem, but it remained a fact that this was no longer the student she had known. The casualness with which he held it was more unnerving than the story he told, of clandestine meetings in graveyards and carefully omitted, hinted-at horrors the mask was a silent witness to. Minerva was not certain how much she could believe of it, but she had never been with any of his stories. 

His wand was still lying on the desk. The young man's gaze had been fixed on it as soon as he had sat down to answer her questions, though sometimes his curiously dark eyes had looked up and pinned her with that same intensity she knew of old. Never long, though, they stole back quickly, hungrily. 

She remembered something and noticed his pose, hunched on the edge of the chair, the troubled student rather than the man she was supposed to hire as a teacher. The former Death Eater whom Albus trusted. She made a decision. There was the briefest flicker in his expression when her hand closed around his wand and she raised it to him, but it was gone when he realised what she was doing.

"I believe this is yours," she said, holding out his wand. When his hand closed around it, his shoulders lost their hunch and she gained a first idea of the man he had become since she had seen him last.

Although this had been the question she had begun the interview with she thought it best to start fresh. She had not been interviewing the person who would be taking the position. 

"Why are you applying for the Potions position, Mr Snape?"

Other parts in the series:
00. Cover
01. Loved
02. Timid
03. Daring
04. Proud
05. Careful
06. Playful
07. Brave
09. Busy
13. Stern
15. Trusting
16. Scarred
mothwing: Silhouetted Minerva and Severus sitting in front of a Christmassy mantlepiece (Hat)
Title: Disappointed.
Rating: G
Credits: =cloaks's  Vintage Texture Pack V, ~redheadstock's light brushes, ~Eterea86's beautiful corner brushes, and Hogwarts Crest, (C) Bloomsbury PLC. 
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape.



He was standing as close to the door as he dared, and his carefully blank expression reminded her of a much younger man. Albus had given her Snape's wand and told her what he thought viable options might be, but had left the final decision to her, as the Deputy had the right to veto staffing decisions. In this case, she was very close to believing that Albus actually meant that. 

A Death Eater turned was unlikely enough, but the fact that it was Severus Snape made it even less so. Minerva turned first the wand and then the mask in her hands, looking at the eye holes, trying to imagine Severus Snape's eyes, so like Hagrid's, looking through them. She couldn’t, didn't want to. 

After melting out of Albus' shadow he had silently remained standing next to the doorway, curiously poised for flight, face impassive. When Albus had swept out again Glaucus rustled his feathers and fixed large yellow eyes on him silently, waiting for the boy to move. The boy. The murderer. The Death Eater. The young man. 

"What position are you applying for, Mr Snape?" she asked, even though she knew. The spectre had not said a word, she wanted to hear his voice. 

"That of the Potions Master, Professor," he answered silkily, tone and stance as pointedly non-committal as his face. 

"Come closer," she said. 

He came to stand in front of her desk, ignoring the chair behind him, hands in his pockets like a boy she had known. This was not him, clearly. The mask was not the only evidence of that. He looked older, thinner, and she resisted the urge of offering bisquits or holding up the mask and demanding an explanation. Minerva also bit back the disappointment. 

"Have a seat," she said instead.


Other parts in the series:
00. Cover
01. Loved
02. Timid
03. Daring
04. Proud
05. Careful
06. Playful
07. Brave
09. Busy
13. Stern
14. Disappointed
16. Scarred

ART: Closer

Sunday, September 26th, 2010 07:19 pm
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
Title: Closer
Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape
Rating: G
Notes:
Minerva doesn't know that Severus is still alive and he is uncertain whether or not to reveal this fact to her right then.
(Crocky came up with several more, most of which more interesting than my original version)  Credits: ~KeepWaiting's fur brushes for the grass, again.

Art: Duel and Dance

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 09:58 pm
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
Title: Duel.
Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape
Rating: G
Notes: Trying to get back on the horse. With sparkles. Lots of those. I love sparkles. Credits: ~Tempting-Resources's beautiful sparkle set found here.



Title: Dance.
Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape
Rating: G
Notes: Another attempt at Severus and Minerva dancing (the first one is here). While I love ballroom dancing, some of those poses give me serious headaches with regards to how gender expectations tie into the figures.

April Art

Friday, April 30th, 2010 01:56 am
mothwing: An image of a man writing on a typewriter in front of a giant clockface. At the bottom is the VFD symbol and the inscription "the world is quiet here" (Pen)
I've decided to do a backdated pic-dump post with my ventures in April. Mostly for me, should I make some progress in the future and should wish to look back, and because this new hobby consumed some of my time in the first half of 2010.

So. Quick sketches and more detailed attempts at stuff. )

Art: Colleagues.

Saturday, April 17th, 2010 03:35 am
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
Black eyes? Present.
Hooked nose? Check.
Sallow skin? Well, slightly jaundiced, yes.
Greasy hair? Arguably.
Yellow, crooked teeth? Yep.
Why, it's Snape.



And Minerva. Black-haired, square-spectacled, emerald-robed, thin-lipped, big-eyebrowed favourite witch of mine.
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
Title: Gone.
Artist: [livejournal.com profile] mothwing .
Rating: G.
Notes: an illustration of Crockywock's wonderful fanfics The Prince's Tale and The Silver Cat.
Summary: After Voldemort's defeat, Severus is released from both his debt and also from his connection to Lily, which is driven home by the fact that his patronus changed with his feelings for Minerva. The loss of his old patronus as well as the meaning of the new one cause very mixed feelings.

Click for full view.



This is also the first time that I drew both humans and animals without any kind of reference, not even the trusted artist's dummy. I also practised doing rooms here, and I'm quite happy with how they turned out. Severus' face and expression, on the other hand, really still need some work. I'm rather happy with the cat, though, even though I consciously avoided doing fur, because my attempts at following Jab's pointers were pretty catastrophic and need some more work.

Practice

Sunday, March 21st, 2010 03:45 pm
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
Heads of House brushing up relevant skills for the Yule Ball. Not entirely successful on the part of the Head of Slytherin, which is part of the reason why he ended leaving early with Karkaroff and skulking around among the rose bushes, leaving the hosting duty of the other guests to the other Heads of House.

Yes, this is silly, but I got tired of preparing for the teach-a-thon of doom.

Last Second

Saturday, March 20th, 2010 10:59 pm
mothwing: An image of a man writing on a typewriter in front of a giant clockface. At the bottom is the VFD symbol and the inscription "the world is quiet here" (Pen)
I like hands. I couldn't draw hands. So I drew hands. So now I can draw hands.

This is another cheesy one, Severus about to die, Lily's ghostly hand reaching out, but him being saved by Minerva who actually makes sure whether people are dead and knows her first aid spells.

Giant squid <3

Sunday, March 14th, 2010 02:43 am
mothwing: An image of a man writing on a typewriter in front of a giant clockface. At the bottom is the VFD symbol and the inscription "the world is quiet here" (Pen)
Trying to put off both work and housework? Staying up way too late?

Who, me?


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Saturday, March 13th, 2010 04:19 pm
mothwing: An image of a man writing on a typewriter in front of a giant clockface. At the bottom is the VFD symbol and the inscription "the world is quiet here" (Pen)
Still playing around with silhouettes. I love silhouettes. And big noses.

Sadly, I'm still having some anatomy troubles - don't ask how long Severus' arm is in this picture.

A silhouette of everybody's favourite plant kept in the dark after falling out with Lily with his patronus

Coloured version )

Reluctance

Monday, March 8th, 2010 02:05 am
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
I liked the first picture so much I added some more.

Like playing with digital hand puppets, wheee.


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Sunday, March 7th, 2010 11:43 am
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
It's fairly embarrassing to admit, but usually when I try drawing people and mean business I take Rebecca's wooden figure, put it in the position I want it in, take a photo, put that in a background layer and paint my human over that. ~Professional~, I know. Yesterday I tried painting without my anatomy reference. Behold. I think I'll stick to silhouettes for a while, they're fun.

Fur is evil

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 09:24 pm
mothwing: An image of a man writing on a typewriter in front of a giant clockface. At the bottom is the VFD symbol and the inscription "the world is quiet here" (Pen)
And yes, I have seen wolves before. I just can't draw them properly, though I did try to stick to some of the canon descriptions of what werewolves are supposed to look like compared to real wolves. Well. I'm quite pleased with the general mood and the grass, though. How come the backgrounds always turn out better and are more fun than my foregrounds?

Anyway, this is Minerva telling off Remus for following Severus out of the Shrieking Shack. James may have saved his life in the Shrieking Shack, but he didn't take him back to the castle.



Ok, off to bed, I'll have to get up really early tomorrow, meh.

Whee, water.

Saturday, February 20th, 2010 09:28 pm
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
Another afternoon happily wasted with playing around with Crocky's drawing board.

This is supposed to be Snape's dungeon office, hence the view of the lake. This is also the first time I've used textures.

Severus headdesking, Minerva looking on in catshape.
mothwing: Silhouettes of Minerva and Severus facing each other, kissing in one panel of the gif (SSMM)
So things aren't going too great with my exam preparations and I'm scared stiff (lack of concentration being a major factor here - I blame the meds), but at least I discovered what I think are good hues to use for skin colours. I realise her nose is weird, her shoulders are broader than my bishie!Severus' (because I can't do human anatomy), and the background shows that I ran out of patience and motivation, but I'm new to this stuff, and considering that I last seriously drew something in 2001 before the dog and the dragon the other day I'm hugely inflated with pride here.

Severus and Minerva patrolling the dungeons

Another thing that has me in raptures today was reading through [livejournal.com profile] isurrendered , which everybody needs in their lives and ought to consider watching. It's a community which this meme spawned:
"THE MEME
1. Comment to this post with "I surrender!" and I'll assign you the basis of some TV show idea. (Science fiction show, medical drama, criminal procedure, etc...)
2. Create a cast of characters, including the actors who'd play them
3. Add in any actor photos, character bios and show synopsis that you want.
4. Post to your own journal this community!"
The submissions are all so awesome I'm sad they don't exist IRL - they have the most interesting plots, great characters, surprisingly gender- and race-balanced casts and seem to have spawned their own fandoms and fanfics already. I might go back and do recs for individual shows on there, but everybody needs to check this out for themselves, anyway. 

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