Art Post: eriseDesire

[krislaughs]

Artist: krislaughs
Title: eriseDesire
Characters: Ron and Ron
Rating: G
Media used: Pencil, Crayola Marker, Charcoal, Pastel, Photoshop
Challenge: hp_fringeart Hands

Notes/comments: Ron looks into the Mirror of Erised first year (Philosopher's Stone). Many thanks to nassima and lupinslittlesis for the beta. Details and preliminary sketches included. Click on picture for full size, hi-res version.




Details:




Stick and Ball Joint sketches:
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Hope you enjoy! Comments are much appreciated. :)

Comments

[midnitemaraud-r.livejournal.com]

Oh Kris!! This is GORGEOUS! Maybe even one of your best yet! (that I've seen anyway!) The detail is just exquisite! I LOVE the hands!! Wow!!

(err, sorry for the ! overexcitement, but, yeah...)

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

Awww Thank you!! *huggles*

Hey, does the link to the fullsize version work for you? It does not load the whole picture for me, but that could be because my internet is currently moving slower than a turtle under an Impediment Jinx...

[midnitemaraud-r.livejournal.com]

The fullsized version loads just fine! (I'm on a cable modem if that makes any difference)

[juliette-kelley.livejournal.com]

Oh. Oh. Kris, this is-- this is beyond gorgeous. The hands, the facial expression, the coloring-- the mood of the scene is captured perfectly. I'm not an artist, but I really appreciate your talent and how absolutely beautiful this is. This is how the scene looked in my imagination, and now here it is on my computer screen, and it takes my breath away. My favorite drawing of yours yet (and I do love them all!) Really, really excellent job. The profile of young Ron's face is especially well done, and oh, the hands!!!!! I love the preliminary sketches of the arms and hands as well. So gorgeous!!! :D

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

Oh! thank you thankyou!! I'm so glad you like it! Especially as I'm new to the whole "coloring things in" game...

I was worried that the scene doesn't look the way it did in the movie, but am so Happy that it's the way you imagined!

[orange-bastard.livejournal.com]

Wow this is wonderful! I really like your stick and ball sketches too; what a great idea. YOu did an amazing job with the light source and the hand is so well drawn! Beautiful work.

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

Thank you! hehee. I almost like the hands in the prliminary sketch better than the ones in the final, but c'est la vie :) :) That is why we practice after all.

[topaz7.livejournal.com]

I love the eyes! The whole thing is great, but the hands and eyes are fantastic.

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

Ahhh... two of my favourite things to draw: eyes and hands. Ears are the other, and legs. Mouths? Not so much...

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it. :)

[crazy-mordrek.livejournal.com]

I am almost speechless! That is so incredible! It is georgous! I love Ron's hand, well I love all of it but his hand especially! You are really tallented!

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

Awww. Thank you! I'm glad it comes through the translation to the computer screen. :) And hehehee to your icon...

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

This is absolutely wonderful. I love the wandlight, and the little shine on his fingernails, and everything about it. Fantastic!

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

Aw. Grazi. Practice Practice Practice. That's what it's all about.

[tunxeh.livejournal.com]

Ooh, pretty canon art! The part of the process of drawing it that you show is interesting, too. I like the way, even with so little detail visible, one can clearly see the age difference between Ron and his reflection. Too bad the Quidditch Cup didn't fit in-frame, though I guess that would have made too obvious an asymmetry with Ron's wand hand. The only part I'm unsure I like is the lens flare effect on the wand, it seems too photographic compared to the painterly style of the rest.

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

Yeah, I played with ways of working the cup in, but each setup lost the intimacy and the focus on their hands. (It would have had to be lower and in older Ron's left). But yeah, pretend it's below the frame... ;)

Hehehe. Funny you should mention the flare. In my beta post, I asked whether it works -- because I am of your mind. Actually, more people liked it than not, so it stayed. In an ideal world, I would use this as a model to now hand-paint the wandlight into another copy of the picture (which is difficult because it's almost three feet long)...

Perhaps, if I ever get a printer or scanner and the time, I shall.

Thanks again for the thoughtful comments!! :)

[nassima.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, the hands! They're still more gorgeous than in the previous version. And the pic, as a whole, is a masterpiece. Did you alter the lighting some more? Because I can't find places where it's dramatically different, but what I know is that it's excellent.

Great picture <3!

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

Awww!! *huggles* It's all down to you and some Fantastic advice!

I mean that. I fiddled and futzed, and I *never* would have seen the proper highlights on the nostrils or across the bridge of the nose.

You ROCK! *happy dancing* This is one of those pictures that I saw complete in my mind, but needed that extra nudge to get it properly onto paper.

[lacylu42.livejournal.com]

*applauds*

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

*bows*

[reallycorking.livejournal.com]

Ah, this is really nice! Yay for canon scenes! You made a nice choice with the muted color pallette. Haha, and talk about mixed media! :) My favourite part is the really nice rich texture you achieved on the arms and hands. Excellent work.

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

Hehehe Thank you! Yes.... all the media I could get my hands on... mostly.

[barbed-whispers.livejournal.com]

This is gorgeous. That was always one of the scenes I wanted to see in SS, and you definitely captured it.

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Love the icon :)

[vimessy.livejournal.com]

the hands are amazing! the shadows&highlights are very realistic. and the lightened wand - wow! I love that picture <33! :)

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

aww thank you!! I enjoyed making it :)

[geewhiz.livejournal.com]

This is wonderful to look at. I really love the way the arms and hands turned out, and the way you chose to color them. The way his left hand is touching the mirror looks so cool.

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

Aww. Thank you! I Lurrve to draw hands. In fact, it's the theme of my unpublished art site. :)