Lately I’ve been loving vintage posters of birds and botanicals so I decided to make my own kawaii version consisting of cute but un-aerodynamic birbs. Maybe this could be a page in the ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ textbook or hung up in some forgotten Hogwarts classroom
We’re nearing the end of the month now, and the end of the challenge. I tell you that as friends, but I almost achieved the last piece (which will be out on the last day, of course) yesterday night, so everything will be out in time! I can’t wait.
For the moment, here is the picture for days 25 & 26, inspired by the themes “Rainy evening” and “Don’t leave me”. Aaah I loved this pair the second I put eyes on it - it gave me so much ideas. The question was how I will draw the situation I had in my head -
I took the opportunity to draw Snape and Dumbledore, my favorite duo and favorite characters. I don’t think I ever mentionned it here, but I’m fascinated by the complexity of their relationship.
I’ve read a lot of fanfictions about how it must have felt for Snape, who never oppened to anyone else more that he did to Dumbledore, to be the only one two know the eminent death and notice the decline of the older wizard in the events of HBP. I wanted to give a take on it with my drawing - where Snape is sitting in front of the windows of Dumbledore’s office where rain is pourring, with a hot chocolate in his hands and a rather depressed expression on his face (it’s tiny, but I hope you can read a bit into it). I suppose that he feels lonely all at once, sitting in the back with Dumbledore being in the front row, warm and bright with magic as he always had (but soon will no longer). The darkened hand is in the middle, and Fawkes is here to represent, I suppose, the transient life of Dumbledore and the somehow immortality of his soul - even if it’s surely his presence that will be most missed.
Regarding the drawing - I’m happy of how it turned even if Snape is so little that it was hard to fit a lot on his face that is eventually less detailed that I initially wished. (I hope it doesn’t bother to much). Fawkes is more suggested that truly drawn, so don’t pay too much attention to how unrealistic he looks (^^’). Dumbledore’s office is a place I love but also hard to draw, here Snape and Albus are in its upper part. :-)
I hope you’ll like this one, I had a great time drawing and shading it!
