Twelve False Friends

[pennswoods]

Title: Twelve False Friends
Characters: Lucius, Narcissa, Draco, Snape, Fenrir, Bellatrix, Voldemort, Amycus, Alecto, Peter, Dolohov, Yaxley, MacNair
Rating: G
Notes: Picture 12 of 13 for the Thirteen Days of Severus leading up to the Professor's 50th birthday. Man alive, this one nearly killed me! DH and I had to drive to and from Houston today, so I spent most of the drive huddled up with my colored pencils and pens coloring in the car. Not comfortable! And yes, I used a reference though more for the composition than for the execution.







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The Thirteen Days of Severus

One Lifelong Regret	Seven Years of Friendship
Two Manipulative Masters	Eight Hateful Letters
Three Vials of Veritaserum	Nine Melted Cauldrons
Four Childhood Foes	Ten Points from Gryffindor
Five Days Detention	Eleven Birthdays Waiting
Six Inches of Marking

Comments

[droxy.livejournal.com]

I adore MacNair!!!!!!!! Lucius looks so miserable.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

MacNair was added thanks to your suggestion. I had not realized we knew so much about his appearance.

[alabastard.livejournal.com]

Wow, very last supper meets book 7, this is, Poor Lucius...those split ends ;-)

[accioslash.livejournal.com]

OMG, I was going to say this same thing! Well, except for the split ends bit. Apparently all idiots great minds think alike! ;D

[snegurochka_lee]

Oh, that's very cool!!

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[dementordelta.livejournal.com]

This is brilliant! Is it wrong that my favorite is Nagini?

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Yes, so very, very wrong! :D

[alisanne.livejournal.com]

The Malfoys look so beaten. Severus' look cracks me up!
And Bella... *shivers*

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

*pets poor Lucius*

Bella cracks me up.

[tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com]

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How much do I fuckin' ♥ the Porn Moustache Death Eater and the Elvis Impersonator Death Eater!!

*faints*

And I ♥ the reference you used!!

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

LOLZ! Porn Moustache Death Eater!!!!!???

So glad you like MacNair and Fenrir.

[qui-quae-quod.livejournal.com]

You are a trooper!!!! Drawing in the car?! Wow...*iz in awe*

Another great scene! I must admit, Im going to be sad when the Thirteen Days of Severus is over. These have been making my day!

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be a little sad too but also a little relieved. It's been a kind of intense joy and pain (ow - my back) doing these one after the other for nearly two weeks.

[jehnt.livejournal.com]

death eater last supper! This is brilliant. I especially like the guy in red with the crazy hair.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

I realized when I first drew Fenrir, that his hair looked a little too Flock of Seagulls, and I had to tone it down a bit. Heh.

[subversa.livejournal.com]

Oh my word, look at your reference piece! Darling, this is inspired! The composition is perfect, the facial expressions and body language, and of course, Severus stands out from the rest. I am just ... stunned by the reference piece you used. *still with mouth agape*

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Awe, thank you! This was one of the first ones I had an idea for, but I just didn't know if I could carry it off. I'm so glad you enjoy the expressions and body language of this piece. It was a fun challenge.

[accioslash.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! Just now read your Artist's Notes. It really does have a Last Supper feel which is unbelievably appropriate and completely brilliant here. The Malfoys are especially perfect.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you think so, and so glad that others see it too. I really enjoyed doing the little Malfoy scene on the corner as I really wanted to capture the dynamic between all three.

[junewilliams7.livejournal.com]

Wow! Lucius looks absolutely defeated, and I like how Severus hovers protectively over Draco. Very cool.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Yes, poor Lucius. I just HAD to put Snape in that particular position. And poor Draco.

[shiv5468.livejournal.com]

Pooor Poooor Lucius. His hair looks awful.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

*snort*

Yes, he was having a very bad hair day.

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[secretsolitaire.livejournal.com]

This is so cool!

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[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[gichigami.livejournal.com]

Wow! Very nicely done. I saw the last supper right off. Bellatrix as Mary Magdalene?

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I didn't even think of that. I was just trying to make sure Snape was in the Judas position. :D

[valis2.livejournal.com]

This is an intriguing end to a fascinating series! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. And thank you for supporting me with delicious comments like this one.

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Oh, my! What a disturbing lot! No wonder Snape looks so depressed!

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Yes, he sacrificed Lily for THIS.

*shakes head*

[sofisticat.livejournal.com]

This is perfect. And based on a Da Vinci, right?

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! It's my first Da Vinci influenced piece of fanart!

[fire-everything.livejournal.com]

I don't know why, but I find Snape particularly hot here. He is also, hands down, the best-dressed Death Eater, although Bellatrix's purple frock is also quite stylin'.

Is that the Elder Wand that Snape is looking all askance at?...

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

It is indeed. I enjoyed Bella's purple dress. I think if we could see more of it, it would be very fetching indeed.

[cosmiccoz.livejournal.com]

I was suddenly reminded of the Last Supper of Christ. XD Awesome as always!

[cosmiccoz.livejournal.com]

OH! Should have clicked the reference. lols. I like the idea, perhaps a bit blasphemous though. *chuckles*

Bellatrix is such a crazy bith. *shivers*

[hogwartshoney.livejournal.com]

Love that you used THAT reference for this. *snort*

I like how out-of-his-depth Draco looks here. Yeah, little man, it's suddenly gotten intense!

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

I really wanted to do a DE picture in this series, but I was stuck for what number to match it with. And then after a bantering a bit with droxy, this idea suddenly occurred.

Yeah, Draco is really in over his head.

[dixiebell12.livejournal.com]

*squees* over Greyback! That's my new desktop wallpaper!

Hugs,
Dix

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Yeah! :DDDD

[arcanetrivia]

Haha, nice classical reference there. :)

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I didn't know if I had it in me.

[nyx-asteria.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's one of my favourites. It's awesome!

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Thank you, so much. I loved being able to use a classical reference like this.

[pythia-delphi.livejournal.com]

Amazing composition. I like how you've likened it to the Last Supper. I especially like how you've given each person their own quirks, characteristics and expressions. So vivid!

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

This was the hardest one for me, but I too am pleased with how different everyone looks. And I managed to fit Snape into the Judas seat. :)

[thisgirl-is.livejournal.com]

Very nice! Both the work, and the reference. Particularly love Snape and the Malfoys. Bella looks suitably rabid!