Coming Home

[pennswoods]

Title: Coming Home
Characters: Hermione Granger/Severus Snape
Rating: PG
Links: On Tumblr | On AO3
Summary: A sequence of 4 pictures drawn for the Winter 2012 sshg_exchange for teaoli's prompt: "Hermione riding a bike and coming home at night, tired and dejected,then surprised (and ultimately overjoyed) to find Snape standing in a pool of light in her doorway." This will  be the last fest or exchange-based piece of fanart I do for a while. At the time I drew this, it had been a while since I'd drawn Snape, and this really shows in the third panel. (Too much Sherlocking, I fear!)




Coming Home




After a long day

and a chilly ride home,

joy can be found







in a warm embrace.

Comments

[holyfant.livejournal.com]

Lovely! As always, I love the vividness of your colours, and I love the contrast in texture between Hermione's hair and Snape's. :)

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Bright colors seems to be something I'm drawn to. It might be a good idea to experiment with a more limited range to go with something more muted. I find muted colors work better for Sherlock art but that bright color really fits Harry Potter.

[logospilgrim.livejournal.com]

So very beautiful... What a heavenly embrace! :-)

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

I love drawing Snape just sinking into a hug.

[drinkingcocoa.livejournal.com]

Are you pulling away from fests because you're focusing on your Johnlock illustration series?

I'll have to think up some sort of art or craft to do with you at DFW, with drinks that are not tea, while you do some artsing.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

That icon is so sexy. :P

I decided last fall that I wasn't doing my best work for fests and exchanges and was putting them off too late and probably letting people down with my lack of preparation. I do want to do a lot more Johnlock, but it's the time of the year when I do the least amount of art, and I'm really floundering for inspiration right now.

I can certainly draw while you knit, block, quilt, crochet, I don't know what have you! Or you can write meta.

[drinkingcocoa.livejournal.com]

We should only do the art thing if you would enjoy it! One thing I can definitely do is knit a pair of wrist warmers for you with Martin's captain stripes on them. I can start them before the 20th if I have time, but definitely knowing that I can finish them while we are at DFW will take the pressure off and that means I can gleefully put this project on my want-to-do list without worry. *cheerful squee* I believe I already have yarn that will do.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Part of it is just sitting down and doing it and that will be a joy. I sometimes find it hard to do art in Malmo because we don't have enough light or a good work space or because I know I should be doing work and not screwing around. When I get into a piece of art it takes a huge chunk of time and I kind of feel this sense of guilt for not working on my research or studying Swedish or spending time with F.

[foxestacado.livejournal.com]

Oh these are beautiful. I love seeing Hermione and Severus in a day to day routine. I especially love that pic of her on her bike, as well as their hug at the end. Such a nice way to end her day!

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Thanks Fox. I appreciate hearing others say they like things about this sequence. I felt it was rather rushed and some of the mistakes in it drove me to distraction. But I was happy with the hug!

[tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com]

That hug is indeed exquisite!

♥

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

There is nothing like a hug from Severus!

[alisanne.livejournal.com]

Awww! So very sweet!
Their faces as they hug say everything I think. ♥

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Faces are so important for capturing that emotion. I am happy with how they came out in this 4th panel.

[droxy.livejournal.com]

You may feel you were rusty at drawing Snape, but this fan work is gorgeous.

I'll give the fest a try. But I am heading into con season and will focus my activities on that.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

It was good practice for the piece I did for drinkingcocoa and later my Christmas cards, but Severus in the 3rd picture was giving me a hard time.

And congrats on reviewing all of the exchange!

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

Hermione on a bicycle! YESSSSSSSSS.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

I laughed when I saw your comment on tumblr. Such a bicycle fangirl!

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

It's so rare that my worlds cross over like that, so I treasure the moments when they do!

[m-mcgonagall-65.livejournal.com]

I love the way you draw Hermione's hair! That last frame was very warm and soothing. I did feel sorry for her on the bike. A bit dangerous -- and potentially drafty -- in her robes. :)

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping she used a warming charm and possibly another charm or two to make sure her robes did not get caught in the wheels.

[sofisticat.livejournal.com]

Thank you for brightening my evening with your art.

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

I'm just beaming. So happy it brightened your evening.

[alwaysimploding.livejournal.com]

Lovely fanart! And actually, number three is my favourite - very Snapey attitude =) I don´t mind it if Snape and Sherlock melt together ;)

[lampblack.livejournal.com]

I love these! So good seeing Snape and Hermione!

[lindenswallow.livejournal.com]

Echoing Rose - good to see SS/HG. I commute by bike also, so a very nice idea all round...