Remus and Elizabeth

[leelastarsky]

Some new art this morning, which was commissioned by fernwithy
It'a a scene from her brilliant story Lines of Descent .
http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=1701&chapno=1
If you haven't read this story yet, get yourself there now. This is quite seriously one of the best (and certainly most powerful) HP fanfics I have read.




This scene is from Chapter 3, where Remus and Elizabeth discuss the facts of lycanthropic life.

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[leelastarsky.livejournal.com]

Not a stupid question at all, Myf!
Sometimes I use actor references, sometimes I just pull them out of my head.
If and when I do use actor references, unless I'm trying to keep the likeness (say Harrison/Han for eg), I change little things like their nose, chin, whatever. It's usually enough.
I find too, that if I want the look of an actor, but not the absolute likeness, if I sketch them from memory rather than a photo reference it can turn out pretty well.
The Remus in this pic was loosely based on Ewan McGregor at Fern's request, and I'll admit he turned out looking pretty much like the book Remus I had always imagined.

The last pic I did - Godric Gryffindor, I was going to use Sean Connery, but the sketches I did using him didn't work, so I ended up just pulling him out of my head. Ironically, (and maybe not surprisingly) I realised after the fact that he looks a lot like my uncle! (who has a white beard, not a red one, and doesn't look quite as wild. Nor does he have plaits. But as I told him when I sent it to him - now we know what he'd look like if he did!! ;~D )

I'm really glad you liked Elizabeth too. :~)