i know art fu ([info]_ming) wrote,
@ 2007-07-17 18:57:00
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harry potter illo.




my favorite part:




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[info]codev2k
2007-07-17 11:33 pm UTC (link)
I love you. just FYI. you make my nerd heart skip a beat.

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 01:42 am UTC (link)
...! thank you! i am positively awash in all this positive energy. :D

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[info]thete1
2007-07-17 11:35 pm UTC (link)
So adorable! Personally, I'm in love with the scarves. <3

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 01:47 am UTC (link)
...they do look rather comfy and fluffy, don't they? though they didn't feel that way when i was breaking my eyes open by coloring them with a lagging mouse. ah, but i am an artiste, bay-bee, and i am totally in this deal for the poetical suffering. and the cute adorability, naturallment! ;D

in conclusion, hi te, sankyuu!

*leetle gauntleted thumbs up*

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[info]soloproject
2007-07-17 11:45 pm UTC (link)
HOT. HOOOOT. HAHAHA HUFFLEPUFF POWER YEAH XD I also like the mum and boy in the back who totally cosplay Narcissa and Draco and perhaps engage in naughty roleplay??</a>

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 01:49 am UTC (link)
i wouldn't presume to presume. *g*

but yes, i totally like that draco child and his angry mother. you can tell they usually feel so entitled, and this "waiting in line" business must really chafe!

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[info]petronelle
2007-07-17 11:46 pm UTC (link)
The book-hugging makes me beam.

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 01:53 am UTC (link)
huggiful is how i feel about books, ma'am, and i don't rightly care if it's wrong or not, i aim to love those books anyhow.

*swelling country music, sprawling vistas of forestland and mountains, roaming bookherds in embrace of the wild, etc.*

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[info]glossing
2007-07-17 11:53 pm UTC (link)
<333!

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 01:54 am UTC (link)
ah, ze loff! it suffuses me!

:D

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[info]glossing
2007-07-18 02:35 pm UTC (link)
You should always be enfolded in love! And draped in it, and spangled with it, and, and...

Would it be cool by you if I made an icon from the illo? With credit, of course.

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 06:20 pm UTC (link)
lovely, of course you may make an icon out of this old thing! i would be more than honored if you did. i'd probably be a little giddy, too. :)

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[info]dechanique
2007-07-17 11:58 pm UTC (link)
hahah this totally rocks! I miss those book parties.

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 01:55 am UTC (link)
i've never been to one outside my imagination! but it's vivid in here, i assure you. *g*

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[info]tresorart
2007-07-18 12:17 am UTC (link)
haha I love how almost everyone's eyes are dots, except for the asian girl's, which are slits. This is a really cute illoooo! Is the girl with the sunglasses you? Because if so, the guy in the green hat is tooootally checking you out, ms hot thang.

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 01:59 am UTC (link)
...oh no. i've turned into that artist, haven't i? the one who draws everyone to look like him or herself? gah! i didn't even notice it till now, but you're right, that girl with the sunglasses has a certain snarkily placid leer that is reminiscent of my own default expression. and she has my hair kinda. and my nose. and omg i did not mean that. she was not supposed to be me.

so that wizard better not take any liberties, and he better watch his wand! XD

and the asian stick-figure-faces have to represent with the slitty eyes, am i correct or do i not speak truth, sister? <3

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[info]tresorart
2007-07-18 03:32 am UTC (link)
haha oh god! Well at least if you were to fall into that certain rut, it's not like it'd be to harsh on the eyes. ; )
I hate how that really does seem to become the stereotype, isn't it? People will randomly ask me 'HEY, is that drawing YOU?' and I'm like wtf, not at all, because in my mind they do not resemble me in the slightest. But perhaps dark hair, almond eyes, and a light complexion are enough to win most people over in the amateur drawing dept. pft. Maybe I should just become one of those people that just draws dragons all the time, or the girl who just puts smears of watercolor all over her sketchbook. : X


And watch your back girly! That guy looks like he may not just be a leery hp fan, but an asiaphile 'otaku' as well...hrmmmmm, maybe that's why the other asian girl is totally laying it low with the hufflepuff power. Ahahaha mingalingafoo, your illo is proving to be rich with deep social psychological undertones!

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 02:01 am UTC (link)
pee ess, this is still the best example of slitty eyes i've ever committed to paper! for the record.

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[info]tresorart
2007-07-18 03:38 am UTC (link)
oh man, all you need now are some dirty knees. (look at these!) *shimmmy*

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[info]spillingvelvet
2007-07-18 12:27 am UTC (link)
MINGFORD YOU BOOK HOARDER.

i just called the bookstore i swore to god i reserved my copies from, and they had no record! WTF. i sweet talked him into putting me down again, and told him i would sick my friend who works there on him if i couldn't get my books. OMG.

OMG.

hi ming! hi!

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 02:09 am UTC (link)
MOLLINGHAMFORDSHIRE THE FIFTH OF THE AINESBOROUGH-ON-JUPITERCRICKETS MOLLINGHAMFORDSHIRES! that sly minx in the striped shirt 'tis not me, i swear it; only some deranged impostor who would steal education in the ill-concealed form of popular entertainment from mere babes. again, not i.

but YOU. oh YOU! i am happy to hear that you laid the talking down upon those bookstore kids who would swindle you of your hpatdh! i am just guessing at that acronym. i've never read any of the books. but, yes. i support you!

hiiiiiiiiii! and haiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! yah! <333

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[info]tammylee
2007-07-18 12:42 am UTC (link)
My favourite bit is the cheesed off mum glowering at the obviously non-children who got ahead of her widdle boy to buy their books. I HATE PEOPLE LIKE THAT! XD

Tis lovely!
Huffleypuffers represent!

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 02:10 am UTC (link)
you hate who, cheesed off mums or sneaky non-children fen? either way, hee! *g*

sankyuu, tamma!

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[info]tammylee
2007-07-18 02:38 am UTC (link)
The angry mums.
=p

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[info]tricksterquinn
2007-07-18 02:24 am UTC (link)
So yesterday I saw HP OotP with my roommates. I was wearing a white shirt, a red tie striped in gold, a red & yellow scarf (when the AC got to me), and working on knitting a yellow & black scarf during previews. I also had a piece of wood stuck in my purse with a note sticking out of it which said "BANG!".

It's possible that I'm something of a stereotype. *cough*

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 02:36 am UTC (link)
i'll never tell, girl. never in ever. ;D

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[info]tricksterquinn
2007-07-18 10:50 am UTC (link)
Because it's just such a big secret.

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[info]winterlive
2007-07-18 03:34 am UTC (link)
AHAHAHAHA oh ming. :D

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 03:44 am UTC (link)
danny, help! i am ridiculous! howfore to stop?

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[info]winterlive
2007-07-18 03:50 am UTC (link)
what! who told you to stop! let them be cast from my sight!!

i forbid you to stop when you are so clearly awesome.

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 03:57 am UTC (link)
...your vulcan logic intrigues and flatters me. D'AWWWWWW. :)

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[info]winterlive
2007-07-18 04:05 am UTC (link)
i DO have particularly straight eyebrows, i must say. <3

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[info]oneangrykate
2007-07-18 01:09 pm UTC (link)
This is the CUTEST, Ming.

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 06:25 pm UTC (link)
mweee! thank you. i am tickled pink, etc. :3

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[info]yukihada
2007-07-18 02:40 pm UTC (link)
love love love this picture. Of course, I work in bookstore so I find this so funny appropriate. More than the expressions I also love the colors. Great illustration!

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[info]yukihada
2007-07-18 02:41 pm UTC (link)
My second thought was oh halp! someone save little Draco. He's being kidnapped and forced to wear a winter scarf in the summertime.

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 06:23 pm UTC (link)
ahahaha, no, no! i assure you, all the scarves are made from a light, breathable poly-cotton blend. no child was bundled up to the point of heat stroke during the drawing of this picture. ;D

and thank you!

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[info]f3dallah
2007-07-18 05:09 pm UTC (link)
Hufflepuff is totally the stoner house. True fact.

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[info]_ming
2007-07-18 06:21 pm UTC (link)
they are rather well-stocked in magic dragons, i'll give you that.

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[info]buggery
2007-07-19 02:11 pm UTC (link)
I've never been in HP fandom -- honestly, I know scarcely more about Harry & co. than the average 80-year-old without children, nieces, nephews or grandchildren. Nevertheless, I love this!

The geekery comes through strongly, if perhaps more vaguely than to those more in the know. I adore the demographics. I'm trying not to read too much into how lovingly you detailed Ms Rowling.

Most of all I love that the blonde woman in line is wearing a low (one might even say plunging) neckline, yet not only is she not objectified, she is clearly possessed of agency, and indeed looks plenty tough enough to scare off a would-be attacker on a dark street.

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[info]_ming
2007-07-23 01:01 am UTC (link)
sorry for the late response! i've been eating pie and sleeping and watching movies and drawing, all of which is great fun but very far away from the internet. i am back, though, and so glad that you dug this!

honestly, all i know about harry potter i learned from watching the movies once each in theaters, so i'm probably not much more in the fannish know than you are on this particular subject, but i dearly love fan mentality. and i have to say this was a near stupidly fun commission to draw!

Most of all I love that the blonde woman in line is wearing a low (one might even say plunging) neckline, yet not only is she not objectified, she is clearly possessed of agency, and indeed looks plenty tough enough to scare off a would-be attacker on a dark street

non-objectification of women in comic art and illustration is my goal! i like my ladies to own their sensuality. so thank you for that, and for the comment in general. :)

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[info]coell
2007-07-23 02:25 am UTC (link)
Cute!! I bet you loved drawing that cover over and over - hee!

I live in Las Vegas -- how'd you end up illustrating for the Weekly? Are you regular there?

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[info]_ming
2007-07-23 03:58 am UTC (link)
mahaha, i actually used the magic of photoshop to reproduce and reposition the one cover design many times over, so i was not stuck drawing 10,000 little harrys. though the photoshopping did still take hours, i will grant it that. and it produced about the same amount of eye strain as actual drawing. *g*

i've only done two illustrations for the weekly so far, but they've both been hilarious and great to work on, and i am always their girl if they ever need anything. i got hooked up with them through brandon bird, who's done some stuff for them as well. lemme see... ah yes, this page;

http://www.brandonbird.com/sketchbook.html

third category down. seinfeld and the goo goo dolls, looks like. yay for las vegas!

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