fanart, illustration for bethbethbeth's In From the Cold

I've finally finished the picture, but I'm not sure whether I really like the final color filter I applied. I put a soft light gradient layer over the whole thing, to make it warmer and a bit more radiant to give it more of a warm summer feel, but I'm not sure it worked. So after waffling back and forth for a while, I decided to post both versions, and let bethbethbeth decide which one she likes better, which then will count as the final version. Voila, decision dumped onto someone else.... >;)


Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Severus Snape
Rating: G
Media used: pencil drawing, cleaned up and colored in GIMP
Warnings: None
Notes/comments: It's an illustration for the epilogue of bethbethbeth's Snape/Kingsley story In From the Cold. Belatedly I noticed that I actually misread the sentence and it was Kingsley wearing that parrot shirt... *facepalm* Well, I really like the idea of Snape in that outfit anyway. maybe they sometimes share clothes, or something?

Also I'm aware both shadows and perspective don't hold up if you check them for their proper technical construction, I just hope it's not too cringeworthy for the casual viewer.

( two fairly large pictures, each about 175K, the only difference being the final lightening filter... )