fanart, Diricawl

[ratcreature]

Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters/Pairings: a diricawl
Media used: pencil, fine liner pen with waterproof indian ink, black tea, GIMP
Rating/warnings: G, none
Notes/comments: This is the third in my magical creatures series, a diricawl encyclopedia plate this time, showcasing their escape method. The crosshatching in this took me forever. Okay, a couple of hours, but it felt like forever. Also, after I had already drawn that predator cat, it occurred to me that HP canon says they come from Mauritius, so there wouldn't have been any cats. Oops. OTOH maybe some magical cat preyed on them, I mean, why would they have developed the vanishing thing otherwise? Without enemies they would really been like the dodo I think. Anyway: *handwave*

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Comments

[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

Very cool!

[ratcreature]

Thank you!

[bethbethbeth.livejournal.com]

Wonderful work, m'dear!

[ratcreature]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it.

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Absolutely gorgeous. Looks like it was torn out of an old book.

[ratcreature]

Thank you. I'm glad this effect comes across.

[gnatkip.livejournal.com]

This is GORGEOUS. I thought the bowtruckle was my favorite of these, but now, I don't know; I love this. The little hiding cat blends in just right, and the bird is all LOL INVISIBUL FRIEND. XD

Your inking is beautiful. Ten thumbs up!

[ratcreature]

*blush* Thanks for the compliment. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I feel like I'm slowly getting used to the crosshatching thing. I mean, I still have a hard time with the dark/light composition and the overall effects, but the crosshatching itself (like keeping the lines in pattern and angling them, starting and ending the strokes so they look okay and such) is getting a little easier. (Though my problems are still many.)

[caia-comica.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I really like it. It's very bestiary-ish.

[ratcreature]

Thank you. I'm glad it works for you.

[sktypied.livejournal.com]

Very nice. :) This made me curious to see the others in this series and I wasn't disappointed with any of them. Your level of detail (in terms of cross-hatching) is amazing.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm glad that you like the crosshatching. It isn't something I usually do, but needed for the effect in this series, so I had to, and I'm only slowly getting the hang of it. But it is fun to try new things.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Lovely ink work! There's not nearly enough of that out there. Thanks for posting!

[ratcreature]

Thank you.

[enname.livejournal.com]

How is it that I have missed this series? Huh. Oh well, this is lovely and I rather adore the look on the Diricrawl's face.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! As for the expression, I just can't help my comics art roots I guess, so I almost always give expressions even to animal eyes and when I don't particularly try to be cartoony. I'm glad it worked for you.

Probably you missed the previous ones because I haven't crossposted them much (though I think I tried to get each into a newsletter at least) and only seem to finish a new one once every blue moon rather than on a decent schedule. *g* I do tag my art though, so you can get easily track when I should finish the next one through the "fanart: magical creature" tag even if it takes a while, without having to pay attention.

[faire-weather.livejournal.com]

Adorable!

[ratcreature]

Thank you. I'm glad you like it.

[kitsune17.livejournal.com]

This is absolutely gorgeous!

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm happy you like it.