Discussion: Draco's Delightful 'Do

[pink_mint]

Hello my lovelies!

I have two questions for you all.

This one is sort of specifically to whoever dabbles in art on my flist:

How do you go about drawing two characters?

More specifically, do you mostly work on one character at a time or do you work on them both equally?

I must admit, I'm sort of struggling with this two character thing. What I've been doing is getting both to a certain point, working on one until near completion and then doing the other. While that works, it's frustrating because I have a hard time getting going and deciding on who to work on first. I feel all over the place and unfocused and ohhh, my brain hurts.

I do realize it's probably just me switching to a new gear and getting used to it. I'd love to know how you all go about it, though!

And my second question is for everyone! :D

What kind of hairstyle do you imagine on Draco?

And if you'd like to answer with picture examples, go right ahead!

I'm not sure how I see Draco, actually. I have Harry distinct in my mind, but Draco's always a but unclear. When I'm reading a fic, I tend to think of him with loose hair around his face, unless the author specifies a hairdo. I don't really imagine him with hair back off his face, but he seems to look best when I draw him that way for some reason. Maybe it just goes with the kind of face I give him.

At the moment, I'm trying to give him a hairdo with bangs instead of back, but he just doesn't look like Draco to me when I do that. I put bangs on him and he looks more like how I see Scorpius, and then once I push them back, he turns into Draco completely. Go figure, LOL!

So, tell me how you see Draco and how you like him best in your mind. I'm quite wanting to know!

Also, I'm so excited that hd_career_fair has started posting! :D It's brilliant. I really needed a H/D fix!

xxx

Comments

[alaana-fair.livejournal.com]

Hehe... it's been a few days, actually. I was starting to have withdrawal. :-D *squishes*

[alaana-fair.livejournal.com]

It's from The Cottage (http://community.livejournal.com/hd_inspired/53970.html) by melmoe1. It's one of the few pics of hers still available since she's left fandom.

[alaana-fair.livejournal.com]

Oh, here's another one! http://focusboy.net/in-focus/model-aaron-bruckner.jpg

That's from guy #2 on the earlier birthday post. :-D I really like his hair in the first pic. THAT screams Draco to me. If only his hair were a bit lighter. *sighs*

[phoenixacid.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's uber hot. isn't it? Man I want to do that Draco really badly. LOL.

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

OH!! Thank you, darling! I love those. He is so wonderful and makes a great Draco. Hmmm...I'll hold him down while you put the bleach in his hair? *smirks*

[raitala.livejournal.com]

Hee, for me the two characters essentially work in the opposite way to you. I have a crystal clear picture of Draco for each project, but Harry is just a sort of Every Man blob. I think this is because I have never identified with the 'every-man' character. I still don't quite understand how you separate working on the two characters. I don't work equally emotionally between the characters, but i try and balance the attention and process of line drawing followed by colouring,otherwise I will never manage the two of them together coherently. i have more pictures of just Draco though.

In terms of Draco's hair i like either a long style in which he echos his father, for good or ill, or a cropped style in which he consciously rejects his father. I don't think it is possible to be Lucius Malfoy's son and not seek to mark your allegiance to him or not. Either way, he wears it very differently to his father.
Short haired rebel draco (http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/008/f/6/Thaw_2_by_raitala.jpg)
long-haired draco (http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/158/d/3/Veela_Draco_by_raitala.jpg/)

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

GUH, yes! Those are definite favorites of mine. :) And that one of yours - too cute and perfect Hogwarts-era hair on Draco!

Ohhh I know, it's impossible to narrow him down with only one look, right?? So many different ones, and they're all just lovely!

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

Me too, LOL! Want him so much.

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

Ooooo! He's gorgeous and has a definite Draco mood. If only he had blond hair! *g*

And if you'd like to post pictures, you put < img src="" > without the spaces in between the symbols and with the image URL in the quotes. :D

Re: To answer your 2nd question:

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, love both styles! Nnnnghhh, that picture of Boyd ♥

Thanks, darling! And your icon is too cute, btw. :D

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

Hee! That's ok, babe - all that matters is that I can get to the pretty pictures! :D

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh, thank you, hon! :) Those drawings are lovely. I'm very sad to hear she left!

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

I know, aren't they gorgeous? Hee hee! I'm so glad I did this post so we can all see these lovely Dracos and Draco look-alikes!

And oh yes, I think that's how I often imagine Draco's hair, too. :D

[jtsbbsps-dk.livejournal.com]

They are indeed! *grin* Hee, me too! XD

Yay! *high fives you*

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear how you see him! And I have to agree with you. :D

*hugs* How are you doing, sweetheart?

[lusiology.livejournal.com]

I've failed at starting my healty eating plan coz I'm full of cold. *curses the pupils and their germs* Diets and colds do not a happy partnership make. :(

[lusiology.livejournal.com]

*adores your long haired dracos*

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

:D *major high fives back*

If you haven't seen it, samena's posted a sort of sequel to this here (http://samena.livejournal.com/741929.html?view=5465129#t5465129), asking for everyone's favorite H/D fanart and/or just Draco art!

I'd love to see what you pick! I still need to comment with some of mine, hee hee!

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

Oh no, hon! :( I'm sorry to hear that, ugh. You're right, diets and colds certainly don't like each other. I hope you feel better soon, and that when you do start your healthy eating, it goes well. I'm cheering for you!

[lusiology.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yes, very suave! And nnggghhh, that picture of Tom (and the caption!) does me in, too.

Draco is wonderful in that piece! I wouldn't say he's my Draco completely, but I do really appreciate the look the artist has given him. He always has to have some sort of style to his hair for me, and that one definitely has it. I also like how he's a bit pointy, but not overly so where it looks unrealistic. :)

Ohhh!! I didn't know you've looked at my art! Thank you so much, hon. I'm really glad you enjoy them! *squeezes*

[samena.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I absolutely love your art! I'm just really bad a giving feedabck, but I'll remedy that from now on. I think you are very talented. I hope to be seeing a lot more work from you in the future!!

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

Good to know that you've also wondered how to go about it! It is weird, isn't it? I do your first two steps, lineart and then basic colors for both, but then I have to focus on one otherwise I go all over the place and nothing gets done except a lot of pointless fiddling, lol!

Ohhh, yes! I love the hairstyle that's on Boyd. Mmm, he looks so handsome in it. :D

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

Very interesting! Thank you so much for sharing all of those details about how you work. I really appreciate and like the insight!!

OMG, guhhhhh, I am on the floor from your Snape's Worst Memory piece!!! Hot, babe. Wow. *drools*

Hee, I'm not a fan of the too short hairstyle, either. And I just love your Draco! Really enjoy that hairstyle you put on him in your icon, too. :D It's too hard to pick just one, I think, when he has so many fabulous looks.

[pink-mint.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your lovely comment! I so like hearing about how you work and that you can relate to my trouble with seeing a character's face clearly! :D

My inability to define Draco's features clearly in my mind actually doesn't have to do with how I feel about him emotionally. I'm just indecisive about which features I'd like to give him. In fact, in my At Summer's End piece, Draco's face was finished first and Harry was an unsightly blob for a long time, haha!

I definitely worry about how I'm going to make the other one match, but somehow I've done it in the two that I've worked on. I think if I did less detailing then I could do both at the same time, but when I'm working on one of their faces, I have to focus - I can't go back and forth between the two or I feel all over the place and won't get anything done. ;)

I so agree with you that being Lucius Malfoy's son, Draco would feel something great about his father, whether good or bad, and have to state that. And yes, I love the idea that he would show it in his hairstyle.

I know I haven't told you yet, but I'm in love with your artwork. Completely infatuated. I think you're such a brilliant artist!

And I've been meaning to ask you, in your post with all of your pieces for the hp10k_showcase, the only one that I'm able to see is the one of Narcissa! And I do so want to see the rest of them. Is it only because I'm on dial-up that it's not working? That doesn't make sense, though, because they should show up as something, but they don't show up at all.