Art: Triumphant (Severus Snape, G, completed)

[jateshi]

Title: Triumphant
Character: Severus Snape
Rating: G
Type: Anime - Harry Potter
Comments: I'd decided to give myself a little challenge, and also start trying to make my art just a hair bit more realistic in the portrayals of active events. In other words, I decided that when people were doing something physically stressful, they were going to sweat. The trick, you see, is how to make a shirt or piece of clothing appear to be sweatsoaked while still trying to keep the impression of the clothing's original colour. I know I need improvement, but I do think I've got a good start.

On his clothing - who knows, maybe I'll keep this design for future fencing images? X3 Hah, me keep a consistent design? Never! Well, I can at least try to, I suppose.

Comments

[chibiqueen.livejournal.com]

It certainly looks wet! The wetness effect really works, but...wow, he's a sweaty, sweaty man! It maybe looks a little too wet? Unless he was just sweating a whooole lot. (Maybe he was doing a little bit more than fencing? A little, extra curriclar activities? Ehh?)

Man I'm lame.

[jateshi.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't be so sure that he perspired too much - one theory I have about why his hair is so greasy is that he's one of those guys who easily sweats through to his hair. Another reason is that I know when *I* fence, I can spew forth so much water that it'd fill a lake.

Okay, maybe not that much, but still, for the kind of fighting I always imagine Severus and Lucius doing (melee all over the location of the battle, using more than just their swords to fight with) it kinda works. XD Plus, a good excuse is that there's no way he or Lucius would *ever* fight in the coarse material modern jackets are made out of and I think silk and light-weave cotton show sweat faster and more readily than the dense canvas my jacket is honestly made out of.

...I think I overdid it even with all of my blustering excuses aside. XD I'll just have to do more sweat-soaked clothing studies. :D

[sakaane.livejournal.com]

lol I have to agree with you on your observation about sweating through to one's hair. I'm like that, and if I don't wash my hair pretty much every day I end up looking like I haven't bathed in weeks--lank, greasy, stringy, yuck.

I'm not sure so much pure skin tone would show through, even if it's pale/white silk. You might want to try wearing an actual silk shirt and douse yourself and/or get sweaty for reference purposes.

[jateshi.livejournal.com]

*snickers* I might stick with trying to find images on it, since I have no silk shirts to sacrifice to the cause of my art research. :3

[sakaane.livejournal.com]

lol That's what second hand stores are for! :D

[lilium-vitiate.livejournal.com]

I'd sweat a hell of a lot, too, if I were wearing a waist-cincher and slashed sleeves.

[jateshi.livejournal.com]

But he's not wearing a waist cincher, it's mostly a section of decorative fabric. The slashed sleeves would add weight but hopefully not too much. :3

[cynicallyxyours.livejournal.com]

Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I wasn't aware that you'd commented on my lj. As for Principle V, sort of, lol. And yes I was on base when the volcano erupted, but we were evacuated shortly after.

I'm Angelina. :)

[jateshi.livejournal.com]

Allo! Don't worry about the time, at least you discovered my comment.

Damn, you got out quickly? I was on one of the last evacuation shifts shifts so I can say - very lucky you got out so fast.

Nice to meet you, Angelina. :3