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my biggest achievement of 2026 so far: finally completing this Da Vinci-inspired portrait
or "girl with [H]ermine" as I've been affectionately calling it in my head, regardless of how little sense that pun makes upon examination (especially since the original piece is actually called "lady with an ermine")
inspired by Kyonomiko's Waifs and Strays, hence why that is a pine marten (and why that pine marten is secretly a wizard)
I think sometimes it's important to share my process, and in particular my mistakes, so please admire these screenshots of previous, rejected drafts (alongside the original line art, which can be viewed in full here)
this image planted itself in my brain last june and hasn't left me alone since--if I'm honest, it took me a few hours to paint the masks and then six months to figure out what I was doing font-wise and get canva to behave accordingly (I wish I were joking)
for the fabulously dead dove that is Blue Oblivion by @pleasantlyfrantic, a veritable feast of all of my favourite traumatic tropes
ebook cover version of this cheeky little number, because once it occurred to me, I sort of couldn't resist
shout out to the wonderful garnetsyrup, who did the original (far superior) cover art for dwd, and chaosandcodices, who produced multiple gorgeous illustrations within (I wanted to credit them on the cover itself but frankly these are dimensions I do not vibe with and it was a struggle enough to fit in the title)
inspired by the angel olsen song "spring" which I have decided is entirely romantic, please don’t point out that the lyrics do not back this up, it is definitely about nice things like doing babies and not horrid things like missed opportunities and the cruel passage of time
she sang "now I'm holding your baby" and I said "great plan, angel, no notes"
(sorry, re: "doing babies")
hold on, what's that, in the picture frame?
is that...a portrait within a portrait?
oh ffs
colour version incoming but couldn't wait to post because I'm kind of on one atm (in case it isn't obvious--nothing posted for months then like 15 pieces in a week) and you do really gotta be riding that hyperfocus train until the last stop. you do not get to know ahead of time where or when that will be
Instead of sharing pics of all the WIPs I started in 2025, in various stages of completion, I've actually been on a bit of a hyper focus so am...finishing some of them?? (That can't be right.)
ANYWAY
Here is a piece I started all the way back in April, for the chief tormentor of my heart through sheer agonising tenderness, GingerBaggins! Death With Dignity was one of my favourite fics of 2025, and you must indeed read it if you have not already done so. I'll wait.
There are many beautiful moments, but I chose, first and foremost, to commemorate the scene in which Draco Malfoy--you know, the Malfoy heir? Pure of blood, black of clothes, white of hair, turgid of member--meets our dear close personal friend Hermione Granger (and, unknowingly, Theo Nott, spectral anomaly and audiobook fan) in a central London Pret a Manger at 7am. Don't think things ever got quite that bleak in canon, so be warned.
(If you think Pret is harrowing, they also end up in Milton fucking Keynes at one point! And if you're now, understandably, wondering whether or not they put the "fucking" in "Milton fucking Keynes" then you shall have to read the fic! A lady never tells!)
Ever since April 2025, I have had to think at least once a month about how this iteration of Draco Malfoy is definitely aware of the existence of the cursed Pret protein pot (the one that's just hard boiled eggs and spinach leaves and despair), and sit uncomfortably with the speculation that he might not be even appropriately repulsed by it! This is because, according to my research, tall strong boys must apparently, from time to time, consider their food through the mysterious and esoteric lens of "the gains." They are oft thinking of their one true love, the gains, and therefore unable to reflect meaningfully on whether the pot of eggs and shame they are eating should even be allowed to exist. I am but a weak and feeble soul, a stranger to the gains, who literally has a mouth full of biscuit as she types, so I cannot relate to any of this, but I do try to be understanding, especially where hot people are concerned
(Note to self: must I start a poll to gauge where the community stands on the issue of whether or not Draco would eat one of the protein pots? Feels kind of important.)
Here is 7am Pret (Draco's Version) and by that I mean Theo ain't even there oh no where is he
Anyway let's all admire the background I did because I never do them (and this in, in fact, the only thing I HAD done back in April: just a completed painting of a fucking Pret, sans people, not even a couple of Dramione stick figures to play in it--I guess I made accidental Pret fan-art?), and because I then decided to stand our bloody main characters in front of some of the best shelfy bits
It is not lost on me that I could have perhaps planned the drawing ahead of time, in order to avoid this, but you must remember that I am simply not a smart woman and my brain lacks protein
Fun fact: the woman on the left is, in fact, holding the protein pot because she loves the gains and hates having the respect of others
I'm so sorry to anyone who is fine with the protein pot and could even conceive of purchasing and consuming one. This is, of course, all in jest, and not a judgment on the eating habits of others, which are not my business. Definitely do not come to me trying to defend the protein pot, because I don't care and also you'll be outing yourself as a protein pot apologist and I shall be forced to block you
Finally, here is the secret first colour version of Dramione I did, which I soundly rejected because I did not care for it at all--partly because I desperately wanted to redraw their faces, but mainly because I was using v different brushes than I did for the accidental Pret fan art background so it all looked a bit discordant. And ugly.
way back in may, I decided to--for no apparent reason--start following a load of different digital colouring tutorials on YouTube to see if there was anything interesting or different that I could incorporate into my own process
naturally, I decided that the best way to do this was to use the same line art every time to maintain lab conditions (this level of integrity did not extend to colour palettes, thank god)
then I got really weird about it and made a spreadsheet and then hyperfixated too hard and abandoned it
so anyway here are six complete ones! I made more but these are the ones I want to share!
I consider the experiment complete (or at least this iteration of it) and will not be colouring this line art again—a huge relief to me personally
each image links to the corresponding tutorial, presented without comment/opinion on the tutorial itself
I am still obsessed with my early 00s Pansy Parkinson designer fantasy and still have many folders of references images that have yet to be utilised…so yeah we are absolutely still doing this series
Another piece I promised myself would be quick and informal (I even timed my initial line art so I wouldn’t be too precious about it) and then once I started colouring thought “but what if actually I rendered for an indecent amount of time…?"
(it was coloured with my iPad in greyscale so this is how I saw it before finishing--v fun exercise, do recommend, want to try it again soon with a less limited palette)
had a long plane journey recently, spent way too long on some lineart of dramione remaining in their cosy comfort era (without even a suggestion of a background—I am who I am)
coloured it on the journey home, with a randomly generated palette and my iPad in greyscale so I could only go by tone and the colour was a complete surprise
this was super fun and I would do it again
(original is in pink, plus a couple of versions I enjoyed when I toggled the hue)
P.S. did I also perhaps spend ages on a cute lil’ Halloween piece—which I started literally weeks ago, so I would actually have it ready to post on Halloween—only to get distracted by my entire life so it’s still sitting in my WIPs like 90% done? Idk, doesn’t sound like me
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