[Hagiographer13]

Our Featured FanArtist for April is Italian and draws with all the fire and passion for which Italians are famous --

mary-dreams

The amazing thing to me here is how she has employed several different artistic styles, and every one is utterly fantastic! Her use of vibrant colour is outstanding, but she also has a real knack with black and white, as well.

At deviantART

You can find more of mary-dreams' art at deviantART and on her LiveJournal

Come and enjoy all the emotion and passion of mary-dreams' art. Tell us all about your favourites as we celebrate HP fan art, Italian-style!

[jaimedanser]

This is my absolute favorite drawing of hers. I remember Chickadee posted it during the DH reading groups, and I fell in love, Just the detail of Hermione's jeans..and the tenderness of the kiss. It's absolutely beautiful, don't you think? (yes, I do fully admit that I am in love with a drawing!)



(Oh, and I do know you used it in the collage, but I wanted people to see the full effect)

[coppertopchopperhopper]

wow, that really is beautiful. Nearly real!

I like this one of the foursome in the Gryfindor Commonroom
http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs26/300W/f/20...mary_dreams.jpg

And this one of Ron destroying the Horcrux
http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs23/300W/f/20...mary_dreams.jpg

Also her comic 'Giochi o non giochi' is really well done! I'm gonna keep an eye out for the rest of the chapters.

This post has been edited by coppertopchopperhopper: 02 April 2008 - 04:24 PM
Reason for edit: Turned hot-linked dA images to links

[twillick]

Those are amazing sketches and drawings.

Thanks for putting them on LL. I never would have seen them otherwise.

[moony_lupin]

I love mary-dreams and her vivid use of colours in all of her pictures. These are my favourites:

Ron and Hermione Dancing in DH


Luna, Ginny and Neville


Dumbledore and Harry in the Cave

The likeness to Michael Gambon and Daniel Radcliffe is stunning, and I wanna see the Cave scene very much like this in HBP.

Here in the FanArt Galleries

This post has been edited by Hagiographer13: 02 April 2008 - 03:29 PM

[mary-dreams]

I am touched from your words (I almost cry), you are everybody so very kind!
Your support really touches my heart and helps me to do better!
Thank very much with all my love!

sorry for my bad english!
Maria:)

[Voldiepoo]

I'm amazed at the cging skills you've got mary-dreams. I'd kill for those skills. congratulations.

[Chickadee]

wow, that really is beautiful. Nearly real!

I like this one of the foursome in the Gryfindor Commonroom
http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs26/300W/f/20...mary_dreams.jpg

And this one of Ron destroying the Horcrux
http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs23/300W/f/20...mary_dreams.jpg

Also her comic 'Giochi o non giochi' is really well done! I'm gonna keep an eye out for the rest of the chapters.

Okay, part of me had to squee a bit when I saw your first link, but I knew what would be there, and that makes the other part of me cringe. I feel like perhaps I need to stand on a box somewhere and shout to the world that the redhead is not Ginny. I know this quite personally because I commissioned and paid for that drawing, and that's me playing chess with Ron...she drew it from a photo and made me look a bit younger. I own the original - it's matted and framed, along with the colored print, and hanging in my bedroom. I'm the redhead, I promise. You can actually see that her Ginny has a completely different look about her, and not the heart-shaped face I have, in her other drawings that include Ginny.



But anyway! I'm sooooo proud of my dear friend Maria for being our featured fan artist for April. I wouldn't have commissioned her twice if I didn't adore her work and trust her to create something fantastic every time. I love her, I love her work, and I love that I own two originals - which she drew with love for her craft, for HP, and for her friends.

mary-dreams is beyond incredible. Congrats, sweetie!

[rowena r]

I LOVE your work mary-dreams !!!
The bookmark with James and Lily is my favourite. Thank you for sharing your art with us. It's truly beautiful.

[Hagiographer13]

Another of my favourite images from mary-dreams is this amazing vision of Ron destroying the horcrux/locket from DH --

I think it is an interesting (very Italian!) notion that the images from the locket are nude. The look of determination on Ron's face is palpable!

You can see the full-size image here in the FanArt Gallery. Just awesome!