This month's Featured Artist is Elzora, whose Hogwarts Employee Series belongs - judging by the huge amount of comments - among the visitors' favourite fanarts.

Going through Leaky's FanArt Gallery, it is easy to notice that many fanartists have chosen the Hogwarts Staff for the topic of their artwork. Professor Snape, Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall are favourite subjects.



Professor Dumbledore appearance in PS: "Tall, thin and very old judging by the silver of his hair and beard which were long enough to tuck into his belt. His blue eyes were light, bright and sparkling behind half-moon spectacles."
Hagrid is described in PS being "almost twice as tall as normal men - long tangles of bushy back hair and beard were hiding most of his face."
Professor McGonagall's appearance: Her hair is black and she wears it pulled back into a bun. She usually wears emerald green robes.
Professor Snape has in canon "greasy black hair, a hooked nose and sallow skin. His black eyes are cold and empty."



Elzora, however, has portrayed not only the major characters but also those staff members who we haven't met that much in the books - for example Septima Vector, the Arithmancy teacher:




You can check out Elzora's other works - all 21 Hogwarts staff portrait - here.

You can find the canon description of the teacher's appearance over at the Harry Potter Lexicon!

I really appreciate how Elzora has done portraits of characters that we only have heard passing references to, or will probably never see in the films. Check out her Professor Sinistra!

But even the characters that have been translated to the films, and thus influence some FanArtists, Elzora stays true to her vision, like in this awesome image of Professor Flitwick--

Wonderful images!

Wow! I love her depicitions of the teachers, they are all so vivid and just amazing. My favourite would have to be Lupin, that just fits him to a tee! Yes, Hagiographer13, it's fantastic that Elzora has drawn characters that are barely mentioned in the series, always nice to give minor characters some love. Props to you Elzora

I haven't seen her stuff before. I hate that I haven't seen her stuff before They're AMAZING. They're so vivid and creative and they're all so different, I mean Flitwick is spectacular and the backdrop is so beautiful and then you look at Umbridge and the background is all poppy and pretty, theyre just all so original and special and... yeah I'm running out of suitable adjectives. I love her work

Yes! I just saw these yesterday when I noticed she was the featured artist. I really love them. It's great that there are all in similar poses, yet each one is distinct from the other. I can imagine them coming to life and moving around like on the Chocolate Frog cards. I was pleased to see that she has a a clear picture of the characters in her head that is only occassionally influenced by the movies-though that may be partly coincidence. My favorite is Madam Hooch.

You know, Elzora's Lupin looks nothing like how I imagined him but his clothes are perfect! I can totally imaging Remus wearing a tie even on weekends.

Elzora's art is just amazing. This is going to sound odd, but one of my favourite potrayals in the Hogwarts Employee Series is actually Fawkes, in the Dumbledore picture. He's not the main focus of the image but he looks so regal and... well... magical.

All of these pictures are fantastic.

Her Lockhart is great, I've never seen him look such a charlatan:



Why bother with the uncouth business of substance, when there are magazine covers to grace? I particularly like his clothes, dressed as if ready for action but really only for show.

I must say her Umbridge is suitably loathsome


Her fingernails just creep me out, which is how I like my Delores, pink and creepy as anything!

I think Elzora's Umbridge is perfect! Very much as I had imagined the Horror of Hogwarts when I read the book. Plus, kudos for including her tiny wand, which always cracks me up when I read OotP. Tiny and utterly awful!

Her Umbridge is here in the TLC FanArt Gallery.

I am thrilled to report that Elzora, one of the Leaky FanArt Gallery's first Featured Artists has added some radically new portraits to her already-impressive album!
It seems as if she is taking a look at the "dark arts" specialists, after having already celebrated the Hogwarts's staff in art.

One thing I always appreciated about Elzora's work is that she portrayed characters that don't get much "face-time" in the HP FanArt community. Here is her awesome take on Igor Karkaroff --

Here in the FanArt Gallery

Of course, some characters get tons of notice, but I am always anxious to see a new fan art version, like this stunning Bellatrix --

Here in the FA Gallery

Also, be sure and head over to her deviantART album for more of her amazing art!