Tom Scribble delights in graphic depictions of canon scenes from the books, but also presents the viewer with a glimpse at scenes implied in the books, but not actually seen, like this one of Dumbledore finding the horcrux/ring/resurrection stone --



The way she uses shadow and light are just amazing, and the incredible detail of her fully-realised scenes is a delight and a wonder! You can find more of her fantabulous work at deviantART -- www.tomscribble.deviantart.com.

Take a long look at her art, and see how it draws you in. Compelling as the words of JK Rowling that have brought us all here, so, too are Tom Scribble's drawings. Enjoy!

WOW! Those are amazing. I really wish I gould draw like that. They look so realistic and that is one of the hardest things to do in my opinion.

I do not seek out fan art myself, necessarily, but Tom Scribble's work has been referenced in several posts here on the lounge, which I checked out, and was floored by how much the work really brings the books to life in a meaningful, approachable, and exquisitely elegant way. She is able to make black and white interpretations vibrant and "colorful" through attention to detail and interpretation--no mean feat! Congratulations and thank you, Tom Scribble!

Oh, my. I think I'm in love with her Order of the Phoenix drawing. What great work, and I've only begun to peek at her drawings!

Here is that amazingly detailed look at a meeting of the OotP at Grimmauld Place --

Here in the FA Gallery

Her use of light and shadow are so wonderful here, and the facial characterizations are spot-on! Check out little Kreacher slinking off behind Sirius with his discarded treasures.

This is an amazing piece of art! I keep going back to look at it over and over again. Look how stiff and uncomfortable Snape is. I love it!

isn't it genius! Thanks Hagiographer13 for posting it, I didn't even think to.

I went through all her drawings last night, and they are all just gorgeous, but this is my very favorite. Theres so much to see!

I have always been a fan of Tom Scribble's work, and like the way she uses tone and definition. These three below are my favourites:


Harry touching the Patronus of Prongs really gets me, and shows beautifully the problem Harry faces during the books in relating to his parent's lives.


A spaced out looking Luna Lovegood engrossed in the latest edition of the Quibbler. With what could be a bottle of Gurdyroot juice on the side table.


I think this one called Ink Parchment is a very inventive concept. Using Sectumsepra for something useful instead of maiming someone.

All these and more can be found in the Leaky FanArt Galleries.

Tom Scribble produced a pair of images of the Muggle and non-Muggle version of the War Memorial in Godric's Hallow that are truly stunning!

This was such a wonderfully poignant moment in Deathly Hallows and this detailed vision of that is very powerful!

The non-Muggle version can be found here in the FanArt Gallery.

Count me in as another fan of this piece! I don't know if it was done on purpose, but placing Snape and Sirius on each head of the table is fantastic. The way both of these characters is drawn is fantastic. Snape is all dressed in black, while Sirius is reflecting in the light. The light is another amazing part of this piece. How the artist is able to so accurately portray how light reflects down on those seated amazes me. This is another piece which just amazes me.

Having gone from my least-favourite HP book to one of the top 3, I am always anxious to see new FanArt from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Tom Scribble nicely obliged with a brand new image --

"In essence divided"

As per usual, her wealth of detail is astounding, and the expressions of the characters is spot-on! I love her Dumbledore and it is always a pleasant surprise to see McGonagall, who, sadly, doesn't get much FanArt-love.

You can see the full image here in the TLC FanArt Gallery.

Just popping in to say Thank You for the great comments here - I really appreciate your appreciation!

I also uploaded a new picture a few moments ago (warning: character death)! Hope you likes. It's dark, so here's the link to my silly stuff on deviantArt which I don't think many people here know. <--- *pimps self*

Anyway, I know the month is nearly up but any questions about my artwork...? I can answer them here. Thanks again so much for all your lovely comments, they are all very encouraging, and thanks most of all Jamie and Kimmy for picking me this month!

First off I want to say that your new piece "Look At Me" is just simply amazing



This is one of the first drawings I have seen of this moment, and your version is just wonderful. The looks on both Harry and Snape's faces are just so powerful. You can really see the connection between them Harry has a look of questioning, and you can see the death on Snape's face. I love LOVE this drawing!

As for questions, since you offered, why is it that you choose to work with mostly B&W? Also how much of your work is hand drawn (I'm assuming with pencils) and how much is done in a program like Photoshop? Your style of drawing is so different that I am full of questions (P.S. when you drawing Ginny!!!! Kidding!)

Thanks for asking! Oh Ginny... I haven't got any pictures planned right now, but she may well sneak in somewhere.

Why B/W? Er... no idea really. I think my very first fan arts were in colour and a bit more cartoony, but then I started a 'sketch' for the Mirror of Erised scene in pencils and got stuck there... the Potter drawings were (and still are, I suppose) something I did entirely for my own private amusement, and they started out as 'doodling' - a private alternative to the weird and showy stuff I was doing for art school. So the media I used was just pencil and paper, which is just very direct and basic. And it all sort of evolved from there into actually quite finicky drawings... I think the dark, fine and rather traditional way I draw the HP illustrations reflects the aspects that I value in the books, and is probably also influenced by my own memory of the pictures in the books that captivated me as a child, like Pauline Baynes' Narnia illustrations, and Tenniel's immortal illustrations for 'Alice'.

Media: I didn't start considering using digital media until I decided to scan the things and put them online. I noticed that a plain scan of a pencil drawing doesn't show up at all well on the computer screen, so I always use the 'auto adjustment' on Photoshop. Sometimes the picture doesn't need more, but for really dark and dramatic stuff, like the Order group picture, or the latest one 'Look at me', I really shove the shading adjustment levels around. I also crop the images or clean up the edges nicely, and on one or two occasions I may have taken my tablet into the drawing but the actual lines are all hand-drawn and with the exception of 'In Essence Divided' (where I ran some translucent white over the snakes to make them lighter) I haven't made selective changes to separate areas of a drawing.
But I must admit, now I've got used to the digital manipulation, I've started to get pretty lazy about 'finishing' the pictures, and start them knowing the 'final' image will be a digital file to put online. So for example, the plain photo of 'Look At Me' was like this:



Yep, needs cropping and lots of darkening, woooo!

Thanks again for asking!

I love the Grimmauld Place drawing - Sirius looks so miserably trapped in there, even though he's surrounded by friends (excluding Snape and Kreacher)...
http://fanart.the-leaky-cauldron.org/picture/view/3617

I really appreciate the info, Tom Scribble--I know I was always struck by how vibrant your blacks were and how that is virtually impossible to achieve with pencil.

This is such an amazing vision of this scene, and I have seen a lot of different ones out there. Extremely effective and affecting! I think it is the selective lighting that works so well here.

A composition reminds me da Vinci's "The Last Supper". If in the centre of it was Dumbledor, that would be a direct reference! Well, at least we see Judas

I like the way Crookshanks and Sirius are looking at Snape!

Tom Scribble posted the absolute funniest Art Meme ever, over at deviantART --

Marauder Meme by Tom Scribble

*wipes away tears of laughter*

"Everybody must get tagged!"

That was great, thanks for a good laugh! The Grimmauld Place drawing is still my all time favorite. The expressions and postures are just perfect.

The "Look at Me" picture is beautiful. That's the first picture of that scene that I've come across. Poor Snape...

The Marauder Meme was fantastic! I had a good chuckle over that for quite a long time!

You're very talented, Tom Scribble!

It is lucky I was not drinking anything when I saw that or I would have had to get a new keyboard.
It's FANTASTIC !!! Dumbledore's line was sheer genius !

Tom Scribble has started a series of drawings of the mothers in HP (Mothers' Day in the US being May 11th). This one, posted over at her deviantArt site is just amazing!

Narcissa "checking" Harry in DH--I have been just waiting for somene to do this scene! So glad TS did it as she is definitely one of the best!

Another fantastic new Deathly Hallows image by the inimitable Tom Scribble --

"You've been so brave," here in the FanArt Gallery. I love that chapter in DH, and this is such an emotion-charged image. Just beautiful and so touching . . .

Leave it to the amazing Tom Scribble to be one of the first to post up a piece of FanArt from the Prequel --

This is from her deviantART album.

I love how Sirius looks totally into the speed and danger, and James is looking back to see if the Death Eaters are far behind!

His stuff's amazing. Yeah I am a mate of his on deviantart. He is just so cool. I love his picture he did of the marauders all sitting round the table, he depicted their faces so well, it's so easy to work out which one is which. xxx