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I feel like I need to share the WIP of this because it was hours of hard work and I'm scared the hyperfixation will fade (this is also a completely different style for me, a watercolour bitch, and let me tell you it is not coming naturally)

but I need you to know that I am absolutely trying on this one lads

plenty so far that I am not thrilled about but also some things I think I like (?!)

anyway let's hope I finish 🤞🤞🤞 I have to step away from it for a few days to focus on my paid work (yawn) but will be back, not going to be defeated by a mustelid

not again anyway

needed some lower-stakes cuteness so am reading the lovely Waifs and Strays by Kyonomiko

thought "I’d love to do a little sketch of Draco as a pine marten"

it ended up as a parody of da vinci’s lady with ermine, how tf am I meant to colour this thing

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needed some lower-stakes cuteness so am reading the lovely Waifs and Strays by Kyonomiko

thought "I’d love to do a little sketch of Draco as a pine marten"

it ended up as a parody of da vinci’s lady with ermine, how tf am I meant to colour this thing

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recoloured these horny freaks (inspired by ch 5 of BSP)

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March 2024 v January 2025

the colour side-by-side demonstrates that a lot better actually

(to be fair to myself, I did not like the piece on the left at the time when I finished it, so feel like it’s poor representation - but then, I’m also unhappy with the colouring on the right! anyway, please enjoy this comparison of pieces I’m annoyed about, 10 months ago v now!)

Your first art vs now ?

March 2024 v January 2025

I’m going with my first Dramione art, because I don’t post my personal art here - so a 10 month gap it is lol (I do think my work has evolved quite a bit in that time though!)

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Your first art vs now ?

March 2024 v January 2025

I’m going with my first Dramione art, because I don’t post my personal art here - so a 10 month gap it is lol (I do think my work has evolved quite a bit in that time though!)

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“Tell me what to do and I’ll do it, Mrs. Malfoy.”

Scene from ch5 of BLOODY, SLUTTY, AND PATHETIC by WhatMurdah

colour version below 👇

(I decided in the middle of last year that I wanted to change my digital colouring process, and I’m not yet happy with the results, so there’s likely a V3 on the way as well in the near future!

if any of my fellow self-taught artists have any resources to recommend - tutorials, books, artists to follows - that really helped you, feel free to reach out!)

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shout out to the literal dozens of WIPs I did not finish this year! I’m sure at least a couple of these will emerge, radiant and whole, in 2025–who knows, literally anything could happen. I’m hoping that I personally achieve a similar transformation but let’s not hold our breath on that front

also I’m currently rereading BSP as a festive treat to myself and it’s making me just as feral as the last time…so most definitely some more BSP-specific art to come and that guarantee is my festive treat to you

ANYWHO happy sun rotation to my favourite fandom ✌️ thanks for making my 2024 so creatively satisfying and helping me discover I am not, in fact, disinterested in tentacle porn

side note: I really do be drawing Dramione differently based on fic and vibe, I cannot and will not imagine or draw them with any consistency, you simply cannot make me

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Extremely scruffy silly sunday night sketch inspired by ready or not

(…is this a thing? Has somebody done this already? Wouldn’t this be kind of a banger of a fic?)

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annagaw’s Artwork Policies/FAQs

Updated December 2024

If you’re unsure about anything written below or have queries, the easiest thing to do is just send me a DM. I’ll try to get back to you in as timely a fashion as my brain worms will allow!

Full policies after the jump…

Sharing/Reposting

DO NOT share/repost my work in other online spaces without permission.

DO NOT edit/alter my work in any way without permission when sharing it. This includes, but is not limited to: removing/obscuring my tag or signature; cropping; changing colours; adding or removing backgrounds; drawing over; etc.

DO NOT post my work separately on tumblr, or other forms of social media, instead of reblogging, etc.

Printing/Book Binding

I DO give permission for my art to be used for one-off bindings, intended for personal use or as gifts.

I DO NOT give permission for my art to be reproduced on a larger scale OR for any form of profit, including but not limited to: fan bindings made for sale or other forms of distribution (even if the sale price only covers the binder’s material costs); fan zines or other publications; stickers; posters; etc.

If you publicly share images of a personal bind that features my work, please DO tag and credit me/my work.

For Fanfiction Authors

If I’ve created art directly inspired by your work, you’re more than welcome, should you wish, to link to the work in question, or embed it in your fic. (If I share it to my own AO3, I'll gift it to you if possible/story permissions allow.)

NB: this applies to my fic-inspired works ONLY, which are clearly tagged. Please kindly DO NOT use my work to illustrate unrelated fics without permission.

Commissions 

I have decided against offering commissions. I’m deeply flattered that people have requested this, but I don’t have the capacity nor do I want to capitalise on something that I do purely for my own enjoyment.

I would, however, strongly encourage you to make requests for any drawings you’d like to see, via this very tumblr! If I can, I might. Who knows!

Additionally…

Collaborations

I am still very much interested in collaborating with other creatives for future Dramione-related fan works! Mutuals, hmu!

Where Else to Find Me

This tumblr is the best location for all of my Dramione work, as it contains sketches and WIPs as well as finished pieces (as well as tedious shit like this post), however infrequently they may be posted.

I am also intermittently active on r/Dramione, though I post less of my work there. My profile can be found here.

In response to Reddit requests asking me to share my work somewhere other than here, I’ve started posting a selection to AO3. You can find and follow me here - an account is required to view my work.

I have no plans to join Instagram or any other social media platforms, so if you’re seeing my work there it is either with my express permission (which I have given literally once at time of writing) or they are filthy thieves and if you are reading this then you are now contractually obligated to fight them for me, sorry I do not make the rules (okay I did make these specific rules but I know nothing’s going to happen it’s fine, I’ve been on Pinterest searching for fic covers, I’ve seen all my work there, I’m tired and I’m not going to do anything about it, but if you’re publicly sharing an artist’s work without credit then just know you’re kind of a low-level arsehole - sure, you might have other redeeming qualities but that’s not my business, please stop contacting me to tell me about your redeeming qualities)

I hope this was all clear - I’ll update it if/when other common queries present themselves! Let’s all applaud how I resisted the urge to derail things nonsensically until the very last section. I am an inspiration to many.

Finally thank you, sincerely, to you fine folks of Dramione tumblr, for your consistently kind feedback and engagement! I like this community an awful lot, thanks for having me. ✨

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anyone remember when I had that weird dramione x scooby doo fever dream and hinted that I wasn’t quite done with the concept?

no?

this wip won’t make any sense then x

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WIP of a cute lil wedding pic - it started with a different idea and just sort of…evolved, idk

extremely on-brand of me to not create or post a single thing for months and then churn out an increasingly saccharine stream of fluff non-stop for a week lol

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"come here, granger, I’ve mastered that muggle warming charm you showed me"

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I can't tell one from another Did I find you, or you find me? There was a time before we were born If someone asks, this where I'll be, where I'll be

it’s never not time to revisit one of the most perfect love songs of all time and/or draw some butts

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DOWN BAD CRYING AT THE GYM

Oh hey, didn’t see you there! Nbd, just reeling from the intense chemical changes that reading @molivierposts’ masterpiece has wrought upon my feeble flesh-prison.

I made a little sketch to cope - just something sloppy, real casual-like. Then I coloured it (to be polite, you understand). And then I thought I’d just take a minute to slap together a couple of kindle covers for myself. Which, uhhh… yeah, I’m gonna go ahead and say you’re welcome to download for personal use. Go for it, champ.

I may do a re-colour of this at some point, actually refine it. But I’m happy for now with the rough and ready version you see before you. Also, saying I’ll recolour something is just actually like a cute little inside joke I have with myself. The joke is: no I fucking won’t.

Anyway, you should read this. I did a link for you, just here. You think you don’t need Alien!Draco in your life? I was like you once. A fool.

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I’m back! Oops! Sorry! (A brief life update - with a handful of recs at the end)

AUTUMNAL GREETINGS TO THE DRAM FAM!

Apologies for the extended radio silence. Life just got a little bit too fucking hectic for a moment back there: exciting (slightly scary) new work opportunities and creative projects, a spot of wonderful but intense international travel, a brief sojourn into exposing a serial harasser (relaxing!), and then enjoying the inevitable chronic illness flare up and devastating burnout that these things naturally precede. Just your standard hot girl summer, really!

I blinked and suddenly it’s been over two months since I even worked on any personal (read "fan”) art, and I have a stack of ao3 emails gathering dust in my inbox, telling me all my favourite WIPs are updating while I do… what? Touch grass?! No thank you, sir, not any longer. The year is drawing in, we’re on the home stretch, and I am OVER being an outdoor kid.

Anyway, I’ve missed this gorgeous fandom, and am desperately trying to claw back some personal time over the next few months. Let’s see how I do! I have a disgruntled file of WIPs of my own that are longing to see the light of screen, and god damn it I shall give them what they deserve.

I did manage, while I was away, to finally read a few sensational fics that had been on my radar for a while (did I buy a secondhand kindle just for fanfiction, just so I could read my little fics while travelling? It is entirely possible) and would like to shout out in particular: Bad Omens by onebedtorulethemall, Time and Place by GingerBaggins, Mutual, I’m Sure by LadyUrsa (ao3 needed), and Beam Me Up, Swotty! by Molivier. Thanks for the immeasurable joy and devastation you caused me.

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If you’ve ever wondered why I don’t often draw backgrounds into my work, this is the reason: I am simply too obsessive and swiftly become bogged down in such a level of detail that I lose focus entirely on the original subject. Case in point: 16 hours later (thank you procreate for that statistic), I have yet to draw Narcissa Malfoy in her own bloody greenhouse

I have not even started COLOURING this mess yet, what am I doing?

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i recoloured my last piece twice before I found a version I was happy with - here are the two previous drafts, both of them neater and more time-consuming than the final version

still really enjoying using limited palettes, which is why there’s so much variation on hair and skin tone in my pieces atm