#srsly tho i think snapetober in no small part is responsible for rekindling my love of drawing

[superfallingstars]

I love your Snape art! The way you draw him is *perfect*! I like how you can pull both a cozy soft vibe in a drawing and a creepy one in another and your Snapetober entries are very interesting (I'm thinking about the masks one and the one where Severus is surrounded by eyes)

first of all sorry it took me one million years to answer this. second of all THANK YOU!!! this is SO nice and makes me SO happy you have no idea <3

i meant to actually post a reflection about snapetober because it was such an interesting experience. it's been a long time since i've drawn so consistently (i used to draw every day as a kid but some time in high school i just sort of stopped and have been drawing weekly-to-monthly ever since) and i didn't realize how much i missed it! it was definitely hard to keep up with, but i'm really proud of what i was able to accomplish.

it was also a huge challenge for me to do more conceptual pieces (like the eyes and masks ones) and push through to finish them. i tend to get bogged down in character design and capturing someone's exact likeness (something i did with snape for a few months before even starting to post on here lol – it took a long time to get him to look the way i wanted!), and although i really enjoy doing that, i had been left feeling kind of disappointed with my art. most of my creations were just sketches and references, with no thought to composition or concept, to the point that i hadn't really "finished" a piece of art in probably years. so the pressure of the prompts and also having to post the results was actually really good for me.

i also really appreciate you saying that i can do both cozy and creepy types of drawings. i've always felt that my art style is kind of inconsistent, and especially when i first starting posting online (on deviantArt, eight years ago.... EIGHT YEARS AGO?!!!!), i thought that was a bad thing and that i should really just pick one style and stick with it. however i think i've finally accepted that i simply like a lot of different styles, and so i will incorporate them into my art as needed to achieve different effects. (hello that sketchbook page where i drew a hand squishing snape's cheeks with the caption "squish the snep" and then an inch away i drew him bleeding out.) and that's just kind of my thing, lol.

sorry i wrote a whole essay omg. but snapetober was so challenging and fun, and the people i've connected with and the interactions i've had on here because of it are something i'm really grateful for.

thank you again for your kind words :-)