#thecolourfulwitchillustration

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Hopping on the bandwagon with the @toorumlk DTIYS challenge 🥹✨

I had a lot of fun with this one. Something to go back to my love of collage✨ Congrats @toorumlk on reaching 55K🤩 You deserve it!

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🌘Professor Lupin🌒

I recently reread Prisoner of Azkaban and I can not appreciate this man enough. The tragedies of the Marauders will forever haunt me, but I will also continue to find great joy in their existence 🥹✨

I have this image in my head of Remus walking around Hogwarts as a teacher, mourning the loss of his friends but celebrating their memories as well. He continues to tease Snape, he taunts Peeves, he jokes around with his students and he helps them cope with the world they’re discovering. Copious amounts of chocolate and tea are consumed when hanging out with your favourite teacher; professor Lupin :) 💫

Having him teach only the one year is outrageous, but it was a year to remember :)

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‘They say the job is cursed…’

👹🪄Defence Against the Dark Arts Teachers🪄👹

This piece started out as more of a concept piece. I want to do individual lineups for the teachers, but needed to draw this first. I sometimes get overwhelmed by the amount of characters that I want to draw🥲 And they all deserve time and attention and thought. Mostly, I need to put in the right feeling when drawing a character. So, this illustration is a concept for the D.A.D.A teachers :)

It did turn out to be a fun one to draw! I was pleasantly surprised by Quirrell, I never had a clue how I wanted to draw him, but then it just… happened. Funny how that works sometimes😁☀️

Happy Halloween for those who celebrate! 🎃 I can’t believe October is already over… I have enjoyed the warm autumn weather immensely, but I do also look forward to the colder months. Time to get cosy🤗

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Tea at Hagrid's ☕️ 🌨️

It is a new year and month, so it's time for the new Owl Post Club postcard design. For January, I decided to draw a cosy scene in Hagrid’s hut🌨️⛄️🧡 The weather is dismal, I haven't seen the sun in ages, yet I enjoyed drawing this winter scene. The goal was to spread warmth in this depressing weather. I truly think Hagrid is too much overlooked as a character. He was Harry's first friend. He saved him from the Dursleys. And when Harry met Ron, one of the first things he wanted to do was introduce them to Hagrid and have tea at his cabin. Hagrid was so kind to little Harry. When he realised Harry never got mail, like the rest of his classmates, he sent Hedwig over to invite Harry over for tea during the breakfast mail rush. That is so thoughtful and sweet. I am a big Hagrid stan! Let's share some Hagrid love this month <3 💞 Also, how fun are those huge teacups?

The back of the card :) Sign up for the Owl Post Club and receive a new unique postcard every month!

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Professor Quirrell After the initial D.A.D.A teachers illustration, drawing Quirrell was suddenly very easy :) He's a fun character to draw, with his stumbling, nervous characteristics. And of course, the turban is an amazing recognisable feature in his outfits. I played around a bit with the types of cloaks he wears. I wanted them to be big enough that he could hide away in them if he wanted to. I imagined him walking around, hiding his fidgeting fingers in the big sleeves of his robes. And then to realise that in the end, he wasn't nervous or bumbling at all, but a disturbed and dangerous wizard :) Still an iconic plot twist! PS: A shoutout to this wonderful moment in Starkid's A Very Potter Musical:

I watched that musical religiously when I was in high school. And it's still ICONIC!

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📌Barty Crouch Jr📌

My interpretation of Barty… an intelligent kid who is willing to do anything to escape the future his father has planned out for him, including listening to Elton John. Ironically of course… 😌

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Paddy O'Brien

Since reopening my commissions, I've already gotten some great requests. Man, I love my job and I love you all. This cool guy here was commissioned by @ raptor.goat on Instagram. They asked me to create an OC; the only requirements being that he is a Ravenclaw and a werewolf. And out came Paddy O'Brien! A little introvert, very smart and prefers doing his own projects over his homework. A true Ravenclaw. I hope you guys will enjoy Paddy as much as I do!

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New Profile Picture ALERT :) I wanted to create a new profile picture for my social platforms. This one feels very much like me (ignoring the fact that I drew myself). I love these colours, they appear a lot in my work, so it felt very natural to use them for my LOGO. Because, yes, this is also a logo. I love it <3

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SHOP UPDATE :) Right now, these prints are available in my online shop :) From now on, there will be more frequent shop updates with prints and more fun stuff. And we're starting off strong with these beauties! Visit the website to take a good look and if you'd like to join the giveaway on Instagram/TikTok for the Marauders band poster, you can! Go over there and join in!

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🎃OCTOBER OWL POST🎃

The October Owl Post Postcard has arrived! I am very pleased with how this one turned out! Do you want to receive this spooky postcard this month? You can sign up to become a member on my Patreon! 🦉💌

Shipping is international and included 🌎✉️

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The Owl Post is here!

I received the printed postcards for November's Owl Post Club and I am very excited. It's time to post them :) If you're considering joining the Owl Post Club, I couldn't recommend it more! It's so much fun :) We're having a grand ol' time over there <3 And everyone is welcome to join in on the fun of collecting postcards of our favourite little magical community. I'm so happy to be a part of this and to get to share my work with you! Thank you, from the bottom of my heart! Magical Wishes, Fleur

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Hi everyone!

You may be thinking… so much new art in two days. Yes, yes indeed. I am on holiday and I now spend a lot of time watching Christmas films and drawing on the couch. I am enjoying myself very much :) 🤩

Now, I have reached 5K on Instagram, which is so so cool! I can’t believe it! I promised my friend Anna @paper-hug to host a DTIYS in honour of this achievement, so here we are!

If you are feeling inspired, join this fun challenge with me! Draw this in YOUR STYLE and don’t forget to use the hashtag #thecolourfulwitchdtiys and tag me in your post, so I can share your work. I look forward to seeing your creative takes on our beloved Golden Trio✨⭐️🧡

For this illustration, I wanted to create a Deathly Hallows vibe: rebel teens destroying the Dark Arts with snark and fierce determination⭐️ Also, it is canon that Harry grew his hair when they were on the run and man, did I want a chance to draw that!👀😄 Very cool!

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👑Ron Weasley👑

Just like my illustration of Harry, Ron was one of the first I drew in this series.. as I am improving I wanted to redo his design, because I knew I could do him better justice😌✨

I love Ron. He’s such a good friend and even though he has flaws (one of them being not quite in toch with his own or other’s emotions…) he knows what’s right and wrong, and he takes care of his friends. He deserves a little more recognition!⭐️

What is your favourite Ron moment? Mine is when he and Harry save Draco’s life in DH and then punches him in the face because they had to do it twice😂

And the old version:

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📓♥️Hermione Granger♥️📔

Another redraw! I promise I’ll do new characters as well, I really really felt like doing these🤗

And I’m not getting paid to do this, so I can do whatever the bloody hell I want 😌

Right! Hermione! This girl is such a MOOD! I love her in all the books, she’s bossy, she’s clever, she’s kind and she is an ACTIVIST! She’s unapologetically herself, even if it means letting herself be vulnerable🧡

And let’s be honest: why the hell would no one help her with her House Elves crusade?? I never understood that.

For her design, I went with BIG hair! I love that feature, it gives her such an interesting look, and it suits her. She’s like a mad scientist, always two steps ahead. I don’t think she is a neat person. I know in the films she looked like a typical neat and straight-laced person. But I’ve always viewed her as this chaotic whirlwind of a girl, running off to follow her brain to the library or else on a quest to help Harry discover something new about the Dark Arts.

That doesn’t mean she isn’t still a girl. She likes jewellery and makes her uniform her own, she does own more than three pairs of shoes and when the time came to dress up for the Yule Ball, she SERVED🦋😌

What is your favourite Hermione moment? Mine is when she trapped Rita Skeeter in a jam jar. That’s our girl!♥️

And here is the old version!

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🎃Little Silver Trio Trick or Treating 🎃

I have been a tiny bit art blocked (aka: tired) but then the idea for another Halloween doodle came and I had to draw it :)🥹

It’s Neville, Ginny and Luna :)

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House Elves I realllllly loved doing this illustration. And I cannot get over Dobby's anxious ear tucking. I can imagine him doing that whenever he gets nervous. He's an anxious boy.