ART: "Lily & the Lion", Lily, G (for hp_tarot)

[gentlehag]

Title: Lily & the Lion
Artist: faire_weather
Type: Art
Card: Strength
Card Interpretation: "It has walked upon the asp and the basilisk and has trodden down the lion and the dragon." & "Spiritual strength overcomes physical strength." Additionally, from tonyallen.co.uk: The Lion is an enigmatic symbol representing passion and strength, both physical and emotional, making the Strength card one of the few major cards which can have both positive and negative connotations either way up [...] The Strength referred to is not a brutal strength but a gentle quiet sort of strength, the type which is recognized in many famous men and women of courage. It is the courage to hold one’s tongue when one would much rather shout, the courage to walk away from a fight and the courage to give up something desired for the good of others.
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Lily Evans belongs to JK Rowling. Lions are belong to me. Rawr.
Warnings: None
Artist Notes: Much thanks to ravenna_c_tan for telling me about this awesome fest. XD ♥♥♥ Medium: Photoshop/Wacom tablet. I almost called this 'Infinite, in Red & Gold', but decided it sounded too pretentious. Which do you think is better? This picture, which I had been wanting to use as a reference for something for -like- forever, used as a reference.
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Comments

[jeppa.livejournal.com]

OH MAN!

Best lion ever!

Other parts I love: her flushed cheeks, the ruffle on the hem of her dress, the lion's awesome mane...

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Aww. Lion love!

[softlyforgotten.livejournal.com]

Mannn. Gorgeous. ♥ There's a fic hiding somewhere in there. *adds to mems*

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

XD Thank you!

[clauclauclaudia]

Are the images f-locked or something? *confused* I don't see anything.

(Apologies if the problem is on my end and I'm missing something.)

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

All pictures are locked to registered users, so you should have no trouble seeing them if you are logged in. Have you tried refreshing the page?

[manaie.livejournal.com]

The dress is bloody gorgeous, but her right cheekbone is missing, I'm pretty sure you should be able to see it!

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Looks that way, doesn't it? *scowls* It's supposed to be covered by her hair. Maybe I'll edit it.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Glad you like!

[summerborn.livejournal.com]

Ooh, it's so very pretty! I love lions so much ^__^ and Lily's dress and hair are fabulous too!

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

ME TOO. Lions are so very awesome. Thanks!

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Perhaps she is. XD THank you lots!

[lotrwariorgodss.livejournal.com]

What a perfect interpretation, and what a gorgeous picture! I absolutely love her dress, and the expression on her face, and I definitely don't think it's plagiarism.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

I'm so relieved. The more I looked at it, the more I didn't even want to post it because I was afraid it was too similar. This is the first time I've ever relied so heavily on an art reference before. Glad you liked it!

[timetraveled.livejournal.com]

Woooooow, this is amazing! ♥

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

XDDDDDDD Thanks! ♥

[owens-mom.livejournal.com]

That is gorgeous! It looks like its from the 30's. I think you used the reference just fine. :D Beautiful!

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

I was going for kind of an art nouveau look. XD THANKS!

[elspethelf.livejournal.com]

Oh man, that's beautiful!

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[annabtg.livejournal.com]

Here via hp_art_daily...

Beautiful piece! :)

See ya,
Anna.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Thanks for dropping by! Glad you liked it!

[shield-wolf.livejournal.com]

Just stunning, and I suspect more symbolically astute than most....

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[bitemefenrir.livejournal.com]

That lion is beautiful.
An "Aslan"!

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Aw! I loved the book, never saw the movie. I really do like lions a lot. Thanks for that! It made my day!

[snottygrrl.livejournal.com]

really nice (and what a fabulous pic to draw from, and no, not plagurise).

i like the alternate title as well, but perhaps i'm a bit pretentious [*smirks*]

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

XD Thanks! Pretentiousness isn't so bad!

[randomneses.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. Guh.

Lily looks AMAZING. I love the dress and the angle of her face. The lion is also very very impressive :D The colors are amazing. Good job!

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Thanks :D

[luredbyvenus.livejournal.com]

I love Lily's hair, and the lion is awesome. It kind of reminds me of an old carnival poster.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Ah! Like art nouveau! That's what I was going for! THANKS!

[ravenna-c-tan.livejournal.com]

OK, I finally got it to show it to me! (I use the LJLogin frob from Greasemonkey, which allows me to swap from one journal account to the other quickly, and I suspect the login cookie is somehow different which is why it wouldn't work before in Firefox).

I love the infinity symbol in her hair. And everything else, too. Just gorgeous.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I had a lot of fun doing it. Strange about the firefox thing. I use Firefox, but I suppose it was the greasemonkey thing. XD

[kileaiya.livejournal.com]

Hehe. The lion looks like he's thinking, "What the heck is your hair doing?"

Um, me thinks I have had too much sugar. Anyhow, this is gorgeous! I really, really love her hands.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Her hair has the infinity symbol, which is above the head of most (if not all) characters on Strength cards. Glad you liked. XD

[rubymiene.livejournal.com]

I love that crazy loop of her hair. And the coloring is beautiful.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Thank you muchly XD

[bruises-heal.livejournal.com]

wow! thats brilliant, i love the dress - and the lion is brilliant... made me think of aslan lol - you are very tallented lady! xxx

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[snitchcatcher.livejournal.com]

This art has been rec'ed at

(http://community.livejournal.com/thegoldenseeker/)

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you very much! I've added the banner to the top of the post.

[spikesminx.livejournal.com]

WOW. It's too awesome for words. Lily looks amazing, I love her hair. And the lion is very, very impressive.

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you very much! That lion gave me hours of heartache, so I'm glad you like him! (His name is Tobias, btw)

[capitu]

I love this, the colours are so vivid, but sort of muted at the same time. Like something came out of a dream or something.

Oh, and the lion is gorgeous! :D

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! This was when I started drawing without lineart. Fun times! And when I started getting into drawing Lily haha. Did you see the Snape/Lily ones?