I have kind of outgrown LJ. I spend a lot more time on Facebook these days. And being a new mom takes up all my time and energy. But the best thing that ever happened to me on LJ was meeting fellow fan artist Julie Larah Moore.

So the Last Post on this journal (at least for a long long while) will be dedicated to her.

We mail each other letters and parcels in real life now, and this is what she's just drawn for my new baby from halfway across the world:



Thank you for all the LJ memories together in Harry Potter fandom, Darkest Magic, H/D, etc etc! That's all behind us now, but here's to more years of friendship to come and many more new experiences to share together!

Title: "Take...it..." DH illustration
Rating: PG (for violence)
Characters: Snape, Harry
Materials Used: Ink, Tablet, Gimp 2.2
Description: Illustration of Chapter 32



( Full picture under cut )

Title: Eight of Swords
Author: soramame_kun
Type: Art
Length: Tarot-Card Sized ;)
Main character or Pairing: Harry/Draco
Card: Eight of Swords
Card Interpretation: Bad news, violent chagrin, power in trammels, conflict, calumny
Rating: R
Disclaimer: The concept of Harry Potter is the property of Bloomsbury and JK Rowling. But it's my drawing.
Warnings: Violence.
Summary: Ouch.
Author Notes: Whew, I did not miss the deadline for hp_tarot!

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So these were done for me over the last month or so by good friends!

chiakidark
( drew me Draco in a dress ;) )

silverness185
( drew and coloured for me Harry/Draco as Sleeping Beauty and the Prince! )

and last but certainly not least, the ultra-talented hayden_clone
( drew me this naughty doujin... )

Thank you all so much! I have stored these in my memories and will certainly treasure them always. Any art is always quite a bit of effort to create but the ones you did here certainly are way and beyond any effort I'd thought you'd spend on me! *hugs*

Sora

Title: Happy New Year!
Rating:PG
Materials Used: Ink, Tablet, Gimp 2.2
Description: H...D...2...0...0...7...



( Oh my god, it's been so long I nearly forgot to draw Harry's scar! )

You know you've been away from LJ too long when:
1. You forget your password. Seriously.
2. It takes three tries to make a succesful lj-cut
3. You have to scroll past 10+ 'recent entries' of hayden_clone's just to see the art you requested from her two weeks ago.
4. You dare not show your face in fandom again unless you come bearing art/fic/your left kidney...

:) sora

Title: Special Delivery for Mr. H. Potter
Rating:PG
Materials Used: Ink, Tablet, Gimp 2.2
Description: This is my mandatory holiday season picture for 2006! :) Hope you all like.



( What is Harry's favourite present this year?... Or every year?... )

sora

Recently, I've been just so amazed by the awesome people on my flist that I felt compelled to post up a summary here of the amazing things you people have been doing recently that have either a) bowled me over with your artistic talent or b) really touched me or made me smile at your personal posts!

I know that not all of you on my flist are friends of each other, I really can't understand why since you are all such awesome people you're sure to enrich each other's lives in some ways.

These are some of the things from you I really enjoyed:

calanthe_fics had an interesting Bookshelf Meme here. I'm sure a lot of you have enjoyed her erotic fanfiction...go peek at her bookshelf.

in_lieyw_of was very ill with the flu and I was worried! I hope you're better dear! SHe also playing the "3 things true, 1 thing flase" meme I started here so go guess at her journal!

charliemc made gorgeous SNOW GLOBES. Now if only she could make a Harry Potter one!

crystal_cow came out of hibernation and played my "3 things true, 1 thing false" meme with a fascinating amount of info about herself. She drew this H/D pic for the winner (not me sadly).

shin_e has been drawing with a vengeance. She drew sketches from Hikaru no Go for crystal_cow and pics from Death Note and her big obsession Prince of Tennis all in the space of 2 weeks! Go shin!

wannabedesigner's dog has had PUPPIES!!! Ooooh! Unfortunately the entry is f-locked if not you can see a pile of really cute puppies here. I actually hugged the screen!

miyoung_boz has outdone herself with this pro HD doujinshi here. It is very NOT WORKSAFE. She's working on a pro entry for Rising Stars of Manga (RSoM) and I'm sure you'll agree with me she IS an RSoM, no question. But my FAVOURITE piece by miyoung is this cereal porn pic of Snap,Crackle and Pop like you've never seen them before. I'm trying to persuade her to draw me Jolly Green Giant pron next!

vimessy had me in stitches with her crack art. I LOVE this Snape doll and am ordering one today!

silverness185 has improved so much in her drawing it made me grin from ear to ear. See her earlier piece here and compare it her latest piece here. Fantastic progress, and a beautiful sketch!

triedandwired played the "3 things true, 1 thing false" meme twice and I won the second one! Her journal is f-locked but if you're her friend head on over and check it out because her life is SO interesting you'll never be able to guess when she's making it up or not!

hayden_clone popped up from out of exile yesterday to report that she has 2 more exams left... Art and Engineering. She has a choice of drawing..."it's either two divers fighting a giant squid or two aliens in a battle with super cool weapons in a spaceship". I directed her to this to encourage her to make it "2 divers doing it with a giant squid".

silentauror is snowed under by work and fic exchanges and popped up briefly yesterday also to let us know she was alive. dadomz is so busy right now I haven't seen much of her. And a warm welcome to two new friends who've appeared and commented amanuensis1 and sirjimmy (who I was convinced was the first slash-lovin boy on my f-list till she told me she was a girl!).

And to the rest of you not mentioned here, I love reading your blogs even though I don't always comment. You've all made me laugh or smile in some way with your incredible personalities and talents. I know I was busy and out of touch recently but things are winding down here for the holidays and I'll be seeing more of you. I leave for a holiday in Kyoto in two weeks but I'll be around till then!

Much love, sora.

Title: "Scared, Potter?"
Rating:PG
Materials Used: Pencil, Tablet, Gimp 2.2
Artists: Lineart by shin_e / Colouring by soramame_kun
Description: This was a PRIZE SKECTH I won from from shin_e after being the first correct guesser in her "Three Things True, One Thing False" meme. YEAH! Moi! I guessed correctly that shin_e does NOT have a hat collection! Her H/D sketch was so beautiful (as usual) I couldn't help but pick up my tablet and colour it in. I changed a few things like made them look happier and their eyes are now open :) This was fun to do!



( Malfoy, will you stop with that stupid line already? It isn't even canon. )

I LOVE YOU SHIN!!!

sora