Hogwarts in my Home - Gryffindor Common Room in progress
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grimstitch
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lol! Will do - I won't let you down! 
seriously am challenged by this though, I mean, I have skills, but I've been painting digitally so long now that real paint feels so strange and unforgiving. I'm like a kid with crayolas!
seriously am challenged by this though, I mean, I have skills, but I've been painting digitally so long now that real paint feels so strange and unforgiving. I'm like a kid with crayolas!
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grimstitch....long time no hear...i take it the holidays brought a halt to your projects?!?!
i was wondering how your painting was coming along?
i recently started my own young mcgonagall just after christmas.
first i found this cheapy frame with a picture of a mountain scene for a couple bucks:
then i grid on the mcgonagall and tossed on my rough sketch:
then just today i started color blocking:
tomorrow i hope to start the shading and layering more color.:cool
i was wondering how your painting was coming along?
i recently started my own young mcgonagall just after christmas.
first i found this cheapy frame with a picture of a mountain scene for a couple bucks:
then i grid on the mcgonagall and tossed on my rough sketch:
then just today i started color blocking:
tomorrow i hope to start the shading and layering more color.:cool
woozelmom
Sr Member
Grimstitch,
Wonderful work on your basement. I am amazed at the progress pictures and can't wait to see everything all done. The detail that you are putting into each item is amazing!!!
Ultraman,
Love your apartment!!! I hope you don't move too often. It looks like you have it down to a science though because your room looks awesome!! I almost expect to see Sirius' face in the fire and Dobby popping in with a stack of hats on his head
Wonderful work on your basement. I am amazed at the progress pictures and can't wait to see everything all done. The detail that you are putting into each item is amazing!!!
Ultraman,
Love your apartment!!! I hope you don't move too often. It looks like you have it down to a science though because your room looks awesome!! I almost expect to see Sirius' face in the fire and Dobby popping in with a stack of hats on his head
Mandragora
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I have to say, all this is making my fingers itch. It's making me want to make something similar, sadly I have no space/room to make a gryffindor common room 8< What you have so far looks fab, totally fab. And I love everything! I can't wait to see it finished, I have a feeling it's going to be wicked! Well done!
AJLoCascio
Sr Member
Just posted some HD scans from the "Paintings of Hogwarts" book.
http://www.therpf.com/f64/free-hd-hogwarts-paintings-scans-finally-231197/
http://www.therpf.com/f64/free-hd-hogwarts-paintings-scans-finally-231197/
grimstitch
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lol! A race, I love it!! But yeah, holidays have me on pause!! I'll be back at it in about a week.
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well i'm getting a little closer each day...today is day 4.
i'm starting the clean up and nit picking stage. today i added a little to the cat, cleaned up some details in the door, added an orange and yellow wash to the ground, muddied up the mortar between the bricks to take down some of that contrast in the background (which still needs some more love) and started nit picking washes on the dress colors and added high lights in the hat.
the painting is actually lighter in the picture then real life cuz the lighting sucks. but one day when its nice out i'll take it outside to take a pic....today is -8 degrees outside!
well i'm getting a little closer each day...today is day 4.
i'm starting the clean up and nit picking stage. today i added a little to the cat, cleaned up some details in the door, added an orange and yellow wash to the ground, muddied up the mortar between the bricks to take down some of that contrast in the background (which still needs some more love) and started nit picking washes on the dress colors and added high lights in the hat.
the painting is actually lighter in the picture then real life cuz the lighting sucks. but one day when its nice out i'll take it outside to take a pic....today is -8 degrees outside!
woozelmom
Sr Member
Ultraman,
Great going on the painting!!! I know you say you are at the nit picking stage but I think it's pretty perfect now
Grimstitch,
I understand about the holidays derailing the creative stuff. I'm on a bit of a hiatus myself. The project will seem all the more exciting after a bit of a break. I have a few projects calling to me as well. Hoping to start in the new year.
Mooniteman,
Thanks for the portrait references. They will definitely come in handy
Great going on the painting!!! I know you say you are at the nit picking stage but I think it's pretty perfect now
Grimstitch,
I understand about the holidays derailing the creative stuff. I'm on a bit of a hiatus myself. The project will seem all the more exciting after a bit of a break. I have a few projects calling to me as well. Hoping to start in the new year.
Mooniteman,
Thanks for the portrait references. They will definitely come in handy
Ultraman,
Great going on the painting!!! I know you say you are at the nit picking stage but I think it's pretty perfect now
lol thanks, but i think i still have a few more days to go on it! i hope to do some runs on hand painted hogwarts portraits soon....so i need to warm up a little. i use to do 10 or 20 paintings at the same time when i was doing commercial art for a restaurant chain 2 years ago but over the last year i been relaxing while i painting pin up girls on air planes so i get to take my time more.
this one should be pretty sweet when it's done....i hope to gold up the frame more and age it...then do a couple other secret cool ideas....watch for it!!!
-ultra
AJLoCascio
Sr Member
Any of you cats have an idea on how to get a large print of one of these tapestries?
There are HUGE scans and photos of the Common room tapestries online, and I got one on Amazon that covers my wall well enough, but I want to get a large print of the Unicorn in Captivity tapestry that hangs over the entrance to the common room. Any ideas?
Here is the image:
There are HUGE scans and photos of the Common room tapestries online, and I got one on Amazon that covers my wall well enough, but I want to get a large print of the Unicorn in Captivity tapestry that hangs over the entrance to the common room. Any ideas?
Here is the image:
grimstitch
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Woozlemom, oh yes! We had guests and I had to put everything I was working on into the storage space, it's killing me not to be able to tinker with it!
Ultraman, your version of the painting looks great! Tough act to follow now, lol, but I'll see what I can do. As expected, when I put it away, I was really struggling with painting her head. I think my proportions are a little off, despite the grid sketch. It's such an odd pose, easy for things to look "wrong".
Mooniteman, I think the suggestion earlier in this thread about printing the tapestries via a sign/banner company is probably a good one. The only reason I'm not taking that route is my budget vs the quantity and odd sizes of covering that I will need here.
Ultraman, your version of the painting looks great! Tough act to follow now, lol, but I'll see what I can do. As expected, when I put it away, I was really struggling with painting her head. I think my proportions are a little off, despite the grid sketch. It's such an odd pose, easy for things to look "wrong".
Mooniteman, I think the suggestion earlier in this thread about printing the tapestries via a sign/banner company is probably a good one. The only reason I'm not taking that route is my budget vs the quantity and odd sizes of covering that I will need here.
hay mooniteman there are a few places i can think of.....you'd have to find a vinyl sign maker shop, an architect business, or a land survey office. all three work with huge printers and are the only people i know that can print that big!
good luck!
Woozlemom, oh yes! We had guests and I had to put everything I was working on into the storage space, it's killing me not to be able to tinker with it!
Ultraman, your version of the painting looks great! Tough act to follow now, lol, but I'll see what I can do. As expected, when I put it away, I was really struggling with painting her head. I think my proportions are a little off, despite the grid sketch. It's such an odd pose, easy for things to look "wrong".
Mooniteman, I think the suggestion earlier in this thread about printing the tapestries via a sign/banner company is probably a good one. The only reason I'm not taking that route is my budget vs the quantity and odd sizes of covering that I will need here.
grimstitch....i think you'll do fine!...you just gotta keep adding colors and fixing things that look wrong to you each day...then it turns out in the end! i still have things to work on with mine!
but i'm a bit of a perfectionist some times and want mine to come off as almost art forgery quality lol
i do agree with you on the wonky pose! i think this was student work...the composition is flat...the pose is super weak (notice no hands or feet to paint) and the face is at a profile not even 3 quarter turn, the door is out of perspective and the cat pose is almost clip art!
that being said it is hard to imitate this style for me because i have to "sloop it up" it a little to try and keep in this guys style.....and i'm using acrylic paint to imitate an oil painting.
that's why i'm using a lot of washes to get that "under paint" look.
don't give up i believe in you!!! and if it still turns out bad i could always sell you mine when i'm done lol:cool
AJLoCascio
Sr Member
I actually just tried one over at Spoonflower. Biggest they will do is 58 x 36. I'm having them print the Unicorn in Captivity (modified slightly to fit the dimensions) Not Huge, but I'm hoping it will come out decent. 30ish dollars for a fabric print that size aint bad. We'll see what the actual outcome is though.
thats cool i hope it works out!
i was thinking of trying to stretch huge silk screens andy warhol style and maybe try and print huge ones this summer....cross your fingers!
woozelmom
Sr Member
Mooniteman,
I am a quilter and I have had friends use Spoonflower to print fabrics before and they have done a very nice job. I am very interested to see how they do on your order. Please post a picture if you could of your fabric when you get it I would love to see how it truned out and your take on it
I am a quilter and I have had friends use Spoonflower to print fabrics before and they have done a very nice job. I am very interested to see how they do on your order. Please post a picture if you could of your fabric when you get it
I would love to see how it truned out and your take on it 
