Inktober 2017: Drawings From Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (part 2)

These are the rest of the drawings from book 5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:


I had waaay too much fun with this drawing of Hagrid and Madam Maxime trying to blend in while in France. haha It's almost certainly not "canonical", but I couldn't resist. :D

Day 17: "Secret Giant-Hunting Expedition"
 "We was pretendin' we was goin' on holiday together... 'cause Olympe and me, we stick out a bit... so we had ter be careful."

Ahh... poor Harry and Cho Chang. It certainly didn't last long once they actually went on a date. While it may have started on a good note, that Madam Puddifoot Valentine's Day excursion was a total disaster.

Day 18: "The Beginning of the End With Cho"

This drawing of Hagrid with Harry and Hermione was done pretty quickly because I had family in town-- so the proportions and scale are not as accurate as I would like them to be. And that singular, unshaded tree is supposed to indicate that they are in the Forbidden Forest. haha Oh well! This is a lesson to never blindly agree to do something for someone-- you may end up babysitting a half-giant named Grawp.

Day 19: "Of course we'll help you! What do you want us to do? (aka: Meeting Grawp)"

This drawing was so sad to do. I tried to convey both numb shock and grief in Harry's expression after the death of Sirius Black.  I think all the oblivious headmaster portraits in Dumbledore's office staring at him helps make Harry look/feel even more alone.

Day 20: "There was a terrible hollow inside him... a dark hole where Sirius had been."

Inktober 2017: Drawings From Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (part 2)

...And here are the last two drawings from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire!

Both of these drawings were of tasks from the Triwizard Tournament-- so that was fun!  I think I really hit a breakthrough of sorts with this drawing of a Great Lake merman from the second task. Part of the reason that I think it turned out so well is that (for the first time) it's more than half a page in size! A lot of my early drawings for Inktober were suuuper tiny, and it made it impossible to put this much detail in it.  Because it was so big, I was able to add the "captive" Ron, Hermione, Gabrielle Delacour, and Cho Chang in the background.  Also, mermaids in Harry Potter are pretty cool-looking.  This guy in particular was really fun to draw!

Day 12: "We Do Not Help"

I'm not super happy with this drawing of the Triwizard Cup, but they can't all be my favorite I guess! I've never drawn a hedge maze before (go figure, right?) and I realized that I had no idea how to do it. But rather than look up photos to use as a reference, I just tried to make it up. It turned out okay, but I decided to stop being lazy and really use references in the future. But that being said, I like the spider legs coming up over the top... ;)

Day 13: "Cedric Was Going to Get There First"

Inktober 2017: Drawings From Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (part 1)

I feel like I improved a lot and really started to figure out my style while doing the drawings for book four: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire!  Since there are more drawings from these later books, I will be separating them into two posts per book from now on. Here is the first half of book four's drawings:


Yay! I finally got a chance to draw Ron Weasley! :) This was a hilarious moment from the Quidditch World Cup to get to draw. Hermione is not impressed with how ridiculous the Veela make the boys get. Don't jump over the edge, Harry-- I promise it won't really impress them! ;)

Day 9: "They Brought Veela!"

I wasn't sure how I was going to draw this page at first, since half of it was just what was written on the Triwizard Tournament arrival sign, but I think this turned out pretty well.  I also got to look up and use the official crests for both Durmstrang School and Beauxbatons Academy (who knew those existed?).

Day 10: "The Arrival Notice"

Good ol' Fred and George Weasley! Turns out that drawing identical twins is hard because... they have to look identical. haha I think I managed to do alright with that, though.  Poor Neville Longbottom-- at least it was only Canary Creams this time! It was tricky trying to figure out how to make Neville look like a molting bird, but this worked okay.

Day 11: "Canary Creams- Only Seven Sickles!"

Inktober 2017: Drawings From Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

I discovered that I am very much a novice when it comes to drawing with ink.  It's been tricky to figure out, but not being able to erase or hit "undo" has been good for me!  For these drawings I started experimenting with shading. Since I'm just drawing with a roller pen (rather than actual ink and brush tools), I'm just shading by smudging the ink with a damp q-tips.  It's not super professional, but hey, it works!

Here are the drawings for the third book in the series: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban:

There were several fun, potential drawing ideas on this page to choose from, but I decided to go with a straight-forward portrait of Percy Weasley from the Egypt vacation his family took. I tried to make sure he looked properly pompous with his Head Boy ("humongous bighead") badge. 

Day 5: "Humungous Bighead"

Okay, I loved that I got to draw flobberworms. haha It was cracking me up! Poor Harry is not impressed with the state of Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class. And one of those flobberworms may have gotten a bit too much lettuce stuffed down it's throat... ;)

Day 6: "Flobberworms (Most Boring Creatures in Existence)"

Finally, a drawing of one of the other members of Harry's trio: Hermione Granger! And of course the ever-important Hagrid.  So here is Hermione, bless 'er heart, managing to find time to help poor Hagrid prepare for Buckbeak's trial. She certainly does look tired, though!

Day 7: "Trial Prep"

The poses for both Harry and Hermione on this drawing gave me quite a bit of grief. This drawing definitely took the longest out of any of them so far. I started several times before I settled on a composition/positions that I liked, but I think it turned out all right. And I'm very happy with the tiny Buckbeak in the background!

Day 8 "A Patronus? But who conjured it?"