Inktober 2017: Drawings From Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (part 1)

During the drawings for book five, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I started actually looking up reference photos to really get the poses, anatomy, and settings/objects to look more accurate. I think it really helped!

As you can imagine, there were quite a few drawings from this book since it's so huge. haha So here are just the first few:

Ahh the Dursleys. I was happy that I had a chance to draw them, but it was a bit tricky. I had to look up the physical descriptions for them so I didn't just end up drawing them according to how they look in the movies. I had almost forgotten that Uncle Vernon Dursley had black hair and a black mustache! Aunt Petunia and Dudley were difficult for the same reasons, but overall I'm pretty happy with how they turned out!

Day 14: "And why have you been expelled?"

So many freckles! haha I definitely relied on reference photos to make sure I got the hands correct on this one, and it payed off.  I also referred to my previous drawing of Fred and George Weasley to try and make sure they looked the same.  I've been working on continuity with my character designs from drawing to drawing-- it's something I really want to improve on.  Poor Ron, we're not ALWAYS surprised when you get an award! ;)

Day 15: "No one in their right mind would make Ron a Prefect"

Note: people look really weird when they are riding broomsticks. haha I'm glad I got a page that gave me the chance to draw some Quidditch! Even if this particular practice was rather lousy.  I also liked getting to draw a less well-known character like Angelina Johnson.

Day 16: "Worst Practice Ever"

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!"