A CELEBRATION OF SNAPE: On this page you'll find some of the many faces of Severus Snape, my favorite cuts from both my own work and other sources.
A LEGEND IS BORN.....
Where it all started. "Snape, as I always saw him..." J.K. Rowling did this sketch in 1992-3. You see this guy every so often – he was included in a special edition of the Sorcerer's Stone and finds his way online. Such beauty and intensity, captured with a few simple lines. A Snape-phile like me can almost taste the salt on his stubble, smell breath redolent with black coffee; for a kid, he's that one bloke teacher who always had to be in the staff room when you knocked, alone, on the door.
Where it all started. "Snape, as I always saw him..." J.K. Rowling did this sketch in 1992-3. You see this guy every so often – he was included in a special edition of the Sorcerer's Stone and finds his way online. Such beauty and intensity, captured with a few simple lines. A Snape-phile like me can almost taste the salt on his stubble, smell breath redolent with black coffee; for a kid, he's that one bloke teacher who always had to be in the staff room when you knocked, alone, on the door.
"Don't call me coward!!!"
I'm a bit stressed out lately, haven't bothered to shave. This was my first venture into Snape a la Photoshop, for the special effects and background, but the rest is all me except the nose! Reminiscent of the Snape many of us longed for more of in movie #6 (and otherwise), the seedier, angrier, greasier original version. Don't get me wrong, Rickman is fine! But they could have done so much more with that brilliant man. This is more like GrandPre's Chapter illustration for Flight of the Prince – with lots of "nnrrrgggh!!"
My more dignified Rickman-esque Snape poses in the hallway. I love the feeling of those garments hugging my physique! The leather gauntlets are my own creation.
Formal portrait I painted of Snape, with a weird twist. I also paint (or "write", they say) Greek and Russian icons, or pictures of saints and holy people. The Snape in this picture has a faint magical aura and halo, and holds a lily at his breast. The painting is full of hidden codes, anagrams and Latin verses (can't see here, too fuzzy). The red letters above his head are his name, Byzantine-style. Of course we know Snape's no saint – he's a jerk! But in my opinion, no worse than numerous historical saints who were murderers in the "name of God". Snape's Potions Mastery and persistently redemptive behavior are honored here. Fun fact: there were at least six saints and holy people named Severus. BTW – I totally want his cauldron.
Detail of above.
The now-familiar and quite suitable Alan Rickman. HBP 2009
Recent books and movies have produced a surge of interest in actor Alec Hopkins and his character young Severus Snape. Here I am as young Severus. My books are in fact real chemistry books and potion logs; the patches I embroidered myself. Location: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, OR, which doubles as a fairly good Hogwarts.
