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I feel like if Snape had had a dog (or cat, or any friendly animal), he would've been a happier person, which can be said for almost anyone. And if he had had a dog, I feel like a Saluki would have suited him. I'm no dog expert, so the anatomy is way off, but this is just a fun little thing.I took my time coloring this, which I don't usually do, and I feel like it paid off. The whole time I was doing this, I was listening to podcasts of The Splendid Table (a radio show about food, hosted by Lynne Rosetto Kasper, whose voice is like all your sweetest, most comforting memories). If you've never heard it... my heart breaks for you. The podcasts are free to download on iTunes, so go treat yourself. Listening to her talk about food gives me the major pleasure-chills, like slipping into a hot bath, and of course it makes me hungry.
My point is that the mood of the drawing totally changed as I listened to The Splendid Table. I imagine Snape sitting back, listening to Lynne talk about homemade blackberry sorbet or something, petting his dog, forgetting all his troubles. As you do.
I think I may give Snape art a rest for a little while. Not a long while. But I miss dressing people in colors.
props: Snape Β© J.K. Rowling
materials: ink, paper + PS8 (pattern brush from Brusheezy.com)
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No, Snape is 1000% a cat person, I'm sure. Dog people are almost never grouchy and solitary (far as I've seen). But if the right dog came along, you know.
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I guess it could work. I've seen dogs that behave like cats and cats that behave like dogs.Β
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I'm a cat person, 10000%, but my husband's a dog person, so we have both. Our last dog was a shar-pei with the temperament of a cat. He was quiet and independent, sort of grouchy except around his favorite people. Not real cuddly but loved a good scratch. And the cats walked all over him. Miss that poocher. Now we've got a sloppy little pitbull mutt with a big dumb smile who's jealous of the attention the baby gets. Wants to be friends with everyone. He's the world's greatest dog, but he annoys the heck out of me, ha ha.
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I'm the kind of person who can go either way with pets. I've had both dogs and cats growing up. I've also had fish, snails, tarantulas, bunnies, birds, and even a snake.
At the moment I just have one pet, a Jack Russell terrier named Jitterbug. He is pretty wild.
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Ay, that's really cool! My family has had all those except birds & tarantula, tho my sister would have been happy with one, I think. How old was your spider? What was its temperament like? What breed? I used to look after the rose tarantula in my HS science class and always felt bad that nobody would pet her (including me). I just couldn't do it.
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I think mine was a rose tarantula too. I'm not sure how old he was though, I actually caught him wild creeping through the laundry room (did I mention I was living in California at the time?) Mom confirmed it was male, we named him Houdini because he kept escaping from his terrarium.
He was quite docile. He would walk around the table, and sit on my shoulder, he ate crickets and wood lice, Houdini was pretty mellow though my Dad hated that spider (Dad was so scared of spiders it was funny. He would tell about how he hunted bears with his brothers but show him a little spider and he'd run up the walls).Β
I kept Houdini for only a few months and trained him for the Coarsegold tarantula races (we didn't win), and I took him trick-or-treating on Halloween. I returned him to the wild before it got too cold, and to spare my Dad from seeing the empty terrarium and having a heart attack.Β
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I get a sense of restfulness and content from this picture. I like the clean lines of his suit and the turn of the shoes. The table made from a stool and all his best books is charming. I think you got the dog perfectly--it's a caricature of sorts, emphasizing the way tall dogs stretch in order to get petted *just so*. New fave!
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A Saluki IS perfect for him! You are a very talented person, your art is wonderful!
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Considering the Saluki breed's "personality", this actually a great choice for Snape. They are the most cat-like of dogs, choosing to emotionally tie themselves to only one person and capable of great devotion. They are sight hounds and once fixed on their goal, they will reach it or die trying. Great dogs.
Snape is a fascinating person, as written. He's even more interesting when you take the scraps of personality we are gifted with and flesh them out into a whole.
This is a lovely work. Thank you for sharing.
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I didn't know that about Salukis! I'm definitely a cat person, and I have trouble relating to my husband's scrappy little mutt. Our last dog was a Shar Pei who was unusually catlike, too. Makes me think I'd like a Saluki, but you don't see many of those in shelters.
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You might try Saluki Rescue.Β
saluki.rescueme.org
They would have more information, not to mention local to you contacts. I have worked in dog and animal rescue for way too many years to count. It's a shame what happens to some of those poor critters and good people are always needed. Good luck - and you might try some basic training with the scrappy pooch. It gets the two of you "talking" and could lead to better things. I recommend clicker training, since that involves lots of small treats, a "clicker", and small intervals (no more than 5 minutes) of time.
Free advice is just that - take it or not...
Best of all thoughts.Β
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I have serious doubts that Saluki Rescue would have a chapter here on Oahu, but you never know. Even then, we're always going to choose a dog from our local (and severely underfunded) SPCA. But that's good to know that there are lots of specialized rescue organizations!
As for me and my dog, he's even better at listening to my commands than my husband's, it's just that I've never been a dog person. But we get along. We respect each other's boundaries, ha ha.
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Aww I like this :3 he's enrolled in my stable XD [he and lucius run it XD its great 
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That dog really suits him, indeed. Even though I think he's a cat person ^^
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But he looks so content with that Saluki... ^^ I think all kinds of love is good to him β₯
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Very nice, I love it. Snape and a saluki, perfect.
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I'm such a fan of your various Snape arts. And Splendid Table is awesome, thanks for the link to the podcasts! I can't travel in my car without NPR. Are you a fan of Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor? The silliness makes me happy.
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I totally agree with you. He would have badly needed a dog.
P.S.: I find it interesting that you list him under "props"
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you just. NGH. ALL MY FEELS. AFTER HERMY AND SEV GET MARRIED IN PET PROJECT, EVENTUALLY, HERMY IS GONNA GIVE HIM A DOG. A SALUKI. IT SHALL BE SO.
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well, they say dogs look like their owners. this is really great
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good idea... he'd deserve someone to love him... the way that he'd know I mean... (we obviously love him but he doesn't know that or he never knew that)
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I have normally never been attracted to Snape, but for some reason the way you draw him is quite sexy. I have always adored your style of art and I hope you keep making not so attractive men sexy (you know what I mean.)
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I've never favorited anything so quickly in my life! @_@ My favorite animal? My favorite fictional professor/HP character? From someone else who thinks poor old Snape deserves peace and love and affection, and definitely should've had a dog? Wow. I'm amazed. Every part of this looks absolutely beautiful and heartwarming, and all of the aforementioned facts make it all the more awesome to me personally. A Saluki would definitely be a most appropriate choice of pet for him (speaking both objectively and from experience, as a guardian of one!)
Magnificent...:*}
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Ah! Salukis were one of my favorite dogs as a child. I remember waiting to see them every year when I would watch the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on TV.
And I totally agree, they do seem to match Snape. Very sleek.
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BEST KIND OF DOG... well, i was going to say "ever", but i have other favorites. but perfect of snape.
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Another great piece of artwork. You're definitely one of favorite artist on this site. Gosh, I really need to get a tablet.
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That Saluki looks creepily like mine...Nicely done though!
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Man, it's just so sleeeek. Like an uhm, an eel? Sort of. More cuddly than an eel, I think.
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really like the way you draw snape; accurate, but not still easier on the eyes haha props!
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I love it! I love the huge stack of books and how Snape's tea is just sitting on top of them. My favorite parts artistically in this are your amazing lighting of his black outfit - it looks black but there are highlights and shadows throughout, and the little design behind his head. It eats up that blank space but also kind of hints at the kind of decorative wallpaper I imagine Snape having.
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If Snape had wallpaper, we'd probably never see it -- I think every inch of available wall space is taken up with bookshelves. Which is charming, in a way. And thank you! Oh man, I hate coloring with black, but I worked out a system for Snape, since that's all he wears.
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Ha - I never really thought of that. I do picture him having loads of bookshelves. Do you mind if I ask about your black coloring system? If so, that's fine.
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Oh, no I don't mind, but it's nothing special. I just put layers of black over dark greys, and then erase where I want the light to come through. Seems effective!
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Interesting! It sounds simple, but I don't think I would have thought to do that. 
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I am lucky (or unlucky) enough to have a LOT of time on my hands.
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Lol, I love this. I love how random this is too. xD And I really love that chair.
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you miss dressing people in colours? Then draw Snape in colours! 8D
I love your pictures x3
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I love, love, LOVE the way you draw Snape. You do so in a way that doesn't make him look unattractive, but doesn't make him look like a freakin' bishi either, and I appreciate that. Also, I totally chuckled at the last sentence of the artist's comments.
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Heh, bishie Snape is funny to me. Funny, but also pretty goddamn tiresome. I feel bad, but 99β of the time, I don't give anime the time of day. I'm like, if you've got talent, don't blow it on something any fool could draw.
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