I agreed with only one stipulation. Since I'm working on my own Potter project, and I am working through the books in order, I would only include characters I'd already done, and wouldn't show Harry or the others older than where I currently was with them. At the time I was working on "Chamber of Secrets". They were cool with that, so I did this piece for them.





I am very happy with the way it turned out. The concept was around the idea of the drawing coming to life... like magic. I came up with the idea of it looking like it was literally a drawing being worked on... those are my own hands I used for reference, and if you look at the golden snitch, you'll see my reflection in it.





At the time, it was requested that I not share the painting until the book was in production; they didn't want to ruin the surprise. But now it seems the project is in hiatus. It's a bummer, even if I wasn't involved with it, I'd have been interested in a book like that. It's a shame, but oh well, I still have a great illustration to add to my portfolio!