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@ 2008-04-12 14:22:00
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Entry tags:art, nc-17, prompt: coins, round i, team fanon

Reaching for Redemption - Team Fanon
Title: Reaching for Redemption
Team: Fanon
Artist: [info]oldenuf2nb
Prompt: Coins
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Slash, Sexual situations, nudity
Summary: Draco’s evolution from self-destruction to redemption. Utilizing the Tarot suit Coins, to show not only his material concerns, but his emotional ones as well.
Artist's Note To the chat ladies and my muse: Much Love. See ya in Vegas!

Reaching for Redemption


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1. Is the author/artist true to their team? Yes/No vote ("yes" is worth 2 points, "no" is worth 0)

2. How well did the author/artist use their Prompt? 1 to 9 (1 being the least)

3. How much did you like this story/art overall? 1 to 9 (1 being the least)


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[info]themostepotente
2008-04-12 12:22 pm UTC (link)
Oh my! What lovely vignettes! Beautiful job!

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:45 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]calanthe_fics
2008-04-12 12:35 pm UTC (link)
I really like the idea of telling a story using the different meanings in the suit of coins. I think my favourite card is the seven of coins. You've captured the sense of despair so well.

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:46 pm UTC (link)
Thank you, Cal. I appreciate that so much.

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[info]sesheta_66
2008-04-12 12:55 pm UTC (link)
And we give you ... rentboy!Draco.

Okay, may I just say how unbelievably sexy/gorgeous/hot Draco is in the first scene? *melts*

What a great use of the prompt, and I love how you have the coins floating through each of the scenes. And the story from self-destruction to redemption was excellent. The little details said so much too (the run-down building, Draco in the closet, the intertwined lion and snake on the coin at the end).

Great job.

Edited at 2008-04-12 01:02 pm UTC

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[info]papayacrazy
2008-05-06 07:13 am UTC (link)
rentboy!draco!!!

-cheers- I agree. :) You played it up very nicely.

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(no subject) - [info]sesheta_66, 2008-05-06 10:57 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]oldenuf2nb, 2008-05-22 10:46 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sesheta_66, 2008-05-22 11:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]oldenuf2nb, 2008-05-28 04:59 am UTC

[info]shadow_speaks
2008-04-12 01:01 pm UTC (link)
I can't stop looking at the cards. They're simply gorgeous. Excellent, excellent job. xD

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:46 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so much!

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[info]katkim
2008-04-12 01:16 pm UTC (link)
These are lovely, I particularly adore cards 6, 5 and 7.

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:47 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]jamie2109
2008-04-12 01:34 pm UTC (link)
Absolutely stunning! I love each panel and how more colour has been added as you go until the last panel shines golden! I think my favourite panel is the six of coins - not so much because it's the NC-17 panel, but it's the pivotal one where it's clear from the way Draco has been drawn that the sex means something to him. You can see it in the way his toes are curled and his head thrown back. Utterly gorgeous and a very moving story.

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:47 pm UTC (link)
Thank you, Jamie.

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[info]painless_j
2008-04-12 01:45 pm UTC (link)
That was nice!

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:47 pm UTC (link)
Thanks.

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[info]tomatoe18
2008-04-12 01:50 pm UTC (link)
This art is so complete in every sense of the way; it's so fanon and uses the prompt extremely well. And the quality of the drawing is excellent! My favorite is Five of Coins and Ace of Coins, for both style and meaning. As for the Eight of Coins...WOW. Gorgeous Harry and Draco there. Good job!

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:48 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so much!

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[info]alaana_fair
2008-04-12 02:32 pm UTC (link)
Damn, I could write a complete essay on why I love this so very much. Every single panel tells it's own story, but when you put them all together it tells so much more. There's so much emotion, thought, insight in each and every picture and the gradual change from black and white to color is so subtle and yet so complete as is the transition from the dirty, littered alley to the worn down room to the clean, golden, gleaming finish.

*sighs happily*

This is just the epitome of the way I see H/D. Perfect. :-)

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:48 pm UTC (link)
Thank you, my love. High praise indeed.

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[info]venturous1
2008-04-12 02:33 pm UTC (link)
wow, this is so lovely. The use of the cards, the soft touch of the technique (real watercolour?), the limited palette, and my favorite detail, the snake & lion coin!

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:49 pm UTC (link)
Acrylic, but real, yes. I'm afraid that the 'modern techniques' havent' quite reached me yet! And thank you so much!

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[info]melusinahp
2008-04-12 02:41 pm UTC (link)
Beautiful execution. They really looked like tarot cards. I also loved how you used different cards and their meaning to tell the story. And so very fanon. :D I think your team must have had a hell of a lot of fun coming up with ideas.

I love the last card particularly. It feels so exultant.

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:49 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so much.

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[info]rickey_a
2008-04-12 03:01 pm UTC (link)
Wow, that is lovely. I want the whole deck. Draco's despair in 5&7 is so palpable. I love the transition of b&w into color - it captures the feel of something evolving. The last coin w/the serpant entwined with the lion is a wonderful detail. Great job!

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:49 pm UTC (link)
Thanks, love.

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[info]luredbyvenus
2008-04-12 03:16 pm UTC (link)
Wow, these are just gorgeous. I love that you've done a series of cards, and that each card can stand on it's own, but together tell one of my favorite fanon cliches rentboy!Draco. And god, your Draco is just lovely. I think seven was my favorite, but I love them all. Amazing work, I want a print of the entire set to frame.

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:50 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so much!

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[info]catsintheattic
2008-04-12 04:06 pm UTC (link)
This is a perfect picture/story of rentboy!Draco.

I love that you did a whole series of cards. I can only second what has been said before about the adding of colour and wanting the whole set.

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:50 pm UTC (link)
Thanks so much!

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[info]lusiology
2008-04-12 04:21 pm UTC (link)
I'll eat my sorting hat if this isn't who I think it is.

Superb work. Each panel has been beautifully rendered and I like the use of the confined space of the wardrobe to show Draco's despair (made me think of young Harry in his cupboard) and the golden glow of the last panel once Draco had been rescued.

*scurries off to read my fave [info]rurounihime rent boy fic*

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:50 pm UTC (link)
No surprise to you, huh? *g*

Thanks so much, my dear.

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[info]madeira
2008-04-12 04:27 pm UTC (link)
Wow. I'm blown away by how absolutely stunning that was. Brilliant!

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:50 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]mandapanda0521
2008-04-12 04:30 pm UTC (link)
That was a beautiful piece.

Edited at 2008-04-12 04:31 pm UTC

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:51 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so much! *love your icon, btw*

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[info]djinniyah
2008-04-12 04:44 pm UTC (link)
These were beautiful. I loved your compositions, particularly the way you framed each one, often cutting off bits or slicing the rectangle in two. :D Also, your Draco is so lovely and, somehow, innocent in these ("fresh-faced" might be the strange turn of phrase I'm thinking off), which really adds a nice visual contrast to the story you're telling... what with all that money and those sexual favors being exchanged. ;)

Great, great job! ♥

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:51 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]devian_11
2008-04-12 04:45 pm UTC (link)
Six of Coins... Wow. Gorgeous.

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:51 pm UTC (link)
Thank you.

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[info]romaine24
2008-04-12 05:04 pm UTC (link)
Gad, each frame is wonderful. The "Want Me" and "Take Me" just...whew!

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:51 pm UTC (link)
Thanks, love!

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[info]sherant
2008-04-12 05:21 pm UTC (link)
Watercolor, WOW! I love that you showed a strong story through many cards; very nice. "Save Me" is my favorite just because of the anguish in his face and the desperate reaching of the hands. I love the lion and serpent in the Ace of Coins card, nice detail! :D

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:52 pm UTC (link)
Can I tell you how tickled I was that you commented, squeeing fangirl that I am?

Thank you for the kind words.

Actually, your piece was MY favorite of the lot.

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[info]casynne
2008-04-12 05:44 pm UTC (link)
Wow. I always love it when there's a story behind an art-piece. It was truly beautiful, and I wish someone wrote a fic about it! *g*

Very perceptive, artful, and deliberative use of the prompt.

The Six Ace of coins rules! *g*

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:52 pm UTC (link)
Hmmm... I may have to write that fic, now that you mention it!

And thank you, so much.

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[info]biffes
2008-04-12 06:23 pm UTC (link)
Gorgeous and imaginative ♥♥♥

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:53 pm UTC (link)
Thank you.

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[info]amanuensis1
2008-04-12 06:53 pm UTC (link)
Oh, wonderful. The tale in this! I love how Harry looks more like an Auror on stakeout than a john looking for a trick, all bundled up, all awkward. And the prettiness of Draco in the second, contrasted with the squalor of the room as shown by the hole in the window glass. And the continued squalor of the scene, even as passion overtakes everything we see, wow. I adore the detail of the two bare wire hangers in the closet!! (Do you know, I read that that's an element that cheap little motels make sure they do keep in the room, because they've got some purpose drug users want them for, and if they aren't there, drug users will tear up other things in the room like television cords or bed frames to get something equivalent. So, yeah, that hit me with the realism.) The angry tear by Draco's nose has me, just has me. And the "sunfire" look of the ace, with the lion emblem, enfolding these two and the redemption it offers. Just wonderful!

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:54 pm UTC (link)
Thank you, so much, for the kind words.

Being on the same team with you was an honor.

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[info]differente
2008-04-12 07:52 pm UTC (link)
your art, the play with shadows is impressive...

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[info]oldenuf2nb
2008-05-22 10:54 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so much.

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