~*Forever Dreaming*~

Although there were one or two really nice wallpapers from the NaNo forums, I didn't feel like they would truly motivate me. So I decided to make my own. Instead of basing the art on my still rather new & original NaNo story, I decided to go for my tried and true subject: Snupin. Why draw it for an inspirational calendar when my story's not about them? Cause they do inspire me. That I'm able to go out of my comfort zone and try something different. =D Plus, at the end of Novemeber when I win NaNo, the Snupin Santa exchange will have begun!

This wallpaper is in my current screen resolution (w/o vista sidebar) at 1440x900. Random references used, standard PS brushes. Text underneath is quoted from my last Snupin fic, "Time is Waiting." It's very busy as I'm a font!whore and love fancy fonts and colors. May not be for everyone. XD Lots of anatomy errors but I really just drew this quickly (aka 3-5 days) so I can work on prepping my NaNo story. Much Love goes to OMNI for initial pose inspiration, and to the gals in chat for beta work. =3

Completely worksafe, maybe not cute-safe. Hah!

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If any snupiner's planning to do NaNo would like a copy, just drop me a line on your screen res and I'll see what I can do. Can also use a less fancy font or take out the emboss. Any iconers, I'll throw up a non calendar version tomorrow.

Title: White Elephant
Author/Artist: Diana Moon
Characters: Snape/Lupin
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 474
Warnings: Fic is Unbeta'd
Notes: A *very* belated art piece for lore who once upon a time gave me the prompt: white elephant. Used stock for background and for heavy pose reference. HUGE thanks to Karasu for the art beta and to Ellie for helping me out. =D Also to Tasia for not minding me asking her op every 10-15 min or so. XD *hugs all around*

Before the picture is an accompanying ficlet that was brewing in my head while drawing this. Severus' POV, roughly set around OotP.



( White Elephant: A burdensome possession; creating more trouble than it is worth. )