Repost from 2009 HDS Beltane, to celebrate the good news that the fest will run again in 2010. see details here


Title: We've Come to the Edge
Artist: venturous
Media: oil on canvas
Rating:G
Pairing(s):Harry/Severus
Warning(s): alas, no visible smut
Disclaimer: this is a work of fan art, to celebrate the creativity of HP fandom. No infringement intended.
Artist's Notes: In HDS Beltane, my giftee, Lomonaaeren, gave me the wonderful prompt "The Ocean at Night".
Summary: Our Heroes have come to the edge of the sea, and during their journey they have found each other.
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Current Mood: chipper

a bit late, but, hey, let's keep the magic going. Originally written for severus_sighs Anniversery drabble fest

Title: All Hallows Eve
Author: venturous
Pairings: Mentor!Snape and 1st year Harry; past Severus, Lily; Severus/Harry
Rating: PG
Word count: 6 x 100
Warning: flangst, tears.  slash implied after age 18
Notes: thanks to beta spidermoth for speedy work. I tinkered only a tiny bit with canon time: in HPSS Harry encounters the Mirror in mid November of his first year.


All Hallows Eve

October 31, 1991 – Hogwarts

He gazed, transfixed, into the Mirror of Erised. Of all the revelations during Harry's first weeks at Hogwarts this was the most profound: his parents had been Wizards, well-loved, smart, and beautiful. Yet they were just as dead as all the times Dudley taunted him. It was baffling. He tried to feel through his confusion. They smiled at him from the hazy mirror, and he wished he could step inside and be enfolded in their arms.
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Current Mood: optimistic

Too much fun not to share:  some holiday amusement from naadi 



tonight, I'm busy. Tomorrow, I celebrate. professor Sprout will attend a Samhain concert with her dogs.
(They are going as Wolves in Sheep's Clothing.)

Current Mood: accomplished

Well, friends I am so far behind on all my deadlines, that includes reposting. And with all the incredible reveals in the past few days, woof!
So I have decided to go back in time and get caught up, one post at a time.

So, here is a story illustration in pastel I made for snarry_swap  earlier this year.

Title: Follow My Lead
Artist: venturous
Recipient: alisanne
Rating: PG
Warning: *Centaurs!*
Media: Pastel
Disclaimer: This is a work of fan art, to celebrate the creativity of HP fandom. No infringement intended.
Summary: A scene from Ali's 2007 Snarry Games fic All For Wand And Wand For All. (see excerpt below)
A/N: For Alisanne, one of the bright stars in my fandom world. Ali, I have felt warm and welcome on your flist from day one, and always appreciate your hot buttered fluff and your outlook on life. I hope this makes you squeee!

Current Mood: artistic

Quite unexpectedly early in the fest, my hp_springsmut  gift arrived: a beautiful Harry/Charlie fic about the element of fire. It's practically a poem, and really wants to be illustrated!  **is doodling**

Welcome, Ghosts


and, I have been waiting, watching wizard_love  for my gift, and it has arrived!!!  It's a wonderful romance that ends up quite satisfying for all concerned, but especially Ginny. I'd asked to pair her with Neville or Draco... after all, it's important that Harry be unentangled so he can properly bond with Snape! But there's no sense in Ginevra being miserable, now, is there? This is a charming, interesting and well told tale, that brings me closer to both Neville and Ginny.

Leap of Faith

Current Mood: chipper

Title: Into Temptation
Drawn for: HP_Unfaithful's Fabulous No-Pressure Laissez-Faire Challenge
Artist: venturous
Established Pairing: Lily/James
Infidelity Pairing: Severus/Lily
Rating: G
Medium: pencil & photoshop
Warning: Angst, UST (that may about to change!)

Prompt: 201. INTO TEMPTATION ~ CROWDED HOUSE

"The guilty get no sleep in the last slow hours of morning
Experience is cheap
I should’ve listened to the warning"

Current Mood: cold

This amused me greatly!



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and dont miss this gem: (Snape/hermione/Cupid)

Title: A Good Time was Had by All
Artist: venturous
Recipient: rickey_a
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Neville/Harry/Draco

Current Mood: chipper

Title: Malfoy Manor
Chapter: Book 7, Chapter 23
Artist: venturous
Media: photoshop, tablet
Rating: PG for violence
Warning(s): stunning spell x3, a battered Hermione

this is my second assignment for AniBester's magical HP Art Project. See the first one here.
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Current Mood: accomplished

The amazing and wonderful ivylady  wrote a beautiful fic for me, Fools No Longer, which you can find here.

it's full of delightfully surprising characterizations, and such a natural progression to romance for our heros. Including bickering! *g*

Please go read and give her some love!

Current Mood: mellow

Please, please go read this wonderful and surprising story by bohemianspirit, posted over at snapedom.

Merry Meet Again

She wrote it for Snapedom's Summerfest, about art (NWS) I made for HDS Beltane.

So here we are at the bottom of the year, a tale of a summer rite, and the transformation at war's end. RL intervened, delaying our exchange, but this arrives at the perfect time.

Thank you, bohemianspirit!

Title: The Crush
Artist: venturous
Recipient: lesyeuxverts
Media: pen & ink, Photoshop
Rating: NC-17 eventually
Pairing(s): ASP/SS, SS/HP
Disclaimer: This is a work of fanart set in the Harry Potter universe – all recognisable characters and settings are the property of J. K. Rowling and her associates. No copyright infringement is intended. No profit is made from this work. Please observe your local laws with regards to the age-limit and content of this work
Warning(s): cross-gen slash, (fifth year Albus Severus)

Artist's Notes: lesyeuxverts  excellant prompt gave me lots of good stuff to work with: misunderstanding, UST, flirtation, unrequited love, possessiveness, jealousy and a hopeful ending. It was dicey meeting you in NY, Verts, where you kindly gave me an extension on my snarry_holidays art, not knowing it was so I could finish this for you!

This is my first ever comic, and I have discovered new admiration for those who toil in this medium. Gads, it's a shitload of work!  Hugs and kisses to littleblackbow  for suggestions about comic layout and for pointing me to awesome fandom comics for inspiration. (*cough* remeciel *cough*). Please don not hold either of these prefessionally gifted comic artists responisble for this humble drawing. I have a lot to learn.

Many thanks to mods softly_sweetly  and fbowden for running a fabulous fest and being patient with my lengthy creative process.
And last but not at all least, a big smooch to alisanne for her expert help devising the happy ending. I love this fandom, it is a pleasure to work with all of you.

Current Mood: cheerful

working title: "Can you help him, Severus?"
artist:
venturous

characters: Harry, Severus, Sirius, Hermione, Ron
rating: G
warning: shirtless guys
medium: pencil
notes: for
heeroluva
, who won my first Live Long & marry auction. she requested SS/HP hurt/comfort, ambiguously pre-slash or gen, with SIrius looking on.

Current Mood: productive

Here's my art for hd_fanart's H/D ArtFest, which posted the reveal last week.

It was great fun to play in a new pond, get to see work by lots of artists, some I knew, but lots whom I had never seen. Please go have a look at all the pretties.

Artist: venturous
Title: The Masks come off at Midnight
Media: charcoal, chalk, photoshop
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Notes: thanks so much to everyone who made this fest come to life!

Prompt: #58 submitted by </a></b></a>bonfoi
Time-period or theme: Mystery (EWE)
Place: craggy, foggy Scottish mountains and a loch
Emotion: Anticipation/Surprise
Sense: touch
Object: Mask
Action: Removal of Mask
Mood: lightning at midnight

Current Mood: cold

Title: "Thanksssssss, Amigo!"
Artist: venturous
Media: Pastel and Conte'
Rating: G
Pairing: none
A/N made for HP Art Project at LJ hp_art_project
Book One: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Chapter Two: "The Vanishing Glass"

Current Mood: cold

go take a look:

The World: HARRY'S TRIUMPH

Current Mood: accomplished

My Live Long and Marry prize, which I won in the bidding on a fic fromiulia_linnea  arrived last night, the perfect treat to end a difficult week.

It's got heart, humour, smut and plot, and surprised me, in that wonderful way that fandom gifts seem to, but hitting several important intuitive sweet-spots, particularly about family peace-making and reconcilliation. I wont spoil it any further for you, go read it!

Title: Fits and Starts
Author: iulia_linnea 
Pairings: Snarry, others implied
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 8375
Summary: After the war, Harry and Severus achieve an understanding with each other in their own, imperfect way.

Disclaimer: This piece is based on characters and situations created by J. K. Rowling, and owned by J. K. Rowling and various publishers, including but not limited to: Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books, Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author's Notes: Thank you, </a></b></a>fbowden, </a></b></a>fodirteg, and </a></b></a>torino10154, for beta'ing. This fic is dedicated to </a></b></a>venturous, who won it by generously supporting marriage equality as a bidder in the livelongnmarry charitable event at LiveJournal. ♥

Fits and Starts


if you didn't follow LLAM, it was an LJ auction comm for multi-fandom fundraiser for marriage equality that raised OVER $50,000! I bid on several things, and sold a painting, still in development. Feel the love, it is really awe-some.

Current Mood: jubilant

Happy Birthday to fbowden, who provides so much pleasure to so many.

Here is a little drawing (NWS) of my favorite (well, one of them!) scene from her fic Potter Potions:

Title:  Wild Disregard, or What about Potter?   NWS art
Artist: Venturous
</b>Media: Photoshop and tabletPairing: Harry/Severus/Draco
Warning(s): Threesome, chan, blowjob
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: All characters are borrowed and are not mine.
A/N: made with love for Fllic Bowden on her 30th birthday.

NWS art behind the cut:
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Title: Beltane Rite
To: </a></b></a>fbowden
Author/Artist: </a></b></a>venturous1Media: Photoshop, charcoal, original photos
Pairing/Threesome: Severus/Harry (Draco in a minor inspirational role)
Rating: NC-17 NWS
Warnings: full frontal aroused male nudity, Draco in antlers
Summary: On MayEve, at the annual Beltane Ritual, Severus and Harry dance around the fire, raising energy.