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WB Marketing Art, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, Mandrake Root. Pencil.

As a professional illustrator, quite often it's possible to receive assignments that better resemble punishments. Such was the case when my art director asked me to fully render this image, back when I was on staff at WB Consumer Products. The reference provided was a blurry photo of the motorized prop from the film, which I was to illustrate in all its marvelously ugly detail.

"Ours is not to reason why..."

Since I found this old Potter art, I thought I'd share it with you all, along with my memories, and my pain. I think I can still hear the screaming (my own).

Thanks for viewing!

*All HARRY POTTER art is the copyrighted property of Warner Bros.

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~Max-Dunbar Nov 23, 2011  Professional
this is awesome! ugly little sucker. Great job!
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Which HP movies did you work on? And what does marketing art mean? The pictures you see on posters and toys?
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*Jerome-K-Moore Nov 21, 2011  Professional Filmographer
Yes. I worked in the art department responsible for producing style guides for corporate licensees who paid Warner Bros for the rights to use WB property images on their product, in hopes of boosting their sales. Previously, other companies would generate their own artwork (with permission), or simply access what they could find already available in the marketplace. The results were unsatisfactory to Warner Bros, especially when their characters appeared "off-model," or with unapproved alterations. In an effort to better control the standards of quality, WB Consumer Products established their own art department, and began to more closely supervise any artwork generated out of house.
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*SpiderGuile Nov 23, 2011  Professional Traditional Artist
What you achieved here is very impressive!
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~Gosen406 Nov 21, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Haha, when I first saw this movie (which was years ago when it first came out ) I found these things utterly adorable, for some strange reason XD Amazing work!
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