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01-22-2008, 10:27 AM
| | |  Mary GrandPre talks Potter art
In an interview with Art Insights, Mary GrandPre (the U.S. Potter illustrator) talks about J.K.Rowling, her favourite cover and much more! Quote: Leslie: What part does J.K. Rowling play in all of this?
Mary: She looks over the sketches, and puts her ideas, her two cents in. She has always been such a pleasure, very easy to work with, always right on board with everything we've done.
Leslie: I'm sure lots of fans want to know, what was your favorite Harry Potter cover?
Mary: (pause) I'd have to say Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (book 7). It was the most mature. It had this dramatic explosive point. I did love them all, but the last one was definitely my favorite.
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01-22-2008, 10:29 AM
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| | Chimaera
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The last was my fav too.  She did a fantastic job on it, I have a big ole' poster of it on my wall.  xD | 
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01-22-2008, 10:46 AM
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| | Poltergeist
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The last one confuses me because it looks nothing like Hogwarts.
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01-22-2008, 11:01 AM
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| | Erumpent
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She is an amazing illustrator. | |
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01-22-2008, 11:05 AM
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| | Chimaera
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Originally Posted by EmmaRiddle  The last one confuses me because it looks nothing like Hogwarts. I sort of agree with you. The ceiling does look accurately like a sky, however, she didn't make the windows look very much like windows. They sort of look like many arched doorways, leading to outside. So, that could have been better. But the way she portrayed Harry and Voldemort reaching for the wand which is just out of sight, is very cool... Other than the proportions on Voldemort's outstretched hand. But it truly is my favorite nonetheless. 
And when you think of it, she couldn't make it look like Hogwarts, because the cover art would have given scenes away before the book was released. | |
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01-22-2008, 12:06 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Heh, I loved the last one best too. =] | |
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01-22-2008, 12:46 PM
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|  Portuguese ModeratorThestral
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I love DH's cover actually 
__________________ I gotta go back to the muggle world,
they're gonna try and tell me this wasn't, that none of this happened,
but you know what? It was real. It did happen.
We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
and it's going to be around long after we're gone.
Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
That's the thing about Hogwarts.
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01-22-2008, 01:01 PM
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|  News EditorAbraxan
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I do love how epic the cover for DH is, so I can understand why it's a favourite of hers.
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01-22-2008, 01:50 PM
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| | Skrewt
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| nice art Emma Enthusiast
grand pre does lovely art,not over d top,just nice.yes dhallows is my fave, d one w. trio on dragon-is it d american vers? 
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01-22-2008, 02:48 PM
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| | Vampire
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The last one was really cool
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01-22-2008, 04:22 PM
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| | Bicorn
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DH's cover is fantastic  I love it
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01-22-2008, 04:55 PM
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| | Leprechaun
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Well, I dunno. I think Harry gesturing to the sky and Voldy falling away in a heap was pretty explicit. It sort of looked like a Roman coliseum. Was the fight in the Great Hall?....
I would have to say that the OoTP cover is my favorite. I like blue
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01-22-2008, 05:51 PM
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| | Kneazle
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I love them all, it's too hard to decide which one is best!
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01-22-2008, 07:50 PM
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| | Phoenix
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DH was my favourite cover, too. | |
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01-22-2008, 07:56 PM
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I'd have to say i agree with her. Deathly Hallows is my fave cover, followed very closely by Goblet of fire. I really like that one, I suppose because it's the most detailed harry face.
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01-22-2008, 09:49 PM
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| | Dementor
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Deathy Hallows was a nice cover, but however Half-Blood Prince was the best for me.  | |
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01-22-2008, 11:14 PM
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| | Jarvey
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great art really but the background confused me!!
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01-22-2008, 11:59 PM
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I love th art
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01-23-2008, 12:21 AM
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| | Thestral
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DH had an awesome cover! Voldie and Harry on it! awesomeness.... | |
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01-23-2008, 03:49 AM
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| | Dugbog
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i concure with the later statement above.
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01-23-2008, 05:27 AM
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i have to agree it is kinda of dramatic
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01-23-2008, 07:14 AM
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| Keeper of the G/H snog Clabbert
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I liked the DH US cover more than the British. My fav US covers are GOF, OOTP and DH...They look great.
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01-23-2008, 12:01 PM
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| | Jarvey
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Oh, wow, I didn't even realise that the cover was meant to depict Hogwarts. I thought he they were in a colloseum somewhere (makes no sense, I know)...
I think that the British children's version was the best. Once you'd read the book, you could look back over it and realise all the places in the book the artist had taken inspiration from.
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01-23-2008, 03:59 PM
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| | Doxy
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i can understand y she likes that one.....its my fav too
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01-24-2008, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by EmmaRiddle The last one confuses me because it looks nothing like Hogwarts. Agreed. I was very fond of the Goblet of Fire poster.
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