A Brit a Day [#128]

This week's theme is "Suitable for Framing," those breathtaking studio pics that happen when something just 'clicks' between the photographer and the subject. Go click yerself on this picture and it becomes delightfully large, and Alan Rickman looks fantastic.

A Brit a Day [#127]

This post is for Saturday.

I love this photograph more than I can say. Tippy Hedron and you-know-who from around the time they made "The Birds;" photographed by Lawrence Schiller, it's currently on display at the Orange County Museum of Art as a part of an exhibit of Schiller's work, including iconic later pics of Marilyn Monroe.

Alfred Hitchcock may be my favorite director, but I bet he was a bear to work for. Appropriate to this week's theme, I love how utterly at ease Tippy Hedron looks here, either unaware of or in spite of the Great One's weighty presence. And hand it to Schiller, he avoided the easy way out--there isn't a bird in sight.

A Brit a Day [#126]

Eddie Argos looks quite comfortable here, and no doubt stuffed with Dyan's brilliant cooking.

A Brit a Day [#125]

This post is for Thursday.

There is general agreement among the people [you know who you are if you are one] who discuss this kind of thing that, in this picture, Henry Ian Cusick looks like a man who is quite comfortable with himself and who he is. And so are we.

A Brit a Day [#124]

I seem to have loads of pictures of Jason Isaacs looking comfortable. I think that's just the way he is. I say to myself, "I think I'll just lay my head right here for a minute," and I've got oodles of choices about where 'right here' could be.

A Brit a Day [#123]

Dan R. is taking the day off to make way for Alan-Rickman-Not-As-Snape, an incarnation of AR that we haven't seen around here for a while. Here's Alan looking like he just rolled out of bed...with the bed...and the drapes...I'll send a guest pass to my 6' bath tub to anyone who can tell me what this picture is from/about.

A Brit a Day [#122]

I was thinking about having the cast barefoot as a theme this week, but I'm just not enthusiastic about googling for images of bare feet. Christian Bale was all ready to oblige, though, quite tastefully and looking quite comfortable in his own skin, as we say. So unless/until I come up with something more creative [and 'creativity' may depend on the purchase of an All-in-One that has yet to happen] this week's post will center on The Comfy/Happy. Now go get that second cup of tea....

A Brit a Day [#121]

This post is for Sunday.

The chibi Snape is credited on the artwork. The one below is, alas, uncredited.

And finally, here is Severus Snape by uniqueLegend. The reference to Lily Potter is so poignant.

A Brit a Day [#120]

I've really enjoyed this week's posts. The fan art theme is hard for me to let go of. There are so many brilliant examples in my files, I hate to leave so much on the cutting room floor.

Collecting "pictures" as digital files really began with my obsession over Alan Rickman playing Professor Snape. Back in the day, I remember thinking, "Someone really ought to come up with a way to access and sort images that's more useful and attractive than a list of file names. Like, Thumbnails would be nice...." I even purchased software called Scanalog to help me do it. I considered it a business expense since I had hundreds of clippings that I had saved in the course of designing sets that I wanted to scan and store on my computer. Then, at some point, Windows caught up [no, I did not invent Windows 7] and searching for my picture files became a breeze.

OK, that was a serious digression...doing that a lot lately.....ahem. ANYWAY, I've decided to bridge the end of Fan Art Week to tomorrow's Alan Rickman post by filling the weekend with my favorite Snape fan fantasies. There'll be a few more tomorrow...it's a festival!

A Brit a Day [#119]

I've had this portrait of Eddie in my Brit file for a long time. The artist's signature is Superman. I can't remember if Eddie credited it in his blog to a specific person. At any rate, it's fabulous, that's Eddie's posture through and through.

And I don't think this piece below qualifies as fan art, but it does if 'The New Yorker' magazine is considered a fan. I think this is huge, being illustrated in the goings-on-about-town section of 'The New Yorker'--I'm so happy for Eddie and Dyan.
And finally, I couldn't leave this one out--even though it is not fan art of Eddie, it's literally a portrait of the artist's cat, named for the human Eddie Argos. I love the paw poised over the keyboard, ready to write some amazing lyrics.

A Brit a Day [#118.5]

I just had to add this one--this is LOST Exodus by terbeag, found on deviantArt, again by the Sistahs.

A Brit a Day [#118]

This gorgeous piece of fan art featuring Desmond [Henry Ian Cusick] from 'Lost' is called "Unstuck" and it is by artist Dr. Mikey. I actually own a print of this painting. Take a close look at the linework and shading--it's all made up of words, and to a stunning effect.

I found--or I should say Mianne of the Sistahs found--the piece below on Deviant Art [I think] and I fell in love with it. I can happily credit Neanderthal Jam for the nice work. Earn trivia points if you know the name of the sailboat.

A Brit a Day [#117]

Jason Isaacs as Captain Hook by Yukipon.

A Brit a Day [#116]

Whether this was photoshopped or someone actually has HP wall decals, I don't know. Either way, this picture is fan art of Dan Radcliffe in the true spirit of the words.

And it's a nicely composed photograph.