[HPFGU-OTChatter] Book Covers

[FoxyDoxy]

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cantoramy <cantor at vgernet.net> Has book cover questions:  
>About the regular edition:
>I know that the trio at the bottom are Moody, Tonks and Lupin 
>and that Sirius is to the left above them; 
 
Doxy:
Right. 
 
cantoramy:
>now the questions.  Are the swirly things supposed to be orbs?
 
Doxy:
I don't think so. I thought the swirly things were smoke carried over from the candles on the front cover. Or else they were added by MGP for no real reason. 
 
cantoramy:
>And what does the silhouette in the doorway at the 
>top-right of the page mean? 
 
Doxy:
I thought that was Harry standing in his bedroom doorway after the Dursleys had gone and the members from the Order had shown up. 
 
cantoramy:
>On the other side of the doorway the image looks like a ribbon >of smoke.

Doxy:

again, I think that's just smoke from the candles. 
cantoramy:
>About the special edition:
<snipped what is known>
>Are those doxies that decorate the house?  
 
Doxy:
Or fairies. I think it's significant that one is headless. There are references to decapitation in the books. 
 
cantoramy:
>What is afire in the grass in front of the house?  
 
Doxy:
I think that's the parchment Moody gives Harry that gives the location of the the Order of the Phoenix headquarters. After Harry memorizes the message Moody sets fire to it with his wand.  
cantoramy:
>Are those Dumbledore's glasses hanging from the fence?

 
Doxy:
I'm not sure about the glasses. 
 
A few months ago I listened Mary GrandPre talk about drawing the HP pictures. She does get to read each book before she does the illistrations. She draws what she feels and still tries to keep it close to the story without giving too much away. She isn't always right though. Remember she also draws Harry as left-handed, and gives Snape a goatee. 
 
I hope that answered some of your questions. 
 
Doxy, always willing to answer questions she doesn't have to think too much about. 
 


 




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