HP Artist in S.A.--results

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 12815

Hi --

Just falling a tad behind again ...

Amanda Lewanski wrote:

> Well, I went to the Warner Brothers show last night and met Fred Bode.
>
> Besides the fun inherent in getting away from the kids for an evening,
>
> it was nice to chat with so many other HP fans. There were a handful
> of
> folks with kids there, but mostly lots of adults milling.
>
> When it was my turn, he signed the Harry ornament (the glass Kurt
> Adler
> Polonnaise one, with Harry standing there with Hedwig on his shoulder)
>
> in cool silver stuff,

That's very cool!  I have that one too (and the Adler glass Hermione
ornament as well).  They hung side by side on my tree.  <vbg>

> 4. I asked why Hermione had blue eyes (which she definitely does on
> the
> corresponding Polonnaise ornament, at least), and he seemed to think
> he'd gone strictly by the book. I overheard him talking to a person
> ahead of me, and he was telling them that JKR had written such
> wonderful
> detailed descriptions, that it made his job so easy! He really sounded
>
> like he enjoyed what he does. Anyway, back to the eyes, I said I
> thought
> in the books they were brown. Where was the reference? Because I got
> the
> impression that he'd read the book, but he might only have read book
> 1,
> maybe 2, and if her eye color is only mentioned later, he might just
> have missed that bit.

Her eyes are brown.  It's in CoS -- after she turned into a cat by
accident, there's a reference to the fact that her eyes had returned to
their normal brown color.  I'm glad to know he *thought* he was
following the books.  I do still dispute that the WB Hermione has
"brown" hair, but I know it's close enough to be arguable.

> 6. I asked about the scar alignment, the whole horizontal/vertical
> thing. He said that there had been some dissatisfaction on JKR's part
> with the book covers depicting it as vertical (my own preference). It
> sounded like something he'd discussed with her--he related that she
> told
> him that in her mind's eye, when Voldemort attacked baby Harry, the
> baby
> flinched away, turned his head a bit, and so the scar is diagonal.

That's very interesting Amanda!  I too prefer, and thought of, the scar
as vertical.  Hmm ... but the diagonal makes some sense too.

Great report -- thanks for asking all our questions while you had the
chance.

Penny


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