Snape's goatee? NOOooooooooo!

[two_flower2]

No: HPFGUIDX 79747

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "erinellii" <erinellii at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> But then OoP came out, and I couldn't help but notice there was a 
> picture, drawn by the American illustrator Mary Grandpre, of Snape 
in it which was too close to the Rowling drawing for comfort.  The 
> picture, at the beginning of the chapter "Occlumency", shows Snape 
as about the height of Professor Umbridge, bald on top (I ask you!), 
and with the goatee.  He and Sirius are shown having their little 
almost- duel over Snape teaching Harry occlumency. JKR doesn't 
> really want Snape to look like a short, fat, balding guy with a 
> goatee, does she?  Had I mentioned the Mary Grandpre pic looked 
kind of chubby as well?  How does Mary Grandpre decide what to draw?  
Does it get approved at all by JKR before it is included in the book?  


Hi everybody, this is my second post to this group (the first one got 
eaten).

Rowling's own drawing of Snape shows neither bald spot, nor goatee.  
He is thin, big-nosed, with long dark hair and rather vampire-like 
looking.

I think Grand Pre attributed to Snape the goatee and bald spot, 
because she wanted to make him look repulsive.  Also, in the kitchen 
scene you mention had she might have wanted to make him look unlike 
his adversary Sirius.  Snape's looks as described in the books are 
not too different from Sirius'.

"two_flower2"