http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/ Harry Potter News, Books and Films en-us Tue Aug 05 07:29:00 -0400 2008 Tue Aug 05 07:29:00 -0400 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss staff@the-leaky-cauldron.org staff@the-leaky-cauldron.org http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/blogs/jamie/2008/8/5/the-importance-of-fan-art-interpretation The creation of art has two faces: creation and interpretation. The magic of <b>fan art</b> is that it wears both masks. The Potter fan artist is both creating new art and interpreting the literary art of <b>Jo Rowling</b>. Of course, this interpretive art has a long history--even the classical artists derived their inspiration from another medium--an oral tradition of fable perhaps, or the admired work ... Tue Aug 05 07:29:00 -0400 2008 /blogs/jamie/2008/8/5/the-importance-of-fan-art-interpretation root Bloggers Bloggers - Jamie http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/blogs/jamie/2008/7/21/hp-art-soup <p>First I want to thank the AMAZING <a href="http://fanart.the-leaky-cauldron.org/user/profile/Tom+Scribble" target="_blank">Tom Scribble</a> for the snippets of her artwork on my blog banner. She is truly one of the GREAT HP FanArtists!</p> <p>Now, about this little ol' blog-thingy here: I thought, being the big HP FanArt geek that I am, it might be nice to talk a bit more about art in general, HP fan art in particular, and the visual side of the Potter-phenomenon. In a more <i>personal</i> manner t</p>... Mon Jul 21 06:40:00 -0400 2008 /blogs/jamie/2008/7/21/hp-art-soup root Bloggers Bloggers - Jamie