セブルス・スネイプ

My fellow Snape fans! Long time no see, I hope you've been doing alright. I'm back once more, after what might be my longer absence on here so far.

I owe you an apologize, and even if I won't develop very deep on my personal situation, I wanted to give you some kind of explanations. I've been leaving far from home in Japan for more than 2 years now; last year, I started to work as a 2D animator for the anime industry in Tokyo, and got through a very difficult experience. Working culture in Japan is far from the one why might have in Europe or in the rest of the world, and the anime industry makes no exception; insane working schedules, very bad working conditions, no consideration of personal life and low salary are basically considered as the norm here. Sometimes I was shamed for only working +50 weekly hours and not commiting to work for free on weekends.

As I couldn't stand the toxic environement anymore, I finally moved to the Japanese countryside where I managed to find a little animation studio that works on my favorite series of all times: Pokémon. My collegues now are all very nice peoples, I feel accepted and respected despite the very rought working conditions; But above alI can now realise my dream and work and be implied on my childhood favorite anime.

However, I get close to no money from my long 6 working days week. I hardly pay the rent, and I rely on my savings for paying bills and food. I'm happy and I'm not in immediate danger: I have been saving money in preparation for this kind of cases for years before moving to Japan; However, I want to continue to pursue my dream and know that in the long run, I cannot afford to leave a life that doesn't allow me to move more freely and meet my family even if it's only one time in two years.

That's why I'm now trying and hope to develop a little side hustle to help cover the daily life expenses while developing my skills for creation and illustration. I have little to no visibility on social medias and it's difficult, but I want to trust time and would be extremely grateful in even a few of you could consider checking my work if interested. Of course I don't exclusively draw Snape, but I'm putting all of my heart in my recent illustrations including Pokémon fanart, food illustrations and sketches on the daily life in Japan. My main tumblr is https://lucie-foselle.tumblr.com/ , I also have a IG page called "tenma_draws_pokemon".

However, I have a little treat for you Snape fans: I recently come up with the idea of making postcard and stickers with some of my Snape fanarts. I'm pretty happy with the result and would like to propose you to get them if you want to either get a little Snapey decoration, want to share your love to another Snape fan, or support me and my work!

Everything is printed, signed and stamped on demand! Note that the colors and result might therefore look slightly different than the pictures. My stamp will also appear in the 2 darker background cards, as featured in the visuals bellow.

Everything is made by me, I print in a small local shop and look for the best quality as possible for the illustrations! I can ship worldwide from Japan, and it would be made with love, care and an immense gratitude.

✨ Poscards (4 patterns available now, can be seen on this Tumblr) ✨

Price: 3$/3€/3£ /pc, worldwide shipping included! ✨ I can make little discount if several items are bought.

Size: 10x14.7 (~3.9x5.7 inches)

The little pumpkin is part of a collection I have on my main illustration Tumblr, you can check at https://lucie-foselle.tumblr.com/)

✨ Stickers (Snape crest pattern) ✨

Price: 3$/3€/3£ /pc, worlwide shipping included! ✨

Size: ~5x6cm (~2.5 inches), might add holographic effect. ✨

You can contact me via DM here or on my IG, and payement is made via Paypal. I plan to launch my kofi page soon and might consider selling other goods and take commisions in the future if I feel like it could interest some of you! 💚 I can either draw and animate, still have to sort it all for 2025! 🤗

Note that I would do my best but I'm just starting to print and ship my art, there might be a little delay in the shipment and the goods might take up to 3 weaks to reach you. Plenty of non Snape pattern are also available so if you are interested do not hesitate to check or ask, my DM are open! 🤗

Even a little like, comment or share gives a lot of support. 💚 A huge thank you to all of you who would have read until now, and would show a little bit of support! ✨ Have a good rest of your week-end, fellow Snapers. 🐍

(I might delate it latter. I'm not especially super fond of exposing my feelings but if anyone want to talk about it I'll be very happy to do so)

I have very bittersweets and a rather hurting feelings about something, and I thought that maybe it is an experience that has ever happened to someone, and that maybe that someone would know how to cope with it and give me advices. At least, I think it may make me some good to get it out of my chest, even if it's a bit shamefull to expose.

I have been leaving in Japan for about 10 months now because I studied the language in France and had the chance to be able to participate in a cultural exchange. I've been frequenting a University in a little city in countryside called Tenri, made a lot of encounters of peoples from all over the world, with different cultures and languages.

Now the date of my departure is nearing, and while I'm not sure if I'll move back to France or move in Tokyô to find employement, most of my new friends will go back to their own home countries and I will for sure not be going back to Tenri before a very long time.

I'm already very sad about the goodbyes I'll have to do in the next 2 months, knowing that some peoples I'll probably never see again and I shared such incredible experiences with them that I already know how leaving them will be difficult. At least, I know that those feelings will in some great extend be mutual, and that I'll not be alone to be sad to part ways.

But, my biggest apprehension is to say goodbye to the Japanese coworkers, with whom I have been working for a few month as a part time job outside of my studies. I have been working in a Japanese convenient store and while it has arguably been one of the most difficult and challenging experience of my stay in Japan (because of the intensity of the job itself but moreso because of the difficulties of language barrier, both when dealing with clients and my colleagues), it ended up being one of the (if not the) things that brought the more happiness and rewarding feelings in my daily life. This work provided me with a feeling of belonging and some sense of confidence in myself in a moment I felt very isolated and helpless. Now, I realise that in one or two month, it will be over for good. Because this experience was very intense, I developped very strong feelings of loyalty and attachement towards my colleagues, that I know I should rather not have developped. I understand very well that they are unilateral, and that this is very normal because while for me it's an extremely out-of-comfort-zone experience that makes everything unique, for them I'm most probably just another temporary part-time employee - who looks a bit limited and awkward because not being able to apprehend the language perfectly, at that.

Therefore, I feel a big sadness at the idea that the farewell will be very hurting for me but most naturally not for my collegues. Japanese peoples are very kind, but they have a very different way of thinking than wersterners especially when it comes to social relationship and they are very reserved about expressing feelings. Therefore, I don't know if I can tell them what I feel to any extend without causing them uneasiness and maybe incomprehension (because, maybe for them we are not that close - my strong affective response is caused by my own circumstances) - and this is only if I'm able to express my feelings in Japanese, which is one of the most difficult things to do in any other language than your own. I'm very sad about parting ways, that I'll not be bold enough to communicate my gratitude, that this experience may not have real closure and that they might forget about me a few weeks after my departure.

It's not the first time I have to say goodbye, I graduated from schools and said goodbye to close friends and coworkers before. But never to people who live in the other side of the world from where my hometown actually is. This is the first time I have such intense feelings towards it. And some of these feelings I never had before.

It will be alright in the end, but for now I'm affraid about missing opportunities and not having a chance to be honest and sincere.

Is there anyone who ever felt those things, or would have advices of how to deal with it, I wonder.

Snape, Scoundrel or Saint? - Week 2: The Professor

Hum-hello?

Well, yes, I am late. Like, very very late...? I hope you will not be mad at me lol, I had this pic in my wips for litteraly weeks and I couldn't either find the time to clean-up / frame this second pannel nor the energy and motivation to do so...! For more than one week it has been on the point of completion but every day I got something to prevent me to achieve it lol.

It was far too LONG!

I'm really unsure of how I feel about this final result - but I have to post it now and submit it to your jugement, hoping that you'll find some good in this second entry in the @snapecelebration 's "Snape: Scoundrel or Saint" event.

Prompts were, this time: "Potion Master", "Head of Slytherin House", "Colleagues", "Slytherin Favouritism" and "Bullying". Can you find them here?

I have to thank all of you for your amazing reception on my first entry. ♡ It gave me hope when I wasn't sure anybody would be interested anymore by my deserted blog! Ahah

I am unfortunately very very far behind in the challenge and somehow it makes me doubt of if it is of any importance that I try to complete this series. I think I want to do it at some point but I'm affraid that forcing me to do so for now (while I have serious real life objectives that require my time and attention, while my head is willing to focus on something else than drawing and while my hand do not really want to draw Snape anyway) will not help me do my best.

Time will tell if I am to complete this challenge! For now, do not hesitate to share your thoughts!

Enjoy those little snapshot of our Potion's master life as a teacher at Hogwarts, school of Witchcraft and Wizardry! 🐍☆

Snape, Scoundrel or Saint? - Week 1: The Muggle

Hey there! Yeah, I'm still alive. Here is my participation for the first week of @snapecelebration 's "Snape: Scoundrel or Saint?" event! I'll try to do my best and deliver one pic for each week, but as I was unsure of the dates concerned by the event, expect them to be pretty late / released when the following week starts! (at best, I'll constantly post them on Tuesday).

As it is something that I enjoy to do, I combined all the prompts in one single drawing that I wanted to make look like a page of manga. I'm not the best when it comes to layering and making dynamics compositions, so I hope it won't look too messy. I had an hard time drawing young Severus's face, as I had never really made any definitive reference for my interpretation of 10 years old kid Snape.

Prompts were "Cokeworth", "Tobias and Eileen Snape", "Childhood", "Friendship" and "Holiday", so I hope you'll find them easily there!

Even if it took me very long to put the manga screentones I'm really not sure of if I prefer with or without it. Do not hesitate to tell me your opinion, I'm really interested. One thing sure is that I had something in my mind when I imagined the pic, and the result is completely different as much in terms of style, technique and shadings. I do not have the necessary objectivity right now to determine if I like it or not at all.

Do not hesitate to tell me your opinion! 🍃

Again, I apologize for my inactivity this year. I have had weird times lately, and I'm still trying to focus on my real life experiences. I still love you all and hope you'll enjoy this new thing, from that damn irregular artist that I am.

I would like to apologize for not giving news, not answering to your kind messages and not posting anything on this page for litteraly far too long.

I'm currently undertaking some of the most difficult and ambitious professional projects of my life and it comes with a lot of stress and uncertainties.

I definitely will be back at some point, I hope sooner than later, but for the moment it's difficult for me to focus on my Snape fanarts. Some of them are in the way but I need to find time (and energy) to clean and color them properly.

Thank you anyway to my followers for your patience and my apologies for not providing content more regularly. Again, I want to thank all the peoples who give appreciation to my work, and sorry for not always giving anwers to your bery nice words. Be sure they mean a lot to me.

Those cheeky Slytherins baited Snape into the common room and he's been greeted with some unexpected enthusiasm. No escape left now - he'll have to handle the tricky situation he's found himself traped in!!

Happy birthday Severus! 💚

Bringing joy and celebration is now an unavoidable tradition to pay tribute to our favorite greesy Potion Master, ruling over Hogwarts's damp dungeons.

I apologise for the sh*t quality of the fanart, the scanner I found at the supermarket destroyed the look of picture because I think I sat wrong parameters, and I chose to work with a very small sized file in consequence. I hesitated to post it to be honest, I'm definitely not satisfied. But well - Snape's birthday is only one day in a year, so no time to start it from scratch again. Sorry for the result tho. ;_;

At least I hope he enjoyed his slice of strawberry shortcake. 🍰 In absence of a Dumbledore to spoil him with some sweets, I take in charge to feed this grumpy boy with wipped cream and some well deserved comfort. ♡

First, thanks for your question! I'm not sure if it is an inquiry made out of curiosity, or a bit malevolent critic, so I'll try to keep my answer as neutral as possible. To be honest, I find your question a bit baffling for some bits.

I've been consuming Snape content for years and from what I've been able to observe, I saw couteless drawings and interpretations of kid Snape, and I've seen his adult self being drawn in the most unlikely AU, with different haircuts and clothes; as a fictionnal character, I think it's not a problem to propose different interpretations, and anyone is free to pick which one they like and dislike. Also, Snape was definitely a kid once, therefore I see no problem in drawing him as such.

Regarding the hair color, it really confuses me, as the drawings were actually intended to be only linearts. It means that there's actually no colors at all, not even black and white. In doing so I keep them neutral to be able to color them later if I decide to. The pencil colored area are just there to emphasis volumes and shadows, to create some depth and make the general composition nicer for this type of drawing. If you look at my other works, including last year's Snapetober, you'll realise that it's just the way I proceed in most cases. I rarely blacken his hair at the lineart's step. But as the last picture I colored can show you, I never imagined his hair to be anything else than black.

Also, I may need to explain myself about Snape's attitude in my inktober series. For that, I can recognize that I took a lot of liberties from canon. If it's really a problem, I don't know, and honestly I would be interested to know everyone's opinion on this subject, so please do not hesitate to tell me. What happened is that I wanted to do the Inktober, but the prompts for Snapetober arrived 2 days before October 1st. I am someone for whom it takes a lot of time to organise, come up with ideas and put them on paper. So of course, when the "official" Snapetober prompts were released, I had already been looking up for another prompt list, started thinking about my drawings for a few days and had already decided to base it on the official list instead. Most of them were pretty light hearted and challenging, so I knew I would be going for something less dark than usual - and already knew it wouldn't be the most popular idea. And it was a reinforced feeling when I saw the actual Snapetober promptlist, which was super angsty as always.

Eventually, I believe I am free to draw what I want. If you don't like my inktober series, then it's really alright, you don't have to. But also I want to emphasis that if I just wanted to draw something different from usual because I was unwilling to draw the regular super angsty Snape stuff.

Just to be clear, I have nothing against the super popularity of angsty Snape content in any kind of Snape related content. I like my Snape with some angst too, I take a lot of pleasure to both consume and create such things, but sometimes I think it's a bit sad to feel forced to submit to this in order to get more responses.

Inktober Day 31: Farm 🎃

Happy Halloween everyone!! 🎃 OH MY GOD I'm sacrificing my night to get this done ahah.

I know I've been skipping a few prompt but I really wanted this one out for October 31th! ✨️ So here is a little Sev with his harvested pumpkins!! I hope so much that you'll like it! 🤗

My computer is actually super desaturated so it looks widely different on my phone right now lol, hope it doesn't attack your retina too much - originally it wasn't that flashy but changing color palette now would be too time consuming.

I want to thanks all the peoples who showed interest and support for this little series. @momo-t-daye , @snapesnailtape, @snapecentric and all the others, thank you so much for your shares and taggs, I'm ashamed to not taking the time to answer but you have to know that it means a lot to me. ♡

I may do the lacking prompts later, this was a very difficult rythm to keep up, and despite not having achieving the full thing I still very proud that I stuck to it. It's still my biggest achievement in term of number of posts and drawings and I'm happy I could do it eventually.

Inktober Day 24: Fairy ✨️

-Hey! Listen!

Inktober Day 22: Heist

Woops...

Inktober Day 21: Bad Dog 🐕

-Give it back...give it back...!

When you just wanted to pet the dog and that it actually just wanted to try your snack.

Good luck Sev. I always imagined him having troubles with animals ahah. In canon he always find himself in some weird situations when creatures are involved and he seems pretty unlucky in that regard.

The dog is a shiba inu, I wanted a medium sized puppy and they happen to be one of my favorite species. May Severus save the snack!

Hope you'll enjoy~.

Inktober Day 20: Bluff ♠️♥️

Severus definitely watched too much thrillers on TV. Dad's old shirt, necktie, and the orange Juice tetra pack almost make the trick. Almost.

Well, there are a lot of drawing inconsistencies in this one, sorry for that. I couldn't take much time to correct them and from now on I have to make cuts if I want to complete the challenge.

Inktober Day 19: Ponytail

In the snowy mountains, is said to be an hidden field where bloom red spider lilies. There, a silent boy look for them.

The perspective of drawing ponytail Snape made me happy from the very beggining. He already has long hair so it's an easy image to picture, at least in my mind. So here is boy Snape AU, with some vibes that may be evocating of Demon Slayers for those who know this famous manga series (I happen to have a huge interest in its aesthetic and costumes).

I enjoyed doing this drawing a lot, unfortunately had to ink it quickly as I need to go to sleep early tonight.

I may not be able to post tomorrow - actually, I'm going to visit somewhere that would make any Harry Potter fan very excited and enthusiastic, I believe. If you want to try to guess, go for it! :-) little reminder that I leave near Osaka... :P

Inktober Day 18: Scrape 🐈

-Stop...! Dad will kill me...!

When you enthusiastically bring a stray cat in your room but it starts to destroy everything...

Inktober Day 17: Salty 🧂

When you mistook sugar with salt...

Let's be honest, it arrived to all of us at least once...

Poor Severus. Good luck with your salty tea, lad.