Fanartist Focus: Froggie
| Interviews by Fans | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Fanartist Focus #3 - Froggie |
| Interviewer: | MrsRittenrotten for Twinspiration |
| Interviewee: | Froggie |
| Date(s): | 10 March 2007 |
| Medium: | Online |
| Fandom(s): | Harry Potter |
| External Links: | Fanartist Focus #3 - Froggie!, Archived version |
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Froggie was interviewed in 2007 for the third in the Fanartist Focus interview series at Twinspiration, a Harry Potter LiveJournal community for James/Oliver and Fred/George twincest.
Introduction
In this installment of "Fanartist Focus" we are proud and honored to feature the excellent froggie. If you aren't familiar with her art, you have a treat in store for you today! froggie has a generous number of twin-inspired works within her impressive collection of fanart, all done in her individual, graceful style. She has a very different take on Fred and George than what we have seen thus far, infusing the twins' personas simultaneously with both boyish lust as well as lithe delicacy. Few other fanartists have the vision to interpret the twins as she does.Twinspiration's petquality [mrsrittenrotten] asked froggie our regular set of questions plus a few extra, so we can all get to know her, gain an insight into her thoughts on twincest in fanart, and enjoy her lovely twin creations.
Excerpts
froggie, welcome to Twinspiration! How did you first get interested in doing fanart in general and slash/twincest art specifically?I've loved drawing since I can remember being able to hold a pencil. I've been doing "original" art for a long time. Fanart happened when I discovered online fandoms in the summer of my last year of junior high. I started tentatively drawing fanart in my freshman year as a break from "serious" art. Now, many years later, here I am.
What most inspires you to draw your fanart? Do you prefer creating art suggested by a scene in a specific story, or inventing your own original scenario?It really depends on what I'm feeling. My fanart tends to be on the "erotica" side, so whatever side emotions I may have get incorporated into what I'm making at the time. If I post fanart and I'm feeling violent, you'll probably know it from whatever's depicted in the picture (hooray for S/M?). It's transparent, but I wouldn't change it if only because those works seem less stiff that way. I will be the first to admit that I pay no attention to canon whatsoever, except to make my characters recognizable if I feel the need. I've illustrated fanfiction before, but mostly my fanart just comes from my head.
Do you agree with the conception of the twins as a single unit, and try to depict them as a unified team of two with a singular mentality, or do you see that as a misconception, which oversimplifies how their characters might be depicted in art?I'm not sure if I have any one preference for how they're portrayed. In fic, for example, they may seem like a unified person from an outsider's point of view because they both look the same and finish each other's sentences. In the canon, they are depicted as such. In art, I like to use that quality as a way to create an eerie sort of feeling. Even though they're not the same person, it's strange to see them as such. If there's fic being written about them, I do prefer if they're depicted as different people at least to some degree. I would imagine it to be frustrating to be a twin, and to be seen as only half a person.
Who are your favorite fanartists / favorite websites for fanart?I really like hill_. I've been watching her artwork since I first got into fandom, and she seems to have so much fun creating her work. There are few artists who can make me laugh as hard. She also did a really beautiful H/D [NWS-nudity/69] that I'm pimping here because I think it's awesome and it reminds me of illustrations you'd find in old books. I've also recently discovered blackboggart's work, which I think is very beautiful and artistically sound. I look forward to seeing more from her.
'Kay, now that I've gotten the fangirl part out of my system... I spend more time looking at old art than fanart. I have literally piles of old art books that I've scavenged from used book stores, or from my grandmother, or as gifts. The only fanart websites that I visit (apart from LJ, of course) are y!gallery and deviantart(blegh).
Heh, why do you say (blegh) about DeviantArt?My "blegh" comes from the attitude of DeviantArt. They have a whole section for "fetish" art, but it's apparently only fetish artwork if the subject is female. Naked men on deviantart are apparently obscene. The double-standard gives me a stomachache, and it also makes me see why there's so much focus on "akdkfjafskCOCK" in other circles; it's not like it can be expressed many other places.