POST MORTEM

Besides being the term for a posthumous examination of a body, "post mortem" is used in the entertainment industry to refer to a meeting held after a production has wrapped

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to discuss what worked and what didn't, what went well, and what should have been done differently.  I've felt the need to do this with The Azkaban Project as much for my own benefit as the interest of anyone who wants to know even more about what I think of my work than what I've said under each of the pictures.

First off, I'd like to say that this has been incredibly fun.  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is by far my favourite book in the series, and to have the freedom and time to throw myself into illustrating it has been both a pleasure and good exercise.  Some thanks are in order:

  • To my roommates, who put up with me disappearing into my sketchbook or onto the computer for long periods of time (and not, say, cleaning the kitchen), as well as my giddy spells when drawings for favourite parts of the book turned out unexpectedly well.

  • To M. B. for being my page tester and cheerleading section, as well as providing me with conversational distraction when working in Front Page got tedious.

  • To S. M. K. for convincing me that the world needs more Lupin, and inspiring a couple of my favourite gag sketches.

  • To Bardel for employing me, immersing me in the company of extremely talented individuals from whom I learned boatloads, and promising to re-hire me in the fall, which meant I didn't have to spend the summer looking for work but instead spent it drawing utterly frivolous amateur illustrations for a kids' book.

  • To John Williams, for writing the score to the third movie, which works perfectly as a score to the book as well, and provided me with appropriate background music for much of my work here.

  • And, saving the best for last, to Joanne Rowling, for writing such a compelling novel with such interesting characters and strong imagery, rich enough to serve as a source for more than ninety drawings.

The initial aim of The Azkaban Project was to preserve on paper as much of my mental "movie" of the third book as I possibly could.  In this I believe I succeeded, more or less