Ardor - A Darke Love Philtre

Contest entry for Hogwarts Art Love Potion contesty thingy-thing.

So eloquent. Yes.

-cough- I hope I did this correctly. Ohwell, good practice if I didn't!

Inspired by gorgeous medieval herbals. The recipie does contain a few ingredients used in herbal aphrodesiacs from now and way back in the Dark Ages, but please, please don't try this particular blend. You're all smart, I trust you. Somewhat. -duck-

Everything except the book itself is all traditional. I found a medieval herbal with lined parchment (bwa!) so I was able to use plain old notebook paper to keep my calligraphy nice and straight and pretty. The Vanilla pod, Damiana flower and Saw Palmetto were drawn with a quill and ink and the colours are all pastel. :3

And the rest was a heck of a lot of mad mad editing in Photoshop. Phew. Good practice. I should whip out the pastels more often. They're far too much fun.

Pastel, Ink, Quill, Calligraphy pen and Photoshop.
Art © Me! ME ME ME ME! My first non-fanart (sortof) in ages. Muhahaha!

Full-view for all the sweet details.

Hooray for bad Latin! Ignore it if it's wrong, Latin-nerds. -hug-