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Dark Mark Over the Astronomy Tower

Dark Mark Over The Astronomy Tower

Wanting to find something different, I choose one of the final scenes from the sixth book 'Half-Blood Prince':

Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore return to Hogwarts to find the dark mark cast over the Astronomy tower and they race to the tower on broomsticks, with Harry wearing his invisibility cloak, to face the climatic confrontation of the book.

To create the scene I took the look of the towers from the film, and my own version of the dark mark; with it's green glow and serpentine tongue. The mark uses inverted plates supported on transparent beams from the tower roof; the broomsticks are similarly supported.

I digitally enhanced the final image by adding varying degrees of blur to the layers to create depth with a mist effect between them and removed the transparent blocks. I include the un-enhanced shot for comparison along with alternative views and shots to show the construction.

Hope you like it, it's been fun to finally create a Harry Potter scene!
#harry potter
#half-blood prince
#albus dumbledore
#towers
#astronomy
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