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Drawing I did this year by writing out the words "Minerva, Mcgonagall, witch" a million times in ballpoint pen. (imgur.com)

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[–]Large_Fanny 420 points421 points ago

You think I wouldn't notice you wrote the word poop in there?

[–]katbog[S] 105 points106 points ago

YES I am so glad someone found that! Congratulations :D

[–]sfsczar 29 points30 points ago

How did you...what...but....

[–]Gengar11 10 points11 points ago

OF COURSE IT WOULD BE Large_Fanny who would find the word poop.

[–]Asassinsneed 21 points22 points ago

Okay, you spent a lot of time finding that, you deserve an upvote!

[–]AwkwardAvrie1026 2 points3 points ago

OP should also post to r/woahdude

[–]SeisGurl9Potions Princess 0 points1 point ago

Bravo sir.

[–]lydociaAmelia Lydocia 146 points147 points ago

Next up, the twins by writing out "I solemnly swear I am up to no good"?

[–]brodyqc 33 points34 points ago

Or Dolores Umbridge with "I must not tell lies".

[–]PikaXeD 10 points11 points ago

Don't forget to write that in blood!

[–]JafBot 10 points11 points ago

"Started making trouble in my neighbourhood"

[–]mems_account 5 points6 points ago

Malfoy with "jumpy little ferret"

[–]jimmycobwell 13 points14 points ago

More like "My father is going to hear about this."

[–]TheBubbleBoy 162 points163 points ago

You're pretty confident with the spelling then?

[–]backtobackbluebirds 14 points15 points ago

I was going to say OP was unbelievable, but to be able to turn to humour in a time of such aw and inspiration. Unbelievable.

[–]saybackp4ck 62 points63 points ago

That's amazing. You should scan it and make a wallpaper out of it!

[–]Wazowski 46 points47 points ago

Surely this was crafted with black magic

...

marker.

[–]Rahrahmonster 27 points28 points ago

It's funny how, when I tried to do a similar thing by creating a self-portrait with the words "This artist is a badass", I was diagnosed with psychosis tinged with a touch of superiority complex and illusions of grandeur.

[–]EagleEyeValor 44 points45 points ago

Next you should draw Harry Potter with, "I must not tell lies"

[–]parker214An excellent finder 28 points29 points ago

"The Boy Who Lived"

[–]SeisGurl9Potions Princess 7 points8 points ago

Use a red pen for greater effect.

[–]Rewnzor 28 points29 points ago

How did you keep count?

[–]Specte 32 points33 points ago

How do we know it was exactly one million times? Hmm...what method did you use to keep track?

[–]Dzungana 91 points92 points ago

the florida method

[–]PatriciaMayonnaise 6 points7 points ago

Floridian here. I'm offended.

[–]Odusei 23 points24 points ago

Are you sure? Better double-check.

[–]PatriciaMayonnaise 19 points20 points ago

I recounted my feelings, everything checks out now. No longer offended, we're good.

[–]Ozlin 6 points7 points ago

Those hanging feels.

[–]rocky5232 17 points18 points ago

Holy crap.

[–]Mesonit:) 18 points19 points ago

Incredible! How long did it take?

[–]katbog[S] 12 points13 points ago

It was an assessment piece for school, so I was working on it around 2.5 hours a week, for eightish weeks I think..

[–]VeganCommunist 29 points30 points ago

Assuming OP can write "Minerva, Mcgonagall, witch" in 3 seconds and speak the truth, a little over a month without breaks or sleep.

[–]serri 10 points11 points ago

I assumed 6 seconds. I rather doubt their claim.

[–]Nerzugal 1 point2 points ago

I assume it was just an exaggeration for shock value. It is still impressive, even if inaccurate.

[–]serri 2 points3 points ago

That would make a lot more sense. I get a bit... literal, sometimes.

[–]LypipheraDomme 4 points5 points ago

I'm thinking of all these style pictures I'd love to see now... Snape done with only writing "Always..." Voldemort with "Avada Kedavra" Bellatrix with "I killed Sirius Black". Thirs is so cool I love it :)

[–]chloe27orangegryffidor-some 9 points10 points ago

This is brilliant!

[–]SassyShakespearean[The Countercurse is just Un-Jellify] 3 points4 points ago

bloody brilliant, in fact!

[–]SeisGurl9Potions Princess 1 point2 points ago

You are beyond amazing. It looks like a black and white picture when it's small. You got one of my rare votes.

[–]koobaxion 10 points11 points ago

Yo dawg, I heard you like Mcgonagall...

[–]bOaORM 6 points7 points ago

Magical.

[–]Rahrahmonster 9 points10 points ago

LIES. I counted- only 997,896 times, not a million.

[–]Throwaway_A 13 points14 points ago

Really? I counted 997,895 times...I call for a recount

[–]JafBot 0 points1 point ago

Come on Florida get your shit together!

[–]little_bbdDesigner of fine broomsticks 4 points5 points ago

Wow that is fantastic! Great work!

[–]AMostOriginalUserNam 0 points1 point ago

"And this m looks just like her iris. It's coincidence, I assure you."

[–]Ebonhawk23 2 points3 points ago

People like you make me feel like going back to bed.

[–]T_Funky 0 points1 point ago

I shall not tell lies

[–]audacityx 2 points3 points ago

The sheer amount of focused in[10]t that went into this is so psychedelic

[–]zifunk402 1 point2 points ago

That's pretty cool. Is there a specific technique to it?

[–]Kiyu010 3 points4 points ago

I had to do this at ''art-school'', My way is to indentify different shades of.. grey, or at least white-light-mid-shadow-darker shadow-dark-shadow-darker shadow, or something like that, it depends on how many colours the original consists of.

I have made something like this of the Fallout dude. ;3

But still, this is WAAAAYY more awesome, and takes a lot more skill.

[–]never_knows_best 5 points6 points ago

With this style you can essentially keep adding layers of words until it looks right, as long as you don't go overboard and mind your lighter spaces.

[–]zifunk402 3 points4 points ago

Hmm, intriguing. So then, how did you translate your initial photo/sketch where you identified the values to a finished product made with handwriting? If I were going to try this, I think I'd have to use a light table or projector or something to overlay the original image on my paper, since I don't think I'd be able to eyeball the correct writing 'density' with any kind of grace or skill otherwise... Props to you and OP for managing it somehow or another!

[–]TheGirlFromYourStory 6 points7 points ago

I had to do this as a self-portrait my freshman year. I drew the outlines of the face very lightly on the page so I knew I'd have everything in the right places, and then I actually made myself a paint-by-number out of it. I predetermined 10 different values, and made super faint outlines of all the different sections and labeled them with a number, and it maybe only took me about 20 hours total to fill it all in with words written in 5 different sized pens and with different densities.

[–]Kiyu010 4 points5 points ago

It's about writing the text you chose, in thise case ''Minerva, Mcgonagall, witch'', close to eachother, and more often, when it's dark, and with a thicker pencil or whatever, and lighter and not as often when it's a light part. I am not very good at it, and English is my second language, sorry if it's not very clear. D;

[–]TheRealMrKrabs 0 points1 point ago

This is a truly amazing drawing. If you wanted to, you could probably sell this for a LOT of money.

[–]Psychosonic 3 points4 points ago

This is awesome work! Seriously really well done :)

[–]mackdaddyy[Token Black] 2 points3 points ago

any way we can get a close up of the detail?

[–]MarineClimateLover 3 points4 points ago

Seriously? Dude.

[–]PrinceinpyjamasCrest Bearer 2 points3 points ago

I feel like this deserves house points.

[–]parker214An excellent finder 0 points1 point ago

OP isn't in a house.

[–]NorwegianPearl 0 points1 point ago

500 points for Viacom!

[–]harpotFellaz 3 points4 points ago

THIS IS THE MOST FANTASTIC THING I EVER SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

[–]WhiteRose912 -2 points-1 points ago

That's amazing. Make one for me!!

[–]Haxxmonkey -2 points-1 points ago

no way?

[–]elmjinx -1 points0 points ago

you, Sir, deserve 50 points!

[–]PikaXeD 0 points1 point ago

It's actually 'Ma'am' or 'Madam'...

[–]marho -1 points0 points ago

I'm serioua right now, would you consider selling me this?

[–]TigOlBitties95 -1 points0 points ago

Well, im off to go watch Harry Potter now....thanks alot OP

[–]facedawg -1 points0 points ago

That's great but not sure what it had to do with the Dowager Countess.

[–]throughcowSpeaker for the dead 1 point2 points ago

Ever write a word so many times it actually gains more meaning?

[–]katbog[S] 4 points5 points ago

I think I ended up developing a crush on her. So that's something.

[–]FURyannnn -1 points0 points ago

...you have too much time. That's awesome though.

[–]zieri 0 points1 point ago

thats insane, great job. I'm still sitting her comprehending that

[–]b00Mg3RRY 0 points1 point ago

wow thats awesome

[–]Theditor 0 points1 point ago

I have a hard time believing those scribbles in the face Are words.

[–]Downstroyer 0 points1 point ago

It's really good... I just feel bad for your thumb... lol

[–]AdmiralPellaeon 0 points1 point ago

All work and no play makes jack a dull boy!

[–]whowhatwhynot 0 points1 point ago

She's got an Edward Scissorhands feel I like it!

[–]cjhelms 1 point2 points ago

How many pens did you go through for this drawing? Also, what is your ballpoint of choice?

[–]darlingsoul9 0 points1 point ago

I love this soo so much. Wow. She is my favourite character. Ahhhhhh!

[–]bekapotterstorm 0 points1 point ago

I don't even have words for how amazing this is!

[–]HpNStartrek 0 points1 point ago

This is so amazing.

[–]DunkanBulk 0 points1 point ago

Ain't nobody got time for that!

[–]Zigs88 0 points1 point ago

There is a demon in her robe...

[–]rottenbeemarie 0 points1 point ago

I always loved this type of artwork. Thanks for sharing your masterpiece.

[–]perksofanerdgirl 0 points1 point ago

Wow!! So. Good. Awesome work right there.

[–]zoobiezoob 0 points1 point ago

You also could've written "Maggie Smith, actress" a million times. This is really cool work but I lament the way the excellent potter and LOTR seemingly trammel the creative imagination.

[–]9molly9 0 points1 point ago

That is so amazing. Very clever!

[–]PikaXeD 0 points1 point ago

How did this get 4700+ downvotes? People suck.

[–]RavenclawAlumna07 0 points1 point ago

Wow...just wow...

[–]yenniepenny 0 points1 point ago

Wow, this is so awesome!!! I can't even being to imagine how wmany hours went into this! Keep up the great work!

[–]sir_joe_cool 0 points1 point ago

Man, the back of your hand must look fucking terrible.

[–]Andyu86 0 points1 point ago

No one on the internet would just lie, right?

[–]katbog[S] 0 points1 point ago

Thanks so much to everyone for the amazing feedback!! If anyone would like to see any more of my artwork, please take a look at my deviantart account at www.katpann.deviantart.com

[–]canyoudeleteacounts 1 point2 points ago

Could we see in-progress photos?

[–]seycyrus 0 points1 point ago

2 a second, for a year?

[–]AveSharia -2 points-1 points ago

You're getting down-voted for being picky about the number when the result was so impressive, but to back you up (a bit):

November 10th was the:

January, March, May, July, August, October = 6 x 31 = 186 February: 29 (leap year) April, June, September = 3 x 30 = 90 November: 10

186+29+90+10 = 315th day of the year.

315 days x 24 hours/day x 60 minutes/hour x 60 sections/minute / 1 million strings = 2.7216 seconds/string.

That's only .367 per second, not the two you claimed, but consider that would be with no sleep and no breaks. If OP only spent 8 hours/day doing this, it would be more like 1.1/second.

The bottom line is that there aren't really a million there. But still, impressive nonetheless.

[–]tits_mcgee0123 1 point2 points ago

Sweet!

[–]hpnerd1440 1 point2 points ago

I want this!!!!

[–]tmc511Hermie -1 points0 points ago

That is Carazy!!! Great job!!

[–]CowsofSteam 1 point2 points ago

Fucking brilliant.

[–]giraffeface 1 point2 points ago

Well, that fucking Art if I did see it.

[–]lydociaAmelia Lydocia 1 point2 points ago

That's fucked up, crazy, incredible and amazing! Well done!

[–]nml96 0 points1 point ago

I couldn't even draw that normally, let alone by writing words out.

[–]CaptainAssPlunderer 1 point2 points ago

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

[–]ddshroom 1 point2 points ago

Holy Holy Holy Shit. Wow.

[–]owlskellington 1 point2 points ago

I've seen similar things with the Beatles and all of their album lyrics here all handwritten but nothing ever this dense with Harry Potter. Well done. I say do another!

[–]Leviathon009 -4 points-3 points ago

Why is it I only find amazing art like this on the internet, but when I go to an art gallery it looks like a child shit on a piece of canvas and their parents were so proud they nailed it to the wall and charge an arm and a leg for it?

[–]kinyutakaRavenclaw Forever 1 point2 points ago

You deserve more love for that. Our museum has "art" from Picasso, that is quite literally a stereotypical 5yr old's rendition of a cat in crayon. I mean 4 parallel legs coming straight down from an oval body. And I am not even exaggerating. One guy paints Campbell's soup cans, and makes millions, but most of the talented people on deviantART aren't even recognized by the art world.

[–]mrtelephone 0 points1 point ago

you may need to see a psychiatrist

[–]egodeath92 0 points1 point ago

I'm pretty sure if OP does this we will never see him again because anyone who would actually do this needs to be institutionalized.

[–]tomtomglove -3 points-2 points ago

congratulations, you've done a celebrity drawing.

[–]Avista -1 points0 points ago

Are you using "a million" as an exaggeration to say that you wrote it too many times to count, or are you - as many in this thread seems to believe - literal and estimates that you wrote that roughly a million times?

Because, if we assume it takes exactly 5 seconds to write out that sentence, it would then take you more than 57 days non-stop to type that out. If we also count in 6 hours sleep and 3 hours toilet, eating, drinking, keeping a system of times "Minerva, Mcgonagall, Witch's"-written and dealing with concerned family members worried about your deteriorating physical and mental state, you would have to keep the pen moving for more than 92 days straight.

[–]egodeath92 -5 points-4 points ago

That is the saddest thing I have ever seen. You know, you really won't be able to get those weeks of your life back.

[–]Downstroyer 2 points3 points ago

The price of art... the best stuff isn't done in an hour...

[–]arkindal 0 points1 point ago

Impressive. How much time you had to spend on this?

[–]simmejanne 0 points1 point ago

Beautiful and amazing! Well done

[–]diabetik13 0 points1 point ago

This is so neat! I love it!

[–]sincerelyshebeast 0 points1 point ago

You are both amazing and crazy dedicated.

[–]BowmanTheShowmanA Free Elf 0 points1 point ago

Spectacular, spectacular!

[–]Rahrahmonster 0 points1 point ago

Jokes aside, this is really good. I love it.

[–]fuckthiscrazyshit 0 points1 point ago

I've always wanted to use that spell!

[–]Remember_Icarus -2 points-1 points ago

..always make me laugh and wish I could be as badass as her when i get old..

[–]fuckthiscrazyshit -1 points0 points ago

Hell yes. When she takes on Snape. Badass for sure.

[–]dead_daisy 0 points1 point ago

This is truly amazing. Awesome job.

[–]CircadianHour 0 points1 point ago

Such an odd thing to do... Looks cool though!

[–]oph1uchus 0 points1 point ago

Amazing.

[–]nerdalicious85 0 points1 point ago

Really awesome!

[–]parker214An excellent finder 0 points1 point ago

This is incredible. I'd love to see more of your work.

[–]ConnorGillis 0 points1 point ago

That is amazing, a hell of a project completed. It must feel rewarding.

[–]porcupine-freeThe Infinite Badger -2 points-1 points ago

huzzah!

[–]kinyutakaRavenclaw Forever -4 points-3 points ago

Well, someone clearly has a lot of time on his hands... said the guy who is working on a beadsprite that will end up taller than himself.

[–]thepaperlion 0 points1 point ago

This is called Typography

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