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Ravenpuff | Cap'n Crunch | Bedtime Queen | O Minion, My Minion
Keefer finally decided on what to do. A Huffie crest on the left, text on the right, and some assorted Quidditch gear sprinkled throughout. He first painted the field a bright Hufflepuff yellow. Then came the words: Huffies for the Cup! He would've used the full name of his House, but he would've run out of room. After adding some decorative shadows underneath the words, he set to work on the House crest. Fortunately, Keefer had quite the artistic flair when he wanted to use it. With meticulous care, he outlined the badger and his banner. Then he worked on the actual crest and its field. After what seemed like five hours but was actually much less, he finished and moved on to the Quidditch equipment. I think a Golden Snitch definitely. Maybe a Quaffle, that should be easy. Aaaand... the Quidditch Cup! Then all I have to do is perform the charm!
Tapping the yellow field, he said "Colorus fulgeo yellow to lime green!" and made circles with his wand, first to the right and then to the left. And suddenly the background began to flash between lime green and yelow. "Cooleo!" He admired his handiwork, certain that it would help Hufflepuff on to victory.
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OOC description of my banner:
I made a Hufflepuff Quidditch banner that I might use as a siggie someday. It's yellow, with the House crest on the left half, and "Huffies for the Cup!" on the right half. I also put in a few Quidditch items like a Quaffle, a Snitch, and the Quidditch Cup, which are among the words. The background flashes between lime green and yellow. The yellow is for Hufflepuff, but the lime green is just because Keefer likes to be random sometimes! I decided to put in the Quidditch pictures because otherwise it looked like the banner was about the House Cup. I really wanted the crest to be the main eye-catcher, which is why it's so big. I know Keefer probably couldn't paint that well, but that's okay. Keefer would probably glue streamers around the edges before the big match, but those aren't available in the classroom. Overall, I think it's pretty good for my first graphic and not really knowing how to use Paint!
Jimbo will set his turtle loose on you. { The Farley } "That's trademarked, don't use it."
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Originally Posted by Nixy!
Iris grinned at him as he spoke. "Well, the paper is already here, so yes. I brought enough materials."
Rolling her eyes at Jimbo as he spoke up again, Iris pushed his arm, "Egotistical, much?!" Then she had an idea. She grinned at him. "Go on then. Four colours. Less attempts than I did."
HA. She just wanted to prove him wrong, but, y'know... It was fun. hehe.
"I'm doin' a Slytherin team one ... It's the easiest to do. I think." Heehehe.
She picked up her paint brush and carried on painting the snake.
He narrowed his eyes at her accusingly. "Did you bring a banner thing for me? Were you thinking of me when you went over to the boxes, Monty!?!"
He really did not want to get up.
...
Was he a wizard or was he not?
Was he good at charms or was he not?
Geez. He really was dim sometimes. He could just summon the paper over.
But he was still going to give her a hard time.
Pft. Jimbo was very egotistical. But with this he had reason. He was very good at charms and he wasn't bluffing.
But she was challenging him. Well, alright. Jimbo Farley never turns down a challenge.
He smirked at her and lifted his wand to the page he had been working on before, which was flashing between yellow and pink. He made it stop flashing and cleared his throat for dramatic effect.
"Colorus Fulgeo, Yellow to Pink to Green to PURPLE."
HA!!!
HE WAS ADDING A FOURTH COLOUR!! HAHA!!!
But it didn't work. And he didn't expect it to. It was only his first try, after all.
Then another try and he managed to get the third colour.
"How many times was that Monty? What was that? Two? And how many times did you do it? What? Three? So, you're telling me that it took me one less try and I got it on my SECOND try? Wow, so who wins? I do. Yes. Yes, I do."
Honestly, he was surprised himself that he'd gotten it on the second try. It was probably because he had already mastered the Yellow to Pink.
He made sure Monty wasn't looking as he made the page stop flashing and tried the three colour change again.
And he didn't get it.
It was a fluke.
He glanced over at Monty and confirmed that she HADN'T noticed.
Well. He was going to let her think that he really had mastered it. Muaha.
He tried the four colour change three more times before he got it.
He bet Monty couldn't do THAT.
Super Slytherin Buddy | | ⅓ She-Snake Trio | | a normal girl with normal knees
Mwaha! So that was their assignment? After listening to the instructions, Evelyn smirked before continuing to blow on the paint. DRYYYYYY! Dangit. It wasn't drying fast enough...
"I command you...to DRY!" *bloooow blow*
After a few more moments however, she had to stop and take a rest. Eesh, who knew blowing on paper could make you feel dizzy. Glancing over once at Destiny, her hazel eyes trailed around the room to see where everyone was. Josh, Destiny, Goooold, peoples...Patroclus...
Eh, well a lot of people. "Destiny. Do you know how to make paint dry faster?" Hmmm?
Super Slytherin Buddy || ⅓ She-Snake Trio || 'I taste like chocolate and potatoes'
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Originally Posted by individual
Mmhmm, so the decision was final! From blue to white the dots would go!
Making sure there was no paint on her hands, Evelyn picked up her wand and was about to make the paint dry faster since there was no way she was tapping wet paint, when an arm suddenly filled her vision. And then yellow. And then her paper with her three blue dots on it. Whaaat?!
Looking to her right, the Slytherin raised a brow at how much yellow paint Destiny was using, but she burst out laughing when she heard what it was. "You're right. It looks like Stutters." Or Kay. Whichever was fine with her.
Snickering, and deciding that she shouldn't risk not using something the Professor herself taught them, Evelyn instead started to gently blow on the paint. Dry faster! Dangit!
"Wait, you should paint a friend with it." she said, glancing at Destiny out of the corner of her eye as she continued to blow on the paint. Becoming...dizzy...
Destiny tilted her head and glanced at her painting as Evelyn said it looked like Stutters. Well, that wasn't who she was drawing! She was trying to draw Kay. That was the reason the painting person had an extra LARGE head! She thought it was obvious, but it was her drawing. "If you say so." she drawled, making the paint head even BIGGER than before.
Now it looked like Kay!
"Evelyn," she started, and placed the paintbrush down before continuing, "Everyone knows Huffies don't have friends!"
Bahahahaha!!
Her picture would be all wrong if she drew Kay with a friend.
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Originally Posted by individual
Mwaha! So that was their assignment? After listening to the instructions, Evelyn smirked before continuing to blow on the paint. DRYYYYYY! Dangit. It wasn't drying fast enough...
"I command you...to DRY!" *bloooow blow*
After a few more moments however, she had to stop and take a rest. Eesh, who knew blowing on paper could make you feel dizzy. Glancing over once at Destiny, her hazel eyes trailed around the room to see where everyone was. Josh, Destiny, Goooold, peoples...Patroclus...
Eh, well a lot of people. "Destiny. Do you know how to make paint dry faster?" Hmmm?
And now all she had to do was wait for the painting of Kay to dry. Destiny figured she would change the yellow into green, since Kay wished she was a Slytherin.
Face it. Slytherin is the best house, and everyone is jealous. They have every right to be, too!
She folded her hands on top of the table and just staaaaared at the painting. She was patient, verrrrrry patient. Evelyn, on the other hand, not so much. Glancing at her friend, she snickered at her attempt to blow the painting dry, "A watched cauldron never boils, have you heard that before? Well, the same thing with a painting! You need patience!" Besides, when you blow on the paint, it'll just all move around and muss up your ARTWORK..especially if you used a whole lot of paint..
..like Destiny did.
"Buuuuut, if you REALLY want the painting to dry, I suggest you open a window and wave it around outside. That seems to work."
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Hiss!Roar!Growl!Caw! | Hermione's Double | The Little Three | Alecate
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Originally Posted by PattyH.
Choosing a colour was a hard enough task for Patroclus but now they had to choose a team as well...Ahh!
Selecting a nice Green, Patroclus strolled back to his desk, and slid his apron over his head. To be able to make the banner, he first would have to be able to perform the spell. Sloshing his brush into the green paint, Patroclus slapped it onto the page and covered every inch of the page, till it was as green as grass. Setting his brush aside, Patroclus took up his wand, and cleared his throat. Point, circle right, circle left,"Colorus Fulgeo, Green to Red"
The page in front of him, gave a shiver, then flashed red. At first it was only for a second, then it returned to green, however on the next flash, it held the red hue for a little longer. "Awww Christmas Colours!" Patroclus smiled to himself!
As she made the rounds throughout the classroom, Lexi came upon Patroclus' creation---a red and green theme---which reminded her of... "My birthday," she said aloud. "Or Christmas." Christmas colors always made Lexi think of her birthday, since she...and her twin sister, of course...had both born on December 25. "Well done. I do love those color choices you have there."
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Originally Posted by SenoritaMaxie
Gold nodded.
"I'll give it a try, Professor."
But, for now, she obviously had to do what they would be instructed to. Gold decided she would get out cloth and fabric paint later on, maybe tomorrow night when she would [hopefully] have less homework to tackle, and looked up, to see and hear what else Professor Carlton had to say.
Which was when she saw the kid, who was all a-tangle.
"Need any help there?" She asked politely, raising her voice a little to ensure that he would be able to hear her.
Oooh, this could get messy. Especially considering that Gold couldn't even hold a paintbrush, without causing a master mess. She looked around, green eyes bright, and realized that people had already gotten up. Well, of course. This sounded exciting.
Even though she knew she would make a huge mess.
SOO. Where was Xylon Saar when you needed him? Gold looked around again, as if he might jump out at her from behind one of the tables. As could be expected, he did not and Gold, with a little shrug, resigned herself to the fact that he might not be here. Or he probably was. He might even run in late, if he realized what this lesson bordered on. She knew he loved to paint, and even carried that Reducible Paintbox on himself.
Meego Beego, or whatever it was called. It had never interested her, to be honest. She couldn't paint to save humanity.
Sitting up straighter, she summoned an apron to herself. It was pink, the kind that Lori would have loved, and Gold mostly summoned it because it reminded her of the Fashion Brigade. Which, she sometimes felt these days, had ceased to exist. No Brody next term. But life would have to go on. So shaking the dreary thoughts off, Gold picked up a paint brush, dipped it in PINK! paint, and dabbed it on to a piece of paper.
Colorus Fulgeo Pink to Red!
Tap, point, circle, circle. The blob of paint flashed, now a bright red, and Gold tried the charm again. Red to gold. Then it was gold to pink. Pink to red. Red to gold. The cycle continued.
.... and she hadn't made a mess yet.
Shocking.
Truly shocking.
"Miss Laksh," Lexi said, approaching the Gryffindor prefect. "You've earned yourself...and your house...an extra five points." It wasn't much, Lexi knew, but it was a small token of appreciation, at least. "Your acts of kindness---from sharing a well-baked cake to always volunteering to help someone in need---haven't gone unnoticed. Thanks, Prefect."
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Originally Posted by Harry174
Simon smiled as the Professor said that she believed that he could do it and so he decided he would give it ago, he was excited when it worked but he knew he probably wouldn't be able to master doing multi colours at a time well maybe he could.
Simon looked at the Professor as she said something about banners. "Professor what if you don't even know what a banner is?" He hadn't heard that word before. "What is a Banner?" He asked hoping that no one would laugh at him for not knowing.
"A banner is a big sign," Lexi answered, turning from Gold to Simon. "It needs to big enough for others to be able to read and see what's on it, but small enough for just one person to be able to hold up on their own. They're really popular at sports matches." Or...just when a person wants to yell and scream and support their house or something.
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Originally Posted by hpluvr037
Keefer finally decided on what to do. A Huffie crest on the left, text on the right, and some assorted Quidditch gear sprinkled throughout. He first painted the field a bright Hufflepuff yellow. Then came the words: Huffies for the Cup! He would've used the full name of his House, but he would've run out of room. After adding some decorative shadows underneath the words, he set to work on the House crest. Fortunately, Keefer had quite the artistic flair when he wanted to use it. With meticulous care, he outlined the badger and his banner. Then he worked on the actual crest and its field. After what seemed like five hours but was actually much less, he finished and moved on to the Quidditch equipment. I think a Golden Snitch definitely. Maybe a Quaffle, that should be easy. Aaaand... the Quidditch Cup! Then all I have to do is perform the charm!
Tapping the yellow field, he said "Colorus fulgeo yellow to lime green!" and made circles with his wand, first to the right and then to the left. And suddenly the background began to flash between lime green and yelow. "Cooleo!" He admired his handiwork, certain that it would help Hufflepuff on to victory.
"Oh, that's amazing! Just look at that---so colorful and full of house spirit," Lexi commented. "Well done, Mr. Marius!" A smile on her face, Lexi grew quiet in order to scan over the paragraph Keefer had written. She'd read it in full after class was over, of course. "Now when the banner is good and dry, you can place it on the floor in that," Lexi said, her wand pointing to the far area of the room, "area of the classroom. You can put your paragraph on my desk."
Super Slytherin Buddy | | ⅓ She-Snake Trio | | a normal girl with normal knees
SPOILER!!: Desiny buddy
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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands
Destiny tilted her head and glanced at her painting as Evelyn said it looked like Stutters. Well, that wasn't who she was drawing! She was trying to draw Kay. That was the reason the painting person had an extra LARGE head! She thought it was obvious, but it was her drawing. "If you say so." she drawled, making the paint head even BIGGER than before.
Now it looked like Kay!
"Evelyn," she started, and placed the paintbrush down before continuing, "Everyone knows Huffies don't have friends!"
Bahahahaha!!
Her picture would be all wrong if she drew Kay with a friend.
And now all she had to do was wait for the painting of Kay to dry. Destiny figured she would change the yellow into green, since Kay wished she was a Slytherin.
Face it. Slytherin is the best house, and everyone is jealous. They have every right to be, too!
She folded her hands on top of the table and just staaaaared at the painting. She was patient, verrrrrry patient. Evelyn, on the other hand, not so much. Glancing at her friend, she snickered at her attempt to blow the painting dry, "A watched cauldron never boils, have you heard that before? Well, the same thing with a painting! You need patience!" Besides, when you blow on the paint, it'll just all move around and muss up your ARTWORK..especially if you used a whole lot of paint..
..like Destiny did.
"Buuuuut, if you REALLY want the painting to dry, I suggest you open a window and wave it around outside. That seems to work."
Bahaha! Destiny was so right! Hufflepuffs and no friends... *snicker* Well except Kylie. She was the only exception to that matter. "Then draw us next to it. If Hufflepuffs have no friends, then they surely have enemies." Yush.
Smiling, she continued to blow on the wet paint to make it dry after taking that little break to get her breath back. That is, until Destiny spoke up again.
O__O
No, she had NOT heard that saying before. Mostly because she hadn't been staring at a cauldron until it boiled. Oh wait, yes she had. And it felt as if it took twice as long too. "Patience..." she grumbled, sighing as she leaned back in her seat and crossed her arms, staaaarrring at the three sky blue dots on her paper.
Mmhmm, there was one problem with that last piece of advice Destiny gave her. "I don't see any windows." she whispered, raising a brow and glancing at all the windowless walls.
As she made the rounds throughout the classroom, Lexi came upon Patroclus' creation---a red and green theme---which reminded her of... "My birthday," she said aloud. "Or Christmas." Christmas colors always made Lexi think of her birthday, since she...and her twin sister, of course...had both born on December 25. "Well done. I do love those color choices you have there."
Patroclus beemed as Professor Carlton complimented his work. "I am a December baby too Professor! The 15th exactly ten days before Christmas!" That meant he was a Sagittarius, and that was a possible reason for his interest in centuars!
Looking at his page he thought he had best get on with the Banner Assignment, however Patroclus had no idea which team to do. He loved Qudditch, but was unsure of his favourite international team, and with the school teams, he was a proud lion, but thought there would already be heaps of those Banners, and Patroclus liked to be unique. "Professor does it have to be a Qudditch Banner, or could it be a banner for something else....perhaps a December Banner??" The yound Lion's mind was realing with possiblities, but he had to get the Professors Approval first!
"Miss Laksh," Lexi said, approaching the Gryffindor prefect. "You've earned yourself...and your house...an extra five points." It wasn't much, Lexi knew, but it was a small token of appreciation, at least. "Your acts of kindness---from sharing a well-baked cake to always volunteering to help someone in need---haven't gone unnoticed. Thanks, Prefect."
Gold looked up from the flashing blob of paint on the paper in front of her, pleasantly surprised. She had gotten accustomed to helping others and, in a way, it was expected of her because she was a Prefect.
"Thank you, Professor," she said, politely.
Text Cut: Flasheh!Banner Project <3
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Originally Posted by Anna Banana
"You may continue practicing the charm on the paper, but make sure you listen carefully for the next set of directions," she told the class. "We're going to get started on our banner project now. Your assignment is to create either a house spirit banner or a Quidditch-themed banner using the Flashing Paint Charm (OOC: Banners do not have to actually be animated and flashing). The Quidditch banner can be for a Hogwarts house team or a professional team---your choice."
She waved her hand toward some boxes in the front of the room. "The boxes in the front of the room contain all the supplies you'll need, including banner-sized paper, extra paint, and extra paint brushes," she explained. "This project is worth up to 15 house points per student, so be sure to do your best work. The directions," she said, turning toward the board, "are here on the board. You may begin as soon as you're done practicing on the paper." (OOC once again: The following directions are written OOC, but in the roleplay world, Lexi has written nice, in-character directions on the board).
Flashing Paint Charm Banner Project/Homework 3 Please read ALL directions
OOC: This part of the lesson will double as the Charms Lesson 3 Homework. It's worth 15 points and is due on or before July 13 at 11:59 EST. You are definitely free to do the assignment even if you haven't posted in class yet. Just jump on in and roleplay as if your character was here all along, please. You need to actually post your character's banner and paragraph in this thread, since this is an in-class assignment.
- Your assignment is to create a banner showing your support for a Hogwarts house or your favorite Quidditch team. Quidditch banners include both professional teams and Hogwarts house teams. Please roleplay your character making their banner in this thread. You may roleplay as much as you'd like, however, please post your completed banner and 10 sentence paragraph in one post and PM me a link to that post. In your PM, please include:
Username:
Character name/year:
House:
User ID:
- This means you must make a picture or graphic of some sort. You can make one with colors and markers (and scan it or take a picture of it) or you can create a banner on a computerized program such as Paint, Photoshop, GIMP, etc. Your banner does not have to actually be animated or flashing. You can just make a regular, non-moving picture, and we'll just pretend it's flashing and switching and all that jazz.
- The more detailed your picture is, the more points you get. It's worth up to 10 points to make a really nice, detailed picture that appears to have had a lot of thought and care put into it. It's worth another five points to write a 10-sentence long paragraph describing your banner, why you designed it the way you did, what it looks like, etc. Remember to put your finalized banner and paragraph in the same post.
- The beginning of this class (discussion and practicing) was worth five points, so altogether, you have an opportunity to earn 20 points during this class.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Lexi is also roaming around class somewhere. Have fun!
OOC: For clarification, you don't have to wait to post until your banner is ready. You can roleplay your character painting, chatting with others about ideas, talking about what you plan to do, etc. Then when you are ready to post your banner and paragraph, you can.
Gold had dabbed her brush in green paint, made a circle with it at the top left of the paper and, in the process, accidentally dribbled green paint down her PINK! apron. Which obviously did not shock her, because she had expected to make a mess sooner or later.
But now, she had an idea! Setting the brush down on the paper, Gold dried the paint on her apron with the help of her wand, then used it - the wand, not the paint or apron - to tap the blotch of paint. Tap, point, circle, circle. Colorus Fulgeo Green to Red.
Viola! The green paint flashed red!
Hehe.
Now that she had practiced on the paper [and, in the process, on her apron], Gold decided it was finally time to move on to the Banner Project. But first, she was going to figure out how she could possibly use the Paint-Flashing Charm to get a light red colour to flash a brighter red. She knew she could alter the incantation of the spell to acquire the latter shade, but what of the first? She only had one kind of red on ze palette she had. Gold wanted to know how she could she make it lighter.
Nia looked at the paper in front of her. Banner. She needed to think of a banner design. She knew immediately who the banner was going to support, obviously the Ravvies for their upcoming match. But since she was Captain and would be playing and all, she would ask someone else who hadn't got a banner if they'd like to wave it around and cheer and that - if her banner looked good, that was. Because extra support was awesome.
She pull her pencil from behind her ear, and started to sketch 'Ravenclaw' written in big capital letters at the bottom of the page. Around that, she added some confetti for prettyness. She had an idea what she wanted to put at the top of the page, but it would be HARD to draw. So that could wait for now, since for the lesson the flashing paint was the most important bit.
So, now for said paint. For this bit, there was only one colour that she would use as the starting colour. Blue. A darkish shade. Navy really. She started to block in the 'Ravenclaw', trying to have a steady hand to keep the strokes smooth. It'd been a longgggg time since she'd painted neatly. Sure, she'd helped paint her room at home over the summer, but that was different, right? This was more fiddly, and then you had to be careful not to put your arm in the wet paint. Though Nia had thought ahead slightly, and had started from the W since she was left handed. Still awkward to avoid wet paint on arm though.
Xylon already knew the charm but he practiced it all the same. Because it gave him an incentive to paint. Gold to red. Red to gold. The paint flashed to show his house colours.
And speaking of red and gold where was the redheaded disastrous-with-a-brush Gold?
Xylon spotted her, picked up his things and sat down next to her. "Mind if I join you, Fire?" He asked, smirking slightly. Because he had already made himself at home.
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Ravenpuff | Cap'n Crunch | Bedtime Queen | O Minion, My Minion
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Originally Posted by Anna Banana
"Oh, that's amazing! Just look at that---so colorful and full of house spirit," Lexi commented. "Well done, Mr. Marius!" A smile on her face, Lexi grew quiet in order to scan over the paragraph Keefer had written. She'd read it in full after class was over, of course. "Now when the banner is good and dry, you can place it on the floor in that," Lexi said, her wand pointing to the far area of the room, "area of the classroom. You can put your paragraph on my desk."
"Thanks, Professor! Painting is one of my favorite hobbies, so this lesson was right up my alley!" Keefer spent some time watching the other students work. Then when his banner had dried, he hauled it over to the corner where the Professor had pointed. Then he walked up and laid his paragraph on the desk. Can we go now, or is there more to the lesson...? he wondered. Better stay here just in case. Don't want to be rude.
Super Slytherin Buddy || ⅓ She-Snake Trio || 'I taste like chocolate and potatoes'
SPOILER!!: Eve-to-the-lyn
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Originally Posted by individual
Bahaha! Destiny was so right! Hufflepuffs and no friends... *snicker* Well except Kylie. She was the only exception to that matter. "Then draw us next to it. If Hufflepuffs have no friends, then they surely have enemies." Yush.
Smiling, she continued to blow on the wet paint to make it dry after taking that little break to get her breath back. That is, until Destiny spoke up again.
O__O
No, she had NOT heard that saying before. Mostly because she hadn't been staring at a cauldron until it boiled. Oh wait, yes she had. And it felt as if it took twice as long too. "Patience..." she grumbled, sighing as she leaned back in her seat and crossed her arms, staaaarrring at the three sky blue dots on her paper.
Mmhmm, there was one problem with that last piece of advice Destiny gave her. "I don't see any windows." she whispered, raising a brow and glancing at all the windowless walls.
They should create some...
Mwahaha!
Evelyn was a genius, and if Destiny didn't know about her friend's space issue, she would have given her a slap on the back for coming up with such an INGENIOUS idea. Instead, she reached over to the table next to her and grabbed their bottle of green paint. They didn't need it.
Pouring out two blobs of the paint, she picked up a new clean paintbrush and started twirling it around in the BLOBS. Soon, she had two Slytherins next to Kay. HAHAHAHA! "Look Evelyn, it's you!" she snickered, pointing to the one figure that had the really big feet. And before Evelyn could complain about her big feet, Destiny pointed to the next Slytherin, "Look, it's me!" The one with the really big hands.
Glancing at her friend for some sort of reaction, Destiny frowned. It seemed Evelyn had not heard of that saying before. "Patience is a gooooood thing, though!" She wanted to flail her arms around as she said this, but she was holding a wet paintbrush. Not so smart. Besides, how much patience would Evelyn even need? There were only THREE blue dots on her paper!!!!
Leaning in closer, she whispered back, "It's like we're in the dungeons..but we're not."
Cue shifty eyes.
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Super Slytherin Buddy | | ⅓ She-Snake Trio | | a normal girl with normal knees
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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands
Mwahaha!
Evelyn was a genius, and if Destiny didn't know about her friend's space issue, she would have given her a slap on the back for coming up with such an INGENIOUS idea. Instead, she reached over to the table next to her and grabbed their bottle of green paint. They didn't need it.
Pouring out two blobs of the paint, she picked up a new clean paintbrush and started twirling it around in the BLOBS. Soon, she had two Slytherins next to Kay. HAHAHAHA! "Look Evelyn, it's you!" she snickered, pointing to the one figure that had the really big feet. And before Evelyn could complain about her big feet, Destiny pointed to the next Slytherin, "Look, it's me!" The one with the really big hands.
Glancing at her friend for some sort of reaction, Destiny frowned. It seemed Evelyn had not heard of that saying before. "Patience is a gooooood thing, though!" She wanted to flail her arms around as she said this, but she was holding a wet paintbrush. Not so smart. Besides, how much patience would Evelyn even need? There were only THREE blue dots on her paper!!!!
Leaning in closer, she whispered back, "It's like we're in the dungeons..but we're not."
Cue shifty eyes.
Mmm cool. She was a blob.
Smiling at her friend, Evelyn nodded before going back to STAAAARRRIIIING at her three paint dots. By the looks of it though, they were starting to dry. Leaning forward, slightly hopeful that they were dry enough, the Slytherin completely missed what Destiny had said about patience and instead, leaned as close to the paint dots as possible. Were they dry enough?
...
No. They weren't. And now she had blue paint on the tip of her finger. NOOOO! Get it off! She didn't look good in blue! Well, she did... but not THIS blue! EEK! Looking around for somewhere to wipe it off, she realized that she was, in fact, wearing the apron. Mwaha!
Whaaat? "The dungeons?" she asked in confusion, looking over at her friend as she wiped the paint onto her light green apron. How in the world was it like they were in the dungeons? There was too much color in the room...
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Shana looked down at her green piece of paper.
Yeahhh, totally original, no one would've ever thought a Banner for slytherin would be green. She bit her lip and tried to think of something to write on her banner. Okays, that wasn't the most original thing to put but it was short and too the point. She waved her wand and in a few seconds her banner had " You rock!" Written on it with the !'s dotted with a love heart. She then attemted to paint a slytherin crest onto her banner Hmmm, this was gonna be harder than she thought.
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Selena had been in a daze for a while as she thought about something to make. A banner... a banner. She wondered what she should write on the banner. What colours. Obviously green and silver, Slytherin of course. Slyther-in to First place? Sounded so lame... Ugh. Couldn't think of anthing better. Would have to go with that for now. Now... what design...? Looking around, it seemed that some people had finished already. Rawrs. This is what happens when she doesn't pay attention!!
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Delilah sat in her seat with the paper and paint in front of her. She had decided that she would make a banner for the Championship game between Gryfindor and Slytherin. She thought of what the banner would look like...
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Mina smiled as she lifted the brush from her paper. There was just simple little shapes painted in dark green. It was just practice and all. She would save all the creative stuff for her banner. The simple shapes would just have to do for now.
Picking up her wand, she looked at the paper and cast Colorus Fulgeo Dark Green to Dark Blue as she tapped and circled to the right and then circled to the left. Pulling her wand back, she smiled to herself. The little shapes were now flashing form green to blue. Yes, it was cute and she would definitely have to show her fteher this during the summer. The Slytherin would like that his little Ravenclaw could do that. It would be rather amusing as well.
Setting her paper aside to continue to blink between the two colours and dry, she ran off to gather all the things she needed for her banner. Oh it was going to be good for sure. She wouldn't really get to wave it or anything at the next match, since she was supposed to play, but maybe she could give it to someone to take with them to the stands.
SPOILER!!: Flashing Banner Project Directions ♥
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Flashing Paint Charm Banner Project/Homework 3 Please read ALL directions
OOC: This part of the lesson will double as the Charms Lesson 3 Homework. It's worth 15 points and is due on or before July 13 at 11:59 EST. You are definitely free to do the assignment even if you haven't posted in class yet. Just jump on in and roleplay as if your character was here all along, please. You need to actually post your character's banner and paragraph in this thread, since this is an in-class assignment.
- Your assignment is to create a banner showing your support for a Hogwarts house or your favorite Quidditch team. Quidditch banners include both professional teams and Hogwarts house teams. Please roleplay your character making their banner in this thread. You may roleplay as much as you'd like, however, please post your completed banner and 10 sentence paragraph in one post and PM me a link to that post. In your PM, please include:
Username:
Character name/year:
House:
User ID:
- This means you must make a picture or graphic of some sort. You can make one with colors and markers (and scan it or take a picture of it) or you can create a banner on a computerized program such as Paint, Photoshop, GIMP, etc. Your banner does not have to actually be animated or flashing. You can just make a regular, non-moving picture, and we'll just pretend it's flashing and switching and all that jazz.
- The more detailed your picture is, the more points you get. It's worth up to 10 points to make a really nice, detailed picture that appears to have had a lot of thought and care put into it. It's worth another five points to write a 10-sentence long paragraph describing your banner, why you designed it the way you did, what it looks like, etc. Remember to put your finalized banner and paragraph in the same post.
- The beginning of this class (discussion and practicing) was worth five points, so altogether, you have an opportunity to earn 20 points during this class.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Lexi is also roaming around class somewhere. Have fun!
OOC: For clarification, you don't have to wait to post until your banner is ready. You can roleplay your character painting, chatting with others about ideas, talking about what you plan to do, etc. Then when you are ready to post your banner and paragraph, you can.
Returning to her desk with all her supplies; a few sheets of the banner-sized paper, extra paint and extra brushes, she set them down and reached for her apron. It was all pretty Oxford blueish and she pulled it one. With the ideas in her head she would more than likely get pain all over herself and as much as the thought of getting her apron all dirty bothered her. It was better the apron than herself.
Tying her apron tightly around herself, she rummaged through her bag for something. There was a muggle writing tool she had found in her truck and she had thrown it in her bag. Maybe it would be of some use today. Pulling out the muggle pencil, she smiled happily. No point in jumping head first into the paint without some kind of plan, right?
Leaning over the banner paper, she went to work sketching just what would be on the banner itself. Maybe a snitch and a quaffle. And her house crest of course would need to be on there. Those three elements would take some effort and then she would have to think of the wording she could put on next. There was so many possibilities.
Setting the pencil down, she looked at the rough sketches she had on the rather plain white banner paper. Oh no, that just wouldn't do for what she had in mind. Picking up her wand again, she cast Colorus Revolvo Oxford Blue as she gave the page a tap.
Standing back, she nodded. Yes, that was a lot better for her. It was the perfect backdrop for her banner now. Picking up a smaller brush and a small painter's palette, she added some paint to the palette and started to work on the right side of the paper. The crest would be the first thing thing to as it would so take more time to get it perfect.
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Swiping a stray piece of hair out of her line of sight, she sat up and looked at her work so far. The crest was done and she had made quick work of the quaffle and the snitch. They looked rather nice, if she could say so herself. She felt she wanted to add more to it but no, she told herself. Simple was best for this banner. There was no need to go all overboard if no one would see it at the match or something. Maybe it it did turn out well, she would just have to give it to one of her housemates to take to the match. It really shouldn't go to waste if it turned out good, right?
Pulling out her wand, she cast siccus aerous over her banner. She really didn't want to smudge any of her work or something. She did put a lot of work into is and smudges now wouldn't be good at all. But she just needed the banner to be a bit drier before she started on the words. Swirling her wand over the pictures, she glanced around the room. Just then a strange thought hit her, what if her banner turned out terrible and her classmates pointed and laughed at her? Blinking as her hand stopped moving, she pouted slightly. That would be rather terrible to her young psyche. Shaking the thoughts from her head, she set her wand down. She knew her banner would be good and it would turn out great, she was probably just having nerves from the the match.
Picking up the small painter's palette again, she added some blue paint to it and grabbed another brush. It was time to work on the words and then she would be closer to being done.
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Finishing up on the final exclamation point, she set the brush and palette down and smiled. It looked good but there was still one more thing she had to do. The flashing needed to be added and she would be done. Picking up her wand again, she cast Colorus Fulgeo blue to bronze as she tapped the words on the banner and moved her wand in a smooth small circle to the left and then a smooth small circle to the right. Before her eyes, the flashing slowly started and she smiled. It was pretty, wasn't it?
Storing her wand, she reached for a sheet of parchment and started on her paragraph as her banner continued to blink and flash between her two house colours.
SPOILER!!: Mina's Parchment
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For my banner, I chose to make one for my house Quidditch team. The background is a nice Oxford blue colour and there are three pictures painted on the banner along with flashing words of support for my fellow eagles. On the right there is a Ravenclaw crest that is a slight angle. Near the middle is a quaffle and on the left side, there is a snitch. The quaffle and snitch represent two of the most important elements of the game. The quaffle holding special meaning to me as I am a chaser on my house time and the snitch, the golden prize that could help us win the match. Placed above the Ravenclaw crest and quaffle are the words 'Ravenclaw for the win!', to the right crest and above the quaffle are the words 'Eagles fly...', and just to the right side of the quaffle and slightly below the snitch is the word 'High!'. The words actually blink from blue to bronze and back and forth on a loop of sorts. The banner itself it rather simple in that it's just the three pictures and the words, but the banner really does speak for itself. Just plain and simple really, we Eagles fight fly and sometimes even the simplest things yell out the loudest.
And speaking of red and gold where was the redheaded disastrous-with-a-brush Gold?
Xylon spotted her, picked up his things and sat down next to her. "Mind if I join you, Fire?" He asked, smirking slightly. Because he had already made himself at home.
Xylon!
The person she had been looking for. But, the moment he sat down next to her, Gold frowned. Fire. Did he have to call her that? Sure, it was a pretty word, very Gryffindor. But Gold knew he meant nothing good by it, and never would. "You already have," she pointed out, coolly. Seriously. Why had he even bothered to ask her if he could?
But, no time to dwell over all this.
Because there was something she needed to ask him.
"You need to tell me how to make this lighter," she told him, giving him a 'don't-you-dare-smirk-again' kind of look. Picking up the colour palette on the table in front of her, she allowed her green gaze momentarily to settle on the red paint. "It's pretty bright," she stated, matter-of-fact-ishly, well aware that she could have found more shades of paints in the boxes at the front of the classroom. But she wanted to know how those nifty artist people mix colours, and make violets and blacks and lighter reds!
She was even willing to put up with Xylon's habit to smirk at her every two seconds, for that.
The 'Ravenclaw' and confetti finally coloured in blue, Nia thought about the colour changing bit. She had thought of soemthing, but it'd be tricky to do - she'd need really good timing with the spell. She wanted the letters to flash in order. So the R would flash, then the A and so on. And to make it more complicated still, she wanted the colour sequence to go navy, bronze, navy, blue. Nothing like aiming high!
Nia picked up her wand in her left hand. She was going to start with the R, and work across. She tapped the R with her wand before circling it first right, and then left. "Colorus Fulgeo Navy to Bronze to Navy to Blue," Nia said. She watched curiously as the paint started flashing. First one done.
Now to the A. She wanted that to flash bronze just after the R turned from Bronze back to Navy. She got the rhythm of colours in her head. Navy. Bronze. Navy. Blue. Navy. Bronze. Navy. Blue. Navy. Bronze... Nia did the wand movements, and said the incantation. Navy. Blue. She grinned as she saw the timing between the A and R. So far, so good. The time delay had worked! Yay!
Now to get the timing right for the remaining 7 letters... Hmm.
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Patroclus beemed as Professor Carlton complimented his work. "I am a December baby too Professor! The 15th exactly ten days before Christmas!" That meant he was a Sagittarius, and that was a possible reason for his interest in centuars!
Looking at his page he thought he had best get on with the Banner Assignment, however Patroclus had no idea which team to do. He loved Qudditch, but was unsure of his favourite international team, and with the school teams, he was a proud lion, but thought there would already be heaps of those Banners, and Patroclus liked to be unique. "Professor does it have to be a Qudditch Banner, or could it be a banner for something else....perhaps a December Banner??" The yound Lion's mind was realing with possiblities, but he had to get the Professors Approval first!
"Oh, yeah?" Lexi replied, her eyebrows raised in amusement. "December seems like a wonderful month to have been born in, then." Lexi smiled and started to head to a different area of the classroom, but when Patroclus asked her about creating a December banner, she paused to think the matter over.
Of course she'd let him! Lexi was never one to tell her students no when it came to them being excited about something she was teaching. "Of course you can. Have at it!" she said, giving him another smile. It'd be nice to have a banner celebrating the lovely month they were both in.
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Gold looked up from the flashing blob of paint on the paper in front of her, pleasantly surprised. She had gotten accustomed to helping others and, in a way, it was expected of her because she was a Prefect.
"Thank you, Professor," she said, politely.
"You're welcome, Miss Laksh. How's that banner coming along?" she asked, moving to stand beside both Gold and Xylon. Gold looked like a pretty creative person, so there was no doubt she'd be able to come up with something nice and pretty.
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"Thanks, Professor! Painting is one of my favorite hobbies, so this lesson was right up my alley!" Keefer spent some time watching the other students work. Then when his banner had dried, he hauled it over to the corner where the Professor had pointed. Then he walked up and laid his paragraph on the desk. Can we go now, or is there more to the lesson...? he wondered. Better stay here just in case. Don't want to be rude.
"You're welcome," Lexi replied. "Painting is a fun hobby to have. I'm not too great at it, well...other than banners and the such...but yes, it is fun." Seeing that there was really no reason for Keefer to stay in class...unless he just wanted to or found someone to assist...Lexi didn't see any reason why he couldn't go ahead and leave. "If you'd like, feel free to go ahead and be dismissed."
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Finishing up on the final exclamation point, she set the brush and palette down and smiled. It looked good but there was still one more thing she had to do. The flashing needed to be added and she would be done. Picking up her wand again, she cast Colorus Fulgeo blue to bronze as she tapped the words on the banner and moved her wand in a smooth small circle to the left and then a smooth small circle to the right. Before her eyes, the flashing slowly started and she smiled. It was pretty, wasn't it?
Storing her wand, she reached for a sheet of parchment and started on her paragraph as her banner continued to blink and flash between her two house colours.
Flashing colors from somewhere across the room caught Lexi's attention, and she turned to see that Mina looked to be done with her banner. "All done, Miss Bennett?" she asked, weaving through the tables and tables of students. Approaching Mina's table, Lexi took a few moments to study the banner and paragraph before commenting.
"Love it! My favorite part of the banner is the text," she said, glancing at the blue and bronze flashing words. "You can place your banner over there," she said, pointing to the area Keefer had just placed his, "then you're free to go. Enjoy your day!"
"Oh, yeah?" Lexi replied, her eyebrows raised in amusement. "December seems like a wonderful month to have been born in, then." Lexi smiled and started to head to a different area of the classroom, but when Patroclus asked her about creating a December banner, she paused to think the matter over.
Of course she'd let him! Lexi was never one to tell her students no when it came to them being excited about something she was teaching. "Of course you can. Have at it!" she said, giving him another smile. It'd be nice to have a banner celebrating the lovely month they were both in.
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"You're welcome, Miss Laksh. How's that banner coming along?" she asked, moving to stand beside both Gold and Xylon. Gold looked like a pretty creative person, so there was no doubt she'd be able to come up with something nice and pretty.
The banner, she hadn't started on yet. "I'm about to start," Gold half-smiled. "But I hope I'll be able to make something fun."
It might not turn out to be very clean, or even very artistic, but Gold would make sure it was fun. AND, speaking of fun, Professor Carlton's response to Patroclus's question was giving Gold ideas. She raised a hand, to get the Charms professor's attention, again.
"Professor, does that mean we can create a banner on any topic, within reason, as long as it shows support or pride?" she asked. She could make a July banner. Or one on Easter. Even dark chocolate.
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The banner, she hadn't started on yet. "I'm about to start," Gold half-smiled. "But I hope I'll be able to make something fun."
It might not turn out to be very clean, or even very artistic, but Gold would make sure it was fun. AND, speaking of fun, Professor Carlton's response to Patroclus's question was giving Gold ideas. She raised a hand, to get the Charms professor's attention, again.
"Professor, does that mean we can create a banner on any topic, within reason, as long as it shows support or pride?" she asked. She could make a July banner. Or one on Easter. Even dark chocolate.
IDEAS!
Sooo many of them!
"Oh, I'm sure you'll be able to come up with something fun and exciting. I can't wait to see your creation," Lexi replied. Or the creations of any of her students, really. Being a very creative person, Lexi was having a bit of fun herself walking around and watching all the banners being made.
She started on her way again but stopped when Gold's hand shot into the air. She laughed lightly when she heard what Gold asked. "Sure, sure. It'll be fun to see what you think of to support," she said with a laugh.
"...and if anyone else wants to do a different type of support banner, feel free to go ahead and do so," she said, speaking to the class as a whole. Because, you know, it was always nice to get excited over the little things---like chocolate, cupcakes, or even high-heeled shoes.
The person she had been looking for. But, the moment he sat down next to her, Gold frowned. Fire. Did he have to call her that? Sure, it was a pretty word, very Gryffindor. But Gold knew he meant nothing good by it, and never would. "You already have," she pointed out, coolly. Seriously. Why had he even bothered to ask her if he could?
But, no time to dwell over all this.
Because there was something she needed to ask him.
"You need to tell me how to make this lighter," she told him, giving him a 'don't-you-dare-smirk-again' kind of look. Picking up the colour palette on the table in front of her, she allowed her green gaze momentarily to settle on the red paint. "It's pretty bright," she stated, matter-of-fact-ishly, well aware that she could have found more shades of paints in the boxes at the front of the classroom. But she wanted to know how those nifty artist people mix colours, and make violets and blacks and lighter reds!
She was even willing to put up with Xylon's habit to smirk at her every two seconds, for that.
That look. It made Xylon smirk every time. He leaned back casually in his seat, as he did so right now.
Smirk at her that is.
"You're joking," he said only to realize half a second after he had said that, that she wasn't. Lawrd. She had been right, she did know nothing about paints. With an amused shake of his head, Xylon mixed an amount of white and red paints in a small container. "This is how," he said, as he wiped a brush across the new shade of paint.
He needed to decide what he wanted to make his own banner on.
Skydiving? Mwaha.
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"You're welcome," Lexi replied. "Painting is a fun hobby to have. I'm not too great at it, well...other than banners and the such...but yes, it is fun." Seeing that there was really no reason for Keefer to stay in class...unless he just wanted to or found someone to assist...Lexi didn't see any reason why he couldn't go ahead and leave. "If you'd like, feel free to go ahead and be dismissed."
"Ok, I'm going to go head out and work on some homework for Potions, I think. Thanks for the great lesson, Professor! See you around the castle!"
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When Professor Carlton gave them the go ahead to start painting and such, Chris waited a few minutes and began to plan his banner first. He wasn't one to just rush into work, especially a banner made with paint, in a LESSON.
He then took his plan and went to work on one of the banners. He took the paints he needed with him and began to work with the paint brushes. After while he finally had what he was going for. Pointing his wand at the banner to do the thing that the whole lesson was about. Two circles, one right then left."Colorus Fulgeo...Silver to Gold."
SPOILER!!: Chris's color changing banner
He then set his banner over on the side of the room that the Professor had asked them to place it. Then he took his quill and went back to a desk to start on his paragraph.
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Chris Potter's Parchement
We were asked to create color-changing banners to support a Quidditch team. Many people chose their House teams, supporting them in the recent matches but I decided to go a more unbaised way. The center of my banner is made up of the Hogwarts crest, to represent all four Houses. I decided that to support all of the houses in their matches for victory is a better kind of support than being seperated and divided. The founders of the School prided themselves on being divided into our houses but we have since learned that we are much stronger together. I have the colors changing from gold and silver because they are not House specific. The banner is cool to be used at any of the House matches. I wanted to be able to support all the Lions, Badgers, Ravens, and Snakes of the school. With the help of the color-changing charm and some better work on my part I will eventually be able to change it between all four house colors. Each House can look at my banner and feel supported and have the strength to win the match.
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My first-ever try at making graphics 
I decided to put in the Quidditch pictures because otherwise it looked like the banner was about the House Cup. I really wanted the crest to be the main eye-catcher, which is why it's so big. I know Keefer probably couldn't paint that well, but that's okay. Keefer would probably glue streamers around the edges before the big match, but those aren't available in the classroom. Overall, I think it's pretty good for my first graphic and not really knowing how to use Paint!
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