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[upthehillask]

Hello! :) When I started following you almost eight years ago I have always loved the way you imagine the characters Your art (and many other artists, but namely yours) has reshaped the way I picture the potter characters. I now always see Harry as mixed when I’m reading fanfiction and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I just wanted to share and maybe make you happy.

yesss I love hearing that!! I love designing characters based on my vision and being like, here!! this how my brain sees!! and then other people seeing that and being like, i like it!! now this is how my brain sees too!! and i think that's awesome, especially considering the diversity of character portrayals in this big fandom, AND not forgetting that my portrayals were also a result of inspiration from a mixed collection of others' art/posts/writing! fangirling a little but i do really appreciate that and celebrate that, and also EIGHT YEARS AGO??? it's really been that long :') lovely that Harry as I draw him has stuck with you throughout❤️

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[upthehillask]

hello 🫶🏻 would you care to elaborate how you're doing?? i really miss your art and general online presence, it was such a source of joy. no pressure though! just hope you're ok 🫶🏻

Thank you for remembering and taking the time to check in!! Means a great deal to know my art/my presence was appreciated🥹🥹🌸

Yes I'm okay!! in my own ways I'm okay! The world is weird and scary, all energy is focused on healing/conservation as I'm still just beginning to recover from burnout, tending to health, preparing for more changes in life like moving cities again (but very grateful for things I'm receiving), slowly picking at my art projects and hobbies (I've been mostly crocheting this fall), and enjoying my little hermit bubble with my partner Emma💕 This year was very emotionally turbulent for me, but in a productive way, getting to know more and more of myself and letting repressed internal spooky stuff come to surface lol😅 So not everything's pleasant, but very much needed🙏⛅ I'm excited for the day I'll be ready to come back here with something more, whenever that'll be!😇 Thank you so much for asking and for the kind word and I'm sending much love and gratitude your way!!🩷

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how are you doing? <333

hellooo🥹 i'm okay!! personal journeys left and right🥲 lol lots going on internally and externally (for so long now gah), it's exhausting but really valuable and important so I'm grateful🙏❤️ i'm missing art and i AM creating things here and there slowly but sadly nothing that i'd feel ready to share.. my art and i are in a lil shell right now, reprocessing a lot🥲 i'm happy to elaborate but don't want to overshare! Regardless, i really appreciate you checking in, i felt more touched that i thought i would, so thank you🥹🥰 i hope you are well too??🙏❤️❤️

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i remember ages ago you used to have a full blog dedicated to all your nsfw art (sfw and nsfw are both amazing!!) is that still there or have you taken down all the sights to your nsfw stuff and just kept your sfw stuff out <3

I've still got it! You'll find everything here: https://upthehillart.carrd.co/ :)

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This is my iPad that I use for note taking in class, I just wanted to show you how I’m using your art on it. I just love them all so much. (The Cho/Cedric/Harry one was on my old laptop before I transferred it so that’s why it looks rougher lol)

i love it!!!! this is such a cute collection omg?? love!! thank you so much for sharing this, makes me happy!!🥰🥰🥰

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Hi! I love your art and have bought a couple of pieces over the years on society6 but my favourite piece of yours isn't up there (LL/GW princess and knight) Could you please add it so I can hang it on my wall? It's truly beautiful work of art (I could send you pics of all the art I have of yours if you'd like?!)

Yes for sure! I didn't realize I hadn't uploaded it, thank you for letting me know, I've put it up now (link)! And I really appreciate your interest!! :) and you are definitely welcome to share the collection with me!! I always love to see, so cool :')

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planning on writing anything? 😭😭

I have WIPs (primarily one longer fic pansmione WIP that I started even before the one I had posted😭) but that's all. I'm very on and off with every hobby, so I definitely plan on continuing to write but god knows how long the whole process is gonna take to actually finish, especially if I want to illustrate as well (and I do)😭 I appreciate you caring though :') ❤️

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what’s your favorite harry potter book and movie? sorry if you already answered this question

I might have but that's been years ago hahah Umm it might be the Half-blood Prince, maybe both book and movie, though it's been a while since I read the books so I might have a different answer if I reread them now! The other close ones would be Order of Phoenix and Prisoner of Azkaban! Thanks for asking!!

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would u ever plan on putting out some nsfw jegulus art? not forcing ofc aha!! ur art style would go perfectly!! (jegulus is james potter x regulus black)

I'm currently not drawing, and also I don't really ship them, so sadly that's unlikely, at least definitely not any time soon.. sorry about that!!

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hi! I didn't know you had a blog dedicated to asks, my bad. anyway maria I love your art so much, I've been following for years but something has been haunting me,,, there's a 2016 Remus piece that's absolutely gorgeous, he's on a stool with a book in hand and a green sweater on but! is he wearing socks? this has been eating me alive I even had the piece as my lock screen for ages ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ

what if he's a no-show sock with dress shoes guy I'm,,, ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ

that's okay!! and lol this cracked me up i had to go find the piece and check this myself hahah umm well no I didn't give him socks, tho idk maybe i should've, maybe nobody wears dress shoes with no socks? genuinely don't know hahah i don't think i was thinking too deep into it, maybe the guy in the reference was also sockless so i kept it at that (tho i notice the reference link in the post is now broken gah so can't check) Aaanyway i hope this clears it up? lol! as always, people can imagine whatever they like! if someone wants remus to be a no-show sock guy, so be it! hahah

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What are your fav 5 couples from harry potter now? And your favorite 5 character? I know you answered that stuff but people can change 😄

Totally! I appreciate you asking!! To be honest, I think my interests have kind of stabilized for the recent few years? My top fav couples are still pansmione, drarry, and wolfstar. You asked for 5, so I guess I'd add romione and scorbus to the list too :) As for the characters, I especially love hermione, remus, pansy, cedric, and can't decide between sirius, draco and dean for fifth😅 I know cedric and dean are kinda random on this list, but for some reason they just warm my heart so much, I really love them🥰

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Hi I don’t know if you’ve been asked are you also on Patreon?

Hey! No I'm not on Patreon :)

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hi angel, i cant seem to message u on ur nsfw acc for some god-awful reason, so you totally dont need to answer this here but i cannot find this one nsfw drawing i swear you drew that i saw years ago of one of the weasleys in the shower jerking off so pls lmk if thats been deleted or where to find it!! <3

hey! sorry you weren't able to message me on that account, not sure what the issue was! to answer, no, I've never drawn a piece like that, it must had been someone else? it's funny though because you're not the first person to ask this hahah good luck though!

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are u planning on releasing any more nsfw art?! the way you draw bodies is so beautiful, it taught me to love my own. Your art treats sec the way it should be, so i was j wondering if ur making more?

mo pressure tho!!

Heyy! Thanks so much!! That's so important, and I can totally relate, drawing different bodies made me find so much beauty in them, and that includes my own, so I'm glad you experienced something similar! :) And yes, in general, I do want to draw more nsfw, I'm just currently on hiatus again, I guess, and not really drawing much. But I will be releasing a Pansmione fanfic in the next couple of months or so, and it will include a bunch of nsfw explicit art, so in case that's something you're interested in, you can keep that in mind! :)

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how did u come up w the name ‘upthehill’ for ur wm?? idk it just sounds so different idrk know to explain it but it’s j a cool name and I was wondering how u came up w it

(also, love the nsfw u put out)

I actually have a post where I answered this before, you can read it here! :) Cool that you think it stands out! And thank youu!!!

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Hi! I saw someone in tiktok who had psysical copy of atyd and the cover was made by you and it was amazing. So I would like to ask have you made one for atyd sirius’ perspective and if so can it be used and where it can be found?

Hey! To be honest, I don't really know what you're referring to! I made no covers for atyd, someone must have just used one of my past drawings, I don't know which drawing it is but I'd assume I do not have what you're asking for! But you can always go to my tag navigation link in bio and check out the marauders tag to see what I do and do not have :)

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(warning: has some nsfw references) Weird question but have you found any models/actors etc that are good lookalikes for you to reference for both your sfw and nsfw art? You have mentioned that you always use references whether its from pinterest, a porn website, tumblr etc and I was just wondering if in that time you've found people that make you feel more inspired to draw the characters or look similar to them? I found a good lookalike couple for drarry, Thomas Rossier and Lenny Izaguire, but that's about it tbh

Hm, for a nsfw pairing, I remember liking Jett Black and Levi Karter. I wouldn't say they're amazing lookalikes, but I liked them and I think that answers your question! :) And if you were asking about overall any people I tend to use as references for my art, you can read more here! Haven't yet heard of Thomas and Lenny before, but I googled and I love them, that's really cool!! I appreciate you sharing!!

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