09. 20. 11. 02:25 pm ♥ 2
Azkatraz 2009 - Auction by hpef on Flickr.
T-Shirt Contest! Calling all artists! We’ve got an opportunity for fame and glory…at least among Ascendio attendees. We are looking for designs for the official Ascendio t-shirt, just as we did in the lead-up to past events, including Nimbus 2003 and Azkatraz. You can see a selection of designs for past HPEF events in our CafePress store (still under construction), but don’t feel bound by any styles or fonts we’ve used before.  Instead, since the Ascendio theme is “Flights of Fancy” please let that inspire your creativity. A few guidelines: No larger than 8.5 x 11″ in finished digital form; must be at least 300 dpi The artwork and text must be rated PG-13 or lower Design should be single-color (for a one-color imprint on blue or purple). Glow-in-the-dark & metallic imprinting is an option, if that inspires you! Artwork should include the following elements: the word “Ascendio”, ‘HPEF Presents’ and the event dates (July 12-15, 2012) and “Ascendio 2012″ should be in this font: Jellyka Western Princess (http://www.dafont.com/jellyka-western-princess.font) Any characters included in the art should not be identified by name. We strongly encourage using generic magical creatures and characters rather than content directly from the films or books. As our theme for Ascendio focuses on flight – metaphorical, literal, animalian and human – we encourage incorporation of those aspects. Do not use any of the official “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” artwork or trademark. Submissions will be accepted until midnight (EST) November 30, 2011 at pr@hp2012.org. Any questions can be forwarded to that address as well, or posted here. The artist who submits the winning design will win a single-day admission ticket to Universal Orlando Islands of Adventure which can be used during Ascendio. High-res

Azkatraz 2009 - Auction by hpef on Flickr.

T-Shirt Contest!

Calling all artists! We’ve got an opportunity for fame and glory…at least among Ascendio attendees. We are looking for designs for the official Ascendio t-shirt, just as we did in the lead-up to past events, including Nimbus 2003 and Azkatraz. You can see a selection of designs for past HPEF events in our CafePress store (still under construction), but don’t feel bound by any styles or fonts we’ve used before. Instead, since the Ascendio theme is “Flights of Fancy” please let that inspire your creativity.

A few guidelines:

No larger than 8.5 x 11″ in finished digital form; must be at least 300 dpi
The artwork and text must be rated PG-13 or lower
Design should be single-color (for a one-color imprint on blue or purple). Glow-in-the-dark & metallic imprinting is an option, if that inspires you!
Artwork should include the following elements: the word “Ascendio”, ‘HPEF Presents’ and the event dates (July 12-15, 2012) and “Ascendio 2012″ should be in this font: Jellyka Western Princess (http://www.dafont.com/jellyka-western-princess.font)
Any characters included in the art should not be identified by name. We strongly encourage using generic magical creatures and characters rather than content directly from the films or books.
As our theme for Ascendio focuses on flight – metaphorical, literal, animalian and human – we encourage incorporation of those aspects.
Do not use any of the official “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” artwork or trademark.

Submissions will be accepted until midnight (EST) November 30, 2011 at pr@hp2012.org. Any questions can be forwarded to that address as well, or posted here.

The artist who submits the winning design will win a single-day admission ticket to Universal Orlando Islands of Adventure which can be used during Ascendio.

02. 02. 12. 12:59 pm ♥ 2
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02. 10. 12. 05:04 pm ♥ 10897

heidi8:

Awww, the Azkatraz clip in the bottom left corner. All that hair

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06. 04. 12. 08:27 pm ♥ 10371

Fwiw, tweets #2005 - 2012 by @HPEF will use a virtual time turner to look back at the HPEF cons of each of those years, so check them out, and RT if you attended The Witching Hour, Lumos, Prophecy, Portus, Azkatraz or Infinitus (tweet #2004 was about Nimbus because we RT-ed something from the amazing Lena Gabrielle as #2003).

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06. 28. 12. 05:37 am ♥ 6

Jun 28, 2012: Harry Potter Videos - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Claymation

hpcelebration:

This is a fan-made claymation of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows story, totalling around 4 hours and 20 minutes.

You can watch the entire movie at the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE442DAA713EEAAA7


Check out more Harry Potter videos at http://hpcelebration.tumblr.com/videos

The guy who did this video joined us at Azkatraz, hosted a Claymation Class, showed the film, and is all-around awesome!

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01. 20. 12. 01:39 pm ♥ 29
It’s so celebratory of the Harry Potter world. Like, it just kind of encompasses that feel of how great Hogwarts is and - it’s also, for me, like, doing the show - because I graduated from college a year before we did the show. So when I went back to go help with the show, it was like I was going back to school. And like, outside of school, because I live in Los Angeles, I just don’t know very many people, and I don’t get out much or anything because it’s so expensive. So it’s really like you feel like Harry Potter, because it’s like, geez, when you’re not in school, it sucks! It sucks because you don’t have any friends! You just are sick of it, and you’re waiting around. And it feels like - it’s like such a celebration of this community, and of school in general. It’s like, that’s kind of like an appeal of just Harry Potter in general, that it’s like this celebration of all the great things about childhood and going to school, and everything. Because while you’re in school you’re like ‘ugh, school sucks,’ but then when you think about it, it’s just such a great community and you get to see all your friends that you love, and that’s what Goin’ Back to Hogwarts is all about. And I think people really connect with that.
Nick talks about the opening number and basically makes me cry nbd (x)
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02. 05. 12. 06:58 pm ♥ 3

Flashback to Azkatraz with the Fog Bowl’s Quidditch Team logos. Reblog if you were on a team, or watched any of the matches - or if you’re planning to play or watch at Ascendio this summer!

03. 19. 12. 07:06 pm ♥ 8

Ascendio guest Lev Grossman talks about his experience attending the Snarry panel at HPEF’s 2009 con Azkatraz! This is just a teaser for The Fanfiction Project by filmmaker Hansi Oppenheimer. Hansi will be filming at Ascendio — we can’t wait!

06. 10. 12. 08:21 pm ♥ 19003
I adore the way fan fiction writers engage with and critique source texts, by manipulating them and breaking their rules. Some of it is straight-up homage, but a lot of [fan fiction] is really aggressive towards the source text. One tends to think of it as written by total fanboys and fangirls as a kind of worshipful act, but a lot of times you’ll read these stories and it’ll be like ‘What if Star Trek had an openly gay character on the bridge?’ And of course the point is that they don’t, and they wouldn’t, because they don’t have the balls, or they are beholden to their advertisers, or whatever. There’s a powerful critique, almost punk-like anger, being expressed there—which I find fascinating and interesting and cool.

Lev Grossman (via theadventuresofcargline)


(Source: hp2012.org)

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