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Loneanimator
The Shire
Mar 25 2008, 2:22pm
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My Tolkien watercolors
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Hi everybody!
This is my first post on your forum (but hopefully not the last). I thought I'd show off some of my own Tolkien art:
"Fire and Shadow"
"He Battled With the Dumbledores" (from my favourite Tolkien poem "Errantry")
"The Mewlips" (from, well, the poem "The Mewlips")
"Old Oliphaunt am I!"
These are all posted on Elfwood, as you can see. Right now I'm working on a short suite of pictures illustrating "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", and they'll go up on Elfwood as well when they are finished.
Cheers for now!
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Idril Celebrindal
Tol Eressea
Mar 25 2008, 2:42pm
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Your watercolors are so lively and full of energy! I particularly like "Fire and Shadow," as much for what you don't show of the Balrog as for what you do. And I like the look in the eye of the "Old Oliphaunt."
With caffeine, all things are possible.
The pity of Bilbo will screw up the fate of many.
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Loneanimator
The Shire
Mar 25 2008, 2:55pm
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Glad you liked them. I should've shown even less of the Balrog but I couldn't resist putting fangs on him. Probably shouldn't have done it, though. Thanks for looking!
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labingi_maura
Rivendell
Mar 25 2008, 4:01pm
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Its very animated, and the watercolor technique is lovely and works well with the drawings! You have a nice feel for the evil characters, particularly, I think! -ML
aka
-Debbie/primmy
"I am in fact a hobbit in all but size." - J.R.R.Tolkien
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Loneanimator
The Shire
Mar 25 2008, 6:33pm
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I think the bad guys can be more interesting to illustrate, as long as you give them character. In Tolkien's work you do, however, have characters that walk a fine line between good and evil, sometimes without realizing it. That's what I really like about these stories.
Glad you like my drawing style! Thank you for your very nice comment=)
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One Ringer
Tol Eressea
Mar 25 2008, 8:11pm
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That's some good art you have there! It made my eyes very happy!  Keep up the excellent work!
"Death is just another pathway . . . one that we all must take."
-Gandalf from "The Return of the King"
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Jazmine
Tol Eressea
Mar 25 2008, 10:20pm
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I really like your style! You'll have to let us know when you post those Bombadil paintings!
*Jazminatar the Brown*
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Beren IV
Gondor
Mar 26 2008, 4:16am
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You are good at drawing animals, although without the caption, I would say your Mewlips look like Goblins! 
I like your Gandalf, by the way. I am glad that another artist whose inspiration is not restricted to the movie has seen fit to share his art with us!
Once a paleontologist, now a botanist, will be a paleobotanist
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Loneanimator
The Shire
Mar 26 2008, 8:02am
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Well, I pictured the Mewlips as a sort of cross between orcs and zombies. There are many theories about what they really are. Mostly they're something to scare little hobbitses with.
Thanks for your comment about my art. I'm glad to be able to share it with people who are interested.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
Immortal
Mar 26 2008, 6:50pm
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I especially loved the "Errantry" one!
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That would make a great greeting card. Very cute!
I'm looking forward to your other illustrations.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories
leleni at hotmail dot com
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orcbane
Gondor
Mar 29 2008, 2:44am
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It is an very interesting variety. Lively jumps to my mind as well. Nothing tentitive about it. I'd never heard of Mewlips, or the poem before. I'll have to track that down.
An Ent juggling spikey things ?
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drspin98
The Shire
Apr 6 2008, 8:10pm
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I was super impressed with the stuff on your website, now this too. You certainly have a gift for the arts.
"Why should we believe darkness will not yield to light wielding this thing?"- The Lord of the Rings- The Age of Men
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Dagonet
Lorien
Apr 22 2008, 11:02pm
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I really like the picture that you drew off of "He Battled With the Dumbldores". It was very well done, and you do draw animals very well. Keep up the good work!
Dagonet,
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shdows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
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Good work!
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