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EomerLives
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Mar 5 2010, 1:48am
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Hey everyone I am new!
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goody'ay all!,
I am new to this I love Lord Of the Rings! and i want to share my art with everyone! I've seen a lot of the Art on here and I have to say you all are so talented! so i am gonna post my art for y'all to see.. the ones I have put on here so far are Eomer and Gollum! i hope you all enjoy!
Tootle Pip!,
Annie
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SirDennisC
Gondolin
Mar 5 2010, 4:57am
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Good stuff you have there... is that Smeagol when he is confused about why Frodo wants him to leave the Forbidden Pool?
A niffty trick for preserving colour when documenting your work is to take it outside during the day, place it on the ground and shoot it from directly above either handheld or with a tripod. Make sure no shadows fall across the art (including your own!)
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TreeLee
Lindon
Mar 5 2010, 12:27pm
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Very nice! Great detail. I like them!
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swordwhale
Dor-Lomin
Mar 7 2010, 6:07pm
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 (shooting your art outside) good advice! You can also try "open shade"; find a windowsill to prop your art on, or otherwise set it up in "open shade"... a shaded side of the house (garage, shed, etc.) where the sun is not hitting directly, but you still have lots of light from the sky. Be careful of light reflected off red brick, yellow siding, green trees etc.
 A couple of photofloods or other clip lights (one to each side of your picture) works well indoors.
 A scanner is a wonderful thing, but assumes that you are working the size you can scan (like, under 8 x 10).
 Use a tripod that doesn't wiggle. I found a good one at a yard sale for $8!
I like your attention to detail, I love the quality of your linework. You didn't mention how old you are, but no matter, anyone can continue to learn and improve their art! (I keep trying myself). Learn all you can about anatomy, the underlying bone and muscle structure of your subjects. When doing black and white (pencil, charcoal etc) get up and walk back twenty feet or so now and then...see if you are using the whole black-to-white scale, or only a few shades of grey; your drawing should still have impact (like a film frame, a piece of the movie) from across the room, or yard.
Try MiTientes or other charcoal papers (or scraps of smoothish mat board). You can draw in pencil, Prismacolor pencil, charcoal, pastels (I like Prismacolor pencils, not messy, fine detail)... using the color of the paper (letting it show through) as well as dark and lighter pencils.
Try drawing... outlining it in sharpie or other black line (dark pencil, colored pencil, skinny 000 brush-and-ink)...watercoloring it. Simple technique, awesome results.
Another trick to check on your art is to turn it upside down (you'll see if you got something out of proportion or persepctive easier) or look at it in a mirror.
Above all, keep drawing, keep practicing. Keep a sketchbook, carry it with you. Draw draw draw!!! Draw from life, from taxidermy, from fish at the aquarium, animals at the zoo, your buddies, photos, put your DVD on pause, and go back outside and draw from life. Don't let anyone discourage you.
And have fun!
(I have a couple of "art class" things on my website, free)
http://www.swordwhale.com/index.html
Go outside and play...
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Night Wolf
Ossiriand
Mar 15 2010, 5:27am
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Nice tech info.
Klaatu... Verata... Necktie. Nectar. Nickel, Noodle...Nikto!
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swordwhale
Dor-Lomin
Mar 17 2010, 4:17am
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LOL 
(I need to come up with something that clever....)
Go outside and play...
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Night Wolf
Ossiriand
Mar 17 2010, 10:14am
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Yea. 
-My only regret in life is that I am not someone else (Woody Allen)
Klaatu... Verata... Necktie. Nectar. Nickel, Noodle...Nikto!
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