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Published: 2007-01-11 08:16:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 6690; Favourites: 177; Downloads: 176
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quickie sketch I tinkered with tonight. I've always loved the elven lands in Lord of the Rings, moreso from reading the books than even from the movies. The reason is simple enough, I like to imagine them n my mind, not imagined for me. Mind you I fell in love with the designs of the elven lands in all 3 films, though I think I imagined the Gray Havens a bit more like lothlorien, ie the buildings to look like ship hulls protruding from the rockface. In this case I replaced the rock with a waterfall. The buildings in this sketch are meant to be protruding from a waterfall..doesn't work as well in pencil as I would have hoped. BUT it was just fun nonetheless to draw as there are no boundaries persay...you can just..draw and let it take form.Related content
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that is one amazing picture for sure, it's so good that I'm using it as a reference for elves, keep it up m8, wonderful
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great stuff.... i had a similar idea the other day. not on a waterfall but a similar building in a cave....
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I like the perspective that you used in this piece 
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This is a "quickie" sketch? Whoo... It's amazing... I like it better than the palaces in the movies. It looks more elegent and peaceful to me 
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Wonderful! Just wonderful.... I wish they could have used this in LOTR... it must be breathtaking to actually see a landscape like this.
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wow..I like it. The one building reminds me of a ship. :^_^:
nice concept.
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OMG I love your concept! I have to admit, I think your design is closer to how I imagined the Gray Havens from the books than the movie version.
It's reminiscent of Rivindel's elegant architechture, in a valley with waterfalls.
Just a thought: can you imagine building it? That's why we love elves, I guess... they're talented.
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Building it would be a PAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN...but then the pyramids..stonehenge..heck all the Cathedrals in Europe are simply jaw dropping work for an age before the insane technology we have today!
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That's true... Imagining building those collosal things hurts my brain. But building it under a waterfall... Daaaaang.
But, hey, they're elves. Therefore they can defy physics. *coughLegolasinthemoviecough*
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HA!!! I had to watch the movie 2 times in theaters JUST for the part where he mounted the horse all wonky like.
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Very detailed...I love how you have the light comming in
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One word... Incredible.
That was three words.
Now Seven.
Nine.
Done now.
~L
P.S. But yes, 'tis moosh lovely!
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Wow! That's very good! Something like this is very hard to pull off in pencil..which is probably why I tend to shy away from stuff like this. 
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It puts me in mind of Waterfall City from the book Dinotopia by James Gurney. It looks very Elven to be sure. I think it came out wonderfully. The swan shape might need to be darkened up a bit though, it grabs the eye immediately and distracts a bit from the rest of the drawing. The biggest building looks like it has elf ears
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i hardly believe that the draw is a quickie, if that is true u have amazing skill
there is nothing that i can critique because i dont have that level of skill, i dont know what to say
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I could see the elvish look to the structure, even before I read your comment, I was going to say "Those awnings almost look like elf ears!" now I feel silly.
Lovely sketch!
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Really sereen and gorgeous.
Is the swan slightly disproportionate? The wings look very big...
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Same here, I'm a sucker for the actual book as opposed to hollywoods version. I love it!
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That's an excellent idea you have here. I think it's worth persuing.
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That would look absolutely awesome in colour. You should definitely paint that one. Beautiful work!
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Very nice. I've always wondered what would have happened if Tolkien had actually set Middle Earth in an alternative world instead of as part of our 'history'.
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Very stunning and lovely! Is that a peacock facing the swan over the bridge?
Love the hint of sunlight shafts filtering through to touch the city, deftly done. Also enjoy the smaller swans on the rooftops that look like they belong on the prow of a ship. Hoping to see the finished version soon!
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this is so AWESOME, it's like someone (being you) innvaded my brain and stole my idea of perfect elven city, and then pasted it onto a piece of paper, and through some course of events, ended up here, only infinately better ^_^ i love it.
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Very nice, and all such places built for movies start out as sketches just like this one. Very pretty work.
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That looks so awesome... I need to design stuff like this, especially for my Jennaei people...they live in mountains ranges so they live among caves and cliffs. I love the swan over the gates.
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That's a very interesting concept, and would probably come across very well if it were in color. By the way, have you looked into the Lord of the Rings MMO that's coming out? Some of the screenshots are beautiful.
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MMO??? whut something Lord of the ringish I missed??!
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You didn't know about that? [link] Heavens, I'm going to buy it when it comes out. It's gorgeous!
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