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Gildhartt β€” Melkor and Fingolfin

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Description Episode from The Silmarillion by J.R.R.Tolkien.
Colour pencils, Photoshop
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Comments: 10

Brunild [2012-08-04 11:51:40 +0000 UTC]

I like it!
Mi piace questa rappresentazione dello scontro tra Morgoth e Fingolfin, trovo che sia originale, si distingue tra le innumerevoli illustrazioni della stessa scena che sono tutte uguali.
Mi piace anche come hai rappresentato Morgoth

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starlightdraik [2010-06-11 01:47:29 +0000 UTC]

Apart from Morgoth not having the right weapon, this a good picture.

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Sirielle [2010-01-13 15:47:20 +0000 UTC]

It would be great if you got rid of the blurrines, but the composition and Morgoth himself are fantastic. I'm definitely fan of your vision of Morgoth

But why oh why Fingolfin is blond? ;(

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Gildhartt In reply to Sirielle [2010-01-13 20:49:32 +0000 UTC]

thank you. well, maybe you're right about the blurriness, but on the original pencil version tha aura looked rather untidy. that's why I decided to blur it.

he's not blond? oops. I must have read The Book inattentively.

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Sirielle In reply to Gildhartt [2010-01-15 17:44:16 +0000 UTC]

The book doesn't say it explicitely, only decribes Finarfin's hair colour and his descendants as exceptional among Noldor. Official illustrations are also misleading in this case. Pity that this line does not appear in the Silmarillion:
"Fingolfin was his father's son, tall, dark, and proud, as were most of the Noldor" The Shibboleth of FΓ«anor, HoME XII.
I hope you don't take it as accusation, not my intention.

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Lumysaara [2010-01-13 12:00:18 +0000 UTC]

Whoa, your pencil work is simply amazing, I kinda wonder why you didn't use that for creating that aura around Fingolfin and his mighty steed, rather than Photoshop. Colored pencils and digital media rarely mix well together, because the airbrush cannot mimic the texture of the pencil on paper entirely.
Other than that, I like the fact that Melkor looks like a sort of viking figure. Apparently, drawing him as an uglier and more evil version of Sauron is the way to go about it, but I like the way he looks here.

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Gildhartt In reply to Lumysaara [2010-01-13 20:52:12 +0000 UTC]

thank you. actually, right now I'm starting to think, that maybe I should have used less photoshop on this piece.
well, while reading the book I got an impression, that Melkor is not and should not be ugly, he's just different. that's why I pictured hom likie this.

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gbindis [2010-01-13 10:43:34 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful, the wings are great!

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vaoni-adolpha [2010-01-13 00:15:54 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely amazing! You did the horse beautifully as well!

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VisAnastasis [2010-01-12 21:29:22 +0000 UTC]

Really nice
Fingolfin is my favourite elf

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