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Published: 2011-05-18 13:38:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 22707; Favourites: 558; Downloads: 0
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©2011 Jon HodgsonMy entry for the ArtOrder community contest "Eowyn and the Nazgul": [link]
My schedule was crammed with deadlines around the time of the contest, so I chose to do something that I knew I could get finished, and which would hopefully stand out against all the inevitably brilliant and epic oil paintings.
I really wanted to take part, so whilst I don't think this is a winner I at least got something done in time, and could join in with all the Middle Earth fun. I think working on an actual Tolkien product, but not able to share in the public challenge fun would have just been too painful to bear!
Artrage, Photoshop, Painter, Smoke
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This is awesome! I shared it on a LOTR Facebook fan page I admin...don't worry, I gave credit, of course XD But anyway, I love it!
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I've always thought that water colour was one of the hardest art forms. Well done!
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The composition makes this one truly stand out. Fantastic.
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I just heard about this on Ninja Mountain (I have been catching up...4 more episodes and Ill be up to date 
This is really stunning!
The composition is gorgeous.
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This is the closest portrayal of King Theoden that I imagined when I read the book. I really don't like the look of him the film. I like the "food chain" you have going on in this picture.
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which of these above (Artrage, Photoshop, Painter, Smoke) do you use mostly?
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Hi,
For the actual painting part these days I mostly use Artrage. I have replaced Smoke with FlamePainter, which does more in the vein of those special particle effects. An image like this one is usually assembled in Photoshop, so that plays a heavy role. I don't use very much Painter, but occasionally it has it's uses.
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I love the 70'ties feel of it. It feels clean of disturbance and "taint" from the movies (which I love) and like something you would find of a paper back cover for return of the king long before the movies came out. Great work.
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OHMAIGAWD
Beautiful, totally captures one of the most dramatic scenes in the trilogy.
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I regret that I can only give this one Fave. Great work!
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Good contest to be involved in, Jon. And a really good entry; great approach.
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One of the best work in this contest! I love it. Great work!
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Thank you. Very kind. I'm really liking Jeffrey Alan Love's second entry. Really nice economy he has going on there.
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Yes, it's very graphic. I like it too.
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Loving the design and overlapping layers of mistiness. Very sweet
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I liked this one. The only thing I didn't get was why the horse has two heads.
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I know! It's like a horse with 2 heads, 2 necks, 2 bodies, 8 legs and two tails. Weird, eh?
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It's a freak! Kill it! Ohhhhhhhhh. I see what you did there. Nice work anyway, as I say.
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You could have asked "but where's Merry's horse?" as well.
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On a merry-go-round, presumably
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neat composition, but the eye and the ring are too much. could've worked if you had included the entire tower, but the ring is kind of excessive.
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I think they work well to drive the composition and add to the overall lyrical thing I was aiming for. But hey. Opinions etc.
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Saw this earlier today on ArtOrder. Yours stood out, as it's very different to the other entries. Great composition and painterly execution as always Jon.
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Thanks Mike. Against some of the esteemed advice I thought the only way forward on this one was to make something a little outside of a straight fight scene. For me I know I would just somewhat pitifully ape the McBride illustration, so I thought it best to find some other route to illustrate the scene.
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Thank you. I really didn't expect it to be so well received.
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One of my favs from the entries. I was bummed that I couldn't fit this challenge into my schedule...
I think a few pixel wide frame about a half inch from all sides would look pretty slick. I would definitely hang this bad boy in my game room! Great work!
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I love the composition. And the rest too, of course. But it is so eye catching!
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Thanks! It works nicely at thumbnail size, which is a bonus!
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