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Published: 2007-01-12 05:11:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 3241; Favourites: 99; Downloads: 56
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Tii-iii-iii-iime is on my side... yes it is!
I wanted to do something different, completely out of my head with no references, in a monochromatic color scheme. So I popped in my Lord of the Rings dvd and got in the mood to paint cool old guys.
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This looks like it was made of beaten copper. Amazing texture and use of monochromatic color.
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Thanks! I love working in monochrome, I think you can really put an idea across clearly that way.
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The one and only time I worked in monochrome it turned out terrible.
It was an acrylic painting class in high school. I chose to do a mountain sunset, obviously using orange as my color. Problem is, I didn't have the knack for blending so the colors aren't smooth at all and I couldn't get the shades of orange to look right to begin with. Because of those flaws, the color overwhelms and looks disgusting, to me at least.
I did have a couple sucessful paintings in the class. I might photo them and deviate them at some point.
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Thank you so much, I'm honored!
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This is amazing! I like the old rustic feel of the piece!
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Thank you! I wanted it to look old and nostalgic.
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You did it perfectly then!
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I love how this is all in sepia. It makes it feel old.
You paint old people just as well as you paint young/youthful immortal people. And that's quite an accomplishment.
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Thank you so much! 
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Pretty impressive! I like the texture a lot, I know it's the paper grain but still, it really fits the character and image well.
The lighting is also excellent, I love all those folds too!
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Thank you so much! Actually, the texture isn't all from paper grain, I layered some nearly-dry paint over parts of the cloak to make it look rough and sandy.
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Oh, it was well worth then because it is one of the things I like about this painting!
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Thanks! I'm glad the effect is noticable!
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Hey, it kind of does! I didn't notice that!
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Could be a great decoration for a pot or something
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I like the hourglass the best
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Thank you! Mmm, I probably wouldn't do a companion piece for this one. Father Time kind of stands alone, except when he's associated with Baby New Year. But I do think I'll be painting some gods in this monochromatic style, I think it would work really well for Poseidon and Hades in particular.
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Thanks!
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Great idea! I love LOTR
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Oh me too! The only problem though is that the movies pretty much capture the exact image I had of LOTR, so I wouldn't know how to go about it without feeling like I was just copying the movies.
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Well, that just shows how good the movies are
It would be fanart anyway, as you can't "not copy" JRR Tolkien's characters. Who are your favourites, anyway? I like Eowyn, Aragorn, Merry and Pippin... heck, I love 'em all!
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Sam!!!! I love Sam, I think he's the real hero of the story. All hobbits basically rule.
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YEAH FOR SAM! 
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I like it very nice! Yehh ti ti ti time is on my said yes it is
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Haha, thanks! Glad you like it!
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Wooooow. Thats really great.
It doesn't look like paint
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great work! but why is he holding a scythe if he's on our side
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hahah, lord of the rings for inspiration, thats cool. I really like this, the color scheme realy works with this and the shading and ripples in the cloak are really well done, great!
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yeah, and orlando bloom is the little pick-me-up,
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Thanks! lol, watching Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee act as wizards definitely works as inspiration when doing a painting like this!
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