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Published: 2008-11-18 00:42:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 56330; Favourites: 2183; Downloads: 1505
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Arwen and Frodo on Asfaloth are pursued by the Ringwraiths as they race towards the Ford of Bruinen.Second in this series
charcoal and gouache on illustration board
hope you like it!
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all of those Artworks Are Amazing, thanks for posting them it's Amazing, well DoneΒ
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So much detail!
Really amazing picture! I like it!
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Me too...the horses are so gorgeous as well. 
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5 hours or so, if I remember, for B&W that size
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Wow, I spent about five hours on one of my pieces but it didn't turn out like this *claps*
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It's a very fine drawing, and I like it.
Only one problem: In the books, as opposed to the movie, Frodo rode with Glorfindel to the fords of the Bruinen, not with Arwen. One of Peter Jackson's changes that I found unecessary.
Note that this does NOT change my liking for the drawing, it's still very well done. The sense of very fast motion is a dominant feature.
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I know the books are quite different. PJ left out alot of characters and scenes and changed alot of the story. I read the books first and manage to adore both the book and movie versions
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Oh, I liked the movies fine, enough so that I own the whole extended set, but the changes in Arwen's role were the ones I found hardest to take. Only one piece of casting failed for me, that of Cate Blanchett as Galadriel. This is neither Jackson's nor Blanchett's fault, because the role is essentially unplayable. Galadriel is supposed to be the most gorgeous blonde Elf ever, but have the wisdom of her 6,000 plus years of existence (remember she is a full sister of Feanor in the First Age) and have that wisdom show physically through her eyes. There is not now, and never has been, an actress who could both look, and play, the part. Elrond is also difficult, but at least he was never gorgeous.
As to leaving out scenes, no set of movies could be economically made that included evrything in the one-thousand plus pages of Tolkien's masterwork. I accept some of the necessary compromises; I just found the alteration of Arwen's role hardest to take. This is NOT to denigrate Liv Tyler. She had the properly beautiful (she was physically easily the best looking of the females cast, as being Arwen, she should have been)but slightly unearthly look, and acted her part very well.
Also, this is NOT (again) to denigrate your pic, which is excellent, and very true to what was on screen.
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Glad you like it!
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I made some models of the replicas in nazgul was fantastic
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you should post them
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thank you!
yes, I love using charcoal
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This is c-charcoal..?!
FAKJAKTJNj Duuuude. i love you.<3
Like seriously. no homo, or anything xD;;
But you art is so good! I could spend forever in your gallery just in awe of the... i-i dont even know... the amazingness! <3
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yep, charcoal
Thanks so much!!
I love charcoal and its smudgey blackness (except when I'm using white charcoal, which is really a chalk pencil)
Graphite's too shiny for me
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:''''D
No problem~!
Yeah. Me too. c:
I use graphite a lot but I think charcoal would be more fun to work with
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Graphite is easier to control, I admit.
But my scanner hates it...the dark spots cause nasty glare...
so that's how I started using charcoal
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Yeaahh.
I just stick to digital art most of the time. Unless I'm no where near a computer, or my tablet for that matter XD
I should try it some time! It sounds so fun 8'D
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I love this movie trilogy so much! Awesome work!
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Me, too! 
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you're quite welcome! I want to see some more Nikki Sixx!!
Hey, do you know Apocalyptica? Those guys would make for some tasty portraits
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I'd heard of them.
Must Google.
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please do...there are some good shots on DA, actually. I'm sure there are a few in my faves
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Thank you so much! I've always loved horses
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Wow ! Couldn't be better ! It's amazing !!!
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Thank you so much!!
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Very well done, magnificent shading, but as an owner and rider of horses, Arwen's leg position would be a bit far back causing her to be off-balance which could result in a fall.
Keep up the great work!!!
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I followed the reference photo as closely as I could for these kind of details, but, as you can see, the film stills were fairly blurry
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Yeah, you did really well! Much better than me!
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