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DameOdessa β Theoden, king of Rohan
Published: 2009-06-27 16:58:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 3919; Favourites: 106; Downloads: 510
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"Where is the horse and the rider?Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountains, like a wind in the meadow.
The days have come down in the west, behind the hills, into shadow.
Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning,
Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning?"
Aragorn - JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings Trilogy
After Gandalf,'s portrait, I wanted to draw another of my favourite characters from LOTR
Nevertheless, his hair, facial hairs and these embroideries were an ordeal to draw and paint 
I became almost crazy 
I'm so fascinated by the Kingdom of Rohan and its inhabitants, their culture, their history are so wonderful
Bernard Hill was truly a good choice for this character
And I'd like to offer this drawing to the lovely for all her kindness
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Merci, amis c'est vieuuux XD
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^^ no problem.
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le portrait est très beau, mais c'est surtout les motifs sur le col, qui m'impressionnent !
j'aimerais bien voir ta vision des personnages de LOTR, sans rΓ©fΓ©rence aux acteurs, un jour ^^
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Merci infiniment
Oui je pourrais essayer mais Γ§a risque d'Γͺtre dur tellement les acteurs m'ont marquΓ©s (enfin surtout ceux que j'ai dessinΓ©s ^^)
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One of my favorite LOTR character, by far more than Aragorn. Very resemblant.
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Thanks a lot!
And I totally agree
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Thank you so much!
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any time sweetheart!
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I am realy stunned with how well you did his clothes. They look so real. Must of taken some time to do it. Well done buddy
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Thanks for the comment and 
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You did an awesome job with his costume - I bet that it was a lot of work to get the embroideries right, but the result looks stunning.
Since I'm also a great fan of Rohan and its people... will you try a portrait of Eowyn one day?
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he he
Since Eowyn IS my favourite character, of course, I'll draw her
Thank you very much
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You captured Theodens facial expression very well, how long did you sit on that picture?
Awwz i luv howe you did his clothes, i maybe said this 100 times to you but i really admire you for your clothesdrawing skills
Will you do more Rohan charas, maybe Eomer or Eowyn 
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Thank you so much for this comment
To be honest I don't know at all how many times it took me
I was thinking of drawing Eowyn who is a character I totally love!
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Oh cool, Eowyn is also one of my favs, i especially love her battle with the witchking :3.
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Your wonderful art has been featured here 
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I really love the pattern on his clothes, it looks just great. All those details, they're simply amazing... A very good pic!
Here some points I noticed:
I'm not sure about the hair, it looks odd somehow. The beard is great, but especially above his forehead it's just not quite as realistic as the rest of the pic. Which of course is very high standart.
I think the texture of the fabric looks really well, but the contrast on the big fold on the right side of the canvas might be just a bit too strong. As fabric usually folds round, not in kinks like paper, there should be just a slight gradient I think, and the same goes for some of the wrinkles of his skin, especially at his forehead, and maybe for the nose, but I'm not sure there... I can't quite pinpoint why, but I think with the Gandalf-pic the wrinkles were better. Of course the Gandalf one is just outstanding... With Gandalf, you managed a great color sheme all over. With Theoden I'm not sure about the background... I'm wondering whether a stronger contrast from sky to hair would work better. The light is also a little more undecided here.
Then again, the lack of contrast might be good... I simply love the way how the viewer is drawn to his eyes because of their contrast color. I really don't know whether a change in background would enhance that or destroy it...
I hope this is helpful! I can't really write critiques as I'm not subsribed, so I just comment^^
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Another time thanks a lot for your amazing comment (which, moreover, helps me a lot in improving my Englis
-The hair, indeed, is a bit odd, maybe because of the colors but I realized it is much easier to draw dark hair than light hair. And I have to change the "pattern" at the last moment because it did not fit to the original version.
-Same thing for the beard. The hairs are really short, this is difficult to represent them, whereas with Gandalf with his long beard, it was almost like painting hair.
-I made a mistake when applying the texture: I did not reduce my image size at first so well the texture still was "big".
-For the skin I wanted a strong texture to show Theoden's age, with a skin less neat (whereas Gandalf, despite its age, still looks "young")
-For the contrast I tried to keep what I had in my shot, it's true the background was not as detailed as Gandalf's.
In fact, I guess, that the whole drawing is less good than Gandalf's, I noticed that when it was finished. I think I'm really more comfortable with dark color schemes which are easier to paint and fix
Once again thanks a lot!
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Merci beaucoup, Momotte, pour le ce comment et le
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Toujours la bienvenue Odessa!
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Merci infiniment, Renard
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