These two photographs are the result of a quick wander when I noticed the light was looking quite interesting (after a spell of grey skies ;-)). I’ve kept the colour versions handy for some Shire/Tolkien themed paintings 🙂
Read MoreTag: Tolkien
Books, they open unexpected doors…
The theme of the month for July over on John Howe’s website is ‘Books‘, which started me thinking about books and what they mean to different people. To me they often open doors to unexpected places, or sometimes to expected places but where you often discover something new 😉 So this is a composite in photoshop of a book opening a doorway into the Shire, with a willing Hobbit ready for a wander 🙂
Read MoreGoing Underground
The theme of the month for May on John Howe’s website is ‘Underworlds’ and I jokingly said… Which started me thinking, there should really be a London Underground style map for Moria. So I started plotting and planning, the trouble was there were so few places mentioned in Moria to map out, so I decided to add a few places. It turns out the map I came up with was Moria as seen a few hundred years after the events in The Lord of the Rings. I realize not everyone…
Read MoreThose hairy feet
More Hobbit feet following my sketch of Flodo Bliggins sitting with his feet up in front of the fire I decided to try one in colour. The background is a watercolour, photoshopped into blurriness then a pair of digital feet stuck on top 😉
Read MoreMore of that troll
Following the pen and ink version of the Troll that sat alone link I decided to attempt something in paint. I quite enjoyed painting the background, well rocks are always interesting to paint, but once the troll was on his seat I felt something wasn’t quite right. So I ended up finishing off the painting in Photoshop by adding the fire and smoke then darkening the left hand side of the image. For those that don’t know it the poem (which inspired this painting) it starts… Troll sat alone on…
Read More