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Published: 2015-11-22 00:06:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 1133; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 0
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Radagast The Brown as we could see him in Peter Jackson's version of Tolkien's 'The Hobbit'.And before anyone starts an argument over this; yes, it is known to me that Radagast was actually only mentioned in passing in 'the Hobbit' and played a far more important role in the actual 'Lord of the Rings' books. Still glad Jackson put him in his movies somewhere; he's such a colorful character.
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I'm rather happy with this one too. It's straight of a picture, this one, with as much detail and texture I can currently manage in charcoal ...
Thanks!
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Well, I didn't like 'The Hobbit' movies at all, but that has nothing to do with your drawing.
I really like this, but I think the best part has to be the eyes, they're really great. Great job!
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Thanks for those compliments. I'm not entirely sure how I manage to make the eyes 'speak' so much, but let's just take it that I shouldn't be changing any of that, aye? ...
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Nope, absolutely nothing. It's perfect the way it is. Also, art doesn't always need to be explained.
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I now name you officially my favorite Watcher ...
Oh, by the way, more Tolkien coming up later today ...
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I'm finally first at something!!
Seriously, though, I'm really glad you're also doing Tolkien-inspired works, I'm not sure I would have found your art otherwise.
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It looks like Tolkien has a pretty avid following, because or despite the Jackson movies. And yes, it seems to have drawn a lot more people to my gallery lately.
I don't mind ... 
I hope you don't mind me asking, but are you on FaceBook and if so, do you have any good Tolkien fan groups on there? I didn't really find any good ones so far. A lot of them are just bitching about the differences between the movies and the books and even if there is something to be said about that topic, there's not so much merit in the discussion. I'm looking for some place where I can fire away questions. Tolkien resources are pretty rare and hard to come by.
I'd like some information on the Blue Wizards, for instance. I'd like to try picturing those two in a fashion that would connect to the Jackson movies. Because I really do dig the "look-and-feel" of the movies. Jackson may not have respected the original story, but he did a fantastic job visually ...
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Well, I suppose Jackson did drag a lot more attention to Tolkien's works, especially on the visual medias. After all, except for the animated movies (which most people don't even know about), Jackson was the first to bring Tolkien's characters to life. My true complain with Jackson is that he didn't respect the message of the story (especially concerning The Hobbit), not that he adapted some parts, but that's another matter entirely.
I don't mind at all, but unfortunately I'm not in any Tolkien group. Actually, I pretty much stay away from groups on facebook because I know that most people only want to create problems for everyone else. The best suggestion I can give you is to check out Alan Lee's drawings. He's a fantastic artist and maybe you can find something that will inspire you among his works.
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I won't lie. I didn't know about the animated versions until you told me about them here! I can see how Jackson's interpretation reuses a lot of the material in there too.
The strange thing is I do know Ralph Bakshi's work, though. I know "Fire and Ice" from him and his work in "Cool World". Always have been amazed at the realism he could put in his animations. A Grand Master as far as I'm concerned. So I'll now have to hunt down a DVD version of his version of LotR. Just need to have this ...
I'll review my opinion of Jackson after that, I'm sure ...
I'm not sure what you mean with the 'message' of the movies. I read somewhere that Tolkien himself resented the way people always wanted to read 'messages' in his work. According to that source, he claimed to have written his Middle Earth epos purely for the fun of creating fantasy, for entertainment. If that's true, then I guess it's no biggie how Jackson adapted the story in the books for exactly the same reason: entertainment and the sheer fun of creating a fantastic world (even if it is then inspired on someone else's imagination). I kind of like that take on it. It's got no strings attached. There is no message, or morale. You just take it as it comes and make the messages yourself. A lot of people seem to be very strung up on this topic, so I hope I'm not stepping on any toes here ...
You seem to have pretty much the same experience with FB as I have. I'll be checking out Alan Lee's stuff, though and see where that leads me. Thanks for that hint!
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Yeah, those animated series are unfamiliar to most people. To tell you the truth I haven't seen them myself, since I was unable to find them anywhere. I hope you'll be luckier in your search, and if you do find them, make sure to let me know what you thought about them.
I think this interview to Christopher Tolkien (I'm sure he needs no introduction) explains what I mean way better than I ever could: www.worldcrunch.com/culture-so…
Personally I'm not as radical in views as he is (after all, I'm not Tolkien's own flesh and blood), but I do agree on a lot he said and I have to respect his views over those of anyone else because he is the legitimate heir of his father and we owe him most of Tolkien's works.
Yeah, FB can really be a nasty place, but I suppose that's because it's the place where the worst of society is allowed to come out.
You're most welcome!
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It must be my lucky day! I just picked up the DVD on eBay for 6,5 EUR, shipping included! How cool is that?!
Of course I'll watch it and tell you all about it.
I read the article you linked too, in the meantime. It's going a direction I didn't quite expect, to be honest. There's a very bitter story between the owners to the film rights and the Tolkien heirs, that's for sure, but it seems to evolve around money more than anything else. Now, if I were among Tolkien's heirs, I'd resent too that people are making millions off my father's work and the family doesn't see much of that money. That by itself is rather awful and undeserved. It's even more awful that the reason this all happens is the fact that Tolkien didn't think very highly of his own work and sold off the rights to it for a price that was far too low!
What the article doesn't do, however, is tell anything about the message of the books. And when it comes to that, it seems that Tolkien didn't care about bringing a morale or specific message. Of course, his own life provided inspiration for what he wrote (his experiences in WWII provided material enough for something like Orcs, for instance) and next to that he seems to have had a deep-rooted hatred for industrialization that found its way into the story too (e.g. Treebeard versus Saruman), but he didn't seem to have had any particular message for his readers. The stories were an escape from the real world. There's no parallels. There's no morale to be told. There's just fantasy and an epic struggle between Good and Evil as a backdrop for it.
And that was my point in the previous message I wrote. Peter Jackson did his own interpretation and I for one, like it a lot. It had me discover Tolkien's work. To say that he ignored the message in Tolkien's work is unfair. There is none to start with, apparently. And no, he didn't capture the full breadth and depth of Tolkien's work. I agree with Christopher there. It is simply impossible to do. You can't put the entire world and its history that Tolkien created in just 6 3-hours movies. Still not enough time to explore every tiny little detail. People will always compare the movie to the book and then say "I think the book was better". And that's because you can't beat the imagination in your own head. And a good thing that is, too!
I'm getting carried a bit away, ain't I? ... Sorry 'bout that. Let's just drop the topic ...
Anyway, found this one; thought you might read it (and listen to it) too: www.huffingtonpost.com/noble-s…
What I do wholeheartedly agree with you on, is your opinion about Facebook ...
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I'm really glad to hear that, and I hope you'll enjoy them!
Actually, disregarding the whole financial side of things, I wanted to bring focus to the last paragraphs of the article. Of course to go into detail with regards to the whole symbolic aspect of the books that wasn't the right article, but there have been more than a few studies - published books even - done on that subject. So I can't agree with you on that score, but really that's not even important since, like I already told you somewhere else, the fact that you chose a subject from The Hobbit movies was only a catalyst for me to see your work. Art, as it is, isn't about the subject, but about the emotion behind it.
I read the article, but I couldn't listen (it said the video is private). Anyway, from what I read, and what you actually state, you're only confirming my theories. Tolkien's writings are depicting of his view of the world: the orcs represent the barbaric events of WWII, the wizards are the scientists who went too far in their search for knowledge and uncovered the potential to create a weapon of mass destruction such as the atomic bomb... Every love story he ever wrote was inspired by his own love for his wife. That doesn't make his writings deprived of meaning, in fact it gives them more poignancy.
Ah! Well, I'm glad we can at least agree on that!
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A shame you couldn't watch that little video.
We are not saying all that different things, I guess. It's just a matter of definitions ...
Of course Tolkien's work is inspired on his own experiences and feelings and of course they promote his opinions about a number of things (industrialization as the obvious example), but he didn't want to actively bring a message with his work. Apparently. Because, I agree with you that if you depict things as bad or ugly, you are in always -in a way- transferring an opinion as well.
But you're right; it isn't all that important. Just good stuff around to enjoy and I'm glad you are liking the pastels I'm doing.
I'll be adding another one tonight ...
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I love the expressiveness of your faces. Even when you draw animals, it's looks like they're feeling something. This is really cute.
I could learn a thing or two from the way you did his hair, I'm struggling with drawing messy hair. You got the perfect balance of chaos and order in his hair.
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Aha! The hair! Yes, some effort went into that tousle of a beard. The little secret is that you -especially with charcoal, but it works with pencil too- can erase tiny hairs with your gum and as such build up the total, using both the "positive" (drawing hairs on) and "negative" (drawing hairs by erasing) techniques.
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Hmm. I'm working with chalky pastel right now on Gandalf's Beard. It's kinda similar except putting the positives in with pastels and the negatives in with pencils. Lots of hair though!
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It is. And it isn't.
Pastel is a "covering technique", so build up the image from dark to light.
You will show off the result on DA here, aye? Now I'm curious ...
By the way, I'm currently working on a Gandalf too. Will take a while longer before you'll get to see that one, though. Lotsa work to be done still.
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I put up a work in progress for ya. I'm not quite done though.
Good Luck with your Gandalf! It's going to be awesome to see it.
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I left some help (I hope) with your Gandalf WIP. It's certainly looking good already. I can tell that some hours were put into that piece already ...
You go, Amber. I'll be looking ...
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Many hours, I'm working on getting faster.
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You sound like Rocky Balboa now.
Eye of the Tiger, girl!
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Ja, except Rocky never sprained his ankle on a stupid lose paving stone.
Badass I ain't.
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By the way ... thanks for all the compliments ...
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Thank you very much, sir. It's called "how to turn a lesson in drawing portraits into something interesting" ...
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Uuuh how nice! The expression in the eyes is so intense
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A good three to four hours of heavy duty charcoal drawing and I'm pretty happy with the result in this case.
Thanks for your kind comments ...
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Jawel, jawel. Over deze ben ik zelf ook niet helemaal ontevreden ...
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