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All typed text in the drawings above is taken from The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien. These quotations are included here as context for the images, which are meant to be a commentary on the work.
(with the exception of “story about elves” which is, probably obviously, not a direct quote. I was planning to use real quotes there, but Gandalf’s story is far too long for the two images I drew and I couldn’t decide what to quote <_<

ring: *shows sam his innermost power fantasy* i can totally make this happen for you
samwise, the best hobbit: That sounds.... stupid.

I had a clear mental image of Sam when reading the books, but less clear of Frodo. When I saw the movies I really liked Elijah Wood’s portrayal and since then have found it hard to picture anything else- but I’m trying to avoid mixing in things that look too much like the movies because
1) selfishly, I am trying to do a sort of a character design exercise because it’s something I never ever practice, and making toonified versions of real life actors with real faces is a related but quite different exercise to making designs based on a sparse written description + a personality and story role
2) I just think it’s visually jarring if some characters look like they did in the PJ movies and others don’t, and there were some characters I knew I wanted to play with looking markedly different from the movies.
So I tried to avoid drawing Elijah Wood straight out, but I kept the big blue eyes. I think a design element like that is within the realm of visual-influence-but-not-copying.
TL;DR frodo might look a tad generic and I’m sorry for that. I find him difficult to pin down.

I don’t have many LOTR posts so here’s an index:
Gollum | Smeagol, The Worst Hobbit | The Best Hobbit vs The Worst Hobbit (not yet available) | Misc, including Merry and Pippin and others (not yet available)

... and there's more in my scraps: www.deviantart.com/itstheblob/…

Description
All typed text in the drawings above is taken from The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien. These quotations are included here as context for the images, which are meant to be a commentary on the work.
(with the exception of “story about elves” which is, probably obviously, not a direct quote. I was planning to use real quotes there, but Gandalf’s story is far too long for the two images I drew and I couldn’t decide what to quote <_<

ring: *shows sam his innermost power fantasy* i can totally make this happen for you
samwise, the best hobbit: That sounds.... stupid.

I had a clear mental image of Sam when reading the books, but less clear of Frodo. When I saw the movies I really liked Elijah Wood’s portrayal and since then have found it hard to picture anything else- but I’m trying to avoid mixing in things that look too much like the movies because
1) selfishly, I am trying to do a sort of a character design exercise because it’s something I never ever practice, and making toonified versions of real life actors with real faces is a related but quite different exercise to making designs based on a sparse written description + a personality and story role
2) I just think it’s visually jarring if some characters look like they did in the PJ movies and others don’t, and there were some characters I knew I wanted to play with looking markedly different from the movies.
So I tried to avoid drawing Elijah Wood straight out, but I kept the big blue eyes. I think a design element like that is within the realm of visual-influence-but-not-copying.
TL;DR frodo might look a tad generic and I’m sorry for that. I find him difficult to pin down.

I don’t have many LOTR posts so here’s an index:
Gollum | Smeagol, The Worst Hobbit | The Best Hobbit vs The Worst Hobbit (not yet available) | Misc, including Merry and Pippin and others (not yet available)

... and there's more in my scraps: www.deviantart.com/itstheblob/…