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By some curious chance one morning long ago in the quiet of the world, when there was less noise and more green, and the hobbits were still numerous and prosperous, and Bilbo Baggins was standing at his door after breakfast smoking an enormous long wooden pipe that reached nearly down to his woolly toes (neatly brushed) - Gandalf came by. (...)
All that the unsuspecting Bilbo saw that morning was an old man with a staff. He had a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, a silver scarf over which a white beard hung down below his waist, and immense black boots.
"Good morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green.
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit
A few years ago someone asked me whether I have made an illustration of the opening scene of the Hobbit. They said they collected various depictions of it and there are dozens of illustrations by different artists; it is certainly one of the most often illustrated scenes from Tolkien's Legendarium. Ever since that I was thinking about drawing this scene.

You can read more about it in this post: www.patreon.com/posts/88664174

Description

By some curious chance one morning long ago in the quiet of the world, when there was less noise and more green, and the hobbits were still numerous and prosperous, and Bilbo Baggins was standing at his door after breakfast smoking an enormous long wooden pipe that reached nearly down to his woolly toes (neatly brushed) - Gandalf came by. (...)
All that the unsuspecting Bilbo saw that morning was an old man with a staff. He had a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, a silver scarf over which a white beard hung down below his waist, and immense black boots.
"Good morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green.
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit
A few years ago someone asked me whether I have made an illustration of the opening scene of the Hobbit. They said they collected various depictions of it and there are dozens of illustrations by different artists; it is certainly one of the most often illustrated scenes from Tolkien's Legendarium. Ever since that I was thinking about drawing this scene.

You can read more about it in this post: www.patreon.com/posts/88664174