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Published: 2003-10-07 04:16:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 9028; Favourites: 184; Downloads: 1380
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This is the finished version of Christopher Lee as Saruman the traitor from The Lord Of The Rings. Pencil sketch with photoshop colors.Although I like the version with no background, I feel it's important to put a figure in an environment.
Thanks to for helping finalize this version. Your comments are always honest and most helpful.
Thank you for taking a look and look for more LOTR pics soon.
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Comments: 116
This is a great caricature. I like because it is not just a deformed photo. It has your style, but the character is still recognizable. This is just how a caricature has to be. Very good.
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This is great! I love the madness you've portrayed in his eyes. The ethereal glow is a nice touch too.
Awesome work!
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Hello my friend,
I send this message just to tell that I featured your work in my journal: [link] !
Congratulations for the wonderful work!!!
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Ah, very good! I and my brother we love Saruman and we wrote a funny story about him. But in this story he is not normal....
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whoa--you captured his likeness perfectly, not to mention those creepy eyes
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That looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks just like him
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Aaaah! What an awesome chariacture. And, of course, anything related to Saruman is an A+ in my book. ^_^
:+Fav:.
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Okay, that's it! I'm gonna shoot my freaking internet server. I wrote this very detailed comment for this pic and it goes and closes the window on me! ARGH!
Well this picture deserves a comment, so I'll retype it. This picture is fantastic. You truly capture how Christopher Lee portrays Saruman in the film. I love the background too. It's not so flashy that it takes away from the main focus, that of which is Lee, but it has a beautiful tone and color that truly enhances the picture and truly completes it.
I wish I could draw Saruman like that. Everytime I try, Saruman ends up looking like something out of a political cartoon or I get Gandalf the White instead of Saruman the White!
Great Job, as always
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this is sooo rocking! you captured his evilness so incredibly well! excellent work!
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Great work. I like the blue background. the colouring and lighting are great.
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Awesome! You really did a great job! Awesome awesome awesome!!! (Sorry, I'm not much of a commenter... but I hope the fact that I'm commenting is good enough... we all love comments, right?)
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A technical question if you don't mind.
You do the pencilwork on paper and scan it.
But then how do you put the colors underneath?
I mean, how do you separate the pencil strokes from their white paper background into a transparent layer?
I do hope you'll help me with that. It would help me...
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Wow, thanks for the link, it's a great help.
I use Darken for blending lineart... but it chews away at the line edges. Multiply is much better because it doesn't.
Of course Multiply turns any color into black... but that's no problem for us, since the lineart is black anyway
Thanks again.
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The coloring is done on a seperate " multiply" layer in photoshop. There is a link in my journal to several different coloring tutorials. Give them a look. They should help. If not, note me and I'll see if I can explain it abit clearer. But the tuts at that link are excellent and should help you alot.
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O.O;;;; Scary!!! I like it! +fav, very nice coloring indeed!!!
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How can you do such wonderful pic??
Sorry, but I'm simple amazed by your style, really. Saruman, here, looks perfect.
More or less, it's idendical to the movie's Saruman... and then you put in your prtrait also his evil thoughts.
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Wow, it looks so good! The exaggeration on the eyes and forehead make him look even more creepy and daemonic... o.o
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You have a brilliant talent of capturing the essense of characters. The exageration of certain features. How they come so alive.
I particularly love how the background compliements with the foreground character. How it sort of illuminates.
Can't wait to see your finished Gandalf
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Another awesome work! i love the colours that accent the character so very well.... .awesome work, keep it up and take care
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He is a gr8 actor isnt he. And what can I say abt ur work.
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wow...great work man... love the coloring :thumbs up:
greetz
____polka
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Excelent rendition of Mr.Lee. It's realy very stuning.
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Awesome, I have a hard time choosing between this and the regular color one.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAH wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow... fantastic! your going on my watch list!
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great work...looking forward to seeing more....cheers!
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I do caricature art at six-flags and I'm getting better everyday....but its people like you that really keep me going...you are officially my blueprint of the minimal amount of skill I should posses when I'm 30.
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very nice! but for some reason i really like the one without the back ground, dont know why really :S
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