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Tulikoura — The Hobbit or There and Back Again

Published: 2011-12-23 17:20:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 10986; Favourites: 306; Downloads: 170
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Description The Hobbit or There and Back Again

Bilbo Baggin's peaceful life is disrupted by a sudden visit of Thorin Oakenshield, his group of twelve dwarves and Gandalf the Wizard, who has chosen Bilbo to be the burglar in Thorin Oakenshield's expedition. Thorin's plan is to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and its vast treasure from the dragon Smaug. This expedition will lead them over the wilderness to Misty Mountains and beyond.
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Drawing ink & graphite pencil work. As a part of my new year's promise to finally illustrate my version of The Hobbit. The announcement trailer of the movie was like an alarm for me, hehheh.

It's clear that contrast between trees, mountain & mist isn't the best one. Once again I made the error not planning to the end, as first two trees were fine but the rest made them look odd in my opinion.
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Comments: 60

Tulikoura In reply to ??? [2012-10-02 13:38:21 +0000 UTC]

Jaa, olisihan se tietty imartelevaa. Nyt on tosin kysytty näitä piirustuksia viime aikoina vaikka minne suuntaan (jenkkilään päin aikalailla) mutta niistäkään ei sitten tiedä. Oudoin oli joku Catholic courses -järjestö kinuamassa piirustuksia luentojensa tueksi - joiden aiheena on väkisin etsiä raamatullisia viittauksia Hobitista. Joopa joo ja Tolkien kääntyy haudassaan.

Rahaa ei tietenkään jo tehdyistä töistä heru (kirjajulkaisu voisi olla tietty toinen tarina, haha) mutta näkyvyyttä lähinnä noilla ilmaisilla julkaisuilla, esimerkiksi olin ihan tyytyväinen kun Tolkien Gatewayhin ladattiin meikäläisen töitä wikiartikkelien kuvitukseksi.

Kuten varmaan huomasit olen itse todella surkea kaupallistamaan näitä piirustuksia millään tasolla, hehheh. Kunhan on mukavaa piirtää, se riittää. Harva näinä päivinä itseään elättää kuvittamisella Hiltusen ja Lukkarisen tavoin.

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HiekkaMyrsky In reply to Tulikoura [2012-10-03 17:53:33 +0000 UTC]

Kiitos tuosta raamattu-piiristä. Nyt voin enään töin tuskin nukkua öitäni kun tiedän tollasenkin olemassaolosta XC...
Mutta tiiätkö sellasen sivun kuin cghub.com? Son sellane kaiken maailman artisteille tarkotettu sivusto joka toimii samalla maailmanlaajusena työnhaku pisteenä, vähän niinku työkkäri. En oo jäsen mut löysin tän ko olin googlettaas erinäisten gw kuvittajien gallerioita. 0_=

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VictorElessar [2012-04-12 23:50:26 +0000 UTC]

this is so fine. your works are inspiration for me mate. cheers

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ArminiusWillabert [2012-01-11 11:18:10 +0000 UTC]

Great drawing!

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Tulikoura In reply to ArminiusWillabert [2012-01-13 18:12:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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narutardednerd [2011-12-31 22:26:46 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!! Well done! I can't wait for the movie! The only casting I'm not sure about is Thorin and Fili. What do you think?

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Tulikoura In reply to narutardednerd [2012-01-03 21:36:25 +0000 UTC]

I wait for the movies too, damn that release trailer was nice. Only year and then another year, sigh.

About casting... Can't say anything about actors themselves, other than it looks promising. Stephen Fry was a nice surprise as a master of Lake-Town. I would only complain about the "make-up" - Thorin, for example, looks far too young. I recall that he was described to have white hair and beard. And what's with the overall lack of beards! Blasphemy!

Thank you for the comment!

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Grishend [2011-12-29 15:52:57 +0000 UTC]

Lovely. Great job in detailing as always, especially those trees and those dwarfs... Love the feel that they're about to enter something wild and full of adventure. Great work!

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Tulikoura In reply to Grishend [2012-01-03 21:53:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for commenting , I appreciate your insights. You can describe the feeling you have as I always tend to look technical aspects only...

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armario96 [2011-12-28 10:07:26 +0000 UTC]

simply awesome (speachless)

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Tulikoura In reply to armario96 [2011-12-31 23:37:52 +0000 UTC]

How flattering! Thank you for the comment, I appreciate it

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Muraki3777 [2011-12-27 19:42:24 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work!!!

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Tulikoura In reply to Muraki3777 [2011-12-31 00:08:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Joetjuhh [2011-12-27 17:01:50 +0000 UTC]

Hurray! Nice to see some new stuff from you again, Tulikoura

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Tulikoura In reply to Joetjuhh [2011-12-31 00:07:14 +0000 UTC]

Hehee well, that was enthusiastic! It was a long pause indeed. New year, new tricks and more time to devote to drawing I hope.

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Joetjuhh In reply to Tulikoura [2012-01-02 14:23:26 +0000 UTC]

Hell yea! Or should I say 'Mordor yea!'? ( If you somehow can call Mordor hell.. I guess you can ^^ )

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Starlace [2011-12-26 05:06:23 +0000 UTC]

Wow, great work.

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Tulikoura In reply to Starlace [2011-12-31 00:05:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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Laesdaw [2011-12-25 13:50:11 +0000 UTC]

wow i love all the details, especially the trees

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Tulikoura In reply to Laesdaw [2011-12-31 00:05:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Drawing trees is fun in its own odd way, although it's really hard to balance contrast between trunk, leaves and branches + with other scenery.

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JamesCloudy [2011-12-24 22:59:11 +0000 UTC]

love it

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Tulikoura In reply to JamesCloudy [2011-12-31 00:02:28 +0000 UTC]

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Caradepato [2011-12-24 19:36:16 +0000 UTC]

The road goes ever on an on, no? well done in capturing the atmosphere of it all.

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Tulikoura In reply to Caradepato [2011-12-31 00:02:20 +0000 UTC]

Yep it goes - thank you very much for the comment

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gbindis [2011-12-24 14:27:26 +0000 UTC]

Wow, the contrast between the area above the trees and the ground is amazing. Like it gradually gets darker and more mysterious. I have to fav it!

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Tulikoura In reply to gbindis [2011-12-27 21:54:39 +0000 UTC]

Good to hear it succeeded, even though I thought I had messed up the contrast between objects.

Thank you very much for the comment!

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gbindis In reply to Tulikoura [2011-12-29 20:08:48 +0000 UTC]

It looks fine, I wouldn't mind having it on my wall!

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primulatook [2011-12-24 09:02:34 +0000 UTC]

wonderful!

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Tulikoura In reply to primulatook [2011-12-27 21:53:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Broadshore [2011-12-24 06:31:50 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work again my friend.

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Tulikoura In reply to Broadshore [2011-12-27 21:52:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Good to hear your opinion - forest scenery + characters and creatures of many sizes really made this a tricky illustration so comments are always welcome.

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FliegenLicht [2011-12-24 05:50:37 +0000 UTC]

Wow, GREAT detail!

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Tulikoura In reply to FliegenLicht [2011-12-27 21:35:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I usually love to add details here and there when it comes to characters and gear they're wearing, but with sceneries like forest, well... I have to be careful. In this work the contrast between two trees in front, background forest and mountain seems to be balanced enough.

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bagasuit091 [2011-12-24 03:23:19 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful!

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Tulikoura In reply to bagasuit091 [2011-12-27 21:13:36 +0000 UTC]

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Dragareb [2011-12-23 23:45:54 +0000 UTC]

Very nice!

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Tulikoura In reply to Dragareb [2011-12-27 21:10:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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jbamski [2011-12-23 21:50:13 +0000 UTC]

i love it

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Tulikoura In reply to jbamski [2011-12-25 23:02:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, I'm glad you like this.

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jbamski In reply to Tulikoura [2011-12-26 00:17:16 +0000 UTC]

you welcome

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noleme [2011-12-23 20:47:35 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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Tulikoura In reply to noleme [2011-12-25 22:59:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, thank you.

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JD-Kloosterman [2011-12-23 20:45:27 +0000 UTC]

The trees do look nice, and the three travelers below well done also, although Gandalf looks a tad short. But the scenery is well done.

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Tulikoura In reply to JD-Kloosterman [2011-12-25 22:59:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the comment!

I agree with the size issue, I had a problem in this part. There were many creatures in different sizes in this illustration - hobbit, dwarf, man, pony, horse. I had to select a focus point and that was the difference between animals, as those were most visible. Gandalf and horse could be a bit bigger, I usually draw too small horses anyway.

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regklubeck [2011-12-23 20:09:42 +0000 UTC]

Excellent detail. I appreciate the shelf fungus on the tree trunk.

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Tulikoura In reply to regklubeck [2011-12-25 22:53:28 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, trees can be tricky to draw but it's fun in a own way. Trees that I draw tend to be oak-alder-maple mixes, though.

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regklubeck In reply to Tulikoura [2011-12-26 03:23:03 +0000 UTC]

Good! I like hardwoods. My undergraduate degree is in ecology/natural science, and I grew up in the woods with the Boy Scouts.

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Meltintalle [2011-12-23 20:01:15 +0000 UTC]

I love the composition and the depth of the forest and the tall grass...

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Tulikoura In reply to Meltintalle [2011-12-25 22:42:55 +0000 UTC]

Forest sceneries are my favourite but it's quite tricky to draw with this "medium". I usually end up to a complete mess as I cant figure out the "right" balance between contrast and objects.

Surprisingly I have found out that grass is harder to draw than trees, it requires much more planning and errors are more difficult to hide.

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Shabazik [2011-12-23 18:14:14 +0000 UTC]

As allways a wonderful work! I love the trees and forest, as well the mounted characters!

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