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Published: 2009-03-21 07:49:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 50468; Favourites: 1543; Downloads: 844
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I received the LOTR trilogy book set for Xmas and have been catching up on Middle Earth again! LOTR is one of the major inspirations in my life and has sparked my interest in fantasy art...I just got done with the Fellowship and wanted to depict the confrontation between Gandalf and the Balrog at the bridge of Khazad-Dum. Trying to go for a dynamic illustration...let me know that you guys think!Related content
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lovely color job! It's brilliant! Love your fire effects. ^_^
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You made the Balrog look even more demon-like than the movie, but I like the design and I think Gandalf looks much more heroic fighting a smaller one instead of one who stood twenty meters high.
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awesome pic....and think i just found my next tatt.....
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woah!! O.O epic! awsome pic here maan!
lotr rawks!
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definitely dynamic! This is so cool... the flames look so hot!
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Marvelous work, its very dynamic and inspiring.
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Wow, very nice. I like how the bridge looks curved as well as the art style and effects on Galdalf & the Balrog.
Great job.
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Sweet lord!!!! this is an awesome art work and seriously dude I'm your fan! I love dinosaurs, dragons, aliens and all that kinds of stuffs and its hard to find good ilustrations of that... and you really know how to do it! nice job man!
hope to see of Balrog alone... with all of this dinamic sense!
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Thanks for the comment, I hope to keep doing this for the rest of my life!
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LotR is awesome. It has to be the best trilogy I've ever read. This is an awesome rendition of the scene at the Bridge of Khazad-Dum.
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Man, I don't even have the words to comment. It just explains itself.
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You get a thumbs up. Are you using a stylus for drawing on photoshop?
Go Gandalf.
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I had forgotten how much of an intimidating motherfucker Balrog was. Nice job, man.
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Haha yeah he was a bad ass mofo, thanks!
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You definitely bring this scene justice.
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!
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I love the scene where they are falling in the abyss!
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The Balrog looks even cooler in the picture than it does in the movie!!!
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Wow! Thankyou but the weta balrog kicks my versions butt!
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Very John Howe-like. Which is a compliment, since he's my favorite Tolkien illustrator by far. He also was one of the two illustrators (along with Alan Lee) who were the art directors for the Peter Jackson films. Which is where he concieved of the body looking like lava - hardened black on the top, but molten inside, cracking to vent heat.
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Extrem cool.
Please let me know from where do you got the ref!!
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Friggin' awesome!! heehee, your signature looks like the style JRR Tolkien used when he'd sign his art back in the day.
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Thats awesome, i love the way the wings incorporate into the border, especially.
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The balrog is awesome! wonderful composition with the wing surrounding the rest of the action. the only thing is that gandalf looks a bit... flat in comparison
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The balrog is awesome! wonderful composition with the wing surrounding the rest of the action. the only thing is that gandalf looks a bit... flat in comparison
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This is great.
My only complaint is that the Balrog is to small and a bit to skinny.
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If that big-ass Balrog is still there, then, I don't
wanna pass either!
You got some kewl art skills, man.
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It's one scene that I never tire of.
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Sick, the piece came out amazing. Way to work with some of your favorite elements.
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you should get a job with wizards or the coast or something. There's art like this and it would great to see some deviantart artists on WOTC's stuff.
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Ive done some stuff for them through Udon...would be nice to be on staff though!
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not much to say...great colors, great effect of fire... ok, one word: AWESOME
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i like this kind of artwork the most; a single person, obviously the protagonist, fighting al lot larger humanoid abomination, but still seemingly surrounded, and on very impractical and instable terrain. it makes the feeling of despair and thus heroism even bigger.
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Thanks man,,,those elements are favorite things for me too!
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Hey there
This amazing work has been featured in the newest edition of the Stunning Digital Painting series. This can be found right here : [link]
Would be nice to see you 
Congratz
Thanks,
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Thank you so much for the feature...Im honored to be surrounded by so much talent!
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