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"His hopeless challenge dauntless cried
Fingolfin there: "Come, open wide,
dark king, your ghastly brazen doors!
Come forth, whom earth and heaven abhors!
Come forth, O monstrous craven lord,
and fight with thine own hand and sword,
thou wielder of hosts of banded thralls,
thou tyrant leaguered with strong walls,
thou foe of Gods and elvish race!
I wait thee here. Come! Show thy face!"

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lays of Beleriand/The Silmarillion


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:deviation: Print available here! [link]


Another commission for the wonderful :iconmelyanna: . This one was so rewarding to paint! Companion piece:

Schmincke watercolours on Veneto paper, some white gel pen.

Designs in the upper borders adapted from ~DeviantNepStock [link]

Check my blog for a walkthrough and mini-tut of this! [link]

Recommended listening: Two Steps from Hell with "Heart of Courage" [link]


:wow: Thank you so much for all the faves and comments!!

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*ArtOfKatjaK Feb 25, 2013  Student General Artist
This is beautiful :D :heart: I have a question.. do you use reference pics for the poses of the characters or just invent them? :)
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=Gold-Seven Feb 25, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
I only use reference in about 10% of all cases. For horses, I usually do; as for this one. For people, only when I want weird poses or tough angles.
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*ArtOfKatjaK Feb 25, 2013  Student General Artist
Haha...I meant to say I love your art related to J.R.R. Tolkien's books *facepalm* :D
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=Gold-Seven Feb 25, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
No problem. Most people use the two synonymously and don't even know Tolkien wrote more, so, kudos! ;)
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*ArtOfKatjaK Feb 25, 2013  Student General Artist
Thank you ;) That's true, and it's a shame really :/ I love most of Tolkien's writing. My favorite is Silmarillion- everything is so beautifully described. :)
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=Gold-Seven Feb 25, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
Mine, too!
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*ArtOfKatjaK Feb 25, 2013  Student General Artist
Okey,thank you for answering :) I was just wondering, cos I usually make up the poses for people myself, so I was curious :) I do use references for horses too though. I really love your Lord Of The Rings art :heart:
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~Cooperama Feb 24, 2013  Professional Photographer
Hmmm, zum Stamp.... Blind Guardian.... ok, ist nicht jedermanns Sache, aber was hat Loreena McKennitt mit Tolkien zu tun? Hab ich was verpasst? :D

Geiles Bild btw :D
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=Gold-Seven Feb 25, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
Das frage ich mich eben auch! :D
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~Cooperama Feb 25, 2013  Professional Photographer
Sehr gut!
Dann samma ja schomma zwo! :D
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