Artwork inspired by Tolkien

azriel wrote:Russian art work of The Hobbit, which I quite like



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I've seen those before I think they are in The Annotated Hobbit, I find the Russian Artwork rather striking, but like raddy said why is Bilbo bald?

Trying to convey that he's middle-aged, I suppose?

I've seen those before I think they are in The Annotated Hobbit- Malick

Yeah they are I have it on my shelf. There is a thread here (somewhere!) where I scanned and posted most of the illustrations from it.

Also, I just noticed Bilbo's black (and scaly?) legs. What's that about

malickfan wrote:.... I find the Russian Artwork rather striking, but like raddy said why is Bilbo bald?

I think the illustrator is working off the idea that Bilbo is 50 years old. Hasn't done the conversion of hobbit years to human years.

And automatically equated 50 years of age with male pattern baldness.

Actually they might not be to far wrong there

Try and Equate 23 years with male pattern baldness.

I'll probably be an egg head before I hit 30 .

Pettytyrant101 wrote:

I wouldn't really care if I was ten years older (hair's just hair at the end of the day), but its (rather rapidly) come out of the blue in the last year, and I have no underlying medial issues that I know of, just wish I had an excuse, I've gone from one extreme to the other.

Source: http://robertofc.deviantart.com/art/Stone-Giants-258288007

-I really liked this one, simple but atmospheric, I kinda get where Jackson was coming from with the gaints being literally made out of the mountains (it ties in with the fairytale tone and Bilbo's larger than life way of rephrasing things) it certainly looked rather cool in the film (and made no sense whatsoever) but I'd always just pictured the gaints as just large hairy cavemen.



Source: http://peet.deviantart.com/art/Legolas-aims-for-the-Fell-Beast-3119257

-Nice to see a Legolas not based on Orlando Bloom.



Source: http://peet.deviantart.com/art/Rohan-16580173

-It's quite simple but rather striking i.m.o, you don't see too many pictures of Rohan actually following the book description of a vast expanse of grass plains rather than a series of rocky grasslands.



Source: http://peet.deviantart.com/art/Treebeard-Fangorn-1032335

-I really like this take on Treebeard, its more a man who looks sorta like a tree, rather than a tree with eyes and a beard, seems more natural than the take PJ took




Source: http://hades-the-mighty.deviantart.com/art/Stars-Over-Edoras-491372108

Source: http://grrrod.deviantart.com/art/Ambarkanta-181153799




Source: http://peet.deviantart.com/art/The-End-of-All-Things-136495496

-Believe it or not, that is supposed to be Frodo and Sam on the slopes of Mount Doom at '..the end of all things', I certainly found it both...odd...and striking, I think people have a tendecy to paint Hobbits merely as smaller sized men, but I think this picture took an interesting angle, Frodo looks more Rustic and alien in a sense, and you certainly see the pain, stress and age on his face, its an unsual picture in some ways, but certainly one of the most striking illustrations of LOTR i've seen.



Source: http://jonathanguzi.deviantart.com/art/Gate-of-the-Noldor-496863108



Source: http://jonathanguzi.deviantart.com/art/Fog-on-the-Barrow-Downs-543026885



Source: http://peet.deviantart.com/art/Gwindor-s-Charge-544955343

Source: http://steamey.deviantart.com/art/Arwen-and-Celebrian-451723074



Source: http://mattdemino.deviantart.com/art/Radagast-the-Brown-Figures-of-Middle-Earth-347331726

-Anyone miss the Bird crap?



Source: http://steamey.deviantart.com/art/Falathrim-Elves-The-sea-folk-The-foam-riders-420162360



Source: http://steamey.deviantart.com/art/Azog-and-Nar-530074705



Source: http://lb82.deviantart.com/art/Tumhalad-351754551



Source: http://ainaven.deviantart.com/art/Birthday-of-Bilbo-Baggins-526216247



Source: http://mrsvein872.deviantart.com/art/View-on-Taniquetil-356636580



Source: http://abepapakhian.deviantart.com/art/The-Ride-of-the-Rohirrim-149356962

That is a lovely calming picture Malick Ishall look at youre other links soon

Malick very nice pics. What niggles me a tad is, if its meant to be September when its Bilbo's ( & Frodo's ) birthday, Im thinking that most pictures Ive seen depict a rich, lush, green height of Summer's day ? Things should sort of.... mellow, go a bit golden ? or....reddish ?....or at least pale down a tiny bit ready for full blown Autumn. Just me being picky !

Its probably all down to the colour of the grass not being quite right

Oh gawd......

nice. who are they?

Isn't it obvious?

no is it Faramir and Eowyn?

I would think so, though if not in a LotR thread you couldn't so easily say a blonde and brunette have an obvious identification.