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The Moon Letters_for Julie by ~Armel:iconArmel:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > Fantasy

©2007-2009 ~Armel
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A drawing done for Julie, a good friend from my school. I hope you'll like it.

Long overdue, I must have promised it to her around... April 2006 (thus, "avec 6 mois de retard" is actually short from the truth). She asked for a Tolkien inspired picture but specified it musn't be something war oriented, no violence, no sadness, no epic battle between a few Elves and swarms of Goblins. A happy scene! She wanted a happy scene! What the hell? I interpreted this as not an unhappy scene, I didn't feel like drawing a band of Hobbits gathered around a keg of booze and some stewed rabbits. I tried several scenes from both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, for instance Gandalf and Bilbo's first meeting before Bag's End, or the Hobbits and Strider sitting amidst the stone turned Trolls. Finally, I settled on the scene from the Hobbit when, at Durin's day, Elrond discovers the Moon Letters on Thror's map. Not a happy scene, but a calm and powerful one. I hope she likes it.

PS: Julie, my sincere condolences for Niouk. I know how much you liked him.
PPS: I haven't decided whether the sword on the table is Glamdring or Orcrist, you choose.
PPPS: Rereading the original chapter from the Hobbit, I discover that the moon is supposed to be a broad crescent this day, not full. Well, it appears that for once I didn't respectt Tolkien orthodoxy perfectly, but you see, I'm such a fan of full moons. Tolkien fans will also notice that the Runes on Thorin's clothes are absolutely unaccurate... I grew lazy, sorry again.

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~Avalantis Jan 24, 2007, 11:13:35 PM
Very good drawing! Nice scene, and lovely atmpsphere. I like everything about it. The faces and the sword expecially!
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~Armel Jan 24, 2007, 11:24:44 PM
That's a great compliment coming from you. Thank you very much!
About the sword: since it is quite short, I have decided that it was more likely to be Orcrist: there is no mention that Orcrist was a short sword, but since it was wielded by a Dwarf (who had to bear it at his side), we may assume that at least Orcrist was a short sword.

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~StormrageJunior Jan 25, 2007, 9:07:00 AM
It's been ages since I read this book (actually 6 or 7 years, it was the very first Tolkien book I read), yet I very clearly remember this passage --I had always found that moon letters were a really interesting and poetic concept (although it might have something to do with the fact I wasn't used to fantasy at the time).
It's a really great drawing --especially scenically. The composition is really cool, and it does indeed tell a story an transmit the right atmosphere. Awesome details as always, too...
I still don't approve of the way you draw clothes folds, though. ;)
By the way, are you going to finish your drawing of Gandalf and Bilbo's first meeting, in the end? It had nicely started, it'd be a shame not to finish it, you know...
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~Armel Jan 25, 2007, 9:35:43 AM
Hmmm, folds, I grew a little lazy with these tricky bastards this time. But in general it is true that I should put more work on them. On the other hand, folds depend greatly from the type of fabric. However, they have to be coherent with the shape of the clothes, and I must give you that, mine are not always very coherent.

I don't think I'll finish Bilbo and Gandalf's first meeting, the problem is I can't manage to develop my own vision from the scene, mine is too much influenced by representations of Bag's End by John Howe or the movie, or by David Wenzel's excellent comics (whose only crime is to have made orcs green). Moreover, in my attempt at rendering this scene I found that the pose of the characters was not interesting, Gandalf especially looked stiff. I may try to redo this one one day, but not in a near future.

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~deArtistofWar Jan 25, 2007, 3:27:37 PM
oh man ur so great in ART!

really .

this gives me insperation,,

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~Elenmire Feb 3, 2007, 3:00:28 PM
is very detailed and worked, is hard to do a scene like this, with a lot of character and a background. great work

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