tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post5195155344484442155..comments2024-01-18T17:01:11.357-05:00Comments on quickhidehere.blogspot.com: The Silmarillion: GlaurungUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-53790117959289623912012-05-01T21:01:16.833-04:002012-05-01T21:01:16.833-04:00Got to be the best interpretation yet! These are ...Got to be the best interpretation yet! These are definitely classic pieces of art!!Raoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311376498018304302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-37056249952772344162012-04-30T01:13:40.713-04:002012-04-30T01:13:40.713-04:00wonderful!! i love it!
what brand and kind of pap...wonderful!! i love it!<br /><br />what brand and kind of paper do you use??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979242811957663326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-33158497948668999182012-04-28T20:10:49.481-04:002012-04-28T20:10:49.481-04:00Just got back from seeing your Silmarillion galler...Just got back from seeing your Silmarillion gallery, in Alhambra sir. LOVED IT! Bought your 2 sketchbook's too. It was a cool way to celebrate my birthday. Keep up the good work sir! :)Kellen Pocockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627380325391934539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-43637303678673833872012-04-25T09:43:11.870-04:002012-04-25T09:43:11.870-04:00Simply there are no words, fantastic works!Simply there are no words, fantastic works!Andrey Egorovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12125155917658791529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-50747476797244674722012-04-25T07:24:14.013-04:002012-04-25T07:24:14.013-04:00Impressive work. Of course, not everything looks l...Impressive work. Of course, not everything looks like I pictured in my head, but is by far the best renfering of scenes and characters of The Silmarillion I ever saw.<br />Specially like the portrait of Morgoth.<br /><br />Cheers from Spain,<br /><br />FerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-84359793850185249802012-04-24T20:57:09.078-04:002012-04-24T20:57:09.078-04:00Hello Justin! First time commenting, but I discove...Hello Justin! First time commenting, but I discovered your work with your Hobbit work a few months ago. I absolutely love your work, and can tell you is the best new illustration of Tolkien I've seen in a long time.<br /><br />Just a comment on your Silmarillion work: it's GENIUS to have everyone use Greek/Roman paraphernalia for the First Age. We actually discussed something similar once at The One Ring dot net <br /><br />http://newboards.theonering.net/forum/gforum/perl/gforum.cgi?post=321307;search_string=greek;#321307 <br /><br />Thanks for bringing a fresh air to Tolkien illustration, I hope you can eventually become one if the books' illustrators. Cheers!Andrés Carrandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07309619764987871456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-61740147782396974772012-04-24T04:26:08.671-04:002012-04-24T04:26:08.671-04:00Are we going to be blessed with this collection in...Are we going to be blessed with this collection in book form?Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02682893158347210016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-47082063372291222152012-04-24T01:16:00.506-04:002012-04-24T01:16:00.506-04:00You've done amazing work on this Silmarillion ...You've done amazing work on this Silmarillion series! With you we usually get 3 full blown pieces of art ... tight sketch, watercolour and digital overpaint. Are you considering giving any of these the digital treatment at some point?<br /><br />They don't need it, but would be cool nevertheless.<br />Fantastic work!Nicohttp://nanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-86380721976943280932012-04-20T09:24:23.753-04:002012-04-20T09:24:23.753-04:00Wow! Your work gets my blood moving. Great piece o...Wow! Your work gets my blood moving. Great piece once again!Craig Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13295709372173004147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-56392244939484674402012-04-17T22:49:36.111-04:002012-04-17T22:49:36.111-04:00I totally agree. And yeah it is hard to improve u...I totally agree. And yeah it is hard to improve upon Howe's designs for dragons. Especially for Wyrms in particular (if I can be allowed the subset). <br />It's sort of like Paul Bonner and Trolls. After seeing his approach to them, I just can't really think of them any other way.Justin Gerardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03608888651490148935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-55992316134091557802012-04-17T22:46:27.094-04:002012-04-17T22:46:27.094-04:00I will say that it can be hard to try and keep the...I will say that it can be hard to try and keep the liveliness found in the initial thumbnails. I sometimes have to go back to them a number of times to figure out what was working in them before moving on to the final. But I love working in pencil, so I don't usually mind redrawing that much. I like getting it right if I can. All the initial work is about getting the mess-ups out of the way. So that hopefully that final painting is smooth sailing. It's just like writing literature or screenplays or music. You have to revise revise revise to get it right. <br /><br />Also, I mostly use a light table for transferring. But sometimes, like with the brown paper, will use a chalk transfer. And mind powers.Justin Gerardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03608888651490148935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-27851954821757920252012-04-17T21:05:55.607-04:002012-04-17T21:05:55.607-04:00Great! I love the little details like the axe stuc...Great! I love the little details like the axe stuck in the shield!Jose Pardohttp://www.moonvisionstudio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-21559959543364884352012-04-17T17:35:38.732-04:002012-04-17T17:35:38.732-04:00I love your Glaurung too, but be careful not to fa...I love your Glaurung too, but be careful not to fall to the same mistake I made.<br />He's called Glaurung the Golden for a reason ;)Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338312248747658649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-4964830011635535382012-04-17T16:04:25.515-04:002012-04-17T16:04:25.515-04:00These are pretty amazing! Regarding your studies,...These are pretty amazing! Regarding your studies, how do you NOT go insane doing it all over again for the final sketch (making sure you get it exact...or at least in its full essence... as you originally drew it)? Tracing paper? Mind powers? A good nights sleep? And also able to do it in a manner that it cohesively connects all the separate parts/studies together?Mike Blake Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168077552602232214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23140677.post-78558445999150653432012-04-17T14:15:30.169-04:002012-04-17T14:15:30.169-04:00Love your Glaurung. Similar to John Howe's in ...Love your Glaurung. Similar to John Howe's in shape. I prefer it when he's depicted as a broad-set and malevolent lizard. It gives you the impression that he just crawls anywhere he wants. Makes him more menacing. If that makes sense.Eoghan Kerriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13257943082672344427noreply@blogger.com