Haldir
Posted: April 28, 2011 Filed under: Lord of the Rings | Tags: elf, Haldir, miko 3 Comments »
I remember watching The Two Towers in the theater a while back. As soon as Haldir and his elf archers came into the picture to lend aid to Rohan, I swear almost all the women in the room were screaming something more or less in the lines of; “OMG, more man meat!. I was like LULZ. What the hell? Wait, that wasn’t even in the book!
Humor aside, Haldir’s death in the film kind of annoyed me. I thought it was lame. In the book he was only mentioned when the fellowship was in Lothlorien forest. Maybe giving him a much bigger role in the film was a bad idea. But that’s just me.
I chose him as today’s subject because I thought he was a cool character. He was a warden of sorts in the forests of Galadriel’s domain.
Flame and Shadow
Posted: April 27, 2011 Filed under: Lord of the Rings | Tags: balrog, digital sketch, john 2 Comments »
Left the desk really late Wednesday night, so technically this is Thursday’s sketch. Didn’t have much juice left, so I thought I’d do a quick digital sketch to practice some of my Corel Painter chops. Post-processing done in Photoshop. Goodnight folks!
The White Hand
Posted: April 27, 2011 Filed under: Lord of the Rings | Tags: john, saruman, sketch, wizard 4 Comments »
I find that characters like wizards and clerics really lend themselves better to portrait shots rather than action scenes, as this allows a better showcase of personality. I couldn’t quite capture the same seething menace of one Christopher Lee here, but I’m still pretty happy with this.
Moria Orc Bust
Posted: April 26, 2011 Filed under: Lord of the Rings | Tags: miko, moria orc, orc 1 Comment »
Here’s my sketch for today. I went back to traditional pencil on this one because it wouldn’t be pencil flex without pencils right? I wanted to do a portrait this time since I haven’t done it yet.
The subject is an orc from The Fellowship of the Ring, specifically, the ones from Moria. When I saw the film, I thought they were goblins since they were way smaller than most orcs. And they also looked different with their noses closer to their eyes than the other orcs. But I found them more expressive and interesting than the other orc races, that’s why I picked them as today’s subject.
And on another subject, John and Kat won’t be doing sketches today since they’ve been really busy with work. They can’t commit daily submissions this week but will make sure to do one at least every other day.
The Precious
Posted: April 25, 2011 Filed under: Lord of the Rings | Tags: frodo, gollum, miko, one ring, precious 4 Comments »
Took me awhile to finish it but here it is. I wanted to do a fully digital sketch this time and tried not to take too much time making it. But I did lol. The illustration was quick, what bothered me was the composition. I started in landscape orientation but it looked crappy. So I changed it and here’s what came out.
Orc Season
Posted: April 25, 2011 Filed under: Lord of the Rings | Tags: gimli, kat, legolas, lord of the rings 3 Comments »
I didn’t have a lot of time to work on a sketch today because of my workload so this was all I could come up with. I always thought Gimli and Legolas were amusing when they were tallying who could kill the most orcs. So here’s a sort of “candid” shot of them. I wanted to do a quick doodle and take a break from the grungy stuff I’ve done lately.
To Rule Them All
Posted: April 24, 2011 Filed under: Lord of the Rings | Tags: john, sauron, tolkien 10 Comments »
Ahoy! I came up with this composition when I was thinking of ways to focus only on the ring, highlighting its importance. From a documentary I had once seen about Shakespearean performers, I had learned that when one is cast as a character of royalty, you don’t necessarily need to act like royalty. Instead, you let others around you treat you like royalty. I remembered that nugget when I was putting this piece together. As mentioned before, I’m a huge fan of Dave Johnson, but I also thought it’d be nice to incorporate some Mignola into this piece. I also have my wife to thank for helping me straighten out some color choices.
Theoden of Rohan
Posted: April 24, 2011 Filed under: Lord of the Rings | Tags: kat, lord of the rings, theoden Leave a comment »
I didn’t do a sketch yesterday because I had a lot of work to do so I will probably be the only one posting this Sunday. I always pictured him to be more stern (when he was possessed) and with more facial hair.I wanted to try a sort of portrait with a lot of heavy shadows and the usual grungy textures I’ve been using in my sketches so far. I also shared the brushes with John and Miko so I’m excited to see the things they’ll come up with in the coming days. 
Witch-king of Angmar
Posted: April 24, 2011 Filed under: Lord of the Rings | Tags: angmar, miko, witch-king, wraith 6 Comments »
Hi guys, this will be my last submission for the week. I will be taking a break today because its gonna be a busy place here with Easter around and I have family coming over for a party of sorts. This was supposed to be submitted last night but I fell asleep and the colors weren’t finished yet lol.
Anyway, this is the Witch-king of Angmar. I wanted to do something different for a change but not too complicated. I really love Mignola’s work and I kinda based the tone of this piece on his work. I also wanted to do a poster like presentation, so here it is.
Sharku
Posted: April 23, 2011 Filed under: Lord of the Rings | Tags: john, lord of the rings, orc, sharku, two towers Leave a comment »
Before we began Pencil Flex, I spoke to Kat’s husband Brian about interesting characters to draw from LOTR. Sharku was a lieutenant of Saruman’s who led the Warg Rider assault on Rohan refugees. He didn’t get much play in the film, but that bad-ass scar made for an awesome personality to try to illustrate. Hope you guys dig it.
I’m gonna be taking Sunday off to chill with family on my free time, but come Monday the second half of LOTR sketches continues with more great art from Kat and Miko. Happy Easter everyone!
John Amor
Katsh
MiKO
