Glóin - The Hobbit fan-art I

First part of my fan-art of The Hobbit. Glóin was my first choice, because Gimli was one of the characters I loved the most in the LotR trilogy, so I felt it was only fair that his father should be the first character I drew from The Hobbit. Also, I just love that it's Gimli's axe he has! - or rather that Gimli has his axe.

Been waiting a long time for this

Because I feel like making some variety, I won't just copy-paste from my dA - seriously, I'm pretty sure people would just hate that.

Anyway, I watched The Hobbit last week. That's what I've been waiting so long for. Nine or eight years since I saw TRotK I've been waiting to see it, and let me just tell you, the wait was totally 100% worth it. Trust me, even though some critics gave it bad reviews, it is AMAZING. Jackson's interpretation of Tolkien's works is just absolutely mindblowing and I will be going again tomorrow to watch it. The dwarves, the mood, the effects, the acting, the extended storyline, the music, and especially Riddles in the Dark, holy hairy hobbit feet, Riddles in the Dark was so amazing. If you have read the book, you know what I'm talking about and it's just... I can't even describe it, the whole chapter was kind of blurry to me in the book, it was hard for me to visualize it, but the way they did the scene in the movie just blew my mind - the anger and the frustration to the moment they figure out the riddles, the horror and anger in Gollum's eyes, when he realizes the answer to Bilbo's final question.

I will probably go watch it soon enough again to see the 48 fps version as well. So well executed and uniquely produced with talented actors that I will probably start to love as much as I love the Fellowship.

Anyway, the reason I'm making this post is because I'll be doing some fan-art for a time. Not just any fan-art, but fan-art of, you guessed it, the universe of Middle-earth, and hopefully it will challenge me in different ways. Also, I will finally be trying my hand on fan-art for real. I can't wait to show you what I've got up my sleeve. While you wait, GO WATCH THE HOBBIT, I promise you're not gonna regret it.

-Kasper.

Gollum / Sméagol

The premiere of The Hobbit really got me pumped. I've always been a huge Tolkien-fan, and I have been following the filming of the movie since its revelation in 2010-ish(?).

Anyway, here's a quick sketch of Gollum, or Sméagol.

Remidel

I was thinking about starting a new project. Inspired partly by Game of Thrones and the release of The Hobbit, I wanted to make something slightly fantasy-like. Here is Remidel.
Sorry about the poor quality.

Commission I

And here's the finished product. Looks like noodles are back on the menu, boys!

Etchy sketchy III

Here's a sketch for a poster I'm doing for my school. They told me: 'It has to involve chemistry, biology and geography,' so here it goes. Rock on, science dude!

Etchy sketchy II

Here's a panda to melt your hearts with.

Banzai

Drawing made in the evening.

Victoria Victorious

This one was rather difficult. Lately, I have been focusing mainly on the human anatomy, but, as I mentioned in my previous post, I like to vary my drawings. This is the first time I try to go all in on the anatomy of animals.

A horse, a dog and a woman with a true, royal intuition. Victorious.

Bonnie & Clyde anno 1890

I usually find inspiration in a lot of Japanese culture, and as for ages I usually go for the 17th century. However, the show on Nickelodeon, 'The Legend of Korra' inspired me to focus on other ages, so I set this piece in the end of the 19th century, since I like to vary my drawings.

Even though Bonnie and Clyde were criminals during the beginning of the 20th century, I wanted a special fashion SLASH theme for this drawing.

Grim Reaper

The kanji on the Sashimono of the samurai read 'Shinigami'. In Japanese folklore, the Shinigami were sort of like grim reapers, meaning literally 'god of death'. Since the grim reaper usually uses a scythe, I gave him a 'kama', sort of a mini-scythe.

Civilization Zero

Now this was interesting to make. I really like how the environment turned out, even though the guy's proportions fail big time ._.
Practice, practice, practice.

Etchy sketchy I

Shout it out, boy, shout it out.

Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies Post Season 2010. Gooo PHILLIES!

Pencil and brush

Working together in perfect harmony.

よんろにん (Yonronin)

Meaning of title: four strays.
I made this drawing with no actual idea as of why they were looking like that. Then I thought, 'Hey, maybe they're abandoned by their masters. That would make them ronin, wouldn't it?'
So there they are, looking badass and all. Even though the face of the guy on the left was very sloppy, I am actually really glad about the way this turned out.
Sidenote: this was made mainly to practice the bird's eye view.

Chaos

Ah yes, young love.
Note to self: don't draw water like that.

Sitting

Practicing the art of sitting.

Ear

Boredom equals ears. Who'd've known?

Shades

Practicing shading.