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Finer · Posted: Sat May 12, 2001 4:40 pm

A sketch of Gandalf telling Frodo about Gollum. I am making this for a friend and he wanted Gollum at the top. Crits?

jorgy · Posted: Sat May 12, 2001 6:07 pm

damn thats pretty neat!!!

FINISH HIM!!!!

Staff Sarge · Posted: Sat May 12, 2001 6:51 pm

Only crit is that the ring doesn't look round. j/k. I like the composition very much: the fireplace, Gandalf, the ring, Gollum, Frodo... perfect! Just make sure you post the final version too!

Ungh... I can't wait until December when the movie comes out.

burn0ut · Posted: Sat May 12, 2001 7:41 pm

no critiques, just that the picture kicks ass so far!

edible snowman · member Member # Joined: 12 Sep 2000 Posts: 998

thats an awesome painting. the only problem with this kind of subject is that everyone already "knows" what its supposed to look like because they've read the book. so everytime you see it painted its never quite right. i think so anyway.

sacrelicious · Posted: Sat May 12, 2001 9:25 pm

Personally, I think Gollum should be more bug-eyed and emaciated, and Frodo should have curly hair. But it's exactly like what edible said- we all have our own vision. And of course, the painting itself is great! Looking forward to the finished version.

patrick · Posted: Mon May 14, 2001 10:49 am

I think frodo looks too much like Moe from the 3 stooges(plus he looks like he has to go to the bathroom) and Golum needs to look more amphibian, he just looks like an old fat guy to me. Gandalf should be making some grand getsure since he liked theatrics to hammer his point home. Maybe leaning into and over Frodo, with frodo leaning back with wide eyes.
But i'm new here, so take it for what its worth...

poxen · Posted: Mon May 14, 2001 12:02 pm

nice! very nice!
is it all digital, or did you sketch by hand first?

i have been thinkin of doing some "Ring" stuff to, but i haven�t found any good reference..do you have any url?

Have to power upp for the movie! i cant whait!!

Cos · Posted: Mon May 14, 2001 11:29 pm

I have no clue who they are supposed to be but I like the style this is painted in

SpiralEye · Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 12:18 pm

Not enough contrast in the image overall, and there ought to be a little more detail in Gollum in the finished piece (IMHO). Cool take on this subject matter, though.

BooMSticK · Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 5:47 am

Very nice Anders! Can't wait to see this finished!!
Frodo looks abit to old for that part of the story. Remember he just entered manhood a couple of years earlier when Gandalf tells him about the Ring n' stuff. As other have mentioned Gollum could be more animal like. Have you seen the versions of Gollum that Alan Lee did for the illustrated LOTR? In my opinion that version of Gollum is spot on.
,Boom

Bilbo · Posted: Wed May 23, 2001 7:07 am

Hey, that's a pretty good pic.. although these fellas don't look like that in real life (i should know), you did a good job.
i like gandalf's figure better than frodo's- the light works better on him, with frodo tending to get muddy in places. i also think you should also try cropping the image differently, right now it feels a bitempty and unbalanced.