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Edit: Top looks *much* better in this photograph. You will see why Gandalf is one of my favorites, and see that Aragorn is not a motionless blur.

All. Flipping. 9 of them. On one big piece of paper. Main reason for doing this is that, with the exception of Aragorn, I haven't drawn any of them for over 3 years. Definitely time for an update (and now I can move more old drawings over to my scraps :D)

The original paper is 18 x 24 in; each portrait measures about 4.25 inches by 6 inches. And in RL, the portraits are straight; there was slight curving in the paper because... well, who knows why. I tried to make it as straight as possible through the wonderfulness of photoshop rotation. I'd say the whole thing took between 30 and 40 hours. Graphite pencil, a dark charcoal pencil, and liberal use of a blending stump and q-tip used. The portraits come from a black/white photo set of Fellowship of the Ring characters.

Now, for individual review!

Aragorn: The original photo is, for some odd reason, sepia tone unlike the rest of them. Go figure. I like the other portrait I did of him in 07 better, but you can never have too much Aragorn.

Frodo: I HATE HIM. Wow. Talk about an unexpected challenge. I ended up redoing the whole entire face at the end of the full drawing. I'm still not completely happy with him, to be honest.

Gandalf: I thought he would be one of the hardest. He ended up being one of the easiest. Go figure. I love this rendition of him.

Pippin: By Pippin I realized I hated drawing hobbits. Frodo was still worse. Still much better than my last attempt of drawing him, though there are a few things that could be better.

Sam: For some reason, unlike all the others, he has a white background in the original photo. I made it black for symmetrical purposes. He was probably the easiest hobbit, though I had a tough time with his chin... to be quite honest, I had a hard time with all of the hobbits' chins.

Merry: I'm still not really satisfied with him, either, though I think it's more my dissatisfaction with the original photo than my rendition. It's not his best shot. Love the design I managed to get on his clothing though.

Boromir: One of my favorite photos of him, for sure. I did discover that I cannot draw chainmail for the life of me. I also made it an upper body shot rather than the whole figure like the original. Other than the chainmail I really like it.

Gimli: Also cropped from the original photo to exclude as much mail as possible. I'm really surprised how well it turned out.

Legolas: I'm really happy with him. He's the only one in the series to show visible weapons, which I find really strange. Also cropped, simply because making the head half an inch rather than an inch would be a serious pain to draw.


Comments/critique of course, appreciated :D

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:iconthelordoflore:
nice job!!! =D I like Gimli he came out great especially impressed with the helmet!!! :lol:

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Thanks :D

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Yay you finished them!! =D

Frodo definitely has the young Elijah face, you can tell it's him...but I can understand your dislike of it. Though I don't necessarily agree. =P

Ok for some odd reason, your Legolas does not look a thing like Orlando. O.o The face at least. (I only know this because I am a Legolas fangirl) Everything else looks fantastic.

Pshaw - from what I'm seeing, the chainmail looks fine. =)

My fav is a toss up between Aragorn and Boromir in terms of how much they look like the picture they're supposed to be.

This project definitely shows just how much you've grown as an artist. And I'm favoriting this. Great job Suvi. =D

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They looks great. Merry's nose looks funny to me.

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Nice collection.

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Legolas <3. He looks awesome. Your drawings turned out really well! I like the hobbits especially, but Legolas is great too :D.

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WoW!! :wow:
Very beautiful...

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Borimir and Legolas came out stunning.
The whole thing is brilliant. Nice job.

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They all look really good. Personally i think frodo and pipin look the best.

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amZiing XD

i like agron gimly and uh i forgot the blonde hair guys name lol ...wow just listed my fav characters XD

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