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The One Ring

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Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.


That is what the fiery Tengwar letters read; it was written in the Black Speech of Mordor, and translates to:

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Completed 4/6/06. I love it so much; I started this in December, but I got very lazy XD I finally finished it, and I'm *very* happy with it. I used Rembrandt pastels for the Ring and Loew Cornell for the background, as I lost my black and had to get new pastels XD

I started with the outline of the Ring and writing out the elvish script in pencil. I then tried to find a general color for the gold metal... for unfortunately, the 'gold' pastel does not qualify much. It was trying to find the right colors that I originally stopped for a while XD I used various colors of yellow, brown, various shades of grey, and I used white and black sparingly. Pretty much it was trial and error. By the time I was done with that, I could just barely see the outline of the Tengwar letters. I used the gold and outlined them to the best of my abilities. They didn't turn out perfectly, but it still looks awesome... and honestly, I don't want to hear anything until you try yourself and see how hard it is :P Lastly, it was the black background and touch-ups.

Small white dots scattered around the black background erased by PSP8. Was also slightly enhanced, but this is pretty much how it looks in real life.

Comments appreciated! I'm proud of this one :)
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menslady125's avatar
Oooh....*slowly reaches for it*