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Kay Allen 2001-08-22 Chris this is Fab! Great idea on the calender! I want one!   (christiaan iken) thanks kay, ill start putting up info on how to order one if ur realy intersted, they will be cheap and i wont make anhy profit from em. Dean Bloomfield 2001-08-23 Great as always, Christiaan. Cool idea about the calendar. I'd love one as well!   (christiaan iken) thanks dean, am pretty excited about the new upcoming movie i must say. hence the calender idea. xxxxx xxxxx 2001-08-25 Oh that`s a great idea with the calendar! I`m sure you`ll have those 12 paintings finished before the first movie is released, at your speed not really a problem. I`m in awe with the perspective, lot of suspense here. You made the treebeard look huge and impressive but yet managed to capture him as the friendly being he is. His hands are done in a very expressive way, they suport the feeling of this picture greatly, so does the moody forest lighting. Can`t wait to see the next illustration you`re doing, isn`t the Gandalf vs. Balrog confrontation one of those all time favorite scenes!   (christiaan iken) the gandalf and balrog scene, im having dificulty with,i find the perspective hard to create since its all in darkness, and im trying to stick to howi see tolkien, now how a image wouldwork best, if that makes sense.but on the plus side, the hobbits look cute. John Shannon 2001-08-29 WOW !! great work Chris. Such a good idea to do a calender..I will deffinately buy one when its ready..great work as always   (christiaan iken) thanks john, i have no idea how ill advertise for the calender though. any thoughts or sugestions? Eric Wadley 2001-09-27 I love this one. A wonderful depiction from a wonderful series. I look forward to seeing more!   (christiaan iken) thanks eric. got six pics up now, six left to go and loveing every minute painting tolkeins work. Linda Bergkvist 2001-09-28 Ooooooooooooooh =D It's gorgeous! I think this might well be one of my favourite renderings of Treebeard that I've seen so far. All of your Tolkien pictures are absolutely stunning =)   (christiaan iken) thanks linda, treebeards my fav character in the whole series, and ive done a few treebeards before, in tolkein related work and in my own works, but im glad i final managed to do him for a tolkein work. Christy Babrick 2001-10-03 I must agree, this is a wonderful depiction of Treebeard. I also like the unusual perspective.   (christiaan iken) thanks christy, i just wanted a perspective showing his size, and id never doen this viewpoint before so it was kind of fun. Xu Fifi 2002-03-13 @_@ WOW!!! I never thought that Treebeard would be this giant!!!@_@ Fantastic!!! Great!!!   Post a Comment