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Dean Bloomfield 2001-09-03 This one doesn't quite have the energy that your other work has. The lighting as usual is wonderful and so are the colors. But the characters seem a bit static for the situation.   (christiaan iken) well the scene in my head was of merry looking down at the chasm, pippinlooking on in horror, ghimli shouting at legolas to stop crying like a sissy boy and aragorn holding back boromir before they both jump back onto the bridge to gandalfs aid. the next action scene i will take note and realy try to add more action in it. xxxxx xxxxx 2001-09-03 Even without the title one can immediately identify the scene you`ve painted here, very readable interpretation of that LOTR scene! Your version of Gandalf looks just like I imagined him, I guess he`s mostly depicted more or less the same way, well long cape w/ long hat is cool so why change it ;D Even though you stayed close to Tolkin`s words there is plenty of your personal style and imagination in this piece. As for criticism, the Balrog seesm rather lame to me, not quite the ferocious monster I excpected, he looks like he is defeated already and sinking to the ground loosing his powers. I like the way you designed the Balrog, though. But my favorite part of this piece is Gandalf`s cape, very well done!   (christiaan iken) thats how i imagine a balrog, a huge monstrouse muscular creature, half human and sort of bull, maybe a bigger scan would be beter, but elfwoods taking its time uploading new pics, maybe on that u might like the balrog beter since hes just a small red blob here. Katy Rewston 2001-09-03 great pic chris. gandalf is fabulous, and the balrog is great   (christiaan iken) thanks unifrog girl, Rafal Hrynkiewicz 2001-09-03 wow, mam you're unstoppable! incredible how fast you deliver one superbly detailed painting after another! now I must take a looong look to admire your new masterpiece..   (christiaan iken) thanks rafal, shame the size is so smal, i do about a painting a week now, used to do two but the quality suffered abit. (christiaan iken) cheers rafal, i do a paitng a week, so hoepfully illupload that often. Maria J. William 2001-09-04 Daaamn! I know I'm not supposed to leave comments like this, but... DAAAMN!   (christiaan iken) thansk maria, come back come back to mordor we wil take u. Richard Raidel 2001-09-09 I like how you depicted Gandalf, his cape and the lighting around him is really fabolous! Though I have to admit that the others look a little bit too... calm. Still, a marvelous piece of art!   (christiaan iken) but panick is so hard to draw..heheh.gimlis kinda panicking and merry and pippin are being gormless hobbits as usual where as boromir and aragorn pretty much see thebalrog as a challenge and i dont think they would be scared in a panicked way.just legolas and gimli, and the hobbits not konwing whats happening, but maybe a hand thrown up in fear or terror from the hobbits might have helped. so MK 2001-09-16 I'm always in awe in front of artists being able to depict majesty in a scenery. You're the guy :) Your new LOTR illustrations are imho some of your best works..   (christiaan iken) thanks sophie, and comming from who i consider to be the best drafts person on elfowod, thats a compliment. i hope they are beter than my previous works cause it kinda scks to not beter ur preveious works. Gillian Sein Ying Ha 2002-01-30 Aiiieee, don't do this to me, it brings back sad and scary memories... ;__;   (christiaan iken) u were there??? Xu Fifi 2002-03-13 Yes Yes!!! I agree!! Balrog in the movie is far out from my image @_@. But this one is close!!!great!!>_<   Marley Mcleay 2004-02-20 This is Awesome work.I actually saw this when i first joined epilogue.and instantly i thought your up there umongst the best in epilogue,my veiw point after all this time hasn't changed.This and your helms deep artworks shoulda been editors picks,they are both grand in scale and very original..really appreciated now, since peter jackson and artists has cemented the aesthetic in movie history.thats an awesome balrog.   christiaan iken 2004-02-24   Marley Mcleay 2004-02-24 hey cristiann,well i see you have a speech problem :p.i mean with commenting.you should report that in the forums and tell them which search engine your using, netscape? IE6?.and you can delete this once youv'e read this   (christiaan iken) c cheers marley; the problem seems to be solved ;and ill keep this comment;p Post a Comment