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Inge Vandormael 2004-09-04 Wow Jeff... This is just wonderfully executed! Like the description too ;-)   (jeff johnson) hey inge, where is that print;) thank you, by the way! Marley Mcleay 2004-09-05 I keep studying the colour scheme in this jeff. I notice with painter there seems to be a lovely creamy aesthetic over photoshop. This piece works a treat in all respects. Very nice work thejeff! :D.   (jeff johnson) hey marley! i have been trying to use a simpler pallette lately and yeah. painter is a treat. i originally wanted to do this piece in photoshop as a contest entry, but all the effects that come naturally out of painter i struggled with in ps, so i gave up and just got the thing done. glad you like, mate! Terry A. Ernest 2004-09-05 Very nice Jeff, you captured the very essence on mr Bilbo Bagins. It`s funny the way your eyebrows grows as you get older, I can nearly match that..ha!   (jeff johnson) terry, i was hoping you would notice this and comment on it! though i have done a couple 'tolkien-esque' works, this was my first overt attempt, and i am glad a tolkien guru like yourself approves! yeah, when my wife cuts my hair i trim my eyebrows so they aren't the longest hair up there;) Bill Corbett 2004-09-05 Nice one Jeff. It's funny how we all see Bilbo differently, I guess it's the way our imaginations work, but I like your Bilbo at any rate :)   (jeff johnson) hey bill, i just noticed couple new pieces of yours that look terriffic! yeah, it is a fools errand to try to flesh out a tolkien character if one expects to please everybody (it won't happen). the best i could do was please myself (and i stlill prefer the written word on this one). Uwe Jarling 2004-09-16 jeff!!! it seems you got what i want to achieve with digital medium one day - yours already have the feeling and look of traditional media - what brushes do you use - drop me a mail ore something if you have some time left, i really would be interested to know a little more how you achieve this wonderful look of your pieces!!! - btw - besides from the technical skills, you really captured the soul of Bilbo - --- a really really wonderful work of art!!!!!   (jeff johnson) thank you so much, uwe! i will get a note to you mate, though your stuff knocks me out as it is. Pierre Carles 2005-09-16 Jeff, your gallery just made its way to my bookmark folder. Great work by all means. But tell me ... is there not a JRR Tolkien look to that Bilbo's face ... ? ;-)   (jeff johnson) yeah, that and a couple of scottish farmers i had reference photos of blended in for good measure;) fitting, i hope! thanks for stopping by. Post a Comment