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I spent a free weekend watching LotR and found myself thinking of drawing a quick sketch... a portrait maybe. I was tempted to draw Aragorn again but decided to try something else and hopefully learn something along the way. I stumbled across a nice image of Elrond and thought why not... for quite a short moment. :giggle: Then I got bored and don't think I ever quite got him right and abandoned the sketch for a couple of hours. Then I came back and stared at it thinking he looks mad... and at that point the abandoned sketch started to live its own life...
Just because I didn't like the sketch too much I gave up and drew Aragorn anyway (didn't even bother to get a new paper) and suddenly this became a portrait of him in the end anyway. (If it were a portrait of Elrond, I'd probably have titled it "So be it." ;))

Then I needed to just add Arwen there and now no one hopefully pays any attention to the disturbing father anymore. ;P I don't think I've ever tried this before: draw interesting enough background for the centre of attention and you can make him fade. Wishful thinking? ^^;

Although none of them look like they should, I like to believe you can recognise them. I didn't spend more than a couple of hours on this which is very quick for me considering there are three people there. :O Or wait, two of them are elves, that's even more difficult. ;) I had nice photos to draw Elrond and Arwen from, and a hopeless random little blur ref for Aragorn but I didn't bother spending hours searching for a suitable picture with precisely the expression I wanted, so a lot of improvisation there.

Damn, it's quick, messy and far from flawless but I like it. :)
I love it how a pointless practice sketch escapes from your control and grows into a story.

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:iconmondwolf:
Great drawing! It creates a great scene and of course your soft style is awesome!
:iconkara-wildsong:
You definitely got Elrond's eyes right! ^^ And don't worry, they're definitely recognizable, even in the thumbnail! :XD:

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:icongaffrey:
Wow, this is incredible!
:iconnattavii08:
your way to critical. for a "quick sketch" ( i wish my quick sketches looked like this) its very -very- well done.

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:iconmeraviglia:
I love how your style is becoming more free and bold. The composition here is quite awesome - reminiscent of a movie poster - and the expressions are strong. Interestingly, the characters look a little different than they do in the films, and that makes them more similar to the way I see them when I read the books. :nod:
:iconmoodymand:
well I recognised them straight away :) very interesting composition. I don't even watch LOTR so I don't know the backstory between these characters, but looking at this, I'd guess the two on either side are being kept apart by the one in the middle?? There's tension and sadness, definitely.

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:iconheather696:
I love the way you draw Elrond... amazing... :love:

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:iconelfbabe:
Once again... Absolutely incredible...

I salute you!

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