A beautiful LOTR art(ish) site! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lumiel · 10-03-2003, 07:54 PM

I found this site and I thought it was amazing! I'm a big anime fan (more for drawing than watching) and I've done my own anime LOTR characters, but they just can't compare to this!

It really is beautiful, and well thought out too. Not all of it is in english, but enough of it is to make navigating easy. My picture (should be Frodo, here's to hoping) came from this site.

Whether you like anime or not, you just have to see it for its beauty and its LOTR relevance!

Illusion Cave

[ October 03, 2003: Message edited by: Lumiel ]

Eruwen · 10-03-2003, 08:32 PM

Well, you're picture is nothing but a red "x" inside a white box...it's pretty though [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] . And I'm blocked from going to the site. {Stupid parental controls}. Anyway, I'm sure the site is good.

Tinuviel of Denton · 10-03-2003, 09:16 PM

I'm not really an anime fan myself, but the sheer work that went into this site is impressive. Bit hard to read though! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

I did like the pictures, very much. (As I'm sure you can tell from my new avatar...)

Arwen1858 · 10-03-2003, 10:43 PM

I've never really looked at anime before, and know nothing about it, but I found the pictures charming!! They're wonderful!

Corwyn Celesil · 10-03-2003, 11:26 PM

I've never much liked anime, but I loved these pictures! The one of Elrond was especially marvelous.

Lyta_Underhill · 10-04-2003, 12:56 AM

Thanks for the link, Lumiel! I looked through the entire site, and it was really well done! (Couldn't read a word, though! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) I was very surprised and pleased to see an illustration of Pippin and the Palantir there! It is hard to find pictures of that scene, and I collect them! (One of my favorite scenes, ya know!)

I browsed about this evening and also found this link for a bit different artistic style: Cal Courtney's LOTR Illustrations . It is not extensive, but is rather a small collection of representations of the Fellowship as portrayed by the Peter Jackson Players, so to speak...I particularly like the whimsy employed in capturing the nature of both actor and character in some of these. A nice touch appears on the surfboard in the picture of Legolas, and the representation of Pippin made me laugh out loud! Still not quite sure why Frodo has flowers in his hair, unless it is an oblique pop culture reference to his pacifism (sword raised and all?), but Sam sitting in a field of elanor (!) flowers is beautiful! Sorry for the editorial, but I was amused! Don't forget to check out Gandalf! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] I hope you enjoy them!

Cheers,
Lyta

Gorwingel · 10-04-2003, 01:18 AM

Oh, those pictures were beautiful. I especially loved the ones of Galadriel and Aragorn. And there was one of Sam that looked so much like Sean Astin it was freaky.

Thanks for the link [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 10-04-2003, 03:38 AM

I haven't ever been such an anime fan, but I *love* drawing (I was just drawing Frodo from the RotK poster before I came here)!
Now I decited to try that kind of drawing myself. I know it'll probably be hard 'cause I always try to do realistic drawings but...

I loved the Elladan&Elrohir pic. Thanks for the link, Lumiel!

Ophelia · 10-04-2003, 04:31 AM

In one word - funny-tastic [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
I am quite good at drawing from pictures and posters but I haven't tryed to draw anything from LotR .
Well anyways I have the same problem Dancing Spawn of Ungoliant - I just draw too realistic [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

10-04-2003, 04:43 AM

I´m breathless,the pictures are great!

Lumiel · 10-04-2003, 05:45 AM

Wow! I really didn't expect this kind of a response! I simply haven't seen anything quite like this site anywhere on the internet, so I couldn't resist sharing [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] .

I checked out the site Lyta, it was cute! Legolas on a sufboard...that's just awesome!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Dancing spawn of ungoliant and Ophelia, I used to do more realistic drawings too (still do...love Frodo! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) A bit of advice for trying anime: find an anime picture first and try to draw off of it, either through tracing (if necessary at first) or just through mimicing. That's how I started, it helps to give you a feel of how to draw anime.

I've been drawing anime for about four years now, and seeing something like this makes me work even harder.

Anyway, I'm glad you guys enjoyed it as much as I did.

PS: Did any of you guys see that pic of Legolas, Elladan, and Elrohir? That's a great pic!

Niluial · 10-04-2003, 07:17 AM

It really is beautiful! I don’t know what it is saying, but it is beautiful!

Nilly

Aethelwine · 10-04-2003, 01:07 PM

*breathless* Thank you so very much, Lumiel, I really love that site! It's one of my new favourites! It's so beautifull!
Oh, and Lyta_Underhill, thanks for the link also. It's really funny!

Navear!

Aethelwine.

Guinevere · 10-05-2003, 01:46 PM

Thank you for the link, Lumiel! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It was really fun looking at all those pictures and many of them are quite beautiful.

Here is a link to another Tolkien Art Site, pictures by the German artist Anke Eiszmann. (It has been given here before, but that was a year ago, so not all of you might have seen it.)
Enjoy

[ October 05, 2003: Message edited by: Guinevere ]

Silmiel of Imladris · 10-05-2003, 06:54 PM

I loved this site. It makes me want to try some anime drawings. I just wish I knew where to start. I will have to buy a book. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

kittygirl02 · 10-05-2003, 08:15 PM

Aime is not that hard actually, you just need a picture to copy off of, or model after.Then you just go from there. I've been drwawing Aime for a few years(Actually since I was 11)hehehe.but what's easy for me may not be easy for you and vice-versa.But the site is absoulutly beautiful, and i wish it was more in English!(My bio-ligual frustraions)

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 10-06-2003, 08:08 AM

I tried to draw from that Elladan&Elrohor pic and it was so fun! It is hard to me to draw anime without a model since I'm not used to that style. But maybe I have to keep trying [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Aethelwine · 10-06-2003, 11:10 AM

I just revisited the site (again [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] ), and it looks as beautifull as ever! But if have a question: does anyone of you know Japanese? I mean, then we'll know when the site will be updated, and stuff. And also, I really want to know who made that amazing art! I don't know about you guys/girls, but I really want to know!

Navaer!

Aethelwine.

Morgul Queen · 11-01-2004, 06:48 PM

*Morgul waltzes into thread, thinks, then bumps it ever-so-slightly*

What can I say? People need to know about this site and they can't do that if it's 10 pages back...took me long enought to find it...

Encaitare · 11-01-2004, 09:30 PM

Thanks for bumping that back up, Morgul! I'm not an anime fan, but some of the pictures were lovely. I especially thought that the Denethor portrait was great, and Bergil was sooooo cute!

Heh... manga with all the characters jabbering in Japanese... that's far too amusing.

10-03-2003, 07:54 PM	#1
Lumiel Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Land of Mordor (MWUAHAHAHA!...ahem...) Posts: 95	A beautiful LOTR art(ish) site! I found this site and I thought it was amazing! I'm a big anime fan (more for drawing than watching) and I've done my own anime LOTR characters, but they just can't compare to this! It really is beautiful, and well thought out too. Not all of it is in english, but enough of it is to make navigating easy. My picture (should be Frodo, here's to hoping) came from this site. Whether you like anime or not, you just have to see it for its beauty and its LOTR relevance! Illusion Cave [ October 03, 2003: Message edited by: Lumiel ]

10-03-2003, 10:43 PM	#4
Arwen1858 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gondor Posts: 516	I've never really looked at anime before, and know nothing about it, but I found the pictures charming!! They're wonderful! __________________ Will Turner: "This is either madness or brilliance." Jack Sparrow: "It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide." ~ Pirates of the Caribbean

10-03-2003, 11:26 PM	#5
Corwyn Celesil Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The House of the Fountain, Gondolin Posts: 57	I've never much liked anime, but I loved these pictures! The one of Elrond was especially marvelous. __________________ Then came there from the south of the city the people of the Fountain, and Ecthelion was their lord, and silver and diamonds were their delight; and swords very long and bright and pale did they wield . . .

10-04-2003, 12:56 AM	#6
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 844	Thanks for the link, Lumiel! I looked through the entire site, and it was really well done! (Couldn't read a word, though! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) I was very surprised and pleased to see an illustration of Pippin and the Palantir there! It is hard to find pictures of that scene, and I collect them! (One of my favorite scenes, ya know!) I browsed about this evening and also found this link for a bit different artistic style: Cal Courtney's LOTR Illustrations . It is not extensive, but is rather a small collection of representations of the Fellowship as portrayed by the Peter Jackson Players, so to speak...I particularly like the whimsy employed in capturing the nature of both actor and character in some of these. A nice touch appears on the surfboard in the picture of Legolas, and the representation of Pippin made me laugh out loud! Still not quite sure why Frodo has flowers in his hair, unless it is an oblique pop culture reference to his pacifism (sword raised and all?), but Sam sitting in a field of elanor (!) flowers is beautiful! Sorry for the editorial, but I was amused! Don't forget to check out Gandalf! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] I hope you enjoy them! Cheers, Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”

10-04-2003, 01:18 AM	#7
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,436	Oh, those pictures were beautiful. I especially loved the ones of Galadriel and Aragorn. And there was one of Sam that looked so much like Sean Astin it was freaky. Thanks for the link [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

10-03-2003, 08:32 PM	#2
Eruwen Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 901	Well, you're picture is nothing but a red "x" inside a white box...it's pretty though [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] . And I'm blocked from going to the site. {Stupid parental controls}. Anyway, I'm sure the site is good.

10-03-2003, 09:16 PM	#3
Tinuviel of Denton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Amid the hills and dales of the Shire... or not. Posts: 609	I'm not really an anime fan myself, but the sheer work that went into this site is impressive. Bit hard to read though! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] I did like the pictures, very much. (As I'm sure you can tell from my new avatar...)

10-04-2003, 03:38 AM	#8
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,267	I haven't ever been such an anime fan, but I love drawing (I was just drawing Frodo from the RotK poster before I came here)! Now I decited to try that kind of drawing myself. I know it'll probably be hard 'cause I always try to do realistic drawings but... I loved the Elladan&Elrohir pic. Thanks for the link, Lumiel! __________________ Fenris Wolf

10-04-2003, 04:31 AM	#9
Ophelia Wight Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere between the sacred , silence and sweet . Posts: 169	In one word - funny-tastic [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] I am quite good at drawing from pictures and posters but I haven't tryed to draw anything from LotR . Well anyways I have the same problem Dancing Spawn of Ungoliant - I just draw too realistic [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ I didn't lose my mind . It was mine to give away .

10-04-2003, 04:43 AM	#10
Tári Calafalas Guest Posts: n/a	I´m breathless,the pictures are great!

10-04-2003, 05:45 AM	#11
Lumiel Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Land of Mordor (MWUAHAHAHA!...ahem...) Posts: 95	Wow! I really didn't expect this kind of a response! I simply haven't seen anything quite like this site anywhere on the internet, so I couldn't resist sharing [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] . I checked out the site Lyta, it was cute! Legolas on a sufboard...that's just awesome!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Dancing spawn of ungoliant and Ophelia, I used to do more realistic drawings too (still do...love Frodo! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) A bit of advice for trying anime: find an anime picture first and try to draw off of it, either through tracing (if necessary at first) or just through mimicing. That's how I started, it helps to give you a feel of how to draw anime. I've been drawing anime for about four years now, and seeing something like this makes me work even harder. Anyway, I'm glad you guys enjoyed it as much as I did. PS: Did any of you guys see that pic of Legolas, Elladan, and Elrohir? That's a great pic!

10-04-2003, 07:17 AM	#12
Niluial Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In the darkness of white Posts: 631	It really is beautiful! I don’t know what it is saying, but it is beautiful! Nilly __________________ Life is not about how many breaths you take but about how many times it leaves you breathless. My rants, moans and groans in other words my Blog My Magical Site

10-04-2003, 01:07 PM	#13
Aethelwine Wight Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In Anórien, just outside Edoras, on a horse I "borrowed"... Posts: 150	breathless Thank you so very much, Lumiel, I really love that site! It's one of my new favourites! It's so beautifull! Oh, and Lyta_Underhill, thanks for the link also. It's really funny! Navear! Aethelwine. __________________ Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind--not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being. - Catherine to Nelly, Wuthering Heights

10-05-2003, 01:46 PM	#14
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,833	Thank you for the link, Lumiel! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It was really fun looking at all those pictures and many of them are quite beautiful. Here is a link to another Tolkien Art Site, pictures by the German artist Anke Eiszmann. (It has been given here before, but that was a year ago, so not all of you might have seen it.) Enjoy [ October 05, 2003: Message edited by: Guinevere ] __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

10-05-2003, 06:54 PM	#15
Silmiel of Imladris Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Looking into a crystal ball- still see nothing Posts: 395	I loved this site. It makes me want to try some anime drawings. I just wish I knew where to start. I will have to buy a book. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Legolas 20 ales later: I feel something, a slight tingling in my fingers. I think it's affecting me. Figwit on his name: Are you suggesting that I have the wit of a fig?

10-05-2003, 08:15 PM	#16
kittygirl02 Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Middle Earth Posts: 61	Aime is not that hard actually, you just need a picture to copy off of, or model after.Then you just go from there. I've been drwawing Aime for a few years(Actually since I was 11)hehehe.but what's easy for me may not be easy for you and vice-versa.But the site is absoulutly beautiful, and i wish it was more in English!(My bio-ligual frustraions) __________________ Flames are your source of faith.A tool of good, not evil. I may be different, but differences don't make you special.It's what you do with your differences that make you special.

10-06-2003, 08:08 AM	#17
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,267	I tried to draw from that Elladan&Elrohor pic and it was so fun! It is hard to me to draw anime without a model since I'm not used to that style. But maybe I have to keep trying [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Fenris Wolf

10-06-2003, 11:10 AM	#18
Aethelwine Wight Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In Anórien, just outside Edoras, on a horse I "borrowed"... Posts: 150	I just revisited the site (again [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] ), and it looks as beautifull as ever! But if have a question: does anyone of you know Japanese? I mean, then we'll know when the site will be updated, and stuff. And also, I really want to know who made that amazing art! I don't know about you guys/girls, but I really want to know! Navaer! Aethelwine. __________________ Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind--not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being. - Catherine to Nelly, Wuthering Heights

11-01-2004, 06:48 PM	#19
Morgul Queen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dontgonearthe Castle Posts: 414	Morgul waltzes into thread, thinks, then bumps it ever-so-slightly What can I say? People need to know about this site and they can't do that if it's 10 pages back...took me long enought to find it... __________________ Athrabeth is still doing the wave for Boromir the Disco-King Oh...and call me Morgy!

11-01-2004, 09:30 PM	#20
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 2,033	Thanks for bumping that back up, Morgul! I'm not an anime fan, but some of the pictures were lovely. I especially thought that the Denethor portrait was great, and Bergil was sooooo cute! Heh... manga with all the characters jabbering in Japanese... that's far too amusing.