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[Goldberry344]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
I am not sure, but I think the movie-horse will be played by an arabian or arabian-esque horse...just so he looks special next to the clunky regular horses...and they're making him WHITE!!!!!! HE"S SILVER!!!! ARRRRGHHH!!!!! Asfaloth was white!!!

yeah,i know im not a member of this guild but i happened by and had to comment.....Shadowfax is going to be played by TWO andilusion stallions. (cant spell andilusion, but if your a horsie person you know what i mean) and yeah. sorry to take up space, but i just had to comment

[Shadowfax]

YAY! At least Andalusians are more stocky than arabs- bit on the small side usually (at least the ones I've seen in real life are) But in all the trailers it shows him as white! Arrgh! SILVER! S-I-L-V-E-R!

[I.am.Smeagol]

Oooo, there are 3 andy stallions at the barn where I work... 1 is bright pure, beautiful white, the other is bright white with a few dapples and a dark grey mane, and the last is dappled greyish silver, but hes might still whiten up a bit,, as he's young. I have yet to see a silvery horse, perhaps they could have used a bit of cg to silver up shadowfax? *Shrug*. Hrmmmmmm.

[Wonko The Sane]

Spray paint!

[Shadowfax]

I have a photo of an actual 'silver' andalusian...it was from a magazine (Equus) article on show grooming, written by whoever wrote "Grooming to Win" can't remember her name tho...Susan something? Photo was by Bob Langrish I *think*. if I find it I will scan it to this thread if that's ok with everone.

The thing that gets me about the movie is that they made Asfaloth grey, when in the book he was white, and (it appears) Shadowfax is going to be white...sigh...do hope they CG in some silver.

[Eledhwen]

Medium: Word Paint, saved as jpeg

[Shadowfax]

Ohh, I just love it! The leaves look so dreamy and golden, how on middle earth do ou get paint program to look so realistic?! I've spent many hours trying, but none of them turn out anywhere near what I envisioned. It's beautiful.

[Anamatar IV]

and this was done on...paint.:eek:

skill. Very nice.;)

[saulone]

Ecthelion and Beleg Cuthalion...

http://thereandbackagain.xigroup.com/jpgs/ecthelion.jpg
http://thereandbackagain.xigroup.com/gifs/beleg_cuthalion.gif

[Shadowfax]

*Is speechless*

Oh. My. God. Those are amazing. Are you a professional artist? I checked out your site, it is wonderful.

[Shadowfax]

Here is a humble offering, a pen and ink sketch inspired by some eastern Oregon mustangs.

[saulone]

Very nice work yourself! I like the pointilism used on the coat of the horse - great movement in the main and extraneous hairs as well :)

Yes I am a professional artist of sorts - I am the webmaster/artist at thereandbackagain.net and do most of the illustrations there. Glad you like - I will post more when I have time - I have posted a few in the past here but in another section...a miscellaneous section of sorts I think...

[Goldberry344]

*glances about* acctually, can i join and add my elementary artwork to your glorious collection? *insert irresistable pout here*

[Shadowfax]

Of course all forms of expression are welcome, we aren't even really a guild anymore...we're, uh...a commune, yeah, that's it. *hopes she used 'commune' correctly'.

[Goldberry344]

this is the best drawing i have already scanned. the shading came out all choppy, but it looks pretty in real life, honest. its a lot smaller too, so that could probably explain the choppy stuff.

http://www.thetolkienforum.com/attachment.php?postid=113361

[Shadowfax]

It's very wonderful, I like the hair shading/colors. One tip ofr useing a scanner, is to try and find where in the program you can shrink the out put size- that's what I have been doing, and it really helps keep the 'blown up fuzzies' away.

[Goldberry344]

what program do you use? could work...will try

[Shadowfax]

I have an hp something or other...

but, on mine, when you're in the screen that controls the scan, right below the little box that says "select output type" is a bow with a ruler icon that says "select output size" when you click that, it goes to a new screen, and you have three options 1) to use original size 2) scale size by percentage 3) manually adjust length and width, and if you only do one, it will automatically adjust the other in proportion.

I generally use 50% scale decrease or more for my pics, I would reccomend experimenting.

[Eledhwen]

That's a great picture, Goldberry! You've posed your subject well, and those stunning green eyes...

[Goldberry344]

i tried, but cause i saved it as a choppy ucky thing, it isnt changing, as i have not got a good graphics program. *laughs at Paint*

and thank you v. much, Elehdwen. I drew he to be Goldie, my RP character, but my grandmother said she looks like me. *frowns* i think not, as my eyes arent really green, and as i look nothing like the drawing, but hey.

[Shadowfax]

You might have to scan it again, then try and fiddle with the size before you save it, that's what I have to do. I don't know how to change the existing file size.

[Shadowfax]

Someone was asking about tips to draw dwarves. I Found a website with a bunch of fantasy drawing tips, and a special page for dwarves!


http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/dwarves/

[Talierin]

Hmm, just a doodle I did in church :eek:, then colored in photoshop...

http://www.eastofthewoods.com/sea-tower2.jpg

[Shadowfax]

Ohh... very nice, I love the way her eyes are wistful.

[goofoofighter]

I haven't been able to get online and post for a while, so I'll just put in my bit about turkeys and get us off the subject a while.

Yes, wild turkeys can fly. *lol* I don't know exactly how far, but I've seen them do it. We have twelve turkeys that were hatched and raised practically in my back yard, and they come by every day. The feather I have I found floating on my pond, so I picked it up (I couldn't help it, I really like feathers, and it was soooo pretty floating around on the pond ^^ ). I think it would be cool if I could get it to work, then if I find a feather from some of the pheasants around here (hopefully one of their tail feathers... sooooo pretty) then I could make it work.
My neighbors actually have a turkey's tail feather that they made into a quill pen, and it works too, cuz they have some of that old-fashioned ink and everything. but if I want a swan feather, I have to go down to the Dells...

Okay, back to pics. I just wanted to post my bit on turkeys. ^^

[Goldberry344]

YAY for goofoo!

and tal, thatis great! i love the coloring, but then again, i am facenated by all computer graphics and such. yay!

[Shadowfax]

In honour of the season, here's a ceramic nativity set I did recently...

[Shadowfax]

....and a ceramic Bilbo figurine...

[Shadowfax]

...another view. I know it looks like his face isn't finished, but it really has quite a bit of definition, the lighting I used messed it up.

[Eledhwen]

The nativity one's nice too. It's relief, isn't it, rather than free-standing?

I'm posting a picture of Glorfindel I did in Word Paint. He also appears in the greetings card thread wearing a santa hat (sacrilege, I know. Sorry!).

[Shadowfax]

The nativity set pieces are magnets, actually. I'm glad you liked my Bilbo! He was great fun to make, it was the first time I attempted a figurine of a person.

[Shadowfax]

"Rohan's Smallest Rider"

Here's a pen and ink sketch of Merry on Stybba. Medium: Crayola on Math homework. :D Yeah, my teachers hate it when I do this...

[Eledhwen]

It's lovely, Shadowfax! Strong lines and shading - it takes guts and skill to do that.

I used to get told off for drawing in academic classes at school. Your teachers just don't appreciate your talent - why do you need maths when you can draw horses? (we put an 's' on math in the UK).

*SPOILER* By the way, what do you think of all those magnificent horses in TTT? (even if they don't match the book descriptions) And what about Legolas' leap onto the back of Gimli's horse in the Warg battle? - Answer in pictures, then it's a legitimate question in this thread.

[goofoofighter]

Some of it just seemed unnatural, I couldn't find the words to explain it if I tried. ((that was my idea, to describe a pic in words ;) ))

[Eledhwen]

Originally posted by Nóm
Something happend recently which caused me to scan this old sketch of Haldir. The quality is bad, as it is a very quick sketch (probably done in less than 10 minutes) but i've always liked it so here it is...
(I'll leave it up for a week or so... as usual) Is it charcoal? Strong lines and bold tones are "in" at the moment (at least in the UK they are), in contemporary fine art.

[Shadowfax]

Originally posted by Eledhwen
*SPOILER* By the way, what do you think of all those magnificent horses in TTT? (even if they don't match the book descriptions) And what about Legolas' leap onto the back of Gimli's horse in the Warg battle? - Answer in pictures, then it's a legitimate question in this thread.

I am afraid I hated Leggie's leap. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ON A HORSE LIKE THAT, ELF OR NO! GAH! *ahem* sorry got a bit riled up there. I mean, It is possible, and actually quite easy to leap on a galloping horse if one does it correctly. (I have done it, and I have several friends who went quite far in the vaulting [trick riding to the layman] world, so I know what I'm talking about)But the way Legster did it, the horse would have fallen over on him. I was waiting for it to happen when I saw it. I guess PJ thought it would look cooler than his spindly elven legs doing a correct kick-leap onto the horse, instead of swinging around like a monkey.

Shadowfax was good, I suppose any enjoying watching any white horse is a bit spoiled for me, as I know how much it takes to get them that bright. Many many bottles of bluing (Goldberry knows what I'm talking about!) I loved the tack and everything in Rohan, and how they managed to put horses into anylittle detail (like Eomer's helmet, anyone else notice that?) I disliked Brego on association with Arries little wet dream sequence. (I wish they had more hobbits, and not so many hot guys killing orcs- they wasted sooo much time on that, they could have had more good scenes with Frodo, Sam, and actually given Treebeard a personality. But I did love the horses and everything, i think that was your original question;)

[Dáin Ironfoot I]

Everybody clapped at the part where Legolas jumped on the horse. I thought they were all a bunch of 'tards, or Elven teeny boppers.

Did anyone else clap when yall went to see it?

[Shadowfax]

Yes, everyone clapped, and I wanted to scream at them all, "THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE! DO YOU KNOW WHAT CG IS???"

[elvish-queen]

hey people!
yes... it's me... please don't die of shock. i haven't been on here for ages (long, loong story, very self pitying, you don't want to know)
anyway, i think that your art is just getting better all the time, all of you. man, i need to come here more often.
i need to go draw!:eek:
but i gotta say, i loved the movie. it looked to me like they did legolas's leap in rewind (he jumped off the horse, and they rewound that so it looked as if he jumped on), but really, running in front of a horse cantering is a bit dumb even for an elf.

[Eledhwen]

I posted about this in Beorn's "Oh God, it was awful!" thread in the Guild of Tolkienology. Every time they try to show Legolas' superhuman gymnastic ability they get the timing wrong somehow, and it looks contrived.

On the point of people cheering in a cinema - I've never known this. Is it just an American problem? Maybe I pick different viewing times from these idiots.

[Caerlin]

Dear All


Feeling great envy as we here in Oz land do not get to see @ Towers till after Xmas. As for the "leap" you are talking about....two main problems....
1) To make a movie using real actors limits the fantasy aspects as we are limited by our human-ness, and the reality of laws of gravity and motion etc
2) We are taking here about a tale set in Middle Earth which is not our own and therefore within which the same rules do not apply...to expect things to occur according to the material reality is not on.

If I read what is termed 'Hard' Sci-Fi then i expect that everythig in it will eventually/potentially exist. If I read fantasy....nothing has to conform to the here and now, only be consistent with the world created by the author.

Yeah i know its a pain when the ability of film lets down the imagination by its sometimes awkward renditions but what the heck....ultimately the determinant as to whether a film gets made or not is its saleability.

Trying to compare the book with the film can be likened to trying to compare Harry Potter with LOTR. You just can't because they are two really really different things (genre apart).

Cheers
Caerlin

[Shadowfax]

The thing that got me about the leap, was that it could have been done for real, and looked just as cool, without all that swinging around like a monkey.

[Talierin]

Well, this looks horrible (I still haven't figured out the secret of making pics look good on the web), but here's a wallpaper I made with the elf from the last thing I posted...

http://www.eastofthewoods.com/dreamflower.jpg

[Shadowfax]

I thought it was wonderful, especially the poem in the background.

[Talierin]

I like it too, it just looks horrible when I stuck it on my website... the original looks good, heehee.

[Aerin]

*Pretends she has a place in the Guild of Artists*

I like that wallpaper, Tal - I want to see the original, and I want a copy for my desktop. :D

[Isenho]

I bow to thee, Adeilya. Please let me join, for art has been my life.
I'm mainly into fantasy art and the Tolkien illustrators (nasmith, howe, lee, etc) were amazing

;)

I am 15 and I turned this in (last month) into my high school's magazine/book.

It's for the cover contest! i won last year's cover (2002) hope i win again! :)

Cover! (click me!) (http://images.deviantart.com/large/indyart/fantasy/2003_Montage_Cover.jpg)

there are 3 hints of LotR on the cover, can u find 'em?!

more drawings i promise you all to come and be posted!

[Shadowfax]

V. Impressive! I love the shading in the background, and the complexity of the castle. Hmmm...I spotted crebain, runes, gandalf and a hobbit. Could the castle be Minas Tirith?

Oh, and Adeilya is no longer with us. Exactly why, I don't know, she just up and left the 'guild' (for lack of a better term)

[Isenho]

so Adeilya isnt here. lol, i made a "Took" outta myself! :p

good job Shadowfax! and hey. u forgot something big

lol, good job with the findings

what about the armored Shadowfax on the cover?! :D
About the castle, i did use some parts of Minas Tirith as reference. but not a lot, but i guess we can call it Minas Tirith! ......

o yeah, there's one more that you missed

thanks again Shadowfax.

[Shadowfax]

But Shadowfax doesn't permit saddle or bridle. However, it is a very nice horse. I can never get my armor to look that detailed.

[elvish-queen]

Man, Isenho! U can't really be 15?? I will really have to do some catching up if I wanna be that good when I'm 15 (in less than 2 months). I find it really hard to accept that there are people better than me!
I know, I know, I'm too competitive! Can't help it.

Anyway

Tal: How do you do such magnificent things on the computer?? The only "artistic" thing I know so far is Paint! There really is no hope....
Anyway, carry on being arty, I'll try to post some of my stuff sometime. It hasn't been scanned (or even really finished), but hey I'll get there someday.
EQ

[Talierin]

I have photoshop 7, that's how ;)

[Isenho]

o yeah, shadowfax dosnt, my bad!

elvish queen! thank you very much, yes i am 15, turning 16 in January! driver's license! :D

Talierin, you have a gallery at elfwood? under what name?

o yeah, i JUST got started into PSP6. i use a mouse to color tho....UGH!

[Talierin]

Katy Osterwald... the link to it is in Favorite Artists thread.

I use a mouse too... oh how I want a tablet!

[Isenho]

visited your gallery and those are some impressive pieces. you do hands well and i love the costume designs. great drawings. ;)

uhm quick question to anyone that can help.

How do i join this guild of artist?

here are some sample pieces of my artwork. im 15 and art is serious for me, as is LotR! :D

Montage Cover (http://images.deviantart.com/large/indyart/fantasy/2003_Montage_Cover.jpg) posted this before, but i post again! ;)

Freedom (http://images.deviantart.com/large/indyart/fantasy/Fairy_Tale_Freedom.jpg) the pose was from Ted Nasmith with a few changes.

Frodo (http://images.deviantart.com/large/indyart/fantasy/The_Worried_Bearer.gif) drawn from a bookmark given out by my high school, also same shot as on the movie poster.

Gandalf (http://images.deviantart.com/large/indyart/fantasy/Gandalf_in_Moria.jpg) Drawn from a photo

[Shadowfax]

Absolutely fabulous!

Inorder to join- you post artwork. Voila! You're in. We aren't even a guild anymore, so don't worry about it.

[Isenho]

excellent! thanks shadowfax.

*does happy dance*

[Shadowfax]

Hey everyone, I'm so happy! I just got a gallery up at elfwood! The link is http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/k/o/kookaburra/kookaburra.html

The work isn't my best, but I had to get some stuff up before the time limit ran out. better stuff coming soon!

[Isenho]

cool shadowfax. sure do horse well! love the shading on Shadowfax.

the lower part of the dress was really well done

:D

[Shadowfax]

Thankyou very much, that is quite a complement coming from a great artist such as yourself!

Great news on the Shadowfax pic- my school (whose mascot is 'The Colts' has picked it to be the subject of a mural in the cafeteria. Imagine it six feet high! Whee! also, I am working on a perncil rendering of it on a v. large peice of illustration board. The material for that one was a history worksheet. Don't you just love it when you're doodling in class and it turns into one of the best things you've ever done, but on crappy wrinkled paper? Gah! the frustration of it all!

[Isenho]

woa that is so awsome! is it gonna be colored?

our high school's mascot is a Lancer, thats why my cover has a Lancer on it!

yeah i know that feeling when yer just sketchin around and it turns out that that sketch was gonna be big.

[Shadowfax]

Hey! There's a school around here with a lancer mascot... you wouldn't happen to go to a High School named after a famous British statesman? In Western Oregon?

No, the mural is actually going to be black (I'm not painting it much, they're hiring someone to airbrush it up there, then I get to do the details) as our colors are red and black (YUCK!)

[Isenho]

lol, Oregon?! dang, i live in Illinois! :D

o yeah, our Murals at school were airbrushed also.

[Shadowfax]

Oh, darn. Yeah, i didn't think so, as the Churchill Lancers here use Sir Rodney from the comic strip "Wizard of Id" as their mascot. Nothing so cool as your stuff. :D

[Isenho]

lol, thank you thank you

o yeah, right now, im working on an Isengard picture, in the second age when it was pretty! ;)

post it in 2 weeks.

[Goldberry344]

wow. you guys are amazing, and isenho, i love your "freedom" one. *dies* you are my hero.

yeah, so i drew frodo, its not that great, but its ok. I try to fool myself... "I drew this before i saw the movie..." but i cant say it was befor i saw pictures of elijah's costume, so it did have some help.

[Shadowfax]

Does anyone remember the color sketch of Merry and Pippin I did way back when? I think it's still on the first page or something...anyways, it turned into a black and white graphite rendering. Here it is. P'raps someday I'll try to make a painting... It was hard to get a balance, I wanted people to be able to see them, but the elven cloaks are supposed to hide people. Did I do a good job? (Be honest!)

This is my favorite scene in the whole series...They had better have it in the RotK, since they cut it from TTT...grrr...I hate Helm's Deep now, it took to much away from the hobbits, IMHO.

[Shadowfax]

Here is the graphite rendering of Merry on a Rohirric war pony (not Stybba anymore, he was shaggy [I just read that part over again, my bad:eek: ]) This and the pic above are the first times I have wpent more than a day on a pencil drawing. I hope it shows! Oh, and tell me if I suceeded or need more work on the reins and such, I worked hard at getting them to look 3-D.

[Isenho]

Goldberry, thats a cute Frodo. ;) colored pencils right?

Shadowfax

awsome attention to detail on the horse! nice shading and smoothing. the head may need some work, right now it looks a bit flat. overall when i saw this piece, i was amazed!

and I like how you made the cloak for Merry and Pippin, especially the hobbit to our left.

the feeling is nice, very dark and gloomy :D

[Shadowfax]

Thanks- Yeah, the head was hard to do, the original size was rather small, and it was hard to get right. i'll work on that in my next one. I'm glad you like the Merry and Pippin one. The one on the left is Pip. (he doesn't have and elven brooch)

[Isenho]

o yeah, he tossed it. good attention to detail there!

[goofoofighter]

I love your pictures Shadowfax! I sure wish I could do that well... my pics never look very realistic, always so cartoon-y.

[TheFool]

Hi there artist people!

I just want to post my pic of Isengard (from 1999), one of 2 Tolkien pics I have ever attempted (I am the least prolific of all people :D )

Anyway I hope the resolution is not too bad, I'll try to sort it out later... or PM me for a bigger version.

[Shadowfax]

It looks very detailed, good job! No, the resolution isn't too good, but I can make it out. I'm sure the original is breathtaking.

[TheFool]

Thanks! The original is less than 7 inch tall (on A4 paper) done with a fine black pen - I have just realised if I crop the sides it will be viewable full screen at normal size (duh!). I did it after re-reading the page-and-a-half description bit in LOTR, it was my favourite part at the time.

[Eledhwen]

Quality, not quantity, eh? Are you going to post the other pic you've done?

[Isenho]

dang fool! that is some detailed work. great! inked eh?
i wait for your next post.............:rolleyes: <<hopeful

[elvish-queen]

Man, just seeing your art makes me want to crawl under a rock and die! Shadowfax, your depiction of Shadowfax is beautiful... I wish I could draw horses like that!!
I've been trying to draw lately and it's just not working... also trying to paint but that's going to take a loong time.
Anyway, just my two cents worth!
eq

[elvish-queen]

Ok, just tell me what you think. I might put a body on it... not sure yet.
I'm out of practice... that's my excuse.:rolleyes:

[Isenho]

cool queen. looks proud! ;)

[Elven Tears]

i would like to join your guild. with that i submit a piece of my art (sorry it is a little off center, kind of retarded, and sideways since i photographed it) and a suggestion to create a thread for art work postings. feel free to coment.

[Goldberry344]

elvish queen, that is awesome! *sigh* its sooo cool that people can draw horses. i've never gotten it down...so i think its super cool.

this is a piccy i drew. i dont know who it is or anything...i copied a picture in a book i was looking at and this is what happened. the shading came out all choppy ish again. hrum.

[Isenho]

nice profile there Goldberry. you do know some about proportions and etc. tho the coloring should have followed the countour of the face. good job no doubt

[Shadowfax]

It's a very nice profile, Goldie, that's something I have not been able to master. As for horses, I've been drawing them for eighteen years and just now they are starting to look decent. So DON'T GIVE UP!!! Practice makes perfect, even one's teachers do get mad at one for doodling on assignments.

Though in all fairness to teachers, I had one who would write comments and critique my 'art' that decorated his worksheets. He was sooo cool.

[Goldberry344]

yeah, i know what you're saying, isenho. my 8th grade art teacher told me that all the time, but i get bored of going in the same direction all the time. so i usually skech something then leave it be.

and i did try a horse, andi t came out, once...here it is. tis the only horse i've ever beena ble to do, but yay.

[Goldberry344]

ack. darn thing din work....

[elvish-queen]

Goldberry, that's a great horse!
I promise you, Goldberry, I could never draw horses, but when my art teacher explained how to draw anything it really helped. And it also helps that I'm mad about horses....
I should post pictures of my two, they're gorgeous! Ok, one of them's gorgeous and the other's quite ugly, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder!;)

[Isenho]

woa cool horse, quite stylized and the eye is great. :D

[Talierin]

Ok, since everyone's posting horses, here's the only one of mine that ever turned out decent... it's got silver lines over the black, but the scanner didn't scan that too well... Colored Pencil

[elvish-queen]

Cool, Tal!
I really like this posting horses thing.
I guess I'll post something (another horse.... yay), but it's just a scribble don't take it seriousely!
EQ

[Goldberry344]

no way, elvish, thats really nice. the whole thing is a bit out of proportion (spelling?) but it still looks great!

[Shadowfax]

Yes, a bit out of proportion, but it add to the character of the piece. I love that style, done with all those lines. many of my fav LotR illustrations were done in that style. It's something I never got that hang of. Way to go, e-q!

And now, my own illustration (no, horses, sorry! but if you go to my gallery at elfwood [hint,hint] there's several) of Frodo, Sam, and Gollum on the stairs of Cirith Ungol. Hope you like! How's the cloth? Most of my scribblings right now are clothing and fabric practice.

[Goldberry344]

ohmygosh, shadowfax that is awesome. i love the shading you used and gollum looks sooooo skinny. it is utterly super. *dies*

yay....i drew another horsie. my mom heard me complaining about my lack of horse drawing skills an got me this "how to draw horses" book. not very helpful as far a technique goes, but it had some good pictures to copy, so here is this one.

[gabberjawa]

Check these out! Ran across these on another forum:

http://chucks888.freeservers.com/ttt.html

and



http://chucks888.freeservers.com/photo.html (http://chucks888.freeservers.com/photo.html)


Wow...just...wow.

Gabb

[Shadowfax]

Hey all, go check out a thread started by Rangerdave in the Artists forum- possible prodject for y'all


WHEEEEE! Hey guys, I'm sooo happy! My Merry as a knight pic was made mod's choice on elfwood. *runs off dancing, trips, and falls on her face*

[Talierin]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
WHEEEEE! Hey guys, I'm sooo happy! My Merry as a knight pic was made mod's choice on elfwood. *runs off dancing, trips, and falls on her face*

Agh, I hate you!:p :D *whines* I never get no comments, never get on Mods choice!

But congrats anyways!

[Shadowfax]

Well, *I* think your stuff is worthy, Tal! Once I figure out how to reccomend other people's galleries I'll put yours up.

One thing that got me, I thought for sure that the one with Frodo and Sam would get more attention- everthing about it is better than Merry, whose horse's head is waaaay too small, I still cringe when I look at it.

[Talierin]

Yeah, find a book on html and you should be able to figure it out. :) It's rather like vB code on here.

[Shadowfax]

Oh, it's an html thing. *knows nothing about computers* Hey, I only learned that there was such a thing a couple months ago! I'm hopeless, just enough knowledge to plague others with my scribblings.

[Isenho]

Shadowfax i saw it on the mod's choice! how lucky! you got the last mod choice for 2002! lol

i might join elfwood AGAIN but the bad thing is that the have a limited size for the picture right? if it's too big, they decrease it?

liked that Sam and Frodo! again your shading of cloth is wicked

great job on the horses all! :D :D

[Talierin]

They don't decrease it for you, they tell you that it's too large and you can shrink it yourself with their resizing tool. If you try to submit a pic that's too large, they'll tell you and won't upload it.

[Isenho]

o! thanks Tal. ;)

[elvish-queen]

Wow, Shodowfax! Awsum.... really awsum.
Ok, since you are all so brilliant I'll post some un LotR related stuff. Otherwise I just look terrible.
This is the finished version of that ink horse-head

[elvish-queen]

Out of proportion, I know. I was just playing around and it looked kinda cool.

This is my best attempt at paints. Another horse, sigh! It's quite old, but I didn't want to post it here as it was unrelated.

[Shadowfax]

Oh, elvish, those are marvelous! I really do like the inked horse, i love that style, and the horse eye is nice and impressionistic, yet has all of the highlights and shadows. Great job!

[Isenho]

yeah cool.

for the eye of the horse, yeah there are some highligts but you really should do a strong highlight in the shape of a rectangle to give it "life" gj tho.

[Isenho]

seeing as everyone is doing horses, here's a cropped image of mine from my cover. its old tho

[Elven Tears]

Isenho, your drawing is amazing! i'd love to see the rest of it. elvish queen, your horse is really good! if you're just messing around i bet anything serious of yours is absolutely great. and your painting of the eye, what kind of paint is it? it's so cool.

[Isenho]

thanks elven tear well I posted it before but if you cannot find your way, here it is!

Done for high school magazine ;)Click Me! (http://images.deviantart.com/large/indyart/fantasy/2003_Montage_Cover.jpg)

[elvish-queen]

You people are about the only people (save my art teacher) who give good criticisms! Seriously!
I know the horse eye doesn't have much life, but I copied it from a mag so it's exactly like that pic, which was not very lively.
And the other horse is the first I've drawn without copying a picture or something, so that's why it's out of proportion!! (That's my excuse anyway!:p )

And finally I am working on something that isn't a horse!!:eek: Yay me!:D

EQ;)

[goofoofighter]

Wow, this thread really got active! It's good to see all these new faces (or maybe they're old, but they're quite new to me *lol*). I went rummaging through my old notebooks and things, because, let's face it, my room was getting to be quite a mess! ^^''
Well anyway, I found this old little notebook with a poem in it that I barely remember writing. And after reading it, I just couldn't believe that I did it. Now I want your opinion. I think I started it being something that I didn't mean for it to turn out to be, but it works well enough.
((there's a note written at the top that reminds me that it was a half-forced attempt))
'Sleepless'
Lond days pass,/nights fly by./And sometimes when/I watch the sky/I get the feeling.
The feeling that/I'm not alone,/the feeling of/the Earth's true tone./The beat of life.
And when the life/isn't mine,/I get the feeling-/A heart on the line./A prize has come.
But what has come/is easily lost,/That hearty fire/turned to frost./Do not be bitter!/Your foul winter/will create another./But when you've found/your inner summer/butterflies fly and/birds will flutter.
And just as you watched/clouds fly by,/in your heart the/wint'ry winds will quickly die.

Note: I can't tell if "prize" is really "price", so I took the best guess I could...

[goofoofighter]

This is a sketch I just finished today as a sort of conceptualization for a scratch-art project. Do you think it will work??


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[Eledhwen]

:cool:Good precision, gff, and the layout is very focused. Have you any more?

[elvish-queen]

Very good gff, both the poem and the sketch. I think (but don't take my word for it) that that's the first poem we have on here! I can't write like that, no matter how hard I try. I can never rhyme and still get a lovely meaning! Good work!:)

Oh, and Elven Tears the paint I use is gouache. It's expensive (but it was a present so I don't mind!), it comes in little tubes of colours, and I like the fact that it's easy to work with. You can also get it to look like watercolours if you put enough water in.

Now I'm all motivated I'll look for my best (and only ;) ) poem. it's a bit rubbish though but I'll see if I can find it!

:D EQ :D

[Isenho]

cool goofoofighter, tho the ring dosnt look that 3d'ish but it's fine, Good luck! :D

[goofoofighter]

ty Isenho, Eledhwen, elvish-queen.

No, I don't think I have any more pics, but maybe I can start working on some. Elvish-queen, I'm sure it'll be good! :)
Thanks for the support guys! ^^ I'll try hard and I'll post the scratch art when it's done and I get it back.

[Shadowfax]

Hey guys, I just found an awsome hobbit artist on "Elfwood". I love her style and use of colours. (sighs at own abysmally B&W collection)

http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/w/a/wad/wad.html

[elvish-queen]

Excitement!
I have just realised how to make rubbish art good! Stick it up on your wall, where it's going to irritate you. And after a week or so, when you finally realise it's going to carry on irritating you, you take it down and MAKE IT GOOD!!:eek:
*sigh* not that that applies to any of you....
:( I'm sad, I know.

[Isenho]

nice one elvish queen! :D

Anamatar cool grass. must have took some time eh?

thanks for the link shadowfax, she is good!

[Styx]

hey guys, im new to this forum stuff, i was just checking out some of your art work.. i have to say u guys are pretty good. i've always been interested in art and being lotr related makes it all that much more enjoyable. good work guys :)

[Shadowfax]

Well, on behalf of the Guild, thank you Styx, and welcome to TTF! We're a friendly bunch, as you can probably see from the posts. And don't be shy about posting art- the more the merrier, and there are only a few people that are active right now, and we need more!

[Styx]

thanks for the welcome :) i had a look at ur art gallery site shadowfax, awesome stuff.. and the gandalf Isenho has on his posts, top work, very realistic. i do have some stuff i could submit, but im afraid i havent the foggiest idea of how to post a pic here. :p lol

[Isenho]

thanks Styx. yeah this place is pretty cool, friendly indeed!

well about posting pictures, there are 2 ways, either attach it to a post from your hard drive (i dont like cuz they limit the size)

or go to a site, (IE: www.deviantart.com) and submit your art there and just give us the adress if your done!

:D

[Styx]

yea i was thinking it would be easier to attach it to here, but i think i was wrong in thinking that.. i do have a link already for a site http://styx.thedamned.ca/pictures/gandalf.html is a pic of gandalf i did, nothin special.. i like elven queens suggestion about hanging up ur work and letting it irrate u until u fix it, i will have to try that when i dont finish some of my pics, hang em up until i get sick of looking at an unfinished picture.. :D

[elvish-queen]

Hehehe, you mean that actually applies to somebody other than me???
Welcome Styx. And I reeaally like your Gandalf... The tone is much better than I can achieve and it's realistic. Well done!
Yay! another person on our Guild!!:D

[Styx]

thanks for the welcome :) yea that applies to me as well, i have a hard time finishing some of my pics because of the lack of time. with kids and family its hard to get anything done. hey whos ur guys fav tolkien artist?

[elvish-queen]

I can't say I know many... but I do like Ted Nasmith. I had his calender for last year, so now all of those paintings are posters in my room!

[Talierin]

Mine is Anke Eissmann. http://fan.theonering.net/rolozo/collection/eiszmann/

[Styx]

those pics are awesome from that link.. yea we got a tolkien calender for christmast this year, so when the year is done i expect to have 12 new framed pictures hanging all over the house, tho i dont know the name of the artist at the moment. i've always liked the hildebrandt brothers for their depictions of lotr. although, i came upon this one on theonering.net http://fan.theonering.net/art/gallery/large/785 was kinda amazed at that one.

[Talierin]

dang.... that's all I have to say about that pic... :eek:

This is my favorite Eissmann pic: http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/a/n/anke/faramir_drawing_elf.jpg.html

[Isenho]

wow, those artists are pretty good

i love John Howe and Alan Lee, for nature, it's GOTTA be Ted Nasmith.

The Hildebrant's always tend to do their paintings as a side view, very medeival like. Also, i love how they "border" their art with leaves and trees.

[Isenho]

woa all, new found artist here! he's wonderful!

check it out (some aren't LotR)
i love this guy's Helm's Deep version and Rivendell
HERE! (http://www.burstnet.com/cgi-bin/ads/ad9189a.cgi/1486/RETURN-CODE)

or here for a bunch of artist's work
here (http://www.epilogue.net/art/features/lotr_gallery.html)

:p

[Shadowfax]

My fav Tolkien Artists are Ted Nasmith (got his calendar for christmas) and John Howe. I'm not too into the immpressionistic and gloomy stuff like Alan Lee or Ms. Eismann- I love color (says the girl who can only do graphite) But hey, different strokes for different folks! Especially when it comes to art.

[Isenho]

diffrent strokes for diffrent folks! beautiiful! :D

o yeah, maybe a little suggestion, if ever you have something good to post, the person should probaly create a new thread dedicated just to that artwork, it's getting pretty hard to find art posted by people on this thread, you catch my drift? ;)

[smeagol444]

can i please join??

talierin told me about the guild as i'm only new here
ilove to draw and sketch. mainly people and faces but even
more faeries and other magical beings! (don't think i'm weird or anything)
i'm only 13,female and i live in australia. Can i please join?

smeagol

[elvish-queen]

Smeagol, I don't think you really have to 'join' as such, just post your art and we're happy!!:)

Oh, Isenho, you mean like your Deviantart link?? I have no idea how to get one, and I don't even really think I deserve one!!:p

I have a few things to post, but I can't seem to get their file size small enough to post!!! Frustration is.......
So then, Isenho, about those sites????
:(

[Isenho]

well i mean creating a new thread just for one picture that you really want to share with the others, elvish queen

you want to join
Deviant Art (www.deviantart.com) ? cool! its easy, and the size can be as big as you want! ;)

[Shiprah]

Hey this is cool! Can I join also? I really like to draw!

[Isenho]

yeah just post some sample works of yours! :D

[elvish-queen]

Welcome Shiprah!
Yay! more artists.
Yeah, Isenho, I've tried to get into elfwood but it's taking ages, so I'll try Deviantart.
Will post if I ever get anything....!

[Styx]

hey guys :) heres my pic of frodo, if u guys didnt see it before when i posted the link to gandalf.. http://styx.thedamned.ca/pictures/frodo.html
it doesnt look like him very much, but thats alrite...
i also have sort of a neat little wallpaper i did on there for lotr
http://styx.thedamned.ca/pictures/wallpaper.html
:p

[goofoofighter]

Welcome all new artists! My scratch art is almost done. @.@ I've been scratching so much that I'm litterally scratching in my sleep. I can't even close my eyes without scratching! it's nuts! *lol* But it looks great so far.

I hope to see some of your works soon Smeagol, and more of yours Styx. ^^

[Isenho]

cool! your scratching on what surface?

[elvish-queen]

AAArg!
Do any of you know of a different gallery like Elfwood or Deviantart?? I can't seem to open Elfwood, and Deviantart won't let me login unless I disconnect my Norton Firewall, which I'm not allowed to do.
*Very frustrated!!*:(

[Isenho]

o i do! but this is hard to get your artwork approved! it's a pretty respected and popular site. Epilogue (http://www.epilogue.net)

cheers! im on it also

[goofoofighter]

The picture is scratched on a black scratchboard with the gold underneath. I have it all done but it scanned like **** here, when I get the chance, I'll try the other scanner...

[elvish-queen]

Thanx, Isenho. What's your username on it?? I tried your link but it didn't work.
BTW, check out Indigo Wake's gallery. She draws beautiful unicorns (I wish I didn't have such a one tracked mind!!)
Looking forward to seeing your scratching, GFF. Sounds great!

[Isenho]

thanks elvish queen, now it might work!

o yeah, Indigo's work is great! and she's only 19, thanks for telling me her!

[elvish-queen]

Very good Isenho. My gallery should be up soon... just waiting for the pics to go through. My best pic ever is in there.... so waiting! I guess you could call it my "elf" portrait. (it's off a photo of me... pun intended. Groan!!):rolleyes:

[Isenho]

LOL lol LOL :p good one

[greypilgrim]

Hi. This is my first post here. I like all your artwork, and was wondering if anyone has a drawing of the Company of the Ring (minus Gandalf) all blindfolded and led by the elves. I think it would be a cool picture, and I haven't seen one ever like that. Even at night-time they slept blindfold, and that would look strange.
Just a guess, I am not an artist and wish I had the talent.

[goofoofighter]

greypilgrim, you are very welcome to be here. And as for talent, it is learnable. I could try the drawing you want to see, but be warned - I am not very good at humanoids... But yeah, it would be interesting to see. They show some sort of blindfolded travel somewhere, I don't remember if they have any in the FOTR extended version, but I'm almost positive there's some in TTT.

Scanning will not work with my scratch pic, but I found a digital camera to use. The flash seemed to give the picture a new life and fire to it, it looks pretty cool in the preview. I'll get it up ASAP for ya'll. :)

I wish I could see these sites you people talk about, but at home I usually don't get enough time on my slow compu, and I'm pretty sure that at school here it's blocked.

[elvish-queen]

I bet Isenho or Shadowfax or GFF could do the pic ur talking of, greypilgrim. They're excellent!
As for me, I'm really just playing around at the moment. I guess I'm being lazy, but I'm just painting semi-realistic things, semi-realistically!

GFF - You've got us all in suspense!! Can't wait to see ur stuff!

Isenho - did you find it took ages to get your epilogue gallery up?? My pics were submitted 4 days ago, and I've only just got confirmation of being a part of epilogue! Will I ever have a gallery???:(

[Isenho]

thanks but im way too busy with other art porjects now! got to pass on this.. ;)

well i found it quite fast! my pictures were approved in 1 day or less! but dont worry, they will check your work, if not (about a week's time) delete the submitted ones and re-submit

:D

and, you paint?

[Talierin]

New art! (ok, not really new, just changed)

[goofoofighter]

Does anyone know how to shrink an animation without stopping it's movements??

[Styx]

what format is the animation in?

[elvish-queen]

Tal - very good! I really like your way of putting your artwork over a poem, it makes it interesting.

Isenho - although it is hard to believe, I do occasionally paint. I quite enjoy it, it's just that I'm *cough* not very good *cough* (understatement of the century!):(

But hey, practice makes perfect. No, scratch that, only perfect practice makes perfect!
Common, ppl, post some artwork!! We haven't seen some for ages save Tal's. GFF? I need to see!;)

[Isenho]

lol aye cool

Talierin nice profile, its indeed really neat and a pleasure to view. woo!

[Anamatar IV]

*grinds* I made this with Photoshop. I made it as an avatar for Nenya but I *really* like this.:D

[goofoofighter]

That is cool!

BTW, the animation is a .gif file. I wonder if I were to upload it that maybe someone could size it for me? (also considering it's in my school folder and the semester is almost done, so I will most likely lose the animation)

[elvish-queen]

Very cool Anamatar!
:)

[Styx]

resize the dimensions of the .gif animation? its pretty easy depending on the program you use. upload it, i can have a look at resizing for you if you would like :)

[Anamatar IV]

I wouldn't mind having it resized...I just made it 64 by 64 so Nenya could use it as an avatar;)

[Isenho]

coo cool.

alright Listen!

whenever you have a good artwork that you want to share, it would be better if you created a new THREAD for that artwork. eh! :D

[Shadowfax]

Or we could each make a thread for one artists work, and then announce updates on this thread.

[Isenho]

yeah even better! but the down part about that is that some of the art that you posted might get lose in all the replies and etc. i dunno. let the people decide!:D

[goofoofighter]

I agree about having a seperate thread for each artist/all pictures. It would be very good, because it is hard to find pictures in the bunches of replies. :p



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[Talierin]

I think it's a great idea! So, if everyone could delete the attachments on this thread (just the ones uploaded to the board, the link kind are fine), and then make a thread for their art, it'd be groovy.

[Isenho]

so be it. lol, alright!

[elvish-queen]

Good idea.
GFF, where did you get that horse, or did you make it?? Nice! (Here i go again... tell me why I adore horses so much!?)

[Isenho]

maybe because they are graceful, shows nobility, and fun to draw!

[goofoofighter]

I found it on some other site, I have the address on a document at school, but not on me now. I'll just save it to a disk and put it on my computer when our A and D drives get fixed (neither work at the moment).

Horses are indeed sooooo beautiful, I've been drawing them since I was three, I swear. But once again I wish I could draw them more realistically, but everything I draw ends up sort of cartoon-ish. Is there a way I can change that?

[Shadowfax]

Well, unless you have acess to real horses, I would recomend going to your local toystore and getting several "Breyer" model horses. All of the Breyer models are accurate and have been made by premier equestrian sculptors. Because the 'tradidtionals' (big ones) are really expensive (about $30 US) I usually get the 'stablemates' size- they are small and come in gift packs, I've seen them five for ten dollars, but the price may have gone up.

Also, go to a University book store and get an equine anatomy manual for vetrinary students. That's what I have done lately, and it's helped immensely.

I generally steer clear of "How to Draw" books, as they generally only give you a limited repertoire of poses, and the anatomy books really help understanding of how the muscles work and interact with the bones.

But remember- the model horses HAVE to be Breyer...as a model horse conossiuer (read: horse crazy girl who used them as equine substitutes for many years) I know that they are the best for acuracy- no Barbie models, please! I hope this helps some.

[elvish-queen]

Yeah, Breyer models are just beautiful. But they aren't sold here in South Africa... I've only seen them on catalogues!:( But I have probably about 50 toy horses, none brilliant but I loved them.

Yes, horses are extremely noble, but can be sooo stubborn! Tried to do a utility class at my show today, and, well, Moz just was not impressed. If my mark was changed to a percentage I think I would've got 20%. But yet I love him to bits.... I wonder about myself sometimes!!:rolleyes:
Well, keep arting!

[Isenho]

woa it appears that you OWN a horse! cool!

[Shadowfax]

I *did* own a horse (I've ridden since 2nd grade) but I finally realised that it was time to sell her when I was looking through my vid library of film of me on her, and it struck me that about 95% of the footage was of me clinging to her back as she cavorted about the ring. Oh, and it was always accompanied by my mother's insightful narrative "Starlet's feeling a bit frisky today... "

[Shadowfax]

Hey Tal- I was just wondering if your elfwood gallery was down- I can't access the site at all.

Also- I've just posted a thread for my art- go see a new piece, it's of Merry and Pippin's meeting after Merry slew the Witchking.

[Isenho]

yeah elfwood is down

cool shadowfax!

[Lossen Vana]

I will join. I'm an artist :)

[elvish-queen]

Yeah, I've got 2 horses *hugs my horses!*. The reason I have 2 is that I was really sick last year (you don't want to know!) and my parents bought me this sweet animal. He has the best nature. Then I found out I was inheriting some money *yay uncle!* and this amazing horse came along, and, well, I took a loan from my parents! I'm busy drawing them both at the moment.:)
You can have no idea how much I love them!

[Isenho]

ah welcome lossen, i guess your in, i dont even know who the heck is running this guild! maybe we should get some nominees up...

and dang elvish queen, your lucky for having horses. and it's great to draw them, its great to draw from real life. good practice indeed!

[Shadowfax]

I suppose it would help if any of us knew how *other* guilds were run... I sure don't.

[Isenho]

we can ask the fellow board members!

[elvish-queen]

Well, in the guild of elves there are ranks. And I think a lot of them do rpg's, at least the g of elves does. But neither of these really fit into art, do they? I mean, we could have ranks, but there isn't much of a point and it would be *so* *unfair* to have me ranked lowest!!!
I think the guild is functioning fine!!!:)

[Isenho]

yeah were good, no need to get so competitive right now, were friendly :D

[leggysnow]

Hello everyone! I'm new here... I recently did an Eowyn picture (Miranda Otto based) for a friend who needed some cheering up, and I'm rather pleased with it... came out alright. I realize that I could have made some things better, but by the time that I got that far- I couldn't easily change things. So... my sister really enjoyed it and suggested that I post it somewhere; we've been looking for a good site to post art, and this one looks promising.

What I really want is for my stuff to get out there for people to see. I'd love reviews, from any of you- criticism is fine, I'm pretty confident so don't worry about being too "harsh".

Do any of you know a site where I can upload pictures onto an individual webpage? I usually use boomspeed, but I haven't been able to get it working for months now, and I tried attaching this picture that I did (see beginning of post :D ) but even though it's saved as a .jpg it's apparently too big... hmmm.

Any help would be appreciated- I'm not the most computer savvy person.

[leggysnow]

OOH wait! My sister and I found a way! Mwahahaha.

There are TWO pictures- they're the same... but... the first time that I uploaded it, it was the wrong size. So "Eowyn Again" (lol) is the larger copy. You can look at either one, of course. I just think it looks better bigger. :D

[leggysnow]

ok... well here's the link! (LOL i forgot to POST it the first time... doh!)

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=1611827&uid=885588

[elvish-queen]

Very good, leggysnow, I like it!
Isenho, yeah, I agree!

[Shadowfax]

Greetings and Salutations, Leggysnow! I can see you're going to be a wonderful addition to our humble 'guild'. As for places to post, you could go on elfwood http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/elfwood.html (both talerin and I have gallerys- follow the link in my sig to see mine, leave a comment *hint, hint* ;)) or Epilogue (talk to Isenho about it, I tried to figure it out today, but I found the format confusing) Also deviant art, Isenho has a buncha stuff on there. But again, I found the format confusing. (That doesn't mean anything, I find alot of things confusing. Like how to run the blender, for example)

[Talierin]

Yeah, Elfwood's great *hint hint check out my gallery, link's in my sig*

I did get a gallery at deviant, but that site is *really* slow for me, so I'm prolly not going to do anything with it.

[Shadowfax]

Heeheehee...something funny just happened- i managed to join Epilogue (I know I'm not good enough, but if I manage to get domething published it's a good bench mark) and my Frodo/Sam/gollum pic got a rejection because 'the feet are not in proportion' I nearly wet myself laughing when I read that. I know the heads aren't in proportion, etc, and that it isn't good enough, but shouldn't a mod for a fantasy site know what a hobbit is?

I also wonder just how much time they spend on it- an example, I just submitted the Minas Tirith pic- again, not good wnough quality, but I wanted to see what was wrong with it, and I had another browser window open to "submission status" after my pic was finished uploading I IMMEDIATELY refreshed the submission status window- we're talking several seconds here- and the pic already had a rejection. Just how many poor souls are chained to their computers to check pictures at such a fast rate? :) Do you know how big it is, Isenho?

[Isenho]

well shadowfax! i know that the people who check out work are actually actual members on the site, IE james brown is a moderator and he has his gallery there and as do many, and I would say its REALLY big because i too had mine accepted/rejected in a matter of seconds. freaky!

yeah dont worry if your gets rejected, my Freedom got rejected first! they said the anatomy was off, so i made the picture smaller so it's harder to know there was anatomy error. got accepted on second try! hee hee

[TheFool]

Hi people, this is my second visit as I suddenly found some inspiration from somewhere :) - finished this today.

This pic (like my other one) doesn't scan well either.... on paper it's about the same sixe as a computer screen, but all my detail has disappeared :(

btw the black 'spike' right at the top was a small scribble... I tried to 'hide' it but it just got worse! :D

TF.

[Isenho]

cool. pen and ink is hard and you did a pretty good job fool. cool cool

[Shadowfax]

Originally posted by Isenho
my Freedom got rejected first! they said the anatomy was off, so i made the picture smaller so it's harder to know there was anatomy error. got accepted on second try! hee hee

Heehee, sneaky sneaky!

[TheFool]

thanks Isenho!

I'm puzzled why, a scanned b&w picture (jpg) ends up much larger in file size than, eg a full-screen colour wallpaper pic (also a jpg)...? anyone?

[Lantalasse]

hi everyone,
i'm new to the forum and i was wondering if i could join the guild, i'm definetely not good at painting of any kind but i write poetry and take photographs, and i am interested in art in general- would it be ok to join?

[Shadowfax]

Of course you can! When ever you want to post something creative, just start a new thread in the Guild of Artists forum entitled "Lantalasse's Art Gallery" or something like that. Poetry and Photos are always welcome. I hope you have a great time in the guild!

[vctrstigma9]

Hi, I'm new here and would love to join your guild, I hope to take an active part here and would love to see some group projects to work on art perhaps an art jam? Feel free to PM anytime. If someone would also be so kind as to let me know if there's any etiquet I'm breaking. Well I'll be posting some sketches up soon so any C&C would be great!

[Isenho]

hey man! well I'm not sure if you can actually call this a guild. no one runs it, its more like a place to chill. lol

[Halla Macar]

Hullo!
I was wondering if i could join, i draw maps and one day i would love to be a cartographer. I think that drawing maps is art, but thats cool if it isn't.
thanks

[vctrstigma9]

well, I would certainly call Map makers an art if not an rare one I would love to see some of your work, feel free to pm me

[Shadowfax]

Oh, mapmaking is wonderful! my mother is actually a cartographer (but she just does boring ones on computers) I love looking at old maps, especially the ones with pictures in the margins.

[Isenho]

have you seen John Howe's map of ME?!!!! its great.

i guess anyone who wants to join just has to post artwork. right?

[Halla Macar]

cool, i just have to get some of my maps on the comp then i will post them.:D

[Shadowfax]

Hey all, just a quick question, does anyone know how one goes about getting a REALLY BIG piece of art onto a computer? I'm talking like 2' by 3'. How do they scan the classics for art books, etc?

[Talierin]

You have to scan it in pieces and then stick them together in Photoshop or another image program. It's a pain.

[Isenho]

digital camera! DIGITAL CAMERAS!!!!! :D

cuz how do you scan a wall or a ceiling? and how do you fit a 32' by 50' of michangelo's painting into an office to scan it? lol

i so want a digital camera...

[Halla Macar]

thats what i am going to do for my maps

[Isenho]

i did Talierin's way of scanning large pictures and "stiching" them together using PS6, its tedious. yes

[elfgirl]

Hey, I would like to join. I am an artist in many ways. I can do a great picture when I'm inspired, I write poetry, play about 6 or 7 different instruments, sing, dance, do drama, write, etc. um... I don't know if anybody applied for it yet, because I don't really wanna spend 30 minutes looking over 32 pages of posts, yet I'm a great person to consult with. I think I could settle alot of arguements, and be of moral support, so, if nobody has applied for it, could I be the Creative Rights Manager?

[leggysnow]

six or seven instruments? that's impressive! what instruments do you play? i've been playing the flute for quite a few years myself, but that's about it... :)

[leggysnow]

I have a qvestion...

...how do you get a picture under your name? I'm not good with these html thingy mergingys... help? lol

[Talierin]

You need 100 posts first, and when you get those, go to User CP on the row of buttons at the top of the board, then click on Edit Options, and the avatar thingy is at the bottom of that.

[elfgirl]

leggysnow,
I play the Flute, the Harmonica, the Keyboard/Piano, the Ukilaile, the Recorder, the Drums, the Xylophone, and the Oceana. A few you might not be familiar with, but I'm sure you can play the Keyboard and the Xylophone if you have been playing the flute for a few years. :counts quickly: It's eight instruments. Huh. :cool:

[Isenho]

elf girl pretty cool. hehe! well, i guess anyone that wishes to join, just joins! no special form or ritual. heh

[Shadowfax]

Yup. We don't really have any hierarchy here- just start a thread with the subject being "Your Name's art gallery" or something like that, and then post your art on it, then people can comment. Don't be shy- we're a friendly bunch! :)

[leggysnow]

yeah, i can pick out a tune on the piano.... :p used to play the recorder quite well though- then i switched to flute. been playing for... 8 years now? yup. think that's right. something like that. fun fun.

*sigh* i've been dying to get outside and do some watercolor stuff, but it's... 4 degrees out right now. wait- no. -9 with windchill.

So i'll pass.

:D

i'm a bit jealous though- my best friend is going to hawaii next week- i've ordered her to take mass pictures so that i can work from some of them... hehehe!

[Galdor]

Hey, could anyone tell me who the guild leader is? Thanks.

[Shadowfax]

There's no leader- we're pretty much a self governing society- heh, heh. Ummm, why do you ask?

[Galdor]

I am putting together a "Guilds guide for new members." And so I need to know who the guild leader of each guild is.

[Shadowfax]

Well, you could just say 'for more information, post a message on the "Guild of Artists- Join Me!" thread- the members there will be happy to answer all of your questions." Or something like that. Or not. Or whatever. :)

[elvish-queen]

Hi all.

Well, I haven't been on here for a while!
Happy valentines day to all for yesterday. :p
Artwork lately? Zilch, none. Ok, I've done a bit but it's rubbish. And then there's the school rubbish which is worse than usual rubbish cuz the art teacher hates me. :( she really does and I don't know why!
Well, everyone, the artwork is lovely. Hopefully I'll be able to post some of my own but unlikely.

[elfgirl]

Um... I thought the leader was Adeilya!!! I mean, if you look at the beginings of these threads, it seems that way. Also, I might post a song on her, sometime. I doubt it, though. I'm very shy about stuff like that. It's more likely that I'll post poetry, or writing...

[Shadowfax]

Adielya isn't on TTF anymore. She never really posted anything

And WELCOME BACK ELVISH_QUEEN! I was wondering where you'd gotten to! Glad to see your little trotting brown horse again!

[Ithrynluin]

That looks awesome Nóm! We want more!;)

[elvish-queen]

Thanks Shadowfax. I've just been so busy with my horses. I wish you could see them, they are poetry in motion (except when my baby popped his stifle today and I got such a fright cuz I didn't know it could even happen! But obviously he's fine now)
Yeah, I have 2 horses to ride and to keep in competing order, so artwork is non existant. Starting a painting of me and my bro soon, so if it's decent I'll show you.
Nom, fantastic!

Seeya

[HobbitFeet]

Allo! I'm pretty new here, but I think I'll post some of my piccies as soon as I can find a decent, non-broken scanner. Anything I should know before posting them???

[Shadowfax]

Hi HobbitFeet! Welcome to the guild. The basic rules are:

1.any form or subject can be posted, art doesn't have to be Tolkien related
2. please keep with the forum rules about the level of 'adultness' of the art, this is an all ages forum
3. Start a new thread for your art gallery, and name it something like, "HobbitFeet's Gallery"
4.Be nice
5. have fun!

[HobbitFeet]

Thanks, Shadowfax! I'll be sure to remember those.;) :D

[spirit]

cool place to have a secret place. really nice and relaxing...

[Wonko The Sane]

Eledhwen...that's GORGEOUS!!!

[goofoofighter]

Wow... I did a watercolor of a juvinile crane in art class, and there is no way it was that good... whoa...
I think I'll stick to my scratch arts

[ElvishHellion]

Can i join???

[Shadowfax]

well, just make a new thread in the Guild, and put your name somewhere in the title, and post art to it: it's that easy! :)

[Wonko The Sane]

I love scratch art! Have you posted anything new?

[HobbitFeet]

Ugh...I really need a scanner...

[Rhiannon]

Ta-da! I'm here!

[Wonko The Sane]

:)
Great! Now post a thread and post your art!!! :)

[Rhiannon]

Ta-da! I did!

And I love yours!

[Wonko The Sane]

Yay! Thank you!!!

And welcome, HobbitFeet. You remind me of my ex-bf. :rolleyes:

[HobbitFeet]

Really? Too bad I'm a girl.:p

[Wonko The Sane]

Well...not your personality or anything...just your username...

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[syongstar]

check out;

http://www.geocities.com/shst777/forceflow.html

[Wonko The Sane]

Those are beautiful!
Did you do those?!

[spirit]

NICE!! i like the background. the srars are pretty.

[Wonko The Sane]

Did Nòm just post here and then delete her post?

[VioletFalcon129]

is this where you join the artists giuld???or are you just talking here now? i want to join. can i join?

Raen