The Trolls is the second piece in my series of sketches depicting scenes from J.R.R. Tolkien’s: The Hobbit. This piece recreates an original artwork in which J.R.R. Tolkien himself drew Mr. Bilbo’s tale encounter with the trolls. While no replica, the idea for this piece clearly mimics that of Tolkien’s. One of my favorite tales from the book, I just couldn’t resist.
This sketch is the second sketch in my sketch book, and it is also the second version I have drawn. The original was drawn in July of 2014, and was gifted to someone. While drawn on a piece of printer paper using only one pencil, the original version was the first thing I had drawn in fifteen years.
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This is wondrous! It looks so realistic. 😀 What materials do you use? It looks like pencil.
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Thank you for the warm compliment! I used a range of pencils with leads as hard as 5H to B, no charcoals. Just good old fashioned paper and pencil 🙂
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Whoa. o.o Looks so awesome!
You’re welcome.
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LOVE the smoke from the fire.
And the troll creepy-ness of course.
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Thank you Paulah! The smoke is my favorite part too. The campfire almost has this mysterious feel, especially with the trolls looming in the darkness.
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Taken from the first thing you’d drawn in 15 years?? Oh my, talk about a buried talent! I’m so glad you’re creating art again!
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Hi Rachel, thank you for the compliments! It has been too long, I feel like I’m coming back to life again.
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It’s beautiful!
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