LOTR LITHOGRAPHS- PREVIEW OF TTT by Jerry VanderStelt

[Fritz]

Great start Jerry!

 

[tomandshell]

This looks incredible--really top notch work. Thanks for the preview!

 

[Dutchart]

Thank you!

Glad you like it.

JV

 

[Darth Loki]

If I had to nitpick anything, I would say switch Shadowfax and Helm's Deep. The Helm's Deep scene is the climax of the entire movie and deserves to be in the top/center.

But I don't know **** about art and think this looks fantastic anyway.

 

[Dutchart]

Hi Loki.

Actually, yes, HD is the climax of the film, but it is not central as far thematic value goes. That is where Rohan and it's history in general sort of "take over". The best language to borrow on an iconic level is the horse; in this case Shadowfax.

This is my reason for putting Shadowfax in this centralized location. Besides, Shadowfax and his history points to a richer and much deeper theme than simply Helm's Deep, important though it is. It is no wonder the people of Rohan love the horse: If I remember correctly,Shadowfax originally came from over the sea and was a gift from the Lords of the West, whose father knew the speech of men.

JV

 

[Captain Faramir]

Hi Loki.

Actually, yes, HD is the climax of the film, but it is not central as far thematic value goes. That is where Rohan and it's history in general sort of "take over". The best language to borrow on an iconic level is the horse; in this case Shadowfax.

This is my reason for putting Shadowfax in this centralized location. Besides, Shadowfax and his history points to a richer and much deeper theme than simply Helm's Deep, important though it is. It is no wonder the people of Rohan love the horse: If I remember correctly,Shadowfax originally came from over the sea and was a gift from the Lords of the West, whose father knew the speech of men.

JV

More or less; Shadowfax is a descendant of that line of horses which reached way back into the First Age; he was in fact the last. His sire a few generations back was the horse of Eorl, who was the horse the Rohirrim believed knew the speech of men. Shadowfax, like the Elves, was indeed a remnant of a former beauty whose time was closing at the end of that, the Third Age.

 

[Darth Loki]

Hi Loki.

Actually, yes, HD is the climax of the film, but it is not central as far thematic value goes. That is where Rohan and it's history in general sort of "take over". The best language to borrow on an iconic level is the horse; in this case Shadowfax.

This is my reason for putting Shadowfax in this centralized location. Besides, Shadowfax and his history points to a richer and much deeper theme than simply Helm's Deep, important though it is. It is no wonder the people of Rohan love the horse: If I remember correctly,Shadowfax originally came from over the sea and was a gift from the Lords of the West, whose father knew the speech of men.

JV

I know exactly where you're coming from. I didn't really appreciate Shadowfax until I read the books. And then I was a little disappointed that they didn't go into more detail about the horse and what it symbolized.

 

[The Ringer]

This thing looks amazing. I must control myself not to start buying art now.