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Submitted: September 27, 2012
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Gandalf and the Balrogby ~gonzalokenny

Fan Art / Digital Art / Painting & Airbrushing / Books & Novels

"You shall not pass"
I wanted to share with you my vision from the Lord of the Rings!
Hope you like it!

Edit:
OMG!!! I've got another DD!!!
I had no idea! I was on vacations!
Thanks to all who are responsible for this DD
(PutYourBraveFaceOn and KasumiCR)
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Quería compartirles mi visión sobre este pasaje de la trilogía "El señor de los Anillos" de J.R.R. Tolkien.
Espero que les guste, saludos!

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Given 2012-10-20

Gandalf and the Balrog by *gonzalokenny ( Suggested by *PutYourBraveFaceOn and Featured by ^KasumiCR )

Critique by ~not-klayman Oct 21, 2012, 1:20:35 PM

This detailed and nicely colored drawing has, however, a conceptual flaw: Gandalf stays too close to the beginning of the Bridge. As you remember, Gandalf's tactics was to lure Balrog onto the bridge, and then break the bridge so that Balrog would fall down. If Gandalf was staying as close to the beginning as this drawing depicts, Balrog would have no space to *step* on the Bridge, and the battle would never end as it ended in the book.

P.S. By the way, the Balrog's head here closely resembles the head of Diablo in the Diablo RPGs. At least, it does for me.

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Critique by ~leseraphin Oct 20, 2012, 4:41:05 PM

Here we have a classic scene from the LOFR, Gandalf holding up the Bridge of Khazad Dûm against the Balrog. The colors are perfectly chosen and it shows a perfect understanding of the mechanics of color. The technique is flawless, the anatomy is right, the perspective is good, as is the scaling of the characters. Still, the scene doesn't have the impact your talent deserves because of the angle of view chosen. I assume you wanted to show the wrath of the Balrog, so I think you should have lowered the camera close to the ground to emphazise the scene, or maybe tilted the horizon line to add some dynamic to the scene. I hope you find this critique fair and helpful.