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an illustration for my mom!  I burned out on hour 12 so I’m not 100% happy with it but it’s also the most detailed environment I’ve ever attempted!

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) dir. Peter Jackson

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The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udn! Go back to the Shadow! The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)dir. Peter Jackson

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I don’t know why I took you in after your mother and father died, but it wasn’t out of charity. I think it was because, of all my numerous relations, you were the one that showed real… spirit.

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Tell me, Mellon, when did we let evil become stronger than us?

Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG dir. Peter Jackson

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For the time will soon come when Hobbits will shape the fortunes of all.

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“You’ll have a tale or two to tell of your own when you come back.”

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, dir. Peter Jackson (2014)

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But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made. Deep in the land of Mordor, in the Fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged a master ring, and into this ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One ring to rule them all.

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‘Believe not that in the land of Gondor the blood of Númenor is spent, nor all its pride and dignity forgotten.’

JRR Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring

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We cross the lake at nightfall. Hide the boats and continue on foot. We approach Mordor from the north.

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“We are sons of Durin, and Durin’s Folk, do not flee from a fight…”

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The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it.

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Don’t you leave him. And I don’t mean to.

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LOTR + female characters (requested by @willwriteforruns)

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Happy New Year (2020).

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“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”

David Wenham as Faramir in Lord of The Rings