Middle-earth Journeys

Posted: **Thu May 10, 2007 12:19 am**

First pass...

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Posted: **Thu May 10, 2007 4:24 am**

This is lovely Riv! I can just hear the ocean... I love the colors of the waves and foam!

Posted: **Thu May 10, 2007 4:30 am**

Thanks Airwin. I am not happy with the ship though. Doesn't look Elvish to me.

Needs some work.

Posted: **Thu May 10, 2007 4:59 am**

Terrific choice of poetry, RR, and this illustration is different from the rest in that it is not botanical. But it's a great concept--I like the emphasis on the west in the compass. I suppose I think of elvish ships as light in color and 'swan-ish', like our logo!

Posted: **Thu May 10, 2007 12:06 pm**

The colours are lovely, Riv, and you've captured the atmosphere of the sea wonderully. Personally I like the ship, but if you want it to look more Elvish you could make it white and gold? that would fit with your colour scheme . . .

Posted: **Thu May 10, 2007 8:07 pm**

Lovely colours - I like the 'wet on wet' in the sea, blending all the shades.

I see what you mean about the ship, the back gives it a slight Spanish galleon look, and they were very chunky and heavy in the water. But drawing a new kind of ship that works is far from easy, it took the LOTR film artists a long time to get it right.

Posted: **Fri May 11, 2007 3:10 am**

I tried changing the ship a bit...

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Posted: **Fri May 11, 2007 4:31 am**

The gray is better--an elvish color, the color of twilight!

Posted: **Fri May 11, 2007 9:28 am**

yes, and I like the more green effect of the waves at the bottom border, too . . . and the way the star has become more delicate!!

Posted: **Fri May 11, 2007 4:26 pm**

I agree on the improvements. Practice makes perfect!

Posted: **Sat May 12, 2007 3:00 pm**

Love it

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Posted: **Mon May 14, 2007 2:43 pm**

Riv, such lovely paintings for me to enjoy now that I'm back from a week away at a conference! I also like the second attempt better, with the gray ship and more green in the color of the ocean waves. Am I correct that you are depicting the back of the ship as it sails away into the West? Very evocative!

Posted: **Sat May 19, 2007 10:33 pm**

I like the second attept as well but I wonder (ok slap me for being a pain) should the sails not be white? I'm not sure if the color scheme will wash out but it is just a thought.

Posted: **Sat May 19, 2007 11:30 pm**

They should at least probably be lighter.

Posted: **Sat May 19, 2007 11:31 pm**

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