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"Then Túrin sprang about, and strode against him, and fire was in his eyes, and the edges of Gurthang shone as with flame. But Glaurung withheld his blast, and opened wide his serpent eyes and gazed upon Túrin. Without fear Túrin looked into those eyes as he raised up his sword; and straightaway he fell under the dreadful spell of the dragon, and was as one turned to stone. Thus long they stood unmoving, silent before the great Doors of Felagund."

From "The Children of Húrin" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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:iconethalenskye: and me decided Ted Nasmiths' famous rendering of this scene in The Silmarillion wasn't dramtic enough, so we sort of challenged each other to make our own take on this one. So, David, here it is, my humble take on the Fall of Nargothrond! Man this one took a year off my life :D. Learned a lot doing this one, probably would do a completely different one if I were to start again.

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Made the original at a size of nearly 12000 pixels... Hey! Dragons take up a lot of space...

I guess we can debate about the accuracy of things portayed here. 'Doors' of Felagund in stead of just one. The text can be a bit contradictory, or open to interpretation. Maybe Glaurung should be bigger... I don't know. But I would love to hear/see your takes on this subject.

I am satisfied for now, on to the next one :)

::EDIT::
Changed Túrins face and Glaurungs leg, better this way. This is it, no more edits ;)
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~Igor-Son-Of-Gondor Sep 5, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Bro, this is by far the best depiction of this scene i have ever seen. this belongs in the ilustrated book or something :O
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*woutart Sep 5, 2012
Thanks son of Gondor! That's good to hear :) Glad you enjoyed it.
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~MirandaPavelle May 10, 2012  Professional General Artist
i think i like your older dragons better than your new ones.
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*woutart May 10, 2012
:lol: The newer ones were more child orientated I think, if I catch your drift. Time I make a mean looking one again ;)
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~MirandaPavelle May 11, 2012  Professional General Artist
perhaps not mean. you could do a large, old dragon sitting in an abandoned jungle temple (since you do forest so nicely) reading scrolls and teaching a human or some other young thing how to write.
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*woutart May 11, 2012
hmm, that's quite an imaginative scene. Just made a quick sketch :D
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~MirandaPavelle May 12, 2012  Professional General Artist
really? That quickly? I never have time for that :XD: Well, not until summer comes. Too many AP Tests. If it's up, I'll go look.
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*woutart May 13, 2012
Good luck on the AP tests! And yes, I scribble all the time. Once in a while somebody says something like that top me and it turns into an illustration :D I have many ideas of myself, but I love to be inspired!
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~MirandaPavelle May 16, 2012  Professional General Artist
finally done with all the tests... great, now there are finals :XD: well, I will start drawing come end of school (14 more school days, dear me)
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*woutart May 17, 2012
Finals! Good luck on those too! 14 days aint so bad, hang in there ;)
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