Just saw this up on Youtube, its a remix of chords and vocal samples from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, creating a pretty catchy little dance mix.
Mixed by Pogo, it is titled Murmurs of Middle Earth.
It has been announced that Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, and most importantly Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf will all bt returning to Middle Earth for the upcoming Hobbit films. I am unsure how I feel about all these cameos in the films, but as long as it is done well, I think it could work. Hugo Weaving has not been confirmed as Elrond yet though. In other news David Tenant of Dr. Who fame is being rumored to be Thranduil the Elven King. That could be pretty neat.
For the Full Hobbit cast, visit the one ring.net by clicking here.
So I have been planning this piece for about 4 years… at least. I finally felt ready for it, finally felt like my talent had reached a point where I could attempt this and do it well. I have decided to document the development of this piece, and do a “daily digest,” where I take a photo at the end of a long day of working on the piece. This allows me to show its development to you, but it also allows me to get feedback from you, suggestions, critiques. I also think this is a really cool approach to sharing my art with people. Not just as a single piece, but as a growing and evolving work of art. This first post is all the sketches that I have done over the years, working up to this piece. I hope you enjoy.
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This image dates back almost 4 years ago. After drawing Modern Magic in 2001 and hearing about the ending of Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards for years, I had built up the ending to that movie in my mind. Every time people told me about it, the ending grew and evolved into this epic, world shattering event. After seeing the movie, it wasn’t what I expected. This work of art is to express what has been growing in my head since 2002.
I knew I wanted the wizard high atop a tower, one hand flaring with magic, the other holding a gun, pointed almost at the viewer, but not quite. If it were pointed right at you, then it would be too foreshortened, and difficult to discern. I always envisioned the gun drawn, and a flash of purple lightning streaking through the night sky behind him. Read the rest of this entry »
