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In the Old Forest by *Agent-Elrond:iconAgent-Elrond:

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Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow;
Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow.

'Well my little fellows!' said he, stooping so that he peered into their faces. 'You shall come home with me! The table is all laden with yellow cream, honeycomb, and white bread and butter. Goldberry is waiting. Time enough for questions around the supper table. You follow after me as quick as you are able!' With that he picked up his lilies, and then with a beckoning wave of his hand went hopping and dancing along the path eastward, still singing loudly and nonsensically.

Too surprised and too relieved to talk, the hobbits followed after him as fast as they could.

— From The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Chapter 6, by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Detail shots!

So I've wanted to do LotR fanart for some time. The problem was there is already heaps of gorgeous LotR fanart out there, and I wanted to do something that wasn't as well represented as, say, Gandalf, or the Witch King, Shadowfax, etc. etc.

And so I fell back to one of my favorite parts of "Fellowship of the Ring": Tom Bombadil in the Old Forest. He has lost out a bit on the recent surge in fanart, since he wasn't in the movies, and I felt it worth my time to set matters right. Also, I got to paint his spankin' yellow boots!

It was also an excuse for me to paint a light-filled forest-scape, which is gradually becoming one of my favorite subjects. ^^

Watercolors on 9"x12" Italia Aquerello watercolor paper. Seven days work. Characters and related prose © J.R.R. Tolkien, art © me.

This is part of a series of fanart I will be doing, covering all the items listed under "Fan Of" in my deviantID.

Here is the complete list:
Anime/Manga:
Inu-Yasha
Ranma 1/2
Naruto
Fullmetal Alchemist
Movies:
The Matrix
Books:
The Chronicles of Narnia
Writers:
Diana Wynne Jones
Miyazaki Hayao
Ursula K. LeGuin
<strike>Joss Whedon</strike> Neil Gaiman
Patrick O'Brian

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*Yayster Jul 11, 2007, 2:53:54 PM
Wow, this is one of your best pieces! I just love the effort you put into your backgrounds. :) The trees are so detailed and I love the way you've lit them. Nice original idea compared to the tons of LoTR stuff there is out there already, too!

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~Fluey Jul 11, 2007, 3:00:10 PM
The colors are amazing!
The lighting, the shading, the design all are truly outstanding.
I can't believe this is watercolor :o
It's so clean! I'm really envious.

I love it <3

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~TheLadyGrey Jul 11, 2007, 3:00:17 PM
:giggle:
Gotta love crazy little men.

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"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere." ~Ali ibn-Abi-Talib
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*Agent-Elrond Jul 11, 2007, 4:16:30 PM
Indeed — especially if they wear yellow boots! =D

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92% of the population of Earth are boring, uncreative, unoriginal bums. If you are one of the 8% who aren't... do not copy and paste this into your signature!

~agentELROND
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~Anmras Jul 11, 2007, 4:18:47 PM
XD!!! I was soooo mad when they didn't have him in the movies! Definitely one of the best characters out of any Tolkien legacy.

Portrayed beautifully, as always ;)

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*Agent-Elrond Jul 11, 2007, 4:29:13 PM
Thanks very much — I think this has to be my bestest watercolor piece to date, and I'm really proud of it!

:hug:

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92% of the population of Earth are boring, uncreative, unoriginal bums. If you are one of the 8% who aren't... do not copy and paste this into your signature!

~agentELROND
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*Agent-Elrond Jul 11, 2007, 4:31:48 PM
I think so too! =D My mom saw those trees and freaked because they looked just like the way the Old Forest had always looked in her head (Tom Bambadil is one of her fave characters).

Poor Tom, he is always over-looked for Legolas and Aragorn and FrodoxSam slash. :o

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92% of the population of Earth are boring, uncreative, unoriginal bums. If you are one of the 8% who aren't... do not copy and paste this into your signature!

~agentELROND
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*Agent-Elrond Jul 11, 2007, 4:34:23 PM
Thanks so much!

I can understand why they cut him — I mean, the pacing for a movie really doesn't allow for the kind of meandering the beginning of "Fellowship" has. But yes, I would have loved to see him brought to life the way Gandalf and Elrond and all the rest were. *tear*

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92% of the population of Earth are boring, uncreative, unoriginal bums. If you are one of the 8% who aren't... do not copy and paste this into your signature!

~agentELROND
:iconyayster:
*Yayster Jul 11, 2007, 4:35:55 PM
lol yes, those Legolas fangirls never let up do they :XD: I like Boromir myself ;)
Kudos to you for drawing such a unique scene!

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Yayster | Oekaki Realism Artist
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~mairwatching Jul 11, 2007, 5:08:16 PM
Believe it or not, I only just now noticed the trail that Tom is walking on (and the hobbits are following on). That's just a terrific piece of verisimilitude!
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