The Silmarillion: Luthien

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   Danielle Case on May 1, 2012 at 5:21 am

   I love all of these! The last one really reminds me of Alphonse Mucha.

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   Sam Manley (MidnightIllustration) on May 1, 2012 at 8:04 am

   Lovely work – is the white used for the earth-tone book sketch a pastel pencil?

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   Per on May 1, 2012 at 8:07 am

   I'd agree with Danielle and add a second artist some elements remind me of, Windsor-Smith, one of my all time favourites.
   I've written here before, and once again, thank you for this blog mates!
   /Per

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   Gollorr on May 1, 2012 at 9:31 am

   This is Awesome! My personal favourite of “The Silmarillion” project.Love the wolf expresion. And the demonic statues add such deep atmosphere.

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   drawabunch on May 1, 2012 at 3:16 pm

   Dude, i do hope there's a book about this expo, i want to buy it! 😀 Awesome work as always Justin!

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   Luc on May 1, 2012 at 5:28 pm

   I've been tracking all these Silmarillion posts and I have to say they are AMAZEBALLS! The colour and how you treat the illustration is very cool!

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   Will Kelly on May 1, 2012 at 6:06 pm

   Justin this is amazing. I think that I'm growing to appreciate more the paintings you do with the watercolor over pencils, without digital. I mean, I love digital eye candy as much as the next guy, but it takes some serious concentration and effort to make these watercolor paintings with a limited palate stand out. And you are really making it happen.
   I know you've been back and forth on the perfect media, but I think that watercolors are really your strong suit.
   And the Mucha influence on the elf drawings is excellent!
   -Will

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   dark kristal on May 1, 2012 at 7:41 pm

   Beautiful as always. I love all the detail in the first piece.

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   R.V. on May 1, 2012 at 8:52 pm

   That first piece is killing me!! I,ve got to make a point of buying some of your prints.
   Your conceptual and compositional skills are to be envied.

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    Picture kitchen studio on May 2, 2012 at 2:31 am

    Justin,You certainly can take one there…right to the heart of the conflict-Wonderful!

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    Gabriel on May 2, 2012 at 10:10 pm

    I have no words to discribe how in love I am

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    Justin on May 6, 2012 at 3:37 pm

    In this case it was actually just prisms color white. I do love working with pastel pencil though.

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    Justin on May 7, 2012 at 11:04 pm

    Thanks for the feedback man. In the end I do find just straight up watercolors to be really rewarding. And yes… there is definitely some Mucha influence in there. And I hope there will be more of his influence in the future too. I feel like there is just so much to learn from his sense of composition and design.

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