Sunday, May 2, 2010

More LOTR Stuff

Seeing Justin's lovely LOTR piece reminded me to post some of the Middle Earth stuff I did for the ICE CCG in the mid 90s. (96+ to be exact). Be kind, that was 14 years ago (yeah, I am THAT old). Sadly, it was the before time just before scanning. I have sold some of the paintings and lost some of my favorites. Some were OK, some dreadful :) 

I threw this pile of cards on the scanner a couple years ago when a collector from Spain sent them to be signed so some are in Spanish.

I have always loved the Lord of the Rings series of books and this was way before the movies. Tip: the best adaptation ever is the BBC radio show with Ian Holm as Frodo.


8 comments:

  1. Well, Christina, I have to say this looks like some of your most inspired work that I have seen. These are all very clear and clean. I love your costuming and take on the stories. I especially enjoy the King Under the Mountain. I'm gonna have to get a hold of that card. I want that as a poster to hang on my wall :P Very nice work. These look like you had fun doing them. Thanks for sharing! It's much appreciated.

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  2. Thanks Justin, I knew this work would appeal to you. I sold the King Under the Mountain piece or I would bring it to lunch sometime.

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  3. PS: I hope I never see an arañas THAT gigantes!!

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  4. Christina, you're being too hard on yourself. This is outstanding work.

    What kind of deadlines did you have for this project?

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  5. I am not showing the really bad ones ;)

    Some were on tight deadline and some were not. It was the time when we actually mailed artwork so a lot of FedExing was involved. I tended to the the art st %300 for cards.(about 8" X 6" in think on these).

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  6. I like the spider! —looks like a fanciful spin on a black widow (no pun intended).

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  7. I love the light in the fire painting. Very dramatic and solid work from you as ususal! Beautiful!

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