Your minds eye - Page 2

katya · 07-25-2005, 02:36 AM

When I was really little, listening to The Hobbit on tape, for some ungodly reason I pictured Gollum as a bearded crocodile.

I can't seem to get movie Aragorn out of my head though. I tried thinking to myself today what I thought he should look like. I thought "Old [middle aged] yet handsome....Al Pacino in Scarface!" Or at least, when he was about that age. If you add some hair and a change of clothes, I think it could work. What do you think? Can you see it?

The Gaffer · 07-25-2005, 04:32 AM

I actually prefer the Bakshi-cartoon Aragorn to the movie one. Seemed more like the "real thing".

katya · 07-25-2005, 04:53 AM

I'm really fond of the Bakshi hobbits myself. Except poor old Sam. He didn't look too good.

One time I drew all the main characters Final Fantasy Tactics style. That looked pretty cool, I thought.

The Gaffer · 07-25-2005, 06:06 AM

No indeed, Sam was the worst thing about that whole film.

Your pics sound groovy. Have you put them online somewhere?

katya · 07-25-2005, 06:07 AM

No, but I can try and find them in my notebook.

Andúril · 07-25-2005, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by samwise of the shire

How do you picture places, events, and characters in LOTR?

I once pictured the results of "intimate relations" between dwarves and other species/objects. Then I drew what I had seen. I still have the scanned pic somewhere.

katya · 07-25-2005, 06:18 AM

I saw it, Andúril, just today. It was funny.

Here's Boromir- the rest were drawn lightly so I'll have to go over them darker before I can get a good pic of them.

Andúril · 07-25-2005, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by katya

I saw it, Andúril, just today. It was funny.

Heh. Took me about 15 minutes or something, but has endured in my heart ever since.

katya · 07-25-2005, 06:32 AM

And here's Frodo and then Ganalf with and without outer cloak thing.

Andúril · 07-25-2005, 06:34 AM

Cool. I can only imagine what you were thinking when you drew them.

katya · 07-25-2005, 06:37 AM

"Hmm, well, obviously Gandalf is like a mage..." or "That's cute like that but maybe like this.." Or "Why do I have to copy styles? Why can't I make my own? Why are tactics people so cute? Why do I suck at tactics?!"

And Boromir is almost exactly the knight.

The Gaffer · 07-25-2005, 06:58 AM

Snurk. Love the interbred dwarf/ent. Would he hack himself with his axe?

Andúril · 07-25-2005, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by The Gaffer

Snurk. Love the interbred dwarf/ent. Would he hack himself with his axe?

This is an important question, as it has plagued the half-dwarf half-ent population for as long as they can remember. Constant self-doubt riddled with masochism and a hint of denial. They were never going to have it easy.

The Gaffer · 07-25-2005, 07:10 AM

No need for self-denial: you can always whet your weapon on a strop.

What was the fate of the half-ent, half-dwarf-wives (you know, the ones with the heaf of an ent and the body of a dwarf)?

Andúril · 07-25-2005, 07:24 AM

Unfortunately this is a PG13 forum, but I will go so far as to say that the dwarf-wives were after Entish wood in a big way. It would have been obscene. I'll stop right there.

Andúril · 07-25-2005, 07:33 AM

Oh, wait, I didn't answer your question. There weren't too many specimens, and those who survived birth lived as outcasts, limiting contact with others and deriving much pleasure from jumping out and scaring people. They became extinct after only 260 years.

me9996 · 07-25-2005, 12:21 PM

I pictured the orcs diffrent... after a wile, I watched FOTR first

katya · 07-25-2005, 12:43 PM

Orc I pictured more like I think of goblins but nowadays I do my best not to picture then at all. Sauron and Morgoth I both picture like something straight out of Power Rangers.

Lotesse · 08-07-2005, 02:49 PM

I picture Sauron to be utterly beautiful, in an acutely sinister way, like Lucifer before the fall or whatever. The orcs I always pictured as roughneck men, just really filthy grunts cursed with an abysmally tiny I.Q., and ill-fated to be handed their lot in life, you know? But they get no sympathy from me. Cruelty and ignorance oftwen walk hand-in-hand.

Snowdog · 09-20-2005, 03:03 PM

So... how do you picture the various races of men mentioned in the books?

I always saw the Haradrim as black, the Easterlings as more Arabic/Asiatic, and the Variags as more Asiatic and good in martial arts fighting. The men of Rhovanian/Dale as more Nordic, the Lossoth as Inuit, and the men of Rohan as a darker descendant of Rhovanion. The men of Gondor a mix of the grey and blue eyes, and their hair ranging from real dark to really light representing their mixed and diminished Dunedain blood. The Dunedain Rangers were of fair complexion, tall and fit, with dark hair and deep grey eyes.

Mind you, this vision is solely based on the Hobbit and the Trilogy & Appendices, for that was all I had back in the 70's.

07-25-2005, 06:37 AM	#31
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	"Hmm, well, obviously Gandalf is like a mage..." or "That's cute like that but maybe like this.." Or "Why do I have to copy styles? Why can't I make my own? Why are tactics people so cute? Why do I suck at tactics?!" And Boromir is almost exactly the knight. Last edited by katya : 07-25-2005 at 06:38 AM.

08-07-2005, 02:49 PM	#39
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	I picture Sauron to be utterly beautiful, in an acutely sinister way, like Lucifer before the fall or whatever. The orcs I always pictured as roughneck men, just really filthy grunts cursed with an abysmally tiny I.Q., and ill-fated to be handed their lot in life, you know? But they get no sympathy from me. Cruelty and ignorance oftwen walk hand-in-hand. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

09-20-2005, 03:03 PM	#40
Snowdog Dúnedain Ranger of the North Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Ruins of Arnor Posts: 892	So... how do you picture the various races of men mentioned in the books? I always saw the Haradrim as black, the Easterlings as more Arabic/Asiatic, and the Variags as more Asiatic and good in martial arts fighting. The men of Rhovanian/Dale as more Nordic, the Lossoth as Inuit, and the men of Rohan as a darker descendant of Rhovanion. The men of Gondor a mix of the grey and blue eyes, and their hair ranging from real dark to really light representing their mixed and diminished Dunedain blood. The Dunedain Rangers were of fair complexion, tall and fit, with dark hair and deep grey eyes. Mind you, this vision is solely based on the Hobbit and the Trilogy & Appendices, for that was all I had back in the 70's. __________________ "I am an outlaw, I was born an outlaw's son. The highway is my legacy, on the highway I will run."

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07-25-2005, 04:32 AM	#22
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	I actually prefer the Bakshi-cartoon Aragorn to the movie one. Seemed more like the "real thing".

07-25-2005, 04:53 AM	#23
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I'm really fond of the Bakshi hobbits myself. Except poor old Sam. He didn't look too good. One time I drew all the main characters Final Fantasy Tactics style. That looked pretty cool, I thought.

07-25-2005, 06:06 AM	#24
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	No indeed, Sam was the worst thing about that whole film. Your pics sound groovy. Have you put them online somewhere?

07-25-2005, 06:07 AM	#25
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	No, but I can try and find them in my notebook.

07-25-2005, 06:34 AM	#30
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Cool. I can only imagine what you were thinking when you drew them.

07-25-2005, 06:58 AM	#32
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Snurk. Love the interbred dwarf/ent. Would he hack himself with his axe?

07-25-2005, 07:10 AM	#34
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	No need for self-denial: you can always whet your weapon on a strop. What was the fate of the half-ent, half-dwarf-wives (you know, the ones with the heaf of an ent and the body of a dwarf)?

07-25-2005, 07:24 AM	#35
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Unfortunately this is a PG13 forum, but I will go so far as to say that the dwarf-wives were after Entish wood in a big way. It would have been obscene. I'll stop right there.

07-25-2005, 07:33 AM	#36
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Oh, wait, I didn't answer your question. There weren't too many specimens, and those who survived birth lived as outcasts, limiting contact with others and deriving much pleasure from jumping out and scaring people. They became extinct after only 260 years.

07-25-2005, 12:43 PM	#38
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Orc I pictured more like I think of goblins but nowadays I do my best not to picture then at all. Sauron and Morgoth I both picture like something straight out of Power Rangers.