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Random sketches for today

Crying gold. now a complete diptych (INPRNT) 𖢻

Richard Armitage answers fan questions in conjunction with Obsession in 2023

“I could have spent this entire shoot on location. We saw so many incredible places.”

#top tier comedy

coming home but its gone rotten

Thorin

Thorin talking to Thranduil vs talking to Smaug "Imrid amrâd ursul" [Die a death of flames] | “Îsh kakhfê ai’d dur-rugnul” [May my excrement be poured upon the naked-jawed (ones)]

Dwarven tattoos in the light of the moon

Children of Durin

Young dwarf Thorin

A redesign of Thorin Oakenshield

Thráin helping his son Thorin with his homework

Yeah.  Actually, that was at the end of a much longer scene, which I played with Bilbo on those steps, where I talked about where I was born, and seeing fireflies on the roof; being born in darkness, underground; and then it cuts to that overheard conversation.  And you realise that his childhood has been quite claustrophobic and insular, in terms of his upbringing and being raised as a prince, very much under the control of his father and his grandfather.  I really worked hard on a very close relationship with Thror, because what I felt was that when we do get into those moments with the dragon sickness, later into movie three, I wanted Thorin to have been very, very close to Thror when he was going through that. Like he was almost nursing him through it, so he’s seen evidence of what it was like; so when it starts to manifest itself in him, he knows exactly what’s happening to him, and it’s terrifying.