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LotR: Fog on the Barrow-downs by ~LadyElleth:iconLadyElleth:

Categories Digital Art > Photomanipulation > Fantasy

©2009 ~LadyElleth
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Certainly the distances had now all become hazy and deceptive [...]. But even as he spoke he turned his gaze eastwards, and and he saw that on that side the hills were higher and looked down upon them; and all those hills were crowned with green mounds, and on some were standing stones, pointing upwards like jagged teeth out of green gums.

(J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, Fog on the Barrow-downs)

My entry for :iconvvirtual: =vvirtual's Fantasy Landscapes contest. Wish me luck? :) As to how this is a fantasy landscape, the title should relate it clearly enough, even if the landscape itself is comprised of different parts of Dartmoor which in itself is a very real landscape. But then Tolkien's books are rather explicitly depicting a version of England (and Eriador more so than other landscapes) so that seems like a very justified choice.

Credits:

Foreground: :iconpnexus: [link] [link]

Background: [link]

Barrows, megaliths, dolmen: :icontogistock: [link] [link] :iconwhoosh-stock: [link] :iconimp13: [link]

Textures: :icondella-stock: [link] :icontspstock: [link]

Mist and everything else is hand-painted. :)

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~Mangwolf Sep 21, 2009, 3:42:44 PM
So Pretty, I Love LOTR.

Good Luck In The Contest =D
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*philippeL Sep 21, 2009, 5:06:21 PM
Awesome, I love it!
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~LadyElleth Sep 21, 2009, 9:17:58 PM
Thank you. :)

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Aurë entuluva!
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~LadyElleth Sep 21, 2009, 9:20:45 PM
Heh, that's good to know. And thank you for the good wishes. :)

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Aurë entuluva!
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=cblair Sep 21, 2009, 9:24:00 PM
Beautifully conceived.
The Barrow-Downs always gave me the chills, especially listening to the audio version of the book read by Robert Inglis.

this gives me that same feeling! :D

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Man’s evolution consists in the process of changing to forms that are not of this world. Grows he in time to the formless — to live on a higher plane. Know that you must become formless before you can be one with the Light.
- Emerald Tablets of Thoth
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~LadyElleth Sep 21, 2009, 9:51:27 PM
What a compliment! :) I still believe that it's impossible to match an idea to the page exactly (at least not when the medium is photomanipulation), so the feeling or atmosphere becomes all the more important. And when I get comments like yours, I think I succeeded. :hug: Thank you.

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Aurë entuluva!
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*Xepy Sep 22, 2009, 12:24:18 AM
Nice work, I love colors >w<

Good Luck in contest :D

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~LadyElleth Sep 22, 2009, 12:34:03 AM
Thank you. :)

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Aurë entuluva!
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