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Published: 2013-08-14 16:22:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 3606; Favourites: 107; Downloads: 18
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My first attempt at something that ISN'T a portrait...it's taken it's toll...
Ugh...the endless, endless gold...
A digital painting of our first view of Smaug, the dragon, from Peter Jackson's upcoming film 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'.
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Tools:
Photoshop CS6
Wacom Tablet, Intuos 5, Small
(Listening to: the 'Lord of the Rings' soundtrack)
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Comments: 63
This is epic!Β Smaug is theΒ single reason I can't wait to see the next movie!Β Plus, Benedict Cumberbatch is always awesome!!!!Β Love the picture!!!!
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Thank you so much! Wow...it's taken me a while to reply to this - sorry! Smaug was essentially every reason that I went to see the film...good times!
And yes: Benedict Cumberbatch is ALWAYS awesome...
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wow! You did a very good job :3 Soooo Incredible XD
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Thank you so much!!! It means a lot!!! 
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Nicely done! It's nice to see something that isn't just a screenshotΒ that was copied-and-pasted.
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I was so excited to see this in the preview of the second movie -- I had been waiting about three years for their design for Smaug. And...well, I'm still waiting. I can't really -- as a fan of Tolkien's book and as one who loves dragons so much -- judge this design until I see it all.
...Of course, I was just excited to see the preview of Desolation Of Smaug, period. I can't wait to see Mirkwood, to take it all in on a theater screen. (Especially an IMAX.)
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Thank you!!!
I know what you mean: I was just as excited about it! It's just like them to tease us with just a little clip of Smaug before the release of the film - we see enough to keep us happy, but not enough to give his design away! Smart move...
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very very good, lotr-hobbit-club is having a contest, subject is Smaug, go to the journal and read about it.
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Thank you, and thanks for the heads-up! My submission is on the way!
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Woooow! Β This is sooo incredible! Β I had to check that it was a painting because I seriously thought it was a screenshot.
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Wow!!! Thank you so much!!! It really means a lot! 
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Thought it was a photo from the trailer. Awesome. Can't wait to see Benedict as Smaug. <3
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Thank you!!!
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Totally agree. Just a few more months till the Hobbit & BBC Sherlock come out.
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Yesh!!! And 'The Fifth Estate'...and 'August: Osage County'...and 'Twelve Years a Slave'...It's gonna be a good few months...
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Also, there's Star Trek Into Darkness coming out on Blu-Ray & DVD in a few weeks.
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Ahhhh, I know!!! I can't wait! I mean...I really, really can't wait...(froths at the mouth)
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I already pre-ordered my copy of STID.
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Right there with you!!! I think it's a shame, though, that the DVD version has fewer extra features on it than the Blu-ray...I can't Blu-ray...
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Yeah, you're right. I noticed that for a lot of movies released for Blu-Ray & DVD like if you have the Avengers on DVD, you can't get the bloopers.
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Oh no!! The bloopers are some of the best parts!!! I really hope that the neutron cream bits are on the DVD...desperate to see that...
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I think that part might be on the DVD.
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I really hope so...from what I've read, though, people are saying that the bloopers aren't there...At least the stuff about the neutron cream is!
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Yeah, I read something similar as well. At least, they kept the part about the neutron cream prank that Benedict fell for.
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Ahhhh, I love that moment...so very much...when I first heard about it, it seemed as though Benedict was the only who fell for it, but it looks like they got the whole cast! Simon Pegg...genius...
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Bless Ben. He's such a sweetheart. Gotta love Simon Pegg. Have you watched World's End? Simon was brilliant in that movie.
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I haven't!! But I SOOOOO want to!! Actually, I can't stop watching Hot Fuzz at the moment...it's so good...
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I highly recommend World's End. Yeah, Hot Fuzz was awesome.
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Ah, I'll definitely make sure I see it, then!Β
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Yeah, I know how you feel. I'm excited to see Thor Dark World & the Hobbit.
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Definitely!!! If I have time, I'm going to try and get some Loki-drawing done...
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The pines were roaring on the heights,
The wind was moaning in the night,
The fire was red, it flaming spread,
The trees like torches blazed with light. Β
The bells were ringing in the dale,
And men looked up with faces pale.
The dragon's ire, more fierce than fire,
Laid low their towers and houses frail.
The mountain smoked beneath the moon.
The dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom.
They fled the hall to dying fall
Beneath his feet, beneath the moon.
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Ahhhhh yes! So much love for this! I need to do some more Hobbit art...
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Yay, Loki! <3 Did you see that new clip where Thor was talking to Loki?
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I did! And, because this reply is so late, what did you think of the film? I was certainly pleased by the amount of Loki in it...I was worried that he might not make much of an appearance since the Avengers...
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Thor: the Dark World was awesome. There was just enough of Loki's sassy humor in the movie. Did you see Captain America-the Winter Soldier yet?
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Ahhhh, it sounds so good! I've only managed to see the first half, and while the little of Loki I did see was sooo good, I think I've missed most of the good stuff...I haven't seen The Winter Soldier yet, but I've heard really good things - have you?
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Winter Soldier was f**king epic! It is definitely on up there with the 1st Iron Man and Avengers movies. I loved the mentions of Bruce Banner and Dr. Stephen Strange, the Stan Lee and Avengers Tower cameos, and the Pulp Fiction reference. Everything about the new Captain America movie that you heard about was true.
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Really?! *scribbles it onto 'to-do' list* - I am WATCHING it!!! I've been so sad that some of the Marvel movies couldn't live up to the first Iron Man film, so this news gives me much joy!
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The only Marvel movies I've been disappointed with are Iron Man 2 and the Incredible Hulk. All the other ones I really enjoyed like both Thor movies, Iron Man 3, and Captain America-the First Avenger.
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I KNOW!!!! Just a few more months to go...
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As soon as I saw this I was like 'THERES A TRAILER???!!!! THERES A TRAILER!!!!!' shot to youtube, and watched it. Now my uterus is burning with just absolute joy...I cant wait *-*
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since you like the hobbit here's a smaug quoteΒ "Well Theif Where Are You?,Come Now Don't Be Shy Step Into The Light!"Β www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxvEHrβ¦
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*hyperventilates*Β
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ymgFβ¦
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I KNOW THIS FEELING SO VERY WELL!!! I can't wait for more Smaug...
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