As the King of Rohan.Théoden was growing weak with age, and was largely controlled by his chief advisor Gríma, who was secretly in the employ of the corrupt wizard Saruman. In Unfinished Tales, it is implied that Gríma was accelerating the king's decline with "subtle poisons". As Théoden sat powerless, Rohan was troubled by Orcs and Dunlendings, who operated under the will of Saruman, ruling from Isengard.

When his son Théodred was mortally wounded at a battle at the Fords of Isen, Théoden's nephew Éomer became his heir. However, Éomer was out of favour with Wormtongue, who eventually had him arrested.

When Gandalf the White and Aragorn appeared before him , Théoden initially rebuffed the wizard's advice to ride out against Saruman. When Gandalf revealed Wormtongue for what he was, however, Théoden returned to his senses. He restored his nephew, took up his sword Herugrim, and in spite of his age, led the Riders of Rohan into the Battle of the Hornburg. After this he became known as Théoden Ednew, the Renewed.
I think my next work will be in Hornburg.haha

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During the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, the Witch-king himself was slain by Éowyn and Merry: Merry's surreptitious stroke with an enchanted Barrow-blade drove the Witch-king to his knees, allowing Éowyn, the niece of Théoden, to drive her sword between his crown and mantle. Thus was the Witch-king destroyed by a woman and a Hobbit, fulfilling the prophecy that "not by the hand of man will he fall".Both weapons that pierced him disintegrated, and both assailants were stricken with the Black Breath.

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Gates of Argonath is the gate of kingdom Gondor, the fellowship of the ring divided into two groups and lost Boromir in the battle with hands of wihte wizard.
the fate of ring only on the little hobbit.

©2010 Jon Hodgson

Lake-town for The One Ring rpg from Sophisticated Games and Cubicle 7.

"Since the great days of old, when a powerful realm of Northmen stretched far from the Lonely Mountain, there has been a city upon the Long Lake. Grown out of a small community born along its western shore, the village of Esgaroth became a trading port when families of merchants decided to move there from Dale. They built warehouses, and great residences to live in and closely follow the coming and going of their goods. For many years thereafter the boats of the Lake-men were seen going up and down the river, their holds filled with gold and their decks crowded with warriors in armour,
ready to bring war to distant lands."


Artrage, Painter, PS.

©2010 Jon Hodgson

Mrikwood Marsh Ruins for The One Ring rpg from Sophisticated Games and Cubicle 7.

"Here a town of Men once thrived, a waystation for travelling Dwarves coming from or going to the Iron Hills and merchants from the South and East. When the power of the northern Kings waned, the town was abandoned, until the marshes and the forest swallowed its ruins, together with any trace of its existence."


Artrage, Painter, PS.

(c)2011 Jon Hodgson
Middle-earth, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Middle-earth Enterprises and are used under license by Sophisticated Games Ltd and their respective licensees.


Like much of the art I have made for The One Ring, the design of Smaug is taken directly from Tolkien's own paintings, with a hopefully appropriate update to match the times and the style of the other game art I have made. It was very important to me that Smaug show his (highly dubious) character, and be clearly capable of speech. The idea of him somewhat gleefully hosing fire into Erebor through pursed lips seemed to fit that idea.


The One Ring is a new Middle Earth role playing game from Cubicle 7 and Sophisticated Games, due out Summer 2011.

Artrage, Painter, Photoshop.

Hi! This is my new art for "The Lord of the Rings."

Spot illustration for Paizo's Pathfinder #57. ©2012 Paizo Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved.

Pathfinder RPG.
©Paizo Publishing, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Pathfinder RPG.
©Paizo Publishing, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Created as monster stock art

Scene for Midgard Campaign Setting book.

Winter Oracle, for Pathfinder’s People of the North Player Companion

Cemetery

Energy Drain - Mage Wars - Arcane Wonders

The Inquisitor

Na tym arcie zaczyna się moja przygoda z tabletem

Photoshop CS2

Po długiej przerwie od Photoshopa - wróciłam

PS CS6, 2-3h roboty. I'm proud of myself.

This is the French Cover art I did for "Lamentations" by Ken Scholes ( great book!) published by Bragelonne.

I was done in both photoshop and SAI paintool.

I hope you'll like it.

This is the French cover art for "Odalisque" by Fiona McIntosh, published by Bragelonne.

I hope you'll like it.

This is the cover art for "the children of dana" by Nicolas Bouchard. It was great to try softer colors.

Illustration to "The Silmarillion" by J.R.R.Tolkien.

Illustration to "The Silmarillion" by J.R.R.Tolkien.

Illustration to "The Silmarillion" by J.R.R.Tolkien.

The Meeting of Thingol and Melian

“<sub>Elwë, Lord of the Teleri, went often through the great woods to seek out Finwë his friend in the dwellings of the Noldor; and it chanced on a time that he came alone to the starlit wood of Nan Elmoth, and there suddenly he heard the song of nightingales. Then an enchantment fell on him, and he stood still; and afar off beyond the voices of the lómelindi he heard the voice of Melian, and it filled all his heart with wonder and desire. He forgot then utterly all his people and all the purposes of his mind, and following the birds under the shadow of the trees he passed deep into Nan Elmoth and was lost. But he came at last to a glade open to the stars, and there Melian stood; and out of the darkness he looked at her, and the light of Aman was in her face.
She spoke no word; but being filled with love Elwë came to her and took her hand, and straightway a spell was laid on him so that they stood thus while long years were measured by the wheeling stars above them; and the trees of Nan Elmoth grew tall and dark before they spoke any word. ”

-- J. R. R. Tolkien: The Silmarillion, Chapter 4: Of Thingol and Melian</sub>

Here's a scene that has been depicted many times over, but I believe there's still room for another interpretation.. Elwë Sincollo and Melian the Maia meet for the first time in the starlit forest of Nan Elmoth. I've sketched these characters before but haven't been happy with my previous efforts. I think this is better, even if they are slightly caricatured..

I didn’t have time to do the Photoshop part before now, but the pencil piece was drawn and scanned sometime in April-May..ish, I think, mostly as an experiment.. I've drawn with such heavy outlines in my recent works that I felt like doing things slightly differently this time. I wanted a more dreamy, mystical tone on this one.. Especially with the background, where I’ve "gone all Alan Lee" a bit and tried to create shapes without hard outlines.. Another source of inspiration for the background was my love of etchings.. I wanted to create a somewhat similar effect here. I quite like the result – let me know what you think of it.

HB pencil on copy paper + the usual Photoshop treatment.

Oh, and in case you're wondering "what on Arda is she wearing..?" – It’s.. a bed sheet. That’s right. She a goddess-of-sorts and goddesses wear bed sheets. (What, they don't teach you such basic facts about mythologies anymore? Pssh, schools these days.. )


detail closeup

This is not what I was supposed to be doing at all, but sometimes.. ehh, most times inspiration just gets the better of me...


Círdan the Shipwright


<sub>“Very tall he was, and his beard was long, and he was grey and old, save that his eyes were keen as stars.”

-- J. R. R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings, Book 6


“Círdan saw further and deeper than any other in Middle-earth.”

-- J. R. R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B


“ ‘My heart is with the Sea, and I will dwell by the grey shores, guarding the Havens until the last ship sails.’ ”

-- J. R. R. Tolkien: Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age</sub>



Círdan the Shipwright, Lord of the Grey Havens seen here at the end of the Third Age, overseeing the building of one of the last ships to bear away the remnants of the Eldar to the Undying Lands..

Círdan is often -- well, perhaps not completely forgotten, but at least largely ignored. Though never truly an active player who takes the centre stage, he is still extremely significant. By the end of the Third Age he was probably the oldest of the Eldar still left in Middle-earth; the one character that is always there, through all the stories.. definitely a strong contender for the supporting cast title.

Once again a drawing that shaped itself on the fly without any prior planning. I just had a thought that I need to draw Círdan and started drawing away.. When I started sketching I had a wise old sage wearing robes in mind, but he turned out rather more vigorous and hands-on active.. actually in the process of building one of his ships. Originally I had him holding a quill, but it didn’t seem to fit so I wanted to give him some other instrument and ended up with the dividers.. just because. (I really don’t know what he’s supposed to be doing with the thing, though.. ). After I had his pose and form done I momentarily contemplated whether I should rather make it ‘Turgon oversees the building of Gondolin’ but decided to stick with my original idea since I’ve drawn Turgon before whereas Círdan clearly needed drawing.. I gave him simple and practical work clothes.

You might also notice that I’ve tried to learn how to draw Celtic knotwork, something that has always been beyond me.. I’m still not very good at it, although in January I found a nice small book in a London bookstore that explains some of the tricks of knotwork design and it’s been helpful. As a bit of a joke, I chose Josephine’s knot as Círdan’s decorative theme here, since it’s traditionally associated with sailors (and because it’s one of the simpler designs that I could remember, since I didn’t actually have the book with me, and couldn’t look for any references..)

HB pencil and Photoshop. This one’s drawn on actual fine art paper and it was a positive pleasure to draw on it. A coloured version may (or may not) get done.. someday.

EDIT: Some minor tweaks in the image, shortened the title

The great thing about DA is that seeing the work of others is a great source of inspiration. I saw the beautiful portrait of Finduilas by ~lilie-morhiril just the other day and that inspired me to draw my first Tolkien illustration in 10 years or so! (..wait, i just remembered painting a watercolour piece for my brother two years ago for christmas - but that was inspired by the movie so it doesn't count! )

This is a scene from the Silmarillion, from the tale of Beren and Lúthien, where Beren arrives in Nargothrond to ask for the aid of king Finrod Felagund in his quest for the Silmaril. He presents the Ring of Barahir, given to his father by Felagund as a token of the debt he owed Barahir for saving his life. The other elves in the picture are supposed to be Finduilas, Gwindor and the treacherous sons of Fëanor, Curufin and Celegorm.

Well, what can i say.. it's just a pencil drawing. As a drawing i think it's ok except i'm not happy with how Finrod looks.. His pose looks like he is slumped in his chair and despite my efforts to fix his expression he still looks more like a drooling vedgetable than a great elven king. And when i was halfway done with the piece and getting pretty frustrated with the evil knotwork patterns that always get me confused, the nitpicky Tolkien fan in me stirred and started pointing out that elven kings used to stand up to greet their guests, and that Finrod didn't need to see the ring to recognize Beren as the son of Barahir despite his ragged looks, and that he should probably be wearing the Nauglamír too, AND that they talked first of the quest behind closed doors.. and so on.. Anyway, i wasn't so motivated to finish the pic any more so the rest of the decoration and shading in particular is quite sloppy.. but i just wanted to finish it quickly a be done with it!

Sepia version here: [link]

EDIT: Better scan