Waymeet 'Hijinks' Challenge ~ Thorns
Title: Thorns
Artist: Notabluemaia
Challenge: waymeet Hijinks
Rating: G
Characters: Sam and Frodo
Media: Pencil, colored pencil, pastel
A/N: My game title prompt, 'Prick and Spare Not', inspired some rather intriguing imagery... But a preliminary sketch for a book scene pricked and snagged and would not spare me till it was complete. (and despite checking the text, it wound up not-quite canon, for I mis-remembered their order till I typed it here for post. *memory = sieve*)
'Quick, Sam! Over we go!' cried Frodo. They scrambled on to the low parapet of the bridge. Fortunately there was no longer any dreadful drop into the gulf, for the slopes of the Morgai had risen almost to the level of the road; but it was too dark for them to guess the depth of the fall.
'Well, here goes, Mr. Frodo,' said Sam. 'Good-bye!'
He let go. Frodo followed. And even as they fell they heard the rush of horsemen sweeping over the bridge and the rattle of orc-feet running up behind.
from 'The Land of Shadow', The Return of the King, J.R.R.Tolkien
Thorns
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And the b/w sketch, too, prickly snaggy little thing that it was:
Artist: Notabluemaia
Challenge: waymeet Hijinks
Rating: G
Characters: Sam and Frodo
Media: Pencil, colored pencil, pastel
A/N: My game title prompt, 'Prick and Spare Not', inspired some rather intriguing imagery... But a preliminary sketch for a book scene pricked and snagged and would not spare me till it was complete. (and despite checking the text, it wound up not-quite canon, for I mis-remembered their order till I typed it here for post. *memory = sieve*)
'Quick, Sam! Over we go!' cried Frodo. They scrambled on to the low parapet of the bridge. Fortunately there was no longer any dreadful drop into the gulf, for the slopes of the Morgai had risen almost to the level of the road; but it was too dark for them to guess the depth of the fall.
'Well, here goes, Mr. Frodo,' said Sam. 'Good-bye!'
He let go. Frodo followed. And even as they fell they heard the rush of horsemen sweeping over the bridge and the rattle of orc-feet running up behind.
from 'The Land of Shadow', The Return of the King, J.R.R.Tolkien
Thorns
~~~
And the b/w sketch, too, prickly snaggy little thing that it was: