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SciFi and Fantasy Art: The Man in the Moon stayed up too late

There is an inn, a merry old inn< br>beneath an old grey hill,
And there they brew a beer so brown
That the Man in the Moon himself came down
one night to drink his fill

The ostler has a tipsy cat
that plays a five stringed fiddle
And up and down he runs his bow
Now squeaking high, now purring low,
Now sawing in the middle.

[...]

With a ping and a pong the fiddle strings broke !
The cow jumped over the Moon,
And the little dog laughed to see such fun,
And the Saturday dish went off at a run
with the silver Sunday spoon

The round Moon rolled behind the hill
as the Sun raised up her head.
She hardly believed her fiery eyes ;
For though it was day, to her surprise
they all went back to bed.

JRR Tolkien

This song from The Lord of the Rings is sung by Frodo at the inn in Bree, and I had this idea of illustrating it. So here it is... A long time work !
- watercolor -


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The Man in the Moon stayed up too late - SciFi and Fantasy Art by Jordi Landier
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Categories: [Anthropomorphic (Furries)] [Humourous or Cute Things] [Book Illustration]
Techniques: [Ballpoint Pen] [Watercolour]
Inspirations: [JRR Tolkien]
DateNameComment 
15 Jan 2005:-) Kathleen Kalle
I really love it ^^ ... well cats and moons 2 are great anyway but I also like the Song 2
20 Jan 200545 Sayen
Firstly that is not the whole poem which can be found in the adventures of tom bombadill the picture looks good but where is the sun and the plate and spoon? I like being picky like on the films gandalf goes to isengard in the two towers not the return of the king.

14 Jordi Landier replies: "Well... I know about this not being the whole poem... That's what the little symbol [...] means.I'm glad that you think the picture looks good though it hasn't all elements. But it would have been too crowded then."
19 Dec 200545 Violet Witch 4eva
*gasps* How cute!!!!!!!!!
21 Dec 2006:-) Anne Wipf
I just LOVE this picture. Great work.
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