The Making of The Quest Fulfilled: Part 2

A first sketch of Huan (the hound at the side of Beren) and of Morgoth's wolf Carcharoth, who has been killed by Huan and lies behind Beren.

"I had the problem with the two dogs that I don't have much experience in drawing them. But luckily I found some images of wolfs in books about animals. Of course, the animals had not the posture I needed, but I could imagine that somehow. I was instantly relatively content with the sketch of Huan.

Carcharoth was difficult to draw due to his complicated position. But the two sketches were sufficient to give me an impression how his legs etc. have to be placed, since he is not that visible in the background."

Two sketches of Beleg in different positions. He is kneeling to Beren's right and grieving for him.

"Beleg's character and his appearance was familiar to me, since I have drawn and painted him several times for the illustrations of "Narn i Hîn Húrin". So I knew how his face and his haircut should look (oddly enough I have always imagines him to have short hair), and what clothing and weapons he should wear. He should be distinguishable from Mablung through his quiver with the arrows. I omitted the bow because I imagined it to be lying out of sight on the floor. And I experimented a little bit with his posture: he should in any case be kneeling on one leg and have the other one bent. Since Mablung was going to be in a similar posture and his left knee is on the floor, I chose the other one for Beleg. A problem over which I pondered for a long time was, if the belt of the quiver should be running over or under his coat. In the end I just made a try, and then knew in which places his coat is gathered, and where the wrinkles are."