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"The Mouth of Sauron" by Timothy Kou

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Well, I haven't uploaded anything in quite a while.  The truth is, I haven't had much time to work on my own stuff.  But my continual involvement with John Howe's forum and his fans (and sometimes even the man himself) leaves me inspired once in a while.

Here we have the mouth of Sauron as he taunts Gandalf and Aragorn with Frodo's mithril shirt.  Enjoy!

Blue mechanical pencil; Photoshop




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12 Dec 2005:-) Benedict Tom Isaac
Not bad. Looks a bit like Arthas too.
13 Dec 200545 Karen
Hey, good to see this piece again!
I really like how you play with the contrast. To me,it makes it look like the shirt and the horse's head seem to be moving. Very nice job!
24 Jan 200645 A Random LOTR fan (Among other things)
I love it! Coolness!!! I like how you made the mithril shirt glow. Just how I pictured it! *grins at the sight of a horse, even if it is buried in awesome armor with the coolest shading I ever saw*
26 Apr 200645 Anonymous
Having never held a piece of mail i dunno if im right, but holding up a shirt, the shoulders droop inward or outward, it doesnt look like a shirt anymore, more like a hanging piece of cloth and urs still holds the shoulder shape, i dunno if mail does that or what, other than that , awesome
8 May 2006:-) Julie Raymond
*gasp* I take it you got to MEET John Howe? That is awesome... I am jealous! And of course the drawing is amazing as usual. The style reminds me of John Howe's, the way it really captures the spirit of Tolkien's words. I always thought he was especially good at portraying the "bad guys" and making them extra cool and creepy. This is definately quite as creepy as I imagined it in the book! Ah well, enough rambling then. Have a nice day! 2
11 May 200645 Macaroo
Isn't John fun? He's one of the few people on the planet that's I ask to meet if I could. You're right, his forum is delightful, and his responses to letters and posts are just like everything else he writes: witty and kind.
Oh, and great picture too. 1
9 Jun 2006:-) Aaron R Maurer
This is awesome. it very much how i imagined him as well but dont forget . Everyone was off their horses when they paleyed with each other.2 not that it matters much. But this is awesoem2
4 Jan 2008:-) David Michael
God bless you, man! I was so disappointed by Peter Jackson's disgusting mockery of the character (an exaggerated mutilated mouth, are you kidding me?), and was longing for a version that was true to the cold sophistication found in the books. And I think you have it here. It looks a lot like the movie version, but with a more normal head, and that was my main beef. This is great, you can actually believe here that he is a descendent of the Black Numenoreans, as opposed to some orcish monster.
22 Aug 2009:-) Heidi Hecht
Neat...Not much to say that hasn’t already been said; nice job.
14 Oct 2009:-) Loxley Smithett
I am glad to see an original interpretation of Lord of the Rings, I believe movies always have a habit of making imagination static...well done.
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'The Mouth of Sauron':
 • Created by: :-) Timothy Kou
 • Copyright: ©Timothy Kou. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Lord, Mouth, Rings, Sauron
 • Categories: Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
 • Techniques: Mechanical/Technical Pencils
 • Inspirations: JRR Tolkien
 • Submitted: 2005-11-10 01:39:28
 • Views: 10555
 • Resolution: 800x566

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