© Solarfall's Realm: artwork on Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee.

<BODY BACKGROUND="frodosam3.jpg" BGPROPERTIES="FIXED" top-margin=0 left-margin=0 background-position: center BG-repeat: no LINK="#996699" VLINK="#99CCCC" ALINK="#CC9999"> <script language="JavaScript">  </script> <script> if (parent.frames.length==0) //Verander "index1.html" in de URL van je "basispagina" window.location.replace("indexFrames.html") </script> <A NAME="Top"></A> <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="85%" CELLSPACING=4 ALIGN=CENTER> <tr> <TD> <B><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" COLOR="#333366"><CENTER>ARTIST'S NOTE: This is the NO-FRAMES version of Solarfall's Realm.  <br> Your browser appears not to be able to handle <I>framed</I> sites appropriately.  <br> At the <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft</A>-site you may obtain a newer browser.</CENTER></FONT></B><BR> <br></TD></TR></TABLE> <B><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="LUCIDA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" COLOR="#AA4455"><CENTER>Welcome, friend, to Solarfall's artwork on J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved characters<I> Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee</CENTER></FONT></I></B><BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR>  <BR> <CENTER><IMG SRC="Images/line6002.gif"></CENTER>  <br> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="LUCIDA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" COLOR="#AA4455"><CENTER><B>Why Frodo and Sam?</B></CENTER></FONT>  <BR> <TABLE WIDTH="95%" ALIGN=CENTER> <tr><td align=LEFT><B><P align=justify><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#333366">Sam and Frodo obviously are my favourite Tolkien characters. My main goal is to put <I>their</I> story into pictures - focussing on their harsh journey to Mount Doom and the destruction of the One Ring. </FONT></P></B> <P align=justify><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#333366"><B>Why I like them so much? That's an easy question, so it seems. On second thought, it's a very difficult one, as there are so many reasons, I can't possibly sum up all of them. Because of their endurance. Their warm friendship. Their holding on to each other, whatever misery they encounter on their journey. Their warm hearts, their good nature, their spirits. So different, but yet so alike in their love for the Shire and their kin - and so much depending on each other in any thinkable way. <I>I just love them so much!</I> <IMG SRC="Images/narf.gif"></P> <P align=justify>Peter Jackson's Movie Trilogy has indeed inspired me - the appearance of the wonderful actors (Elijah Wood and Sean Astin) that gave life to our dear hobbits on the screen has surely left a strong mark on the way I portray them. Quite often though, my interpretation tends to diverge for a bit. I would have preferred to see a little more emotional interaction and character development in stead of PJ's endless, on-going Orc-, Warg-, Oliphaunt- and WhatEver-bashing...  <BR>Apart from my own opinion on the movies I've included a couple of essays on my <B><A HREF="indexEssays.html" TARGET="MAIN-WINDOW" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'Essays Page'; this.style.color = '#AA4455';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'Essays Page'; this.style.color = '#996699';">Essays Page</A></B> from people who've been able to lay their finger on the sore spots way better than I ever could.</P> <P align=justify>My goal is to illustrate the tenderness in Sam and Frodo's relationship - and thus to do honour to Tolkien's books.</P></FONT> </TD> </TR> </TABLE>  <BR> <TABLE WIDTH="95%" ALIGN=CENTER> <tr><td align=left> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#AA4455"><P align=center><B><I>A copy of the dear old Book lies next to my bed - and I expect it to remain my primal source of inspiration for a very, very long time...! </B></I></P></FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> </table> <CENTER><IMG SRC="Images/line6002.gif"></CENTER>  <br> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="LUCIDA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" COLOR="#AA4455"><CENTER><B>* What's New? *</B></CENTER></FONT> <CENTER><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" COLOR="#333366"> <br><B>The little pictures below are </I>thumbnails<I>. Click on these to view the full picture. <br>The picture will open in a new window.</B></FONT></I></CENTER> <br> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="95%" HEIGHT="100%" CELLSPACING="10"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="indexPic_Dagmar_FrodoPortrait.html" target="_new"><IMG SRC="DagmarsPics/Frodo portrait_thumb1.jpg" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="102" ALT="Frodo Portrait" ALT border="3"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN=RIGHT><P align=justify><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#333366">August 30, 2005: Added </FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#AA4455"><I>Dagmar Jung</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#333366">'s lovely Portrait of Frodo Baggins.</FONT> </B></P></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="indexPic_Dagmar_Star.html" target="_new"><IMG SRC="DagmarsPics/Star of Ephel Duath_thumb1.jpg" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="101" ALT="Star of Ephel Dúath" ALT border="3"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN=RIGHT><P align=justify><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#333366">August 30, 2005: And <I>yet</I> another masterpiece from </FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#AA4455"><I>Dagmar Jung</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#333366">!  <br>Here's her version of a very well-known scene (which I did myself as well, to be found over <A HREF="indexPic_Star.html" TARGET="_NEW">here</A> (coloured version) as well as over <A HREF="indexPic_Star_grey.html" TARGET="_NEW">here</A> (grey version)): <br> <I>"The Star of Ephel Dúath", The Return of the King.</I>  <br> <br>(PS More of Dagmar's art over <A HREF="indexDagmar.html" NAME="MAIN-WINDOW" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'here'; this.style.color = '#AA4455';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'here'; this.style.color = '#996699';">here</a>!) </FONT></B></P></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="indexPic_Merry.html" target="_new"><IMG SRC="Images/Merry_100_verz_thumb1.jpg" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="105" ALT="Merry at Crickhollow" ALT border="3"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN=RIGHT><P align=justify><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#333366">August 25, 2005: Never before I did I portray one <I>*other*</I> hobbit than Sam and/or Frodo! Until I found the *perfect* model for my <B>Meriadoc Brandybuck</B>. Nay, not <I>that</I> guy from the movies, sorry 'bout that. Got meself a much better one, I think. <br> Here's a scene from <I>"A Conspiracy Unmasked"</I>. </FONT></B></P></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="indexPic_Prophecy.html" target="_new"><IMG SRC="Images/Prophecy_100_verz_thumb1.jpg" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALT="Frodo's Prophecy" ALT border="3"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN=RIGHT><P align=justify><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#333366">July 8, 2005: <I>Apocalypse Now</I> from <I>The Return of the King</I>.  <br>"Begone, and trouble me no more! If you touch me ever again, you shall be cast yourself into the Fire of Doom". <I>"Mount Doom"</I>. </FONT></B></P></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="indexPic_Glad.html" target="_new"><IMG SRC="Images/GladYoureHere_verz_thumb1.jpg" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALT="Glad That I'm Here With You" ALT border="3"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN=RIGHT><P align=justify><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#333366">June 12, 2005: Ah, <I>The Return Of The King</I>... perhaps one of the key scenes? Frodo's glad that Sam Is With Him, At The End of All Times. </FONT></B></P></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="indexGraewolf.html" NAME="MAIN-WINDOW"><IMG SRC="GraewolfsPics/LotR/greyhavens_thumb.jpg" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" ALT="Grey Havens" ALT border="3"></A></TD> <TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN=RIGHT><P align=justify><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#AA4455">June 5, 2004: New Guest Artist on the block! I am very excited to introduce you to <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#333366"><I>Graewolf's </I></FONT><A HREF="indexGraewolf.html" NAME="MAIN-WINDOW" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'art'; this.style.color = '#AA4455';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'art'; this.style.color = '#996699';">art</A>. <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#AA4455">Go have a look at her lovely artwork. She's not only a wonderful <I>Lord of the Rings</I>-illustrator, but a great portrait artist as well.</FONT></B></P></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER>  <BR> <CENTER><IMG SRC="Images/line6002.gif"></CENTER>  <br> <TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="CENTER" HEIGHT="20%" CELLSPACING=8> <tr><td WIDTH="100%" align=left><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="LUCIDA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" COLOR="#AA4455"><CENTER>And now, I'd like to bid you welcome to have a look at my little shrine for my Sam and Frodo-art:</FONT></B> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="95%" ALIGN="CENTER" HEIGHT="50%" CELLPADDING=15><tr> <TD WIDTH="30%" ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="indexIllustrations.html"><IMG SRC="Images/Book_Illustrations1.jpg" NAME="MAIN-WINDOW" WIDTH="250" HEIGHT="250" ALT="Tolkien Book Illustrations" ALT border="3"></A></TD> <td WIDTH="70%" align=RIGHT><p align=justify><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#333366">Click on the picture to enter my complete collection of illustrations directly from scenes from J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy <I>"The Lord of the Rings"</I>, or enter <a href="indexIllustrations.html" NAME="MAIN-WINDOW" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'here'; this.style.color = '#AA4455';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'here'; this.style.color = '#996699';">here</a>.</FONT></B></P></TD> </TR></table>  <BR> <CENTER> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="VERDANA" COLOR="#AA4455"><B><I> ...Don't forget to pay a visit to the special pages dedicated to <A HREF="indexGraewolf.html" NAME="MAIN-WINDOW" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'Graewolf'; this.style.color = '#AA4455';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'Graewolf'; this.style.color = '#996699';">Graewolf</A> and <A HREF="indexDagmar.html" NAME="MAIN-WINDOW" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'Dagmar Jung'; this.style.color = '#AA4455';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'Dagmar Jung'; this.style.color = '#996699';">Dagmar Jung</A> as well...! </B></I></FONT><BR> <BR> </CENTER>  <BR> <CENTER><IMG SRC="Images/line6002.gif"></CENTER>  <br> <center><B><font face="lucida, times new roman" size="4" color="#996699"> <A HREF="index1.html#Top" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'Top of Page'; this.style.color = '#AA4455';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'Top of Page'; this.style.color = '#996699';">Top of Page</A> </font></B></center>  <BR> <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%" HEIGHT="*" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING= 0"> <tr> <TD WIDTH="*" HEIGHT=40 ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN=MIDDLE> <A HREF="indexIllustrations.html" TARGET="MAIN-WINDOW"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'Book Illustrations |'; this.style.color = '#FFFFFF';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'Book Illustrations |'; this.style.color = '#663399';">Book Illustrations |</FONT></A> <A HREF="indexTechniques.html" TARGET="MAIN-WINDOW"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'Techniques |'; this.style.color = '#FFFFFF';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'Techniques |'; this.style.color = '#663399';">Techniques |</FONT></A> <A HREF="indexLinks.html" TARGET="MAIN-WINDOW"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'Links |'; this.style.color = '#FFFFFF';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'Links |'; this.style.color = '#663399';">Links |</FONT></A> <A HREF="indexEssays.html" TARGET="MAIN-WINDOW"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'Essays |'; this.style.color = '#FFFFFF';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'Essays |'; this.style.color = '#663399';">Essays |</FONT></A> <A HREF="indexKarin.html" TARGET="MAIN-WINDOW"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'About me |'; this.style.color = '#FFFFFF';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'About me |'; this.style.color = '#663399';">About me |</FONT></A> <A HREF="http://www.livejournal.com/users/solarfallsrealm/" target="_new"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'LiveJournal |'; this.style.color = '#FFFFFF';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'LiveJournal |'; this.style.color = '#663399';">LiveJournal |</FONT></A> <A HREF="http://solarfall.write2me.nl/?L=english" TARGET="MAIN-WINDOW"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'Guestbook |'; this.style.color = '#FFFFFF';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'Guestbook |'; this.style.color = '#663399';">Guestbook |</FONT></A> <A HREF="https://www.cafepress.com/solarfallsrealm" TARGET="MAIN-WINDOW"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'Shop |'; this.style.color = '#FFFFFF';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'Shop |'; this.style.color = '#663399';"><B>Shop |</B></FONT></A> <A HREF="indexDagmar.html" TARGET="MAIN-WINDOW"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'Dagmar Jung |'; this.style.color = '#FFFFFF';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'Dagmar Jung |'; this.style.color = '#663399';">Dagmar Jung |</FONT></A> <A HREF="indexGraewolf.html" TARGET="MAIN-WINDOW"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA, TIMES NEW ROMAN" onMouseOver="this.innerHTML = 'Graewolf'; this.style.color = '#FFFFFF';" onMouseOut="this.innerHTML = 'Graewolf'; this.style.color = '#663399';">Graewolf</FONT></A> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </body>