Two big chess pieces sitting on a riverbank

I began drawing pictures of the Lord of the Rings when I saw the movie poster for The Fellowship in the mall. I panicked, because I knew that if I watched a movie, I wouldn’t be able to remember MY version of things. So, since this was the movie poster I saw, I started with that.

The Pillars of the Argonath I always imagined to be identical statues, worn much more than the movie portrayed, and rather like to those Viking chess pieces much toted as one of the first instances of strategic games in the north or something.

I still love this picture, except for those boats. You can still see where I tried to draw people in them and changed my mind. Heh.