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The Argonath


Donato Giancola

Last year I was approached by an art collector, Luca Schroeder, to see if I was interested in pursuing a new commission along the theme of The Argonath, a rendering of the Fellowship as they pass beneath two large statues flanking the River Anduin from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Given that I had not yet illustrated this moment from the novels, I was more than happy to explore and see what kind…

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Moving Pictures


Justin Coro Kaufman

March 6, 2025 - Been doing a bunch of motion-based work over the past month. Haven't had much time for personal work, but no  complaints.  I really like it in this type of stuff even though I’m probably not the most savvy at it. But where I may fall short on technical expertise, I can make up for it with ham-fisted slapdash digital painting :D. AfterEffects is awesome, because while it can get pretty deep, fundamentally it’s pretty much moving photoshop, so if you have a basic understanding of photo editing the learning curve isn’t too bad. Thought it might be cool to make a quick little tutorial of a space environment fly through using a layered PSD file painted on my iPad and then animated in after effects. This is a surprisingly effective technique thats cheap but does a…

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