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December 18, 2010
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Finally done.
Watercolour on 300lb hot press paper.
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=johngrovesart Apr 22, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
I love the use of the curved perspective in this one, really imposes a sense of scale to the view. :-)
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Mood: Love ~godofruin2 Mar 3, 2013
wow, how long did it take to do this, seems like along long time, super good
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Mood: Love ~lovehatesmisery Jan 21, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Your version of Minas Tirith represents a time of peace. I instantly thought of the fourth age of Middle-earth where Aragorn is king, and Gondor prospers. :)
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~Griffitts Dec 5, 2012  Hobbyist
To repeat what many others have said, I like the inclusions of farmlands on the Pelennor and the black stone of the outer wall.

I feel like there's got to be some way to make the black outer wall less visually jarring without hiding it behind trees... Maybe if the roofs in the city were also black? Regardless, I am quite impressed with this painting. While I think the movies did a good job overall, this artwork fits my own vision of Minas Tirith much better.
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*AbePapakhian Dec 9, 2012
Not a bad idea about the roofs, it would add a nice defensive feature against fires and such. I've been kicking around some ideas about the Pelennor from different perspectives with the city as back drop. I'm sure there must be small villages throughout, waypoints on the way to Osgiliath, coming down from Rohan or up from Lebennin. Lots of ways to flesh out life on the Pelennor.
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~noleme Nov 5, 2012
This is awesome, so much detail. I also like how you made the Pelennor populated, I missed that in the movies.
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*AbePapakhian Nov 18, 2012
Thank you. I wanted a more realistic feel to the city than the one shown. It always amazes me how castles and cities are placed in the middle of nowhere in fantasy paintings. I'm just going the other way.
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~TedShatner10 Sep 28, 2012
It has the general feel of the place and similarities to Minas Tirith as depicted in the PJ movies, but more true to how it was described in the novels and looks a bit more realistic (empty fields aside, the movies implied that Minas Tirith got its supplies from a harbour complex).
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~rstrider9 Jul 19, 2012
This is beautiful. The way Minis Tirith should look like in the Fourth Age. Great job.
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~ladymoonscar9828 Jul 16, 2012
JRR would be proud
but the farms are on the far left side of the city. right now, they're about to be trampled by a million Orcs and the riders of rohan

sorry, i'm a nazi when it comes to LotR
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