My drawing final was pretty vague, basically to draw a chart of something you're really interested in. So I decided to do Doors of Middle Earth, two of my passions.
Whenever I go abroad, I take as many pictures of doors as possible. I find doors really fascinating, especially in older cities like Dublin and Dresden. Recently I've moved on to windows, but I have dozens and dozens of door pictures, which I'll post in a slideshow after this post. The symbolism of doors and windows isn't too complicated (entrances, exits, the unknown if the door is closed, seeing in or others seeing out/spying) but it draws me in anyway.
Middle Earth and Tolkien's legendarium also fascinates me. He created a world with various cultures, languages, customs, places, a full history and lineages two thousand years long. He literately constructed an entire world and its history. So, I figured I could do a chart of doors from different cultures (Hobbit, Gondorian, Elven) based on his descriptions and Peter Jackson's movie's interpretations. He hired two artists, John Howe and Alan Lee, who have spent most of their careers illustrating Tolkien's books. Alan Lee does these brilliant watercolors, which inspired me to do watercolors with colored pencil details. I can't wait to get started on this.
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