You Know How Dads Get The Pet They Didn’t Want But It Becomes Their Favorite Thing In The Whole World?

i love reading tolkien’s descriptive passages. there’s just something about them that makes them so vivid

also all the em dashes lol

Legolas’s costume

Actor: Orlando Bloom

Designer: Lesley Burkes-Harding

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept., Knives and Back rig by Weta Workshop

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Post 19/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. This one was impossible to get good photos of. Just way too much glare. Message me if you’d like higher resolution shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

some Sméagol sketches! they're from while he's still in his cave but after BAGGINSS stole his PRECIOUS!!

They’re so sweet I’m going to cry

“Sam refused to leave his master. When Pippin had gone, he came and sat curled up at Frodo's feet, where at last he nodded and closed his eyes. Frodo remained long awake, talking with Gildor.”

back on my bullshit

bilbo baggins i love youuuuuu

from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles: Art & Design

Hobbits

unmentioned credits: MS - Matt Smith, Prop Designer BB - Bob Buck, Additional Costume Designer

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It’s going to take me a while to get through Thorin and Company’s pages, so in the meantime I figured I’d put up the hobbits

Balin’s costume

Actor: Ken Stott

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 17/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots. The fabrics used in Balin’s kit are awesome.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Sam and Frodo and frodos sparkling eyes. I drew this a while ago but posted on insta and never here.

the company of thorin oakenshield