Painting Dwarves

I'm doing an art study for school; I'm enjoying it so it's no real surprise that I feel inclined to paint.
A few days ago I decided to try to paint the movie poster for the Hobbit; you know, the one with all the dwarves on it.
Anyways, I found a picture and then zoomed in so I could  paint the dwarves. At one point I looked down and saw Thorin, and almost laughed out loud:

Well that was the creepyest thing I've seen all day!

All joking aside I ended up with this picture:

I'm very happy with it, I feel like I managed to paint 10 dwarves correctly; especially Bombur. The other three...Well let's focus on the positives, shall we?

The Desolation of Smaug is Hilarious

Soooo we watched the Desolation of Smaug again.

It was hilarious.

And then this happened and then it was hilarious x100

Tauriel

This is probably the most thought out photo shoot I have ever done. I wanted to dress up as a character, so I chose Tauriel from the Hobbit. I made the bow and arrow myself with string, pleather, sticks, and shiny markers. I’m really pleased with how these pictures turned out (:
Thanks to Mom who let me borrow her attractive green shirt. Also thanks to Johanna who let me repeatedly raid her stash of stuff. (:
The shoot went really well, until I broke my bowstring and it started to rain again :P
Some of the pictures I put elf ears on, others I forgot to :P
But that's OK I got quite a few shots I really like :)

 Elf ears

Ignore the crooked arrow, no stick is perfect.

 I had a great time playing with the colours in this one,

 making it look like a different word....

 I'm proud of this one because I didn't have to crop it. This is straight from camera (maybe a little colour correction)

 I think I like this one best, you may see it everywhere from now on :P

"Give the gourd a bow and arrow and he's a REAL elf."

-Veggietales

The Hobbit.......

Wow.....So we went to see the 

Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug

Christmas eve. I was going to post this earlier, but it's hard to type when you're fangirling.

Firstly:
I liked it way better than the first one.
Secondly:
I had high expectations for the first movie, and was majorly disappointed. The Desolation of Smaug was a pleasant surprise.
Also:
Going in I had doubts about the new elf girl, Tauriel, but she turned out to be the best girl elf in all five movies. (Score!)
Cool
 I liked how in this movie you got to know the other dwarves a little better. The first movie seemed to be ALL about Thorin... 
What was the point of that?
The whole point of the opening Bree scene seemed to be for Peter Jackson to make his carrot cameo.
 And:
I loved how they did Beorn, (awesome crazy eye brows!) I can't wait to see more of him! Smaug was impressive, although I thought his scenes dragged on too long.
 SPOILER
  I hated how Smaug just up and left in the middle of his fight with the dwarves to go attack Lake Town. Dragons aren't known for their self-control; and Smaug is strangely disinterested in killing the dwarves.


In spite of the hiccups, I really enjoyed it. :)

The Videos About The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug

We went to see the Hobbit Christmas eve, and I made a lame vlog. BUT the Brotherhood Workshop made better videos and they're funny. Well, hilarious: