Concepts and Sketches

When you begin any project, you have to get an idea of what you are going to do.

In addition to screen captures from the trilogy, I used the "Art of" books and "Big picture" books that were published. Anything I could get my hands on that I could see every costume and character detail.

And then I decided on my poses. I kept these loose and sketchy, just as a guide to what I wanted the character to look like. I knew that most of the decisions would be made as I began the sculpts. See images below:

	Gandalf
	Frodo Baggins
	Samwise Gamgee
	Merry Brandybuck and Perrigrin Took
	Gimli
	Legolas Greenleaf
	Boromir