I started this one last Labor Day weekend. My brother and I visited a friend in Chicago and in the sparse downtime, I did the pencils. It was originally a request from another friend who asked for some Tolkien content. I let it sit because I wasn't really happy with how it was progressing. It just wasn't working...and I tend to avoid broken things like the plague.
Today I inked and colored it.
Why?
Recently, I've been struggling with how I feel about the material world. Learning to let things go and give to those who need it much more. I'm not a rich man. Never have been. But the longer I live, the more I realize just how lucky I am. And how much responsibility that luck carries.
As for the image itself, I wanted to catch the exact moment that Sméagol made the choice to become Gollum. Perched atop that precipice, knowing that what lay below was nothing but destruction...we've all been there and let ourselves fall. It was a choice.
It's always a choice.
The things you own, end up owning you -Tyler Durden
Also, I drew a monkey:
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