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Hobbiton was a village in the Westfarthing of the Shire. It laid on both sides of the Water, not far from the neighboring village of Bywater. The village was overlooked by Hobbiton Hill (usually called simply 'The Hill'), in which was Bag End, the ancestral smial of the Baggins Family and the famous Frodo and Bilbo Baggins.
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As you can possibly see, this picture was inspired by a painting by Tolkien himself ( tolkiengateway.net/w/images/5/… ). I wanted to make a picture of Hobbiton and stay faithful to Tolkien's original vision and style and yet add there something of my own; not just duplicate his picture but rather expand and modify it, while still depicting the same place as the Master himself. What do you think about it? :-)

It was made for a contest of a Czech audiobook publisher Tympanum. And I was fortunate to win that contest, so the picture should be published on booklet of a new Czech audiobook edition of The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring). :dance:

Check out also a companion piece Hobbiton Befouled that I made in 2022.

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If you like my Tolkien-related art, look at my related journal or gallery folder.
But you can find even more of my pictures on my website Angrenost.cz. It's in Czech, but you can still look over the gallery of illustrations. Enjoy! :-)
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MakairodonX's avatar
Besides I have never ever seen pictures that ever reflect on how much the shire was portrayed in the same visions as the same man who first envisioned it!