Thorin Oakenshield Cutting Cake

Just a little something fun to try to get myself back in the mood to draw. I stopped drawing again for a few reasons, and have been having a *lot* of trouble staying focused on *anything* lately (long story). I whipped this out in a couple hours (it’s full of mistakes – but it was mainly just to get me to loosen up and have some much-needed fun). I  wasn’t even sure how I would finish it until I just grabbed a pencil and started drawing with it instead of ink. I even originally thought I would do a more cartoony style, but I guess I like using this style of mine for drawing the dwarves now.

Anyway, I thought it might be fun to have an image to share with friends when they had birthdays or when they just needed a big slice of cake. So here is Thorin, mistaking a cake for an orc.

Sketched first in blue pencil, then finished with 2H and 6B art pencils on sketchbook paper. The drawing was then photographed in B&W.

Edited 7/17/14: Replaced the old photograph with a scan.