#Orcs & Goblins

[avinnypencilman]

Been thinking on a fantasy concept where Orcs and Goblins are actually from the same species from different genders. Kind of inspired on the large female sexual dimorphism found in spiders and anglerfish.

[whereserpentswalk]

Reblog to give the creature power. Like to befriend them.

[c-rowlesdraws]

the sketch commissions I took last week split up well over three posts (there are 18 total), but instead of posting them in order drawn or something like that, I'm posting them according to the color the commissioner asked for! This post is GREEN. commission info | patreon | etc

(credits below the cut - to be edited as I collect more people's info)

2) @feelslikefirstday 3) @knaveofdoodles 4) @cloverandcutlass 6) @champion-masquerade

[atasticforreal]

Apple 🍎

VA - @Reece_Bridger

[panelperday]

"We have barred the gates, we cannot get out. They have taken the bridge and the second hall... Drums, drums from the deep... They are coming"

[bacchuschucklefuck]

species medley ft. gorgug and riz

[sephiramy]

I thought I'd share some of the NPC headshots and environment artwork from the D&D game I'm currently running~

[nyaskitten]

savemyboycole . from THE GOBLIN 👹👹👹👹👹👹 The great dark GOBLIN 👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹 the demonic practices of this hideous goblin yet corrupt Cole's noble heart- i-ignore that one of the main characters is like partially a demon or something along those lines. GEO IS FORCING DEMONIC EVILS UPON COLE!!! KILL THE GOBLIN 👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹👹 !!!! THE GOBLIN 👹👹👹👹👹👹👹 IS A DARK CRUEL AND WICKED CORRUPTIVE FORCE. HE. MUST. DIE! GRAUHGHGHGH KILL THE GOBLIN 👹👹👹👹👹 GOBLIN DEEZ NUTS !!!!!!

[silver-grasp]

I whine about this periodically but I might as well make a post with my citations, for the benefit of future reference: the line in the film version of The Two Towers, where one of the orcs yells "Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!" after killing another orc or goblin is directly and dramatically opposite to what happens in more or less the same scene in the book, and in my opinion flattens an interesting aspect of the orcs and goblins in Lord of the Rings.

In chapter three of The Two Towers, "The Uruk-Hai," the force that attacked the Fellowship and kidnapped Merry and Pippin are made up of several different groups that don't entirely get along. One group is the Uruk-Hai from Isengard, led by Ugluk. Another is a group of goblins from Moria, who have come seeking revenge against the Fellowship and then intend to return. There's also Grishnakh, who seems to be a direct representative from Sauron's forces in Mordor. The groups quarrel over what to do next - Grishnakh wants the hobbits brought directly to Mordor, Ugluk (in nominal command) insists on bringing them to Isengard, the Moria group kind of just wants to go home. But in inciting others against Ugluk, Grishnakh says this:

Swine is it? How do you folk like being called swine by the muck-rakers of a dirty little wizard? It's orc-flesh they eat, I'll warrant.

This immediately starts a fight, weapons drawn, Ugluk's group kills several goblins before he regains control. But I have always found it significant that the accusation of cannibalism is part of the words that start that fight. Earlier in the conversation Ugluk brags that Saruman gives them "man's-flesh" to eat, so they clearly have no qualms about eating humans. But eating other orcs? Clearly enough of a taboo that it's (part of) a fight-starting insult, and I've always found that an interesting enough piece of worldbuilding that its total reversal in the films irritates me to no end.

[meteors-lotr]

A group of Hobbits is called a herd

A group of Dwarves is called a pod

A group of Elves is called a dance

A group of Men is called a flock

A group of Orcs is called a nest

A group of Goblins is called a brood

A group of Wizards is called a problem

[whossuzy]

If i ever meet an alien i want them to draw me - imagine, someone not knowing (or having complitely different then) human biology and beauty standarts drawing a person. Maybe the limbs being too long, maybe the eyes having a predatory gaze (even if u were posing for a second hour, barely not falling asleep) maybe the hair looking different or colors matching ur body temperature

There's also that their forms of art could be different! Maybe instead of sculpting they would put on shiny gems and rocks, maybe instead of drawing with solid graphite they could draw with non drying liquid or making stuff best viewed in 5D?

idk i want to see art perceived in nonhuman way.

[tench-art]

Lil grumpy french man, my beloved. (I miss playing Styx more than I'd expect)

[theveryworstthing]

goblin time.

these two are private detectives in the Small Guide universe that i haven't really fleshed out yet. the first lady is technically a short leucistic orc but everyone treats her like a tall goblin. she's new to the job but she has the aesthetic down and sometimes her older and more experienced partner uses that to their advantage, pretending to be her ditzy secretary or assistant to get people to let their guard down around her. their vibe is kind of like Sherlock and Watson except they're both Sherlock and the second Sherlock is actually Colombo in leopard print.

[beedokart]

@welldrawnfish ‘s Twig is famous now, after going viral. So the girls decided to serve as her bodyguards.

[panelperday]

There are Orcs, very many of them, ' he said. 'And some are large and evil: Black Uruks of Mordor... but there is something else... A great cave-troll, I think, or more than one. There is no hope for escape.' ... Through the braced and splintered door, a huge arm and shoulder with green scales was thrust. Boromir leaped forward and hewed with all his might, but his sword rang and glanced aside, and fell from his shaken hand

[whereserpentswalk]

Is there a heaven for dragons after they are slain, a place of endless skies to fly through and endless gold to bathe in? Do the goblins have a place of endless caves when they die, with bugs to eat and no humans to hunt them? Do the vampires and ghouls have a place of endless night to go to when their false lives are laid to rest? Are the golems and minitours given a place to guard forever?

When a dragon is slain do the other dragons know? Do they visit its lair to find it empty? Do the trolls take count of the dead when they return from a battle with humanity, do they burry the ashes of those who are burnt by the morning sun? Is there something for orcs to pray to before battle, is there something to give them hope?

What do monsters feel before they die? What is the look in their eyes when we kill them? Is it fear? Could it be anything else?