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It's interesting to me that in Beowulf the Dragon had been asleep or bored, or not committing crimes against humanity for so long that it lay forgotten in it's hoard.  But then a servant steals away with so much as a cup and it's time for the Dragon to rage it's vengeance on Beowulf's countrymen.  I'm sured Tolkien was inspired by this to awaken Smaug when little Bilbo Baggins saunters in as a thief and takes the Arkenstone. Hobbit Smaug, Breathing Fire, John Howe, Hobbit Art, Middle Earth Art, Tolkien Art, Lotr Art, Desolation Of Smaug, Jrr Tolkien

I don’t know about you guys, but we here at Neatorama are thrilled about the second installment of Peter Jackson’s take on The Hobbit coming out this weekend, called The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. To celebrate, we decided to round up some of the great fan art based on the story. The cool thing about Hobbit art tributes is that creators have over 75 years of source material to pull from, so some of it is based entirely off of the books, some on the 1977 cartoon and some on the recent…

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