Meet Stick Thorin Oakenshield

Out of the blue I’ve developed this crazy love of making stick figures. It started out as a simple little stick figure hug that I made for someone and it has turned into this need to teach myself to not only to make the stick figures, but also animate them–before anyone starts to worry, I am exaggerating. 😉 But I have made 3 generic stick figure animations and now I’ve moved on to the most ridiculous of all. I’m actually laughing at myself because of how cheesy this is, but I’m still going to share with you all.

Meet Stick Thorin Oakenshield:

Yeah, I know he doesn’t really look like Richard as Thorin, but I’m still kind of fond of the little guy. Anyway I also decided that Stick Thorin needed to be animated and this is what I came up with:

Any guesses which scene inspired this piece of ridiculousness?

Aria Awards: Richard Armitage Gifs

Angie over at The Armitage Effect got her hands on the clips of the Aria Awards that feature Richard Armitage. Go Angie! And thanks. I went through and made gifs, because well, I like to. 😉

He’s talking with his hands again.

 

Look, it’s the Tongue of Concentration:

Yeah, I just like to watch him laugh:

And really enthusiastic laughter. Maybe he’s a Gotye fan?

Just because:

Naughty boy, talking during Gotye’s speech.

That smirk!

12 Minute Clip From the Hobbit Press Conference: Gifs

I’m supposed to be putting up the Christmas tree and I am. But dang it, every time I take a break there is something new!!!! Richard Armitage may not have spoken in the clip (found here) but we did get several good sightings of him.

Yeah, I know, I’ve posted this before, but it’s just so darn adorable!

Have I mentioned how much I love to watch him laugh?

You know how I am about water bottles, apparently that extends to glasses as well. 😉

Gifs from the Hobbit Cast Interviews

How great is it when you wake up to Richard Armitage interviews!!! I’m late to the gif making party, but you know me, I’m a DIYer. I’m including the videos that the gifs come from. That way I can keep them all together.

I just love how much Richard chuckled during this interview. Clearly he has a great time being around Martin.

The hands! I adore how he talks with his hands, it is one of his most charming quirks.

 

It showed up better in the video, but I thought it was funny when Martin and Richard were both bobbing their heads.

 

More of the talking hands, I just cant’ resist!

 

Warner Bros is such a tease…

…but I love it! It seems that with each new trailer we get new blink-and-you-missed-it clips. If I weren’t so incredibly interested in this movie *cough* and a certain actor, I’d probably not even note the new bits. As it is, each new clip make me smile ridiculously and long for December 14th even more than I thought possible.

We’ve seen Thorin and the dwarves run out to attack the trolls, but have we seen Thorin actually making contact with the troll before?

How cool is this going to look on the big screen and in 3D?

 

Only a month left to wait. Only a month left to wait. Only a month left to wait…I can’t be the only one repeating this like a mantra, can I?

Just what I needed…another Hobbit TV spot!

It has been a crazy week of ups and downs. Got my Hobbit tickets on Wednesday as well as tickets for the LOTRs marathon! But yesterday, the joys of Hobbit fever were overshadowed by the burglary of my next door neighbors’ home. Needless to say, the day was quite surreal and stressful. I’m just immensely grateful that no one was home at the time of the break-in.

Luckily I have friends who know just how to cheer me up–photos from the OMG (thanks Zan!) and ridiculous gifs of Chris Hemsworth (still laughing, Snickers’ Mom!).

Then this morning there was another TV spot for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. There are some new snippets with Thorin (at least I think they are new).

 

Sometimes I think the universe just knows when I need a pick-me-up. This certainly helped.

Hobbit Trailer #2!!!! And Gifs, ’cause that’s how I roll.

Unless you live under a rock, or live somewhere where the new trailer came out while you were sleeping, you’ve seen this by now.

I really am a squeeing fool today! The trailer was awesome. We got to see a lot of new things AND the voice!!! Love the voice, I could listen to it all day long!

Okay, onto the gifs. I made a lot, because well, the trailer was awesome.

The Map

Gotta love some running dwarves…Thorin in particular!

And the dwarves begin to arrive.

These look like a fun lot to hang around!

Yeah, this one’s here just because Thorin is so pretty.

So kingly!

The Shire is so beautiful…and Bilbo’s off on an adventure.

I’m still curious to see how Galadriel fits in, but she looks stunning as does Rivendell.

The trolls have always been one of my favorite parts of the book!

Thorin being his haughty self.

Radagast and his bunny sled…lol!

Riddles in the dark!!!

Don’t think I’d want to encounter these wolves.

Bilbo stew anyone?

Yeah, Thorin just looks like a badass here!

Even more of a badass!

I love the humor and can I just say…ouch!

If you haven’t been here yet, there are extra snippets in each trailer.

Bilbo receives the contract.

I’d probably faint if I was contemplating being burned to ashes by Smaug too.

More GIFS from Alt Vlog 8

Update: I was kindly asked by WB to remove the gifs I had here from the Alternative Vlog 8 that was floating around the internet today. Sorry guys.

More Hobbit Goodness!!! Alt Version of Vlog 8

Update: I was kindly asked by WB to remove the gifs I had here from the Alternative Vlog 8 that was floating around the internet today. Sorry guys.

 

Inside John Porter

Yesterday I was looking at Tumblr and I came across this really amazing set of gifs. Curious about how they were made, and liking a challenge, I decided to give making one of my own a try. 🙂 Naturally, I decided to go with a Richard Armitage character, in this case, John Porter. After a lot of trial and error, this is what I came up with.

 

 

I can see where making these might become addictive. Oh chaRActers, I think I might have to experiment with more of you! 🙂

Oh and for those of you who read yesterday’s post. I am now the proud aunt of a beautiful little boy! He was born this morning at 10:02!