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Walking Through Middle Earth
Hello everyone! My name is Sam; I am a 25 year old gal with a loose grip on reality.
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Thranduil & his wife by 雪鱼 (http://bcy.net/illust/detail/14922/531475)
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Tolkien Dark Lord Chart (Revised)
A little personal guide I use for the various incarnations of Dark Lords when I’m illustrating the Silmarillion Project. While Sauron and Morgoth are the only *official* Dark Lords, I included the Witch-King of Angmar, because 1000+ years of being the chief antagonist in Middle-Earth deserves an honorable mention.
Left to Right:
Morgoth in the First Age- essentially a rogue god, I wanted him to come off as an imposing demon, indestructible and primal.
Sauron (as Gorthaur the Cruel)- Morgoth’s number two, ruling over an island fortress of werewolves. He needs to look like the sort of guy who can turn into a bat.
Sauron (as Annatar, Giver of Gifts)- this is the “fair” form he took to give out his Rings of Power. I have him in a more nordic style, as to better mingle with the Elves, Men and Dwarves of the West. He’s also the only one here of normal Elf/Man stature, as his goal wasn’t to intimidate.
Sauron after the Fall of Numenor- at this point he ruled through “terror and might,” so his stature is greatly emphasized. Given that he spent much of his time dominating eastern and unknown realms, I went with more exotic stylings, bordering on Frazetta.
The Necromancer of Dol Guldur- a dark sorcerer, hiding in the shadows until he could regain his strength and openly declare himself as Sauron once more. I decided to make him almost the visual foil of Gandalf, who was also wandering the wilderness at this time.
The Witch-King of Angmar - while also a sorcerer like Sauron, the Witch-King is much more hands-on, and is a seasoned military commander. He’s also a Numenorean king, so I put him in traditional Numenorean battle armor.
Sauron during the War of the Ring- although Sauron did indeed have a corporeal form during Lord of the Rings (don’t believe the movies), I went with something more visually abstract, as only Pippin really ever sees him (through the Palantir) and was too shocked to describe what he saw.
Anyway, I hope you like them!
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Can we just take a moment to appreciate the existence of mermaids in Tolkien’s world? Mermaids! And that they actually did stuff. Dragons aren’t the only mythical creatures the professor made use of.
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So… It’s amazing!
In the May issue the great and the most famous Russian artist - Phobs @melkorwashere gave us an interview and painted a delightful art for our cover!
We are glad to present this interview in English!
Dear Phobs! We thank you for everything.
(Our group House of Melkor publishes a monthly magazine about Middle-earth).
Full version in Russian: House Of Melkor Magazine
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A Ghibli inspired gif. I did it very quickly so I am not really loving it, but I thought it was cute.
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Melkor thinks they will pay. 29.8.2014. A quick drawing. This takes place quite soon after he stole Silmarilli.
I’ve never really drawn that much Melkor and hence never given that much thought to his more detailed appearance. Or actually, it might be the other way round, never really known how he would exactly look like and hence I couldn’t have drawn him.. Oh well, I have to fix that and draw more Melkor.
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Art meme: The Asian Silmarillion | Finwe and Miriel
‘Then Finwë lived in sorrow; and he went often to the gardens of Lórien, and sitting beneath the silver willows beside the body of his wife he called her by her names. But it was unavailing..’
Images credit: (Ibuki Satsuki on weibo)(weibo.com/u/1741775627)
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Our group House of Melkor publishes a monthly magazine about Middle-earth.
In the April issue we interviewed a wonderful artist @morphym37
Thank you for everything!
Full version in Russian: House Of Melkor Magazine
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The Valar get a bad rep
Hi, guys, it’s been a while! Been very busy lately… But, yeah, I still have a lot to say, and one of those things is this attempt at a Valar’s apology, a kind of defense of the Valar.
It surprises me how often in the fandom Tolkien’s Valar get interpreted unfavorably. This doesn’t bother me when I find it in fanfics as an intentional detour of the author and mentioned as such, but it does kind of bother me when I hear that the Valar are canonically unfeeling, amoral, inhuman, bloodthirsty and, worst of all, downright incapable Eldricht Abominations. They are not only not meant to be that (meaning, this most certainly wasn’t Tolkien’s intention) but more importantly, they also are not that, meaning, you can canonically read them as different than that. There is actually more evidence of them being rather nice, and being more like very creative persons than automatons, as they are interpreted somewhat often.
Of course, we now return to the very tricky question: ‘What is canon?’
What can I say? I only won’t use the earliest Tolkien’s writings in the 'Lost Tales’, as I think that Tolkien himself abandoned, for the most part, the depiction of the Valar we find there.
So, to get to the main arguments…
Keep reading
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Everyone has such a sophisticated Mairon, meanwhile mine is an apathetic asshat with great hair.
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“Silmarillion Chapter 4: Of Thingol and Melian”
“Then an enchantment fell on him, and he stood still still; and afar off beyond the voices of the lómelindi he heard the voice of Melian, and it filled all his heart with wonder and desire. He forgot utterly all his people and the purposes of his mind, and following the birds under the shadow of the trees he passed deep into Nan Elmoth and was lost. But he came at last to a glade open to the stars, and there Melian stood; and out of the darkness he looked at her, and the light of Aman was in her face.”
Thingol and Melian are the High King and Queen of Beleriand, and functionally all of Middle-Earth in their day. Melian is a Maia, the race of spirits that include Sauron. Tolkien gives very little description of her, so I decided to keep a slightly otherworldly appearance, with horns like a faun or forest spirit. She’s actually much wiser than her husband and much more joyful, so I wanted to make sure that imagery held.
Thingol is the King of the Sindar, the “Grey Elves” who stayed in Middle-Earth (though Thingol himself made the journey to Aman once). As the tallest of the Men and Elves and one of the mightiest in battle, I wanted to keep his form larger and imposing. Older Elves can grow beards, and I’ve decided that any male Elf who was among the first to awaken (this includes Thingol) will be sporting a beard.
Previous Silmarillion entries:
Ainulindalë - The Music of the Ainur
Valaquenta - Account of the Valar and Maiar in according to the lore of the Eldar
The Monsters of Middle-Earth
The Free Peoples of the First Age
Silmarillion Chapter 1 - Of the Beginning of Days
Silmarillion Chapter 2 - Of Aulë and Yavanna
Silmarillion Chapter 3 - Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor
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