Monat: Oktober 2013

Once more… I struggled hard with the trees. They had to be extraordinary and divine, with big, visible flowers, but still, well … treelike. My chief source of inspiration came one spring in the form of a tree of ‚golden rain‘ (Laburnum anagyroides) which laid the ground for the fundamental tree…shape (the must be another […]

„The Light of the Trees!“ „What trees?“ „THE Trees!“ „Oh, the TREES! What are they called again?“ „What? The twinkletrees? „Yes dear, the twinkletrees!“ „Laurelin and Telperion.“ „Oh, Manwe, please …“ This one goes out to all the members of the ‚German Bedřich Hrozný Society‘ .:. This post is part of the Series ‘Mightiest and […]

I’m always having trouble with people, even the fictional ones. .:. This post is part of the Series ‘Mightiest and Fairest of all F-Elves – Illustrating Tolkiens Silmarillion’ You will find all the pictures in my Portfolio

Same here. As much drawing as necessary with as much message as possible. The island, with vegetation and housing (obviously inspired by the vienna secession), water around it, aule’s lamps. .:. This post is part of the Series ‘Mightiest and Fairest of all F-Elves – Illustrating Tolkiens Silmarillion’ You will find all the pictures in […]

I really love the first part of the Silmarillion. I like this religious, sacred … vibe it creates. It’s all very grandiose but not very big on details. I wanted to capture this in the pictures as well. Very simple, as few lines as posible. A few whirls and sticks for trees, some lines for […]