I’ve always imagined the Girdle of Melian to be – at least in parts- botanical. Some maze of trees and shrubs and thorns … A bit like the castle of ’sleeping beauty‘ … briar rose and blackberries … In the drawing I kept it a bit simpler. Just vegetation before a hill and two clearly […]
The Secret Life Of A Chestnut
They just sit there, doing nothing, looking different every day.
.:. Mightiest and Fairest of all F-Elves .:. Of the old Dwarven Road
I like this one. I like the merging of the elvish and the dwarven styles. The dwarfish side seems to be prone to circles. The treetops are simple spirals, and so are the waves. It’s a design piece I adopted from the before mentioned hobbit drawings. The elvish side is the art deco side. The […]
.:. Mightiest and Fairest of all F-Elves .:. Of the burning of the White Ships
Do we have Ships? – Yes. Are they White? – Yes. Do we have Water? – Yes. Are the Ships burning? – Yes. Is there anything else? – No. Title and Picture are a match. That’s good. .:. This post is part of the Series ‘Mightiest and Fairest of all F-Elves – Illustrating Tolkiens Silmarillion’ […]
.:. Mightiest and Fairest of all F-Elves .:. Of Ungolianth
I wanted to capture the essence of all things spidery. Which is not ‚having way too much legs‘, but ‚webs and strings everywhere‘. I like the composition of this one. .:. This post is part of the Series ‚Mightiest and Fairest of all F-Elves – Illustrating Tolkiens Silmarillion‘ You will find all the pictures in […]
.:. Mightiest and Fairest of all F-Elves .:. Of Thingol and Melian
You know what happens if you stay to long out there in the woods, don’t you? Nature comes cuddling. .:. 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