Mostly a lurker

from The British Museum

Bodhisattva of Wisdom (Manjushri), 15th century, Nepal. Cleveland Museum of Art (ID: 1964.370). This image depicts one of the main bodhisattvas, beings only one stage away from full enlightenment. Because the historical Buddha was a prince prior to his renunciation and life as a wandering ascetic, bodhisattvas are depicted as royal princes. This example has the sharp features, sweet expression, and crisp details characteristic of images made in Nepal during the 1400s. In his upraised right hand Manjushri holds the hilt of a sword that, like wisdom itself, metaphorically cuts through and defeats ignorance. His lower, rear left hand grasps a bow, once probably strung with a wire. Also missing is the arrow that he likely held in his lowered right hand. Arrows were often symbols for mantras, or strings of syllables thought to have the power to focus the mind and work like missiles to destroy negativity and affliction. The gesture of his lowered left hand indicates the transmission of Buddhist teachings. The lotus stem that rises at the left elbows originally held a book of sutras. This figure is in the yogic posture of meditation with the big toe flexed in concentration. Yoga is of central importance in tantric Buddhism, because high-level practitioners are able to discipline the body to such an extent that the mind can also be controlled. (Cleveland Museum of Art)

Eru Iluvatar

The Testament of Dr Mabuse (1933) 

Made this while trying to nail down my futuristic feudal style. I can't say whether they're human or not, but this is a wizard of sorts performing very important work delivering this disk to a lost terminal (and we're interrupting...)

Decided to try and animate him

Shoutout to Tolkein for being an endless source of eldritch inspiration. I was envisioning Ulmo cordially inviting Morgoth to FAFO in this painting

Commission done for an upcoming middle earth fan gathering

The next characters in the poll were Manwë and Luthien, both were tied. Let me know which one yall want to see next out of the two.

ok one more uinen post

my piece for the european ryukishi07 fanzine 🖤💜

“I’m NOT a chicken fetus in an egg” -A man literally made of egg yolk

An Jia (518–579 CE) was a Sogdian noble originally from Bukhara who served in the Northern Zhou court in Xi'an. The son of a regional governor, he held the title of Sabao (薩保), a Chinese office given to leaders of the Sogdian merchant community. In this role, he supervised trade activities of Central Asian merchants in China and oversaw Zoroastrian religious affairs in Tong Prefecture. His lavish tomb in Xi’an reflects the immense wealth and high social status of Sogdian merchant elites in China, whose burials rivaled those of the imperial aristocracy.