#vana

I tried drawing her with flowers in her hair, but I liked the peacock feathers more, and I like the idea of the flowers just following her instead of being on her. They are not bound to her, they are merely small, young admirers following her, just like the birds, blooming for the first time in the Valie of youth´s presence!

And I love the idea of her being adorned in jewelry, she is the embodiment of youth, she is wild, energetic, and curious, of course she´s going to walk around in big jewelry! The motives are cats, harpies, and woman faces.

I gave her rose-gold coloured hair fading into pink because she is ✨EXTRA✨ Vána without Jewelry

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Top half, left-to-right, Valdrin, Rhykan, Orin, Vana, Reilia, Quinan, and young Valdrin.

Bottom half is requests! The drawing of Ellia is for the lovely @the-ellia-west, the sketch of Riven was requested by @elronthemage, and the Raven and the Rose were requested by @votreangedelamusique!! The bonus doodle at the bottom is another young Valdrin! I wonder what he's looking at? :3c

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hello!!!! thank you so much for your kind words! first off, it's such high praise to hear that...! i started drawing this stuff mostly out of a silly love for long haired elf dudes, so it's always very humbling to hear that other people enjoy what i make 🙇 i'm really happy you were able to read the Silmarillion!! it's truly a testament to professor tolkien's amazing work that there is a community invested in his work that's been so consistently active and thriving for decades now :D

now on to your question! i do indeed have designs for the valar -- the first renditions i ever did of them when i was a baby silm fan can be found here, but it's from 2021 so it's very outdated and frankly my old art makes me shrivel up a little ahjsdhj 🫣 then in 2023, i did some rough redesigns of them as chibi heads, but for some reason i never got around to posting it ^^;;; it's just been gathering dust in my gallery, but i suppose this is the perfect time to prove they do in fact exist...!

but this was in 2023, so ive had a few changes ive wanted to make in the time since-- i also never formally drew their fullbody designs, so ive been meaning to getting around that sometime this year :D im not sure when but hopefully before december, fingers crossed! since you asked specifically about irmo and nessa, the most i can say for now is that i think i'll keep irmo's design roughly the same from his 2021 version (though maybe with a more detailed outfit?), and nessa will get a total rehaul to follow her 2023 redesign! im so sorry that this is all i have to offer as of now though 😭

the most i have now are some very tentative manwe sketches from january i havent finished since then hahaha.... i have dubbed him 'biblically accurate manwe' ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧

Eru Ilúvatar, the Father of All, is the supreme being of Eä and sole keeper of Airefëa (the Secret Fire or Flame Imperishable). The Ainur (besides Melkor) were subject to the will of Eru and participated in the creation of Arda through the Music of the Ainur. Eru, the All-Powerful, alone could bring independent life into existence using the Secret Fire, a power Melkor sought for himself.

This pin is an original heraldic device designed to represent Eru Ilúvatar. An element from each Valar heraldic device has been used to create this design. This was done as a way to convey how all the Valar and their power originate from Tolkien's omnipotent creator. In the center of Eru's device is a ring of fire, which is meant to represent the Secret Fire.

This is a limited edition version with unique coloring and glows in the dark. I'm so thrilled with how these turned out! Definitely one of my absolute favorites!