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A storm on Taniquetil

ELROND & ELROS: SONS OF SIRION

i wanted to do a painting for @tolkienfashionweek but alas, time was not on my side so please accept an illustration. featuring elrond and elros in what i have decided is the traditional masculine attire commonly worn in Sirion, but with extra bling since they are, after all, royalty.

so thinking mostly in terms of sand and sea, i drew mostly from Indo-Arab maritime cultures for this one, including the Marakkar privateers along the Malabar coastline. features practicalities like rough/‘sailcloth’ textured shirts, loose harem trousers, ‘strung’ jewelry, simpler and lighter designs as opposed to heavy brocade, lots of light patterned shawls, kohl eyeliner, and headscarves.

Forest prince in the cradle of his kingdom

It’s Wednesday, my dudes!!!

I haven't had the energy to draw anything with a plot or a background lately, but here is Celebrimbor with a funny frog my gf found on Vinted. We thought it suits him well. Frog is under the cut.

CELEBRÍAN IN VALINOR

had outrageous amounts of fun painting this for the excellent @mnimeresponding, who wanted a Celebrían who had grown her hair out in full after sailing to Valinor. thank you for trusting me with this and letting me go a bit wild with the iridescent dress and general renaissance outfitting here…

Eönwë: Herald of Manwë

Manwë: all right buddy boy. this is your big day. the host of valinor is heading to middle earth. now, remember what i told you about wearing normal armour and not embarrassing both me and my eagles by emblazoning a giant eagle sigil on your breastplate?

Eönwë: don’t worry, my lord. i do not have a giant eagle sigil emblazoned on my breastplate. here, take a look yourself.

Manwë: good, good. wait. wait. where’s your helmet. where’s your fucking helmet.

Eönwë: like i said, my lord. i do not have a giant eagle sigil emblazoned on my breastplate.

Had the worst day I've had in the last few years but in pursuit of pretending it didn’t exist, I decided to hyperfocus and finish the Eönwë in the most normal helmet commission I shared here 🥲

Not Maglor Fëanorian

Arda Ephemera: a page from the Lindon Times in the Third Age, featuring an article about a strange creature found wandering on the grey shores, wherein the next issue reported that said creature had been seen breaking into the publishing office in order to vandalise the printing press stencils and thus ensure that the layout of aforementioned article was to his preference.

"I took part in the kinslaying at Alqualondë and all I got was this lousy splinter." - Curufinwë Fëanorian

And like. He was/is essentially the best healer in Middle-earth but he couldn't heal his wife. As a father he is supposed to protect his children from any harm but he couldn't shield them from the pain of their mother's leaving. And he can't protect them now, as they are not here with him. Yes, the rest of his household is with him but as his family is not. He is facing one of the biggest (if not the biggest) loss in his long life and he is all alone and could only hope that he won't loose his children as well.

Elves make little gremlin babies.