There is a lot of tying up going on in their story so it only made sense ;)
the children of hurin (2007)
me: the thing i love in tolkien is how he creates a sense of doom, how he writes suffering, how his characters go through pits of hell-
me, when tolkien writes about suffering and doom and puts his characters through pits of hell:
Prize for VK lottery win in the end of 2022 for Mirra Kan 💛
"In this way Beleg came back to Túrin, yielding to his love against his wisdom".
I'm back with a new drawing of Beleg ✨
Many a man of arms misreads patience and quiet. She did much good among us at much cost. Her heart was not faint, and patience will break at the last.
They dared not touch her, though, for they feared her; proud and fair as a queen, before sorrow marred her. Witchwife they called her, and shunned her. Witchwife: it is but “elf-friend” in the new language.
In truth little fear was seen in her face or her bearing. Tall and strong she seemed; for of great stature were those of Hador’s house, and thus clad in Elvish raiment she matched well with the guards.
Aerin, Morwen, Nienor
adanedhel they call me, agarwaen i name myself
Fuck it have two over-rendered Orodreth & Turin portraits
I have waited too long — Morwen.
The Myth.
This one was created as the last artwork of 2023.
More of a mythical/symbolic imagery than a realistic illustration.
Douglas Blanchard, Theseus,
German armor from the 16th century
talking to people while holding a beverage is awesome because you don't have to know what to do with your hands and when you don't know what to do with your face you can just take a sip
several drawings I did of different religious/traditional head coverings in west and Central Asia !!!