Tolkien Artwork

Radaghast · Oct 23, 2023

Saw this in the following article:

Tolkien Denied That This Lord Of The Rings Character Is God - But He May Be More

I've never seen Tom depicted as being quite so slim; I kind of like it.

Aldarion · Oct 24, 2023

Elthir said:
If the dragon's that big, how big were the Doors of Felagund! Maybe the artist was going for impact here.

Nice painting in any case. The fall of water especially, in my opinion.

I think artist played too much God of War... or he is fan of Nordic mythology... or both:

I do think that world-ending snake is a bad model for Glaurung, however... on the flip side, considering Tolkien drew Smaug as basically a snake, I do imagine flightless Glaurung was rather snake-like.

Anyway, my favorite artwork of Tom Bombadil:

Above painting is all over the Internet, and I was completely unable to find the original source.

ZehnWaters · Oct 24, 2023

Aldarion said:
I think artist played too much God of War... or he is fan of Nordic mythology... or both:

I do think that world-ending snake is a bad model for Glaurung, however... on the flip side, considering Tolkien drew Smaug as basically a snake, I do imagine flightless Glaurung was rather snake-like.

Tolkien DID call them "worms" for a reason. This is how large and roughly the shape *I* imagine Glaurung taking. His head was able to lie on top of an entire hill after all.

Aldarion said:
Anyway, my favorite artwork of Tom Bombadil:

Above painting is all over the Internet, and I was completely unable to find the original source.

I believe it's the Hildebrandt Brothers.

Tyelkormo the Fair · Oct 24, 2023

Ecthelion of the fountain.

Maeglin and Morgoth in Angband

Glorfindel Goldtress · Oct 24, 2023

Tyelkormo the Fair said:
Ecthelion of the fountain.
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Maeglin and Morgoth in Angband
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Those are so different I can't react accurately.😂😂 I was gonna do "Love" then it turned into "Sad". 😅 Split them up next time haha.

Tyelkormo the Fair · Oct 24, 2023

Glorfindel Goldtress said:
Those are so different I can't react accurately.😂😂 I was gonna do "Love" then it turned into "Sad". 😅 Split them up next time haha.

When you're lazy:

Maedhros_Nelyafinwë · Oct 26, 2023

I discovered this art yesterday and I really, really like it.

If I understood the caption correctly (it was in Russian), this is Maedhros, a "loyal Elf," and the Easterlings Bór and Borlad.

One of the few artworks I've ever seen accurately depicting the godly stature of Valinorian Elves!

Squint-eyed Southerner · Oct 26, 2023

Some real "artistic license" on those ears! 😄

Tyelkormo the Fair · Oct 26, 2023

Maedhros_Nelyafinwë said:
I discovered this art yesterday and I really, really like it.
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If I understood the caption correctly (it was in Russian), this is Maedhros, a "loyal Elf," and the Easterlings Bór and Borlad.

One of the few artworks I've ever seen accurately depicting the godly stature of Valinorian Elves!

This reminds me of an animation about dragons but I don't remember its name now. Very cool though! Who is the blonde elf? Me?

Maedhros_Nelyafinwë · Oct 26, 2023

Tyelkormo the Fair said:
This reminds me of an animation about dragons but I don't remember it's name now. Very cool though! Who is the blonde elf? Me?

I wondered if it was you, but I think the blond is a "loyal Elf." If I understood the Russian caption correctly. So maybe he's just one of Maedhros' warriors. But we can headcanon it's you; the height and hair are right!

Edit: Looking again, I guess he's a little short to be Celegorm but eh, close enough.

Tyelkormo the Fair · Oct 26, 2023

Maedhros_Nelyafinwë said:
but I think the blond is a "loyal Elf."

Excuse me?

ZehnWaters · Oct 26, 2023

Squint-eyed Southerner said:
Some real "artistic license" on those ears! 😄

Goodness. It's almost impossible to get the AI to give them normal ears. Half the time it gives them to DWARVES.

Server Room Gremlin · Oct 26, 2023

Maedhros_Nelyafinwë said:
One of the few artworks I've ever seen accurately depicting the godly stature of Valinorian Elves!

It's true that they should be impressive to look at. And certainly some of them were extremely tall in comparison to Men (e.g. Turgon). But maybe it's more something spiritual about them that makes them so imposing (though you could still represent this with large size in a drawing).
After all, Beren was able to toss Curufin. 😁 If the size difference was too great, this would be physically improbable.

ZehnWaters · Oct 26, 2023

Server Room Gremlin said:
It's true that they should be impressive to look at. And certainly some of them were extremely tall in comparison to Men (e.g. Turgon). But maybe it's more something spiritual about them that makes them so imposing (though you could still represent this with large size in a drawing).
After all, Beren was able to toss Curufin. 😁 If the size difference was too great, this would be physically improbable.

Except the Númenóreans.

Maedhros_Nelyafinwë · Oct 26, 2023

Server Room Gremlin said:
It's true that they should be impressive to look at. And certainly some of them were extremely tall in comparison to Men (e.g. Turgon). But maybe it's more something spiritual about them that makes them so imposing (though you could still represent this with large size in a drawing).
After all, Beren was able to toss Curufin. 😁 If the size difference was too great, this would be physically improbable.

Well, a lot of Tolkien's heroic men were described as tall and looking like Elves. And since Curufin is not the one known as The Tall here, maybe it would be less of a height difference.

Server Room Gremlin · Oct 26, 2023

Maedhros_Nelyafinwë said:
Well, a lot of Tolkien's heroic men were described as tall and looking like Elves. And since Curufin is not the one known as The Tall here, maybe it would be less of a height difference.

Also makes me wonder about further implications of Curufin's name Atarinkë... 🤔🤔😆

Server Room Gremlin · Oct 30, 2023

At the first rising of the moon. I like the expressions given to these unnamed elves.

The rising of the Moon by rittareart on DeviantArt

www.deviantart.com

Vorondil · Oct 30, 2023

Some art from The One Ring RPG:

I believe they are done by Martin Grip, but I might be mistaken.

Tyelkormo the Fair · Oct 31, 2023

Sauron vs Olorin during the war of wrath (a head-canon)

ZehnWaters · Oct 31, 2023

Tyelkormo the Fair said:
Sauron vs Olorin during the war of wrath (a head-canon)
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It'd explain Olórin's expressed fear of Sauron during the council about sending Istari to Middle-Earth.

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