Tolkien Artwork

[Erestor Arcamen]

Found the link to this on Reddit

 

[Goldilocks Gamgee]

Here's a really nice picture of Luthien by EKukanova:

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I posted these somewhere years ago, but if you haven't seen them, they offer a nice way to survey Tolkien art -- some well-known, some perhaps new to you. 😊

I only wish the resolution was higher.

 

[Beytran70]

One of my favorite bits of environmental detail from Lord of the Rings Online is this mural depicting Sauron as Annatar and the elves of Eregion. Found, as you might expect, in the ring forges of Eregion. Not bad considering it's from a game made in 2007.

 

[Annatar]

One of my favorite bits of environmental detail from Lord of the Rings Online is this mural depicting Sauron as Annatar and the elves of Eregion. Found, as you might expect, in the ring forges of Eregion. Not bad considering it's from a game made in 2007.

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Yes, this is a reasonably good representation of me and my power over those gullible fools. They really liked everything I promised them as long as I could serve their decadent zeitgeist and their ambitions for "modern art" and moronic entertainment.
I hope you will remember this when the great sacrilege begins on September 2nd.

Here's a really nice picture of Luthien by EKukanova:
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In general, I like Kukanova's pictures very much. But in this case, she probably just drew her pet in where Huan should be?
Huan wasn't a cuddly bow-wow, but a hunter.
Apart from that, I - especially as my alter ego Annatar aka Tevildo, the Prince of Cats - am rather fond of cats anyway. 😾

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Maybe a little more like this?

 

[Goldilocks Gamgee]

Or this:

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Journey to Mordor

Source:

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VyY6dR

 

[Annatar]

Maybe a little more like this?
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I find that image really awful. Who is this woman? Certainly not Luthien!
Huan looks a little less like a pet here, and more like a hunting dog. However, in my opinion, he should still look more like a tamed wolf and not like a dog that has been modified by humans through breeding for generations.
Who made the drawing?

Edit: The last Huan picture of Goldilocks is better. However, Huan seems almost vicious at first glance.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Denis Gordeev. He illustrated Russian editions of Tolkien. You can see more of his in the Book Covers thread.

And a few in this thread.

 

[Annatar]

By the way, these fluffy Huan illustrations somehow remind me of "Falkor" (= "Fuchur") from The Neverending Story. That was a fantasy hit in theaters in Germany in the 80s, based on Michael Ende's well-known novel, which was definitely a good competitor to The Hobbit at the time. I don't really know, but I suspect that even this film version became very well known internationally, so you might still know this dragon (who is actually a dog in the movie) if you're old enough:

There was even a music video for it:

Unfortunately, it seems that Kajagoogoo-Limahl's hairstyle has now become fashionable again among hipsters, but I still think this song is kind of good. 😄
However, it also seems important to mention that the song was produced by Giorgio Moroder.

That movie was produced in my hometown Munich by Wolfgang Petersen, the director of "Das Boot", "Troy" and some other well known movies.
There were probably a few sequels to The Neverending Story, but as almost always, that's all nonsense compared to the book. Michael Ende's books are really wonderful fantasy stories for children and young people.

Anyway, what I was originally getting at: It seems to be a common stylistic device of artists to belittle positive and friendly creatures and place them in the context of modern pets.
To analyze this more deeply (or to get into the ramblings): Originally, it may have even made sense or been necessary to make it palatable to a larger audience when the fantasy genre was still foreign and strange to the mainstream. That was probably the ulterior motive, but I suspect it was unnecessary and rather wrong even then.

 

[Goldilocks Gamgee]

so you might still know this dragon (who is actually a dog in the movie) if you're old enough:

I'm the youngest age that is legally aloud on this site, and I know this movie!

Wait, he was a dog? Wasn't he explicitly stated to be a dragon?

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

Denis Gordeev. He illustrated Russian editions of Tolkien. You can see more of his in the Book Covers thread.

And a few in this thread.

I suggest to watch them and maybe you'll change your opinion for the better, @Annatar .

 

[Annatar]

Wait, he was a dog? Wasn't he explicitly stated to be a dragon?

Well, he was a dragon. But in the movie, he looks like a dog. So maybe a doggon?

 

[Annatar]

I suggest to watch them and maybe you'll change your opinion for the better, @Annatar .

Just googled some of his pictures.

I like most of them better than the one with "Luthien" and the dog.

What I like very much for example is the one here:

 

[Annatar]

I know another similar one with Gaffer Gamgee by Stephen Hickman:

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I use that one on Halloween.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I've "memed" the first one too -- for reasons I won't go into. 😁

 

[Annatar]

By the way, it looks similar when North German tourists come to Bavaria and ask for the Hofbräuhaus.




I also like Gordeev's petrified trolls:

In most depictions, the trolls look more like hulking humans, here they look more like giant goblins.
I haven't decided yet which I like better.

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

By the way, it looks similar when North German tourists come to Bavaria and ask for the Hofbräuhaus.

Do you mean some differences in pronunciation?