Tolkien Artwork

[Annatar]

Also for this again 2 alternatives:

Ted Nasmith:

Although I have a high regard for Nasmith, I don't like this one as much.
Alan Lee does it better:

 

[Annatar]

Do you mean some differences in pronunciation?

Yes, there used to be some differences in dialect and culture that made communication somewhat difficult. In modern times, hardly any more, especially not in the cities. But the cliché has remained and people on both sides like to make fun of it.

I definitely like dialects, and there are a lot of them in Germany. At the same time, unfortunately, they are disappearing faster and faster. The younger generations hardly speak any dialect anymore.
I only came up with this because the hobbits somehow remind me of the former Bavarian rural population, similar to how - as originally intended by Tolkien - they were supposed to reflect an idealized, English rural population from times past. They are down-to-earth, work a lot (if by chance they haven't inherited a dragon treasure), but also value comfort and coziness, good beer and like to party. And are hardly interested in what's going on outside their borders.

 

[HALETH✒🗡]

Yes, there used to be some differences in dialect and culture that made communication somewhat difficult. In modern times, hardly any more, especially not in the cities. But the cliché has remained and people on both sides like to make fun of it.

I definitely like dialects, and there are a lot of them in Germany. At the same time, unfortunately, they are disappearing faster and faster. The younger generations hardly speak any dialect anymore.
I only came up with this because the hobbits somehow remind me of the former Bavarian rural population, similar to how - as originally intended by Tolkien - they were supposed to reflect an idealized, English rural population from times past. They are down-to-earth, work a lot (if by chance they haven't inherited a dragon treasure), but also value comfort and coziness, good beer and like to party. And are hardly interested in what's going on outside their borders.

Thanks for explaining! That's really interesting.

 

[Annatar]

Original Bavarians are just as fat, but more bearded than Hobbits.

vs.

 

[Goldilocks Gamgee]

Here's another image by EKukanova, of Earwen:

 

[Annatar]

Here's another image by EKukanova, of Earwen:
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I also find this picture of Galadriel's apparently already quite athletic mother Earwen very nice. (Also by Kukanova.)

Earwen and Finarfin (by an artist unknown to me, but you can see the credits below):

 

[Goldilocks Gamgee]

This picture of Eowyn is a lot what I imagined the situation depicted to be like:

 

[Lómelindë Lindórië]

Aredhel, The White Lady of the Noldor:

 

[Goldilocks Gamgee]

A pretty dramatic Elwing:

 

[Lómelindë Lindórië]

Féanor and his Silmarils:

Love how each one has a hue of its own.

 

[Goldilocks Gamgee]

Beren and Luthien:

 

[Lómelindë Lindórië]

Manwë with Thorondor; the woman in the background on the right looks most like his Maia in terms of the clothing aesthetic (silver and sea-green, which also happens to match my profile picture):

 

[Lómelindë Lindórië]

A Maia (could be me ) apparently pledging their loyalty to Manwë:

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

So that's where Gandalf got his hat!

 

[Lómelindë Lindórië]

So that's where Gandalf got his hat!

Would Olórin be taller than Manwe?

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Doubtful.

 

[Lómelindë Lindórië]

Doubtful.

Ok, are you saying Gandalf stole my hat in the Third Age?

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Your hat?! 😳

 

[Lómelindë Lindórië]

And my staff too?

It can't be, that particular staff of mine has a Silmaril embedded within it!

Your hat?! 😳

Why do you think I'm standing next to Manwe then?! You little mortal rascal!

You know naught of the Ainur, especially of the Valar, and especially of the Aratar!

Do not insult a Valar for she may smite you!

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Let's get back to Tolkien art.