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This would be the third time I'm redrawing Emlinn from Himring's The West Wind Quartet. It's interesting to see how my style changes over time. And the new one is very sketchy... it was done on impulse, to see how it'd turn out.

I also want to take a moment to congratulate Himring on creating a character and a story that has stayed with me through all these years. I checked the review I left and I can't believe it's from 2010. Almost 10 years! And I still remember it. Well done, Himring!!

OC from Himring's story West Wind Quartet. Entry for B2MeM12 Bingo Number G51

The original, back in 2012 when all I had was paper and a bad scanner

Version 2 from 2017, first time using a tablet.

Sketchy new version, also done with tablet in less than an hour

This started as a redraw of a Tuor pic I did in 2010 (almost 10 years ago!!!), but halfway it became Beren. It felt too rough to be Tuor. Found the sketch yesterday while working on the Elrond&Elros pic and decided why not finish this? I really need to stop doing this so late at night though -_-

And it seemed to Thingol that this Man was unlike all other mortal Men, and among the great in Arda

In which Elros is Not Impressed by Elven-kind and Elrond is trying to pretend he's not comparing everyone in a position of authority to Maedhros and finds them lacking.

Ereinion clearly thinks that it was a terrible thing to happen to us, to be fostered by Maglor, and maybe he’s right. But I think he imagines that there are dark hurtful secrets in our past that we aren’t revealing, obscure Feanorian transgressions. There are no sinister Feanorian secrets, though. All Maedhros and Maglor’s crimes are public knowledge. We are merely replicating Feanorian silences.

- from "A Walk in the Forest, an Evening by the Fire" by Himring

Art - 5 min sketch
(Draw a Tolkien character - In a Halloween costume, As a child)

Elros doesn't understand why Elrond isn't happy... this is the best costume ever

Draw a Tolkien character - With a teddy bear, In a Halloween costume, As a child

The language of flowers - Elderflower: Compassion

Elements of Elrond - Friend

Art - In your favourite artists' style, Digital art
Four words - Bloom, Devour, Blinding, Alliance

Notes: used Hiromu Arakawa's style (Fullmetal Alchemit's mangaka)

For Maglor took pity upon Elros and Elrond, and he cherished them, and love grew after between them, as little might be thought

Elrond if you keep making that face no one will want to be your friend...

Draw a Tolkien character - dancing

The language of flowers - Iris: Good News; Thistle: Nobility

Elements of Elrond - Husband; Host; Diplomant; Peredhil
Art - fashion study

Notes: I used Frankish Merovingian as reference for Elrond's outfit and Ancient Greek for Celebrían's. Also I headcanon that 1) Celebrían is taller than Elrond and 2) Elrond does feel the cold more than full-blooded elves.

[B2MeM19] Elrond&Celebrian - Dancing.jpg

Elrond hosts a party at Rivendell, in celebration of his betrothal to Celebrían

Draw a Tolkien character - in love
The language of flowers - Balsamine: Impatience

Often Beleg Strongbow came to Menegroth to seek him, and led him far afield, teaching him woodcraft and archery and (which he liked more) the handling of swords; but in crafts of making he had less skill, for he was slow to learn his own strength, and often marred what he made with some sudden stroke.

[B2MeM19] Beleg&Turin - Impatient youth.jpg

Inspired by Drag0nst0rm's amazing fic Softly Sing the Children

Morendo: Dying.

Tranquillo: Calmly, peacefully.

Softly sing the children - Maia Twins.png

"The servants of Celegorm find Elured and Elurin, and they abandon them in the woods. This is a decision they do not regret until Maedhros discovers it and gives brutal justice.

They are not sure if they would have done it had the children been … different. They think that they might have at least hesitated more.

As it is, the children’s uncanny stares and the disinterested look they had given to their fallen nurse and the blood that had splattered their clothes had made them very glad to leave them behind."

Ostinato: Obstinate, persistent

Restez: Stay

Estinto: Extinct, extinguished

Lacrimoso or lagrimoso:Tearfully
Silenzio: Silence

“And Elwing chose to be judged among the Firstborn Children of Ilúvatar, because of Lúthien; and for her sake Eärendil chose alike, though his heart was rather with the kindred of Men and the people of his father”

Then he glimmering passed to the starless vast

As an isled lamp at sea,

And beyond the ken of mortal men

Set his lonely errantry,

Tracking the Sun in his galleon

Through the pathless firmament,

Till his light grew old in abysses cold

And his eager flame was spent
The Book of Lost Tales II, The Tale of Eärendel

Entry for Step Ten of the Blue Path (Secondary Colours)

I was so close to finishing on time! But some real life drama got in the way.
Still, this is the first time Imanaged to complete all the prompts \o/
See you all next year!

He loosed upon his foes the last desperate assault that he had prepared, and out of the pits of Angband there issued the winged dragons, that had not before been seen; and so sudden and ruinous was the onset of that dreadful fleet that the host of the Valar was driven back

Entry for Step Nine of the Blue Path (Wild space) and
the Orange Path (Character Study or Ship Manifesto )

“The people of Hador were of great strength and stature, ready in mind, bold and steadfast, quick to anger and to laughter, mighty among the Children of Ilúvatar in the youth of Mankind. Yellow-haired they were for the most part, and blue-eyed”

“The Men of the House of Bëor were dark or brown of hair, with grey eyes; and of all Men they were most like to the Noldor and most loved by them; for they were eager of mind, cunning-handed, swift in understanding, long in memory, and they were moved sooner to pity than to laughter”

Húrin was fair of face and golden-haired, strong in body and fiery of mood. But the fire in him burned steadily, and he had great endurance of will. Morwen was dark-haired and tall, and for the light of her glance and the beauty of her face men called her Eledhwen, the Elven-fair; but she was somewhat stern of mood and proud. The sorrows of the House of Bëor saddened her heart.

Entry for Step Eight of the Blue Path (Realistic)

and the Red Path (A Meteor/Shooting Star)

Quick Fëanor sketch
Sorry for the bad quality, I don't have a scanner with me so I had to use my phone's camera.

his spirit burned as a flame

Entry for Step Seven of the Blue Path (Tolkien Quote)
and the Red Path (Lost of trust or Betrayal)

Anglachel betrays Beleg.

Then Túrin was roused into a sudden wakefulness of rage and fear, and seeing a form bending over him in the gloom with a naked blade in hand he leapt up with a great cry, believing that Orcs were come again to torment him - The Tale of the Children of Húrin, IX: "The Death of Beleg"

Entry for Step Six of the Blue Path (Limited Palette) and the Red Path (Dreams)

Palette:

That night they heard no noises. But either in his dreams or out of them, he could not tell which, Frodo heard a sweet singing running in his mind; a song that seemed to come like a pale light behind a grey rain-curtain, and growing stronger to turn the veil all to glass and silver, until at last it was rolled back, and a far green country opened before him under a swift sunrise.

Entry for Step Four of the Blue Path (Primary Colours) and the Red Path
(“And the night shall be filled with music
And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,
and silently steal away.” Henry Wadsworth )

Imagery from the song Sam sings in the Tower of Cirith Ungol.

In western lands beneath the Sun

the flowers may rise in Spring,

the trees may bud, the waters run,

the merry finches sing.

Entry for Step Three of the Blue Path (Act of Kindness) and the Red Path (Lost on the Road)
For my Act of Kindness I chose to draw something inspired by "Lost & Found" by

silverstarspray
Elmo sends his daughter to Finwë to seek out Elwë, who never came back to camp.

“Send a runner to Finwë”

Entry for Step Two of the Blue Path (Abstract) and the Red Path (Major Life Changes)

Nothing was the same after Fëanor created the Silmarils.
I don't know if this counts as abstract lol that's not my thing.
Also, I had this as background music. I think it fits.

[B2MeM17] Feanor - Creation of the Silmarils.png

Then he began a long and secret labour, and he summoned all his lore, and his power, and his subtle skill; and at the end of all he made the Silmarils.

Entry for Step One of the Blue Path (Black and White) and the Red Path (Freedom).

I think death is the ultimate freedom for mortal men, and it was also the only way to be free
of the Curse of Morgoth.

She was not conquered

This is something I've wanted to draw since, according to the date of the reference I had saved, 2012. I'm pretty sure it was supposed to be an entry for BMeM12, though I can't remember anything about the prompt. Still getting used to using a tablet u_u

...and Fingon strung an arrow, and bent his bow. And seeing no better hope he cried to Manwë, saying: 'Oh King to whom all birds are dear, speed now this feathered shaft, and recall some pity for the Noldor in their need!'

Back in 2012 I drew

hhimring's OC Emlinn for B2MeM. Almost five years later (!!!) I finally got a tablet, and what better way to learn how to use it than redoing old stuff? Since I was never really happy with how she turned out, I thought she'd be a great start.

Some day I'll learn how to colour. I'll need tons of tutorials for that :P

old vs new

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Entries tagged with art

Emlinn redraw V2

Portrait of Beren

Feanorian silences

B2MeM19 Bingo Number G57-(B7-N45)

B2MeM19 Bingo Numbers G54-B7-N44-N45

B2MeM19 Bingo Numbers N39-I16-072-G51

B2MeM19 Bingo Number G48

B2MeM18 Day 18 - Unsettling

B2MeM18 Day 4 - for ever still a herald

B2MeM17 Step 10 - Winged Terror

B2MeM17 Step 9 - Complementary

B2MeM17 Step 8 - Portrait of a Shooting Star

B2MeM17 Step 7 - Nightmarish Vision

B2MeM17 Step 6 - A Far Green Country

B2MeM17 Step 4 - A Merry Finch

B2MeM17 Step 3 - The Runner

B2MeM17 Step 2 - The Creation of the Silmarils

B2MeM17 Step 1 - Freedom in death

Prayer to Manwë

Emlinn redraw