New and Updated Artwork

Portrait of Indis by between_thepages
A coloured pencil drawing of Indis, second wife of Finwe. She is light-skinned and has her long blonde hair in a thick braid, adorned with clips in butterfly shape. Around her neck is a thick gold necklace with pink gems and a slimmer one with a butterfly pendant. She wears a dress with a low neckline, colours changing from pink to a deep blue.

A portrait of Indis in her wedding dress

Major Characters: Indis
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Jubilee, Kings & Queens
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Valier & colours by daughterofshadows
Abstract art of orange and red lines on a dark red background

Semi-abstract arts representing the queens of the Valar.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Bollywood, Jubilee, Potluck Bingo, Restoration and Rebuilding
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Nienor and the Golden Fish by Anérea
thumbnail of woman hugging fish

An illustration for a very loose crossover concept with Nienor and the magic golden fish from the Chinese fairytale of Ye Xian, a Cindarella tale predating the European version by over 1000 years. 

Major Characters: Nienor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Crossroads of the Fallen King, Jubilee
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings

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Mîm: 30-Day Character Study - Artwork by Artano
Drawing featuring Mîm's name in stylized Anglo-saxon runes set against Tarn Aeluin as a background

Artwork created for prompts for the 30-Day Character Study Challenge.

Major Characters: Mîm
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: 30-Day Character Study, Jubilee
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Forest of Brethil by Anérea
Painting of a forest with sunlight shining through trees

Created for the Storied Places bingo board

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Potluck Bingo
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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The Door of Night by wroniec
The Door of Night

Art for Potluck Bingo. B1 -' gloomy hush of night' from the board by Himring

Major Characters: Manwë, Melkor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Potluck Bingo
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Aredhel at Eithel Ivrin by Anérea
Woman in white windblown dress standing next to a green rock pool with a green cliff behind

Painting of Aredhel at the Pools of Ivrin

Major Characters: Aredhel
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Andreth and Aegnor Reunite Beyond the Circles of the World by Anérea
Abstract image of two lines swirling about each other and rising above and away from a planet

An abstract sketch: After the ending of Arda v1, Andreth and Aegnor feär reunite and they are free to experience the whole of Eä together.

Major Characters: Andreth, Aegnor
Major Relationships: Aegnor/Andreth
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Material Things by Anérea
A collection of pen and ink sketches of various objects from Arda

A drawble collection of Ardan objects 

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Potluck Bingo
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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2024 Potluck Doodles by silmalope
Digital art of brightly illuminated Galadriel and Finrod.

Assorted prompt fills for the 2024 Potluck bingo boards, to varying degrees of completion! :)

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Potluck Bingo
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Places and Spaces - Potluck Bingo Art by Zara BalrogBalls
A photo of a drawing of a large manor house, with architectural influences from Persian and Classical cultures, with seashells, a hopscotch square and sailboat.

Artwork for Elleth’s Potluck Bingo board: starting off appropriately with Piecemeal Palace in Himring — Maedhros’ potlucky manor house, aka where Elrond & Elros grew up ✨

Major Characters: Maedhros, Maglor, Elrond, Elros
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Potluck Bingo
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Long-tressed Wingildi by Anérea
thumbnail of mermaid sketch

"... the long-tressed Wingildi ... spirits of the foam and the surf of ocean." 
~ a painted sketch for Scribbles and Drabbles 2024.

 

Major Characters: Maiar, Original Female Character(s)
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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A Collection of Maps Exhibiting the Changing Political Landscape in Beleriand by Artano
Map of Beleriand showing the general distribution of the Teleri, Noldor, and Petty-dwarves soon after the Elves crossed into Beleriand

Created for the 'Geography/Maps/Places' prompt on the "Tolkien meta" bingo board, this is a collection of maps marked with the various people groups showing how they arrived and moved about Beleriand.  This collection focuses specifically on the time from the arrival of the Teleri, Vanyar, and Noldor before they went to Aman up to the distribution of the various kingdoms after the Flight of the Noldor, when they arrived in Middle-earth and settled there.

Major Characters: Sindar, Noldor, Vanyar, Petty-dwarves, Dwarves, Orcs, Falathrim, Doriathrim, Laiquendi, Ungoliant, Green-elves
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Potluck Bingo
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Annatar in Mandos by AdmirableMonster
A painted image of a colored figure like a butterfly streaked with shadows over a night sky, with a halo-like object over its head

Annatar in Mandos, as described by Fingon in Chthonion's masterful Harrowing series

Major Characters: Sauron
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Laughter and Mourning by silmalope
Thumbnail image of Nienor and a bloodstained flower.

Laughter and Mourning, the daughters of Húrin. An illustration for the 2024 Orctober challenge prompt “eyes”.

Major Characters: Nienor, Lalaith
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Orctober
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Shadow's Scribbles 2024 by daughterofshadows
Asexual Pride moodboard: Three rows of images. Row 1: An image of shiny, black, wrinkled cloth. An image of black marble with white veins. An image of white smoke on a black background. 4 coloured boxes in vertical order in black, grey, white and purple, symbolising the ace pride flag. Row 2: An image of white marble with grey veins. An image of a black forest with mist rising above it. An image of grey leather. An image of grey clouds. Row 3: An image of purple and pink clouds with moons hidden behind it.

My collection of Scribbles & Drabbles Arts for 2024!

Major Characters: Círdan, Belladonna Took Baggins, Fëanor, Celegorm, Lúthien Tinúviel, Nerdanel, Rog, Penlod
Major Relationships: Fëanor/Nerdanel
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Against Expectations- complimenting art by PeasantPlayer
A orc and a elve. The elve gives the orc water

A orc and a elf. The elf hands the orc water

 

 

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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On the Way Home by silmalope
Thumbnail image of Lúthien and young Túrin.

Doriath Family Reunion AU: Túrin twisted his ankle in the woods, and big sister Lúthien is giving him a ride home. :)

Major Characters: Lúthien Tinúviel, Túrin, Beren
Major Relationships: Beren/Luthien, Lúthien & Túrin
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Behind God’s Back by silmalope
A thumbnail image showing the city of Gondolin.

A short comic for the Sept-Oct 2024 Idiomatic challenge. The stifling environment of Eöl’s “dim halls, silent and secret” contrasts with young Maeglin’s idealized vision of Gondolin as a divine, sunlit paradise, home to the godlike Noldor. 

Major Characters: Maeglin, Turgon, Aredhel, Idril, Eöl
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Idiomatic
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Legacy by silmalope
Young Elwing wears the Nauglamir and Ring of Barahir.

When Doriath fell, Elwing was too young to remember the family she lost. When she wears the Nauglamir, the Silmaril, and the Ring of Barahir for the first time, she feels the burden of their legacy.

Major Characters: Elwing
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Celegorm - Treelight in his eyes by Gabriel
Celegorm- Tyelkormo - The light in his eyes

Character portrait of Celegorm Feanorian

Major Characters: Celegorm
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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TRSB24: Until the Stars Are All Alight by Lathalea
TRSB24: Until the Stars Are All Alight

This is my second art entry for the TRSB24 event. It focuses on Thorin Oakenshield surviving BOTFA and darker themes of pyrrhic victory, dragon sickness, longevity/eternity, angst/love.

Major Characters: Thorin Oakenshield, Original Character(s)
Major Relationships: Thorin Oakenshield/Original Character
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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TRSB24: Dwarf Women of the East by Lathalea
TRSB24: Dwarf Women of the East

This is one of my art entries for the TRSB24 event. It focuses on the Dwarves living in the East, specifically Dwarf-women.

Major Characters: Dwarves, Original Character(s)
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Where have you gone, my friend? by elennalore
Winged Eönwë is standing on a cliff, watching the scenery. There's water and one of the Lamps in the background.

Eönwë in Almaren after Mairon went missing.

Major Characters: Eönwë
Major Relationships: Eönwë & Sauron
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Summer Celebration by between_thepages
A coloured pencil drawing of two people, Amarie and Finrod, dancing. Amarie is on the left side and wears a blue dress, her blonde hair is put up into a crown braid with blue and pink ribbons woven in. Finrod is on the right, he is wearing a yellow robe with pink sleeves and orange hems, decorated with gold. His hair is put into a french braid and adorned with jewellery, he also wears several gold neclaces with colourful stones.

Amarië and Finrod are dancing together during a celebration of summer.

Major Characters: Finrod Felagund, Amarië
Major Relationships: Amarië/Finrod
Challenge: Bollywood
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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