New and Updated Artwork

Finrod: 30-Day Character Study - Artwork by cuarthol
Black and white line drawing in a medieval style. Finrod and Andreth sit on cushioned chairs with a table between them. On the table is a mancala board, which Andreth is teaching Finrod to play.

Art created for the related prompts for the 30-Day Character Study Challenge.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: Andreth & Finrod, Aegnor/Andreth
Challenge: 30-Day Character Study, Jubilee
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Seven Mighty Stars by StarSpray
a piece of embroidery on blue fabric in a blue hoop, featuring the black silhouettes of mountains with three taller peaks in the middle, and above them stars in french knots, with larger knots depicting the valacirca/big dipper

"Then [Varda] began a great labor, greatest of all the works of the Valar since their coming into Arda. She took the silver dews from the vats of Telperion, and therewith she made new stars and brighter against the coming of the Firstborn ... And high in the north as a challenge to Melkor she set the crown of seven mighty stars to swing, Valacirca, the Sickle of the Valar and sign of doom." - The Silmarillion, "Of the Coming of the Elves"

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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Caranthir's sketches by Anérea
Ridiculous Elven Architecture - Caranthir's Lakeside Cottage

Quick & silly sketches from an Instadrabbling/Instadrawbling session...

Major Characters: Caranthir
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Jubilee, Restoration and Rebuilding
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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land of bow and helm by skywardstruck
Beleg has long silver hair and multiple braids flowing in the wind, as well as a green tunic, dark green cape and red boots. He is readying his bow to the top left. Turin is kneeling down in front of him. He has a wooden shield and a sword in front. He is wearing the Dragon-helm of Dor-lomin and his long, dark hair flows underneath. He also has a lightly shaved beard. Beleg and Turin smile at each other. The background consists of rocks, a grassy field and mountains. The clouds are swirly.

Beleg and Túrin at Dor-Cúarthol, protecting the land together. Drawn in the style of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

Major Characters: Beleg, Túrin
Major Relationships: Beleg/Túrin
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Laurelindórenan by Anérea
Two figures under autumnal mallorn trees in the golden wood of Lothlórien.

Two figures under autumn/winter mallorn trees in the golden wood of Lothlórien.

Major Characters: Celeborn, Celebrían, Galadriel
Major Relationships: Celeborn/Galadriel
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Galadriel by polutropos
A female figure stepping towards a basin supported on three legs. She holds a pitcher over it and looks over her shoulder in the opposite direction, beckoning with her other hand.

Galadriel, based on a Greek vase painting of Circe.

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

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3 Mayan/Aztec inspired Silmarillion Illustrations by cuarthol
Ulmo comes to Tuor at Vinyamar

For Tolkien Latin American & Caribbean Week 

Ink (black and gold) and watercolor on cardstock paper.

Major Characters: Beleg, Finduilas, Gwindor, Tuor, Túrin, Ulmo
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Lúthien Before Morgoth's Throne by cuarthol, owly
Ancient Egyptian style artwork of Luthien and Beren in Morgoth's throneroom

My contribution to the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang artwork in an Ancient Egyptian style

Then Beren and Lúthien ... came to the seat of Morgoth in his nethermost hall that was upheld by horror, lit by fire, and filled with weapons of death and torment. There Beren slunk in wolf's form beneath his throne; but Lúthien was stripped of her disguise by the will of Morgoth, and he bent his gaze upon her.

 The Silmarillion - JRR Tolkien

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

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Elrond in Ar-Pharazôn's Númenor by Independence1776
Moodboard of 12 pictures: Elrond, stone buildings overlooking trees, dark hallway, queen with sword and cup, silhouette of person, smoke rising from volcano, rolling hills, a chain, a bloody curved needle, tall ship with no sails, Sauron with dark hair, and the Radcliffe Camera building.

My second artwork for TRSB 2022. Elrond is secretly visiting Númenor during the reign of Ar-Pharazôn, years after Sauron’s capture, and is captured himself.

Major Characters: Elrond, Sauron, Tar-Míriel
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings

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Answering Light by Anérea
Gil-galad/Erestor

Inspired by Surfacing, Into Light by Maggie Honeybite featuring Keiliss' Erestor and Gil-galad from Answers in the Dark, the sequel to Burning Bright: The Road.

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Music:  Come Back to Us · Thomas Newman

Major Characters: Erestor, Gil-galad
Major Relationships: Erestor/Gil-galad
Challenge: Restoration and Rebuilding
Rating: Teens
Warnings: No warnings listed

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After The Fall by Grundy
A moodboard in a 3x3 grid showing impressions of the path the survivors of Gondolin took. See notes on the work for full descriptions.

A moodboard showing the path of the survivors of Gondolin.

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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The Wealth of Yavanna's Imagining by Grundy
A moodboard in a 3x3 grid showing Yavanna with birds and insects. See notes on the work for full descriptions.

A Yavanna moodboard featuring her creation of birds and other flying creatures.

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

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Helcaraxë by Anérea
Crossing the Grinding Ice of the Helcaraxë

The followers of Fingolfin Nolofinwë spent years (or decades, depending on which version of Tolkien's maths you subscribe to) on the treacherous crossing of the grinding ice between Aman and Middle-Earth.

Major Characters: Elenwë, Elves, Fingolfin, Fingon, Finrod Felagund, Idril, Noldor, Turgon
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Angrod - Lord of Dorthonion by Gabriel
Angrod Finarfinion and all the images that represent his life in Dorthonion.

This artwork is a depiction of Angrod, son of Finarfin, and all that represents his life in Dorthonion. It is also a companion piece to a story I recently uploaded, 'Star In The Darkness.'

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

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Storm Season by Independence1776
Photo collage with six photos: a wet wolfhound, a swing on a beach with dark clouds in the background, a barred window, an open doorway leading onto a stone patio, a lit hurricane lantern placed on rocks on a beach, and several overlapping hands.

My first artwork for TRSB 2022. Huan washes ashore in Fourth Age Harad, where Maglor has been living for decades.

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

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Nerdanel, after... by Anérea
Nerdanel stood on the shore of Aman, watching the flamelight that rose in the East and, as a wife and mother, couldn't help but wonder where she went wrong.

Nerdanel stood on the shore of Aman, watching the flamelight that rose in the East and, as a wife and mother, couldn't help but wonder where she went wrong.

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

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The Crafting of Galadriel’s Mirror by Anérea
Mélamírë The Master Smith

Portrait of Mélamírë, Master Smith of the Gwaith-i-Mírdain, crafting Galadriel’s Mirror.

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

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Elven Nature by Anérea
Elven Nature

An elf of the Lembi, those that lingered under the starlight in Middle Earth, shunning the summons of the Valar to journey to Aman. (Later called Avvari by the Eldar.)

Major Characters: Avari, Elves
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Prehistory of the Eldar by Lyra
A watercolour painting of a mammoth hunt in a dark forest, lit only by the torches of the Vanyarin hunters. The hunters, pale-haired Elves, are wearing simple undyed clothing. They are armed with spears. Some are confronting the mammoth, which is just breaking through the coverings of a pit trap, while others are driving it from behind or jumping from hiding in the trees. The mammoth has raised its trunk in agitation.

A collection of illustrations about Elves in their pre-Aman days.

Major Characters: Elves, Oromë
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: B2MeM 2016, Love Actually
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Gladden Fields by Himring
Photo of yellow iris, water and rain drops, with image of yellow water lilies in bottom left corne, titled "Gladden Fields" in top right corner

Photo of yellow iris with an inset photo of yellow water lilies.

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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Glorfindel by owly
A portrait of Glorfindel Renaissance style. He's wearing a light blue doublet with golden embroidery and a red cloak held together with a gold brooch in the shape of a celandine.

Lord Nightlight in all his shiny glory. I went for Holbein/Renaissance vibes and I think that came out okay. Painted on a Huion tablet in MyPaint.

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

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Fair Ithil by Himring
White hazy moon among light clouds in black night sky. Caption in white in bottom right corner.

Photo of moon in the night sky with surrounding clouds, captioned “Fair Ithil".

Major Characters: Tilion
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Holiday Party
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Arda on Ice stamp art by Lyra
A watercolour painting of an elf with shoulder-length blond hair, gripping his back foot that he has lifted above his head in a Beillmann spin. He is wearing a white body suit decorated with golden swirls. In the background, three spotlights invoke the Silmarils.

You've heard of Lay of Leithian, the rock opera - now get ready for Lay of Leithian, the ice skating show. Well, not really. But when we were setting up the challenges for 2022, I couldn't help envisioning characters from the Lay of Leithian as skaters for the Arda on Ice challenge.

Major Characters: Beren, Finrod Felagund, Lúthien Tinúviel, Orcs, Thuringwethil
Major Relationships: Beren/Luthien
Challenge: Arda on Ice
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Insomnia by Sublime Penguin
Fingolfin sleeps, Anairë is awake.

Anairës nightly vigil before Ñolofinwë leaves, illustration for Till Morning Breaks by Raiyana

Major Characters: Anairë, Fingolfin
Major Relationships: Anairë/Fingolfin
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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The Forge by Sublime Penguin
Female blacksmith Gereth working. Open forge in the background.

Gereth at her forge.

As far as I know, there's no lore regarding elves and tattoos. I love the idea that they might have had them, but with special ink that made them appear differently, or not at all, depending on circumstances like day, mood, and words spoken.

Notes:

Done for the Worldbuilding Exchange 2018, for Lunarium and heavily inspired by their works featuring Gereth

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

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