Arda on Ice stamp art

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Not gonna lie, when I opened this to see if the upload had worked out, I was genuinely shocked by how large they were looking at full-size. You can see all the rough patches where I messed up the background! I only ever had them at 33% in GIMP, and of course the stamps are a lot smaller anyway.
Glad you like them in their full, um, glory! XD

I'm so glad you posted these here so we can enjoy them large and in detail! They're truly magical! And I love that you included an orc in the limelight!

(And its funny, the stamp I was unsure of was the orc, but my brain just went through named characters which is why I wondered if she was Thuringwethil... only to discover that you've painted a gorgeous portrait of her. Love it!)

I love them!

Beren & Luthien is perhaps still my favourite (and so nice to see it full-size!), but the others are close seconds.

Somehow that Biellman spin is perfect for Finrod and I love his expression. Thuringwethil looks as if she is about to fly off,  bat-like. And that hunched, low spin fits the orc; nice for an orc to have his moment in the spotlight, too.

Is the way you chose to depict the lights an allusion to the Silmarils?

Glad you still like Beren & Lúthien best and don't feel cheated!

I had no idea what prompts would be used for which figure, so I just went with what was available in reference pictures and seemed to go well with the characters. Thrilled that you feel I found something fitting! And yes, the background lighting is absolutely an allusion to the Silmarils in Morgoth's crown, because that's my weird sense of humour. :D

These are great, even if the memories take me back to a childhood of spending hours at the local library while waiting for my sister to finish ice skating lessons, practice, competitions.... 

Oh no! Well, at least there was a library and you didn't have to sit by the rink the whole time?

Have to admit that I have next to no skating experience myself. Went skating a few times as a kid, but that was just moving-around-the-ice-and-trying-not-to-fall-over type skating. I mean, occasionally I watch people who know what they'd doing on TV, but that's about it. :D

Anyway, glad you like these anyway!