An appreciation for Le Guin's Earthsea

Newly created sideblog to collect all the Earthsea posts + Earthsea aesthetics "Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life: bright the hawk's flight on the empty sky" - The Creation of Ea

[gedofearthsea]

Thanks so much! Should I just put your Tumblr account for the reference, or is there another name you'd like me to list? Thanks :)

Tumblr account would be perfect! Feel free to send me a link to the finished video if you want to, I would so love to check it out. Thank u! <3

[aethermir]

sparrowhawk

[gedofearthsea]

I want to read le guin and earthsea books, which order would you recommend? I found tales from the earthsea by chance and started reading, really enjoying it but dont want to spoil the story for myself

I don’t think Tales from Earthsea really spoils anything to the extent of my memory (it’s been awhile since I’ve read the books) because that is exactly where I started when I first came across this series.

But I would say start with traditional order: The Wizard of Earthsea, and then The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea, and finally The Other Wind. 

But I’m glad that you are enjoying the series so far. Welcome to the party!

[caballerodelatristefigura]

Charles Vess illustrations (sketches, 2016) for The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition project —

In 2018, Saga Press will publish all six of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea novels in one volume, to mark the 50th anniversary of her landmark fantasy series. What’s more, The Books of Earthsea will be the first fully illustrated edition, with the cover and both color and black-and-white interior illustrations (including chapter headings, full-page illustrations, and smaller pictures) by Charles Vess. Along with the six Earthsea novels, The Books of Earthsea will collect a number of Earthsea stories, including “The Word of Unbinding” and “The Rule of Names,” as well as the new, never-before-published-in-print “The Daughter of Odren.”

“I first read A Wizard of Earthsea in 1970 and over the following years all the other books in the series. I loved each one of them and even circled around Ursula at a few conventions, but I didn’t have the nerve to speak to her. Then, about 2 years ago when I was asked to take on this project and knew that I would have to talk with her first, I was still nervous. But that first conversation proved to be a delightful experience; as has the continuous e-mail back-and-forth that followed it. Our long struggle to get her dragons and her world “just right” was equally rewarding. Now it gets easier for me to slip into her brain and try to depict what Ursula sees in her mind through the drawings that fall from my fingertips. It still amazes me how much her dragons evolve both visually and in character throughout all six books and I want to show that evolution in my illustrations.”

—  Charles Vess

[nedesem]

[ninepines]

ogion’s death / the immanent grove

[haridraws]

Been reading the earthsea books for the first time. There are so many short bits of prose that evoke huge, atmospheric settings or moods, I couldn’t help wanting to draw them.

[barefootfriar]

guess who just finished tehanu

[jiadoodles]

Here’s my design of Ged from the Earthsea book, I love him sm-

[roaminglettuce-art]

Ged and Tenar from Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea series. 

I’ve always wanted to make Earthsea-related art (and specifically the Tombs of Atuan) and I’m quite happy with the result.

[jpechacek]

For four generations of men all ships had set their course to keep far from the shores of Pendor Island.

[aeylis]

It’s been a while. I have other paintings sitting unfinished on my computer but I got procreate today and wanted to mess around. 

[toastyteakettle]

Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it.

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan. (via tookishgirl)

[barefootfriar]

going to be trying to RLC art of Ged so look at this handy dandy reference sheet I made 

[ejbrown]

“I named you once, I think.”

A scene from Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea

[barefootfriar]

quick warmup

[barefootfriar]

that moment at the very end of Tehanu, where Therru refers to Tenar and Ged as her mother and father and im crying, im crying

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