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My main is @sainte-melasse ā”
This blog used to be mostly for reblogging art that were too dark for my main but itās slowly turning into a Tolkien blog ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
My own posts(mostly my art) are under the tag #holy marmalade
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I sometime post/reblog suggestive content. They will be tagged either with #non-sexual nudity, #suggestive or #nsft but you can ask for a specific tag too. Be warned that I am bad at judging whether something is sexual or not.
I donāt support GenAI and if I accidentally reblog AI images or texts, Iāll be happy to be warned u-u
This was so fun to do. I have only made a lineup once before, and I like how I can see my improvement here, as well as the evolution of my style for them.
Design notesā
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Maedhros: I talk a lot about Maedhros and HimringĀ“s fashion here - black is an expensive colour to produce, which is why I think it is sought after, with white, in Himring, since it is dark most year round, most residents pick one other colour that stands out, Maedhros here choosing the colour of his house, since Himring is hostile for a lot of plants, botanical embroidery and jewelry are a status symbol. The clothes are shorter than other Noldor clothes to better move through snow.
Maglor: Maglor, as a bard, can wear longer, more impractical clothes in his day-to-day. Clothes from The Gap have a less dramatic shape and usually lighter colours than clothes for Himring, as well as a division between colours, thus, Maglor wears red, grey blue, and yellow.
Celegorm: As a hunter of Himlad, Celegorm doesnĀ“t really dress up in Noldor court robes, and instead ends up with something between the Sindar and the Hunt of OromĆ«. He wears grey clothes in different shades with plant motifs on them to better blend in, and the clothes is cut so as not to restrict his movement on foot or horse.
Caranthir: I HC Caranthir as the richest of the brothers, which is also why he has so much jewelry, and so many textile techniques in his clothes - his clothes are meant to look heavy, and mirror Thargelion's wooden climate, with the bear fur, and dark colours.
Curufin: CurufinĀ“s clothes are very clothes to Nargothrond style, but a bit even in the cut, with more layers visible. He is wearing a lot of contrasting colours in his clothes, as well as jewelry that is both silver and gold, to stand out.
Amras: I like to think the Ambarussa was spending a lot of time hunting in their youth in Valinor, but when coming to Beleriand, only Amras kept on exploring the wild and made friends with many of the Avari, which is what his outfit is inspired by, a mix of Avari clothes and Noldor.
Amrod: I go with the crispy Amrod version here, and after the insident I HC he had a lot of chronic pain so he became more of a scholar, which is why he can wear so long robes, also to make up for his look I like to think he did a lot out of his clothes, making sure it was the finest, as well as his jewelry.
what is the comradeās opinion on the sacabambaspis fish?
āi dunno nat what do YOU think the comradeās opinion on the sacabambaspis fish isā - finnu
(yes i know i spelt the fish name wrong in the drawing but i asked comrade maedhros and he said you fuckers care about spelling when the sacabambaspis fish is dead?!?!?)
i know this is tumblr and weāre all playing perverts but i just think some of you would be excellent company for a late night walk and a four hour conversation about absolutely nothing
š brown-eyed elves š elves with dark brown eyes š elves with black eyes š elves with dark eyes that arenāt villainized or treated as lesser šš
regularly scheduled reminder that i also do and enjoy doing illustrations in addition to ye olde oil paintings, this one commissioned by the lovely @linden-leaf for their OC, Maeron ā¤ļø who is Maglorās spouse, and newly one of my favourite characters to draw specifically because of how much I enjoy his hair colour!
Ok so my sincerely held belief is that revenge narratives, while cathartic, are not liberatory. It is fun for many people to imagine a woman killing her rapist and it is normal to find those stories compelling. However that doesnāt mean those narratives are āfeministā in any sense of praxis, just because they are enjoyed by feminists. The belief that some people deserve to die or to suffer for what they have done is not a liberatory belief. Itās a normal human experience for people to wish harm on their transgressors, but revenge is not itself morally good, much less politically good, and I weary of āfeministā narratives that promote violent vengeance as the ultimate feminist justice. This is not saying that we shouldnāt have stories about womenās wrongs! We totally should. Itās compelling. But I think we should try not to conflate compelling storytelling with good politics
I was in a little art block/low motivation and am still struggling with the drawings i actually want to finish but have the "idgaf anymore imma gonna draw weird shit" drawing i made
What if Crablor remained elf-sized after his carcinisation? Like a full-ass giant crab wandering the beaches of Middle-earth, being sad, making mournful little tunes by scraping his (huge) claws together.
Itās a study of this piece by Millet btw. Van Gogh did a lot of studies of Milletās drawings and paintings and while of course, his are beautiful and in a very different style, I think he would be a bit sad that nothing is credited to Millet, especially such a touching scene.
