Lucille Gianna Art

Polymath / Artist / INTJ **Commissions CLOSED** • Art nouveau, Tolkien art, & enamel pins • pls ask/give credit before sharing • 🚫 AI & 🚫 NFTs

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Spam Bot Reported my Account???

I just received a message from another Tumblr user claiming they and a group of friends accidently reported my account to Tumblr. I think this is a bot, but just in case it wasn't...

If Tumblr ever shuts down my account here, you can find me on: 1) Carrd

2) Instagram

3) Bluesky

Stay safe out there!

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The Celebrían Heraldic Device enamel pins have dropped on Etsy! If you're interested, here is a link! Thank you so much @mnimeresponding for commissioning me! This is, by far, one of my favorite designs! The pearlescent swirl effect adds a touch of elegance to this pin. I'm very excited to announce that I'll be continuing this series by creating a design for Arwen and Nerdanel!

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Interest check!

A few members of my Discord server voted yes--to consider making an enamel pin of a commissioned heraldic device (thanks @mnimeresponding) for Celebrían in the future. Is this something you'd like to see? What do you think?

I'd love to get some feedback. :)

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Wooo! It's Hobbit Day! It's a great day to bake a cake and watch The Hobbit.

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This beautiful device for Celebrían, the wife of Elrond and daughter of Celeborn and Galadriel, was commissioned by @mnimeresponding. Thank you for providing me with some great references to work with to make this design possible. It was a great pleasure working with you! :)

I'm in love with this one, it turned out more beautiful than I could've imagined!

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Here's a heraldic device for Thranduil, king of the Woodland Realm of Mirkwood! This one was a joy to create and was heavily inspired by Thingol's device. Thank you so much @erumelde for commissioning me!

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A fun and adorable cat-centered heraldic device! I won't lie, this was more challenging, but the result was so worth it! Thank you so much HM for commissioning me once again! :) It was a pleasure illustrating your kitties.

It looks like I have ONE slot left! I'll be closing commissions on October 1st. I look forward to posting more commissioned devices soon!

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Commissions update!

I wasn't expecting slots to fill up so fast this second time around! Thanks to all who've currently DM'd me. As of today, I have two slots left. If you'd like to secure a commission slot, you'll want to act fast! Some of my favorite aspects of creating custom Tolkien heraldic devices are getting to learn about your OCs, backstories, and personal headcanons! It's always a pleasure! Thank you very much! :)

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Oh, look! I found these old OC portraits hiding in another folder. From left to right are the daughters of Morwë and Mélarina and sisters of Arínion: Calnira (oldest) and Mírinya (youngest). Full disclosure--Mírinya is a Tatyaran avari, despite the blonde hair (she's an anomaly like Míriel). I might go back and edit these.

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Very obvious spoiler stuff, a coloring headache, & some orc canon/headcanon info

I'm finally posting some art again. Sorry--it's 18+ due to some mild orc gore (trying to keep it professional).

As some of you may know, I recently moved to my neighboring state (Idaho) last week. I'm currently looking for employment in my local town, but for now I have extra time to "unshelve" my ongoing Tolkien-inspired story (which is still unfortunately unnamed).

I created some portraits of my Tolkien OCs in a very different art style (thick uneven lines and cel shading) a few years ago. They were posted briefly on Instagram, but disappeared due to my previous account being shut down (I was never given an explanation from Meta, sadly). I never reuploaded them because I wasn't too happy with the initial outcomes. Anyways, I'll cut to the chase.

Arínion, one of my OCs, is a protagonist and anti-villain my story. I could've picked a better name, but it fits Tolkien's unusual habit of making elvish names sound similar. He's the second child of Morwë (a canon Avarian elf) and Mélarina (another OC). Unfortunately, he goes from being an ambitious, moral, and dedicated clan leader to a ruthless, dictatorial conqueror. He's a member of those poor, unhappy ones that was ensnared by Melkor, taken into Utumno, and turned into an orc. Somehow, he managed to escape, retaining some elements of his sanity, though great damage was done (not only to his body, but also his fëa). He's sort of in a limbo situation. In Arínion's orc portraits, his face is very asymmetrical due to a broken jaw that healed incorrectly (it healed quickly b/c of a rapid growth of osseous tissue, a direct effect of increased growth hormones--see "*" below). This also explains why his facial bone structure is more exaggerated. His mouth is crooked and somewhat open because of the jaw misalignment--he can't properly close his mouth. Luckily, his teeth shifted to accommodate for this. I won't explain what's going on with the missing tissue from the scalp/right chest, nose, and eye. One word: wargs...

Tolkien never really made a decision on the origins of orcs, but for story purposes I chose to go with the more common version. I headcanon that in order to complete the transformation from elf to orc three things must occur: (1) a blood ritual*, (2) complete/perfect despair (this leads to the absolute loss of all sanity), & (3) surrender/submission of the will (this can easily occur by looking into Melkor's eyes). In Arínion's case, he only experienced #1 and was on the verge of #2. He's far too stubborn to ever undergo #3.

*Melkor will introduce his own blood into the wounds of the victims, which acts like an infection. It will spread throughout the body and completely alter the victim's blood composition (viscosity increases slightly and color changes from red to a near-black), which additionally triggers all kinds of physical changes to the body. As a result from the increased blood viscosity, the heart enlarges and beats more aggressively. Metabolism increases in response to the cold environment of Utumno. Victims develop an allergy (lesions) to sunlight (UV sensitivity resulting from skin discoloration), may develop a tapetum lucidum, experience partial/full colorblindness, a surge in growth hormone, increased appetite, develop mortal-like sleep, and loss of all teeth (canines grow in to replace missing teeth). It's my headcanon that the first orcs were very large (not as tall as Thingol, but I'd say taller than the average Calaquendi) and immortal (descendants are not due to increased breeding with humans) due to Melkor's power. After this blood ritual, victims do receive a small portion of Melkor's power, but it further drives/feeds their strongest vices. After many generations of breeding (between other elves, dwarves, and humans) and interbreeding, the average height of orcs shrinks substantially (fitting into Tolkien's canon description, where the height was roughly between 4-6 ft tall). I was inspired by biblical resources regarding the heights of Adam and Eve. Some sources suggest that they were ~15 ft tall. After their fall (original sin/eating the apple), their descendants increasingly became shorter and sickly over time.

I'll more than likely revise this and slowly add more information over time, but so far, this is what I've put together. This portrait of Arínion did not take me a long time to finish. It took me a long time to decide on colors. I had to go back and change the colors for the muscle tissue, veins, and blood to better fit the canon/headcanons. His elvish portrait needed to be fixed--the facial features weren't consistent with other drawings I've made of him.

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Hi,

You've posted that you have your commissions open again and I love your work. You made heraldry for my friend justdrowthings and they use it everywhere.

I also love your valar series.

I was wondering if you would be interested in creating one for Celebrían (Elrond’s wife)?

Thank you

Thank you very much for your kinds words!

I would be very interested in creating a device for Celebrian! I'll DM you the link to the commission form. In the near future, I'll consider offering heraldic device requests over on Patreon based on a membership poll.

Of course!

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Now that I’ve settled in, following my move, I’m ready to open commissions up again! If you’re interested in having me design a custom Tolkien heraldic device for you, please don’t hesitate to DM me. I’ll send you a link to the commission form. Thank you so much for the interest! I enjoy the creative process in making these!

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Here's a compilation of all the produced enamel pins from my Kickstarter campaign! I'm so pleased with the results. Do you have a favorite?

I'll pivot and (attempt to) post more art-related work throughout the remainder of this year. I didn't expect this project to take up the majority of my Tumblr feed, but I know that'll change with time.

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Eru Ilúvatar, the Father of All, is the supreme being of Eä and sole keeper of Airefëa (the Secret Fire or Flame Imperishable). The Ainur (besides Melkor) were subject to the will of Eru and participated in the creation of Arda through the Music of the Ainur. Eru, the All-Powerful, alone could bring independent life into existence using the Secret Fire, a power Melkor sought for himself.

This pin is an original heraldic device designed to represent Eru Ilúvatar. An element from each Valar heraldic device has been used to create this design. This was done as a way to convey how all the Valar and their power originate from Tolkien's omnipotent creator. In the center of Eru's device is a ring of fire, which is meant to represent the Secret Fire.

This is a limited edition version with unique coloring and glows in the dark. I'm so thrilled with how these turned out! Definitely one of my absolute favorites!

Link to Etsy page.

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Personal Update - Commissions Delayed

This summer has been moving faster than I could've imagined! I recently completed fulfilling rewards for my Kickstarter campaign. As of right now, I am preparing to move out of my home state next month. Unfortunately, this does mean that I'll have to delay commissions until early Autumn. This may change depending on how soon I get settled in (and other personal matters).

On a more personal note--this has been (though, a productive year) another rough year as some of my family and friends are facing serious health complications. I'll be more involved as the year progresses. Please know that I'm not giving up on creating art. I'll try to find a way to block out time to do some stuff, but I'll have to wait and see how I'll work out my weekly schedule. I may have to go on hiatus for a little bit--I'll post another update noting whether or not that happens.

I appreciate all of you! Thank you for following my work. I have some ambitious projects planned and I can't wait to share those with you piece-by-piece when I have the opportunity to!

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Here's the last public commission I created for Liraen. Thank you so much! I’m in love with this design, especially the violet colors!

I plan on reopening commissions in the late summer. The status will update in the bio when I'm ready to.

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Another beautiful device I had the pleasure creating for @justdrowthings

Thank you so much for commissioning me, I enjoyed learning about your OC Illmare!