Everyone wants to get into land of Valinor

I draw more on the theme of "The Silmarillion"

[maraharme]

What are your passions?

At the moment, I'm immersed in the study of candle-making, and I want to achieve perfect scented candles, which is not as easy as it may seem at first glance 😵‍💫

In general, I'm interested in almost everything, and I'm passionate about it. I don't have a specific hobby, and it doesn't necessarily involve art. It could be horseback riding, meditation, yoga, dancing, or anything else 😇

[maraharme]

What are the things you like to do but haven’t been doing?

I like to do a lot of things:

drawing (well, that's obvious)

sewing

embroidery

making clay crafts.

I recently started making candles and making plaster molds.

I also took a course on straw weaving and made my first straw spider (which is highly revered in Belarusian culture).

I also want to learn pottery and weaving.

In general, the absence of my drawings is justified by the fact that I've tried my hand at other art forms 🕊️

[maraharme]

Choose one meal to eat for the rest of your life? 

Pasta with lecho and Parmesan cheese 🍝😋

[maraharme]

Will there be any Glorfindel art coming soin? He is my favorite and I love the art style you make. It wouls mean alot if you made Glorfindel, the background could be in a library or a peaceful place in the woods.

After all this time, I finally got to your message 😓

I like Glorfindel as well ☀️

It took me a very long time to find his image. I sketched thousands of sketches, but in the end, I finally saw him in a more relaxed and thoughtful pose, somewhere on a terrace in Gondolin 🤔

[maraharme]

Can we get a Aulë and Yavanna sipping tea of some sort?

Those two seem like the chill valar who watch everything instead of getting involved into drama.

Personally, they didn't seem that way to me 🤔

Let's remember. When there was, let's say, a golden age in Valinor, when all the elves and even the Noldor 🙈were pure in mind and body, the Valar gladly taught them their magic, shared their knowledge in art, healing, communication with animals and plants. Therefore, the elves who returned to Middle-earth in the Exodus understood the nature around them well and easily found contact with it.

This desire to teach and teach is well described in the moment when Aulë created the first dwarves: he could not wait for the first children of the Eru Iluvatar. But he also greatly respects Manwë, who has already forbidden all Valar to interfere in the fate of the inhabitants of Middle-earth, remembering the result of the war with Melkor. Then everything that they had created was destroyed.

As for Yavanna, she loves plants and nature very much. She can be considered as an image of Mother Nature 🌿 and all plants: trees, flowers, herbs, etc., these are her children. And that's why she cares more about them, because no matter how majestic nature is, it is very vulnerable and easy to destroy. That's why I think her strong concern for plants is justified.

I depicted this couple caressing each other in nature during breaks from their worries. The tea mugs didn't fit, but they are there.

I hope I managed to convey the warmth, affection, care and most importantly the love of these beautiful Valar and now they don't seem so cold and distant 🥰❤️

[maraharme]

Perhaps we can see a moment that Feren takes care of a sick Lindir?

I saw this moment this way🤣

Even though elves are not sick, but no one prevents us from fantasizing 🥰

[maraharme]

Can you make a valar version of yourself? What you would look like as vala.

Uhh what a task you gave me 🤕

I've been racking my brain for a long time, I just couldn't make up my mind. It's okay to just figure out what kind of Valar (Valie) I would be, but we also need to make sure that I fit well and logically into Tolkien's world. And this is a task with an asterisk.*

There will be a lot of text, so go make yourself some tea or coffee with cookies right now...☕️

🔺At first, I wanted to be a Valie that protects children. I almost made up a story about how I would (naturally in the image of valie) She saved the twins Elured and Elurin.('But Maedhros never found them!') Would shelter them, teach them healing magic, and grant them the ability to transform into animals and birds. Therefore, the first version of the art depicts two storks – these are Elured and Elurin. As a result, they would become my assistants, flying over the village, making sure that everything was fine.

Why storks, just because I really like these birds (even if it looks like an allusion to my culture and Belarusian nationality, but this is purely a coincidence)

Based on this image of Valie, my close communication with other Valar would be like this:

▪️- I would communicate well with the Lord of Arda, Manwё Sulimo, and his wife, Varda Elentari, since with the help of their abilities I could also see the world and observe what was happening (naturally, if the Lord of Manwё allowed me to do so)

▪️- I would also communicate with Irmo Lorien and his wife Este, as children often have nightmares and are very afraid of doctors. Extra support wouldn't hurt.

▪️- And of course, Nienna — compassion for the prematurely departed and for those who still have to go through difficulties.

As you can see, it turned out to be some kind of nonsense. It also seemed to me that I had gone too far with the stork theme and decided to change the art and history.

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🔺In the second option, I decided to become Valie muse, inspiration. My role here is already quite modest. I am a simple valie, who inspires the peoples of Middle-earth - to feats, in art, in invention, and the like.

Connections with other Valar :

▪️- Irmo — as inspiration can come in a dream (remember Mendeleev)

▪️- Varda and Yavanna — because admiring the stars and nature, you get inspired to create beautiful paintings, romantic stories, songs and poems

▪️ - Ulmo — how many poems are dedicated specifically to the boundless ocean

The second option, in my opinion, is more suitable for Tolkien than the first one. But still, it's kind of raw and... naive, I think. And I didn't bother much - I only changed the background. I removed the storks and added a Telperion instead.

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Therefore, before posting these two works online, another thought suddenly occurred to me.

Once I was looking through beautiful photos of the Pinsk marshes - Polesie, Braslav lakes, Yelnya swamp and other beautiful places in my country. And it immediately dawned on me – "Exactly, swamps. So scary and dangerous – but at the same time majestic, mysterious and beautiful." And without hesitation, I began to draw new art.

🔺Valie Mirime (which means free), lord of the swamps. I chose the name for a reason, as it reflects the character of this image well.

I prefer a quiet life, away from intrigue, but when a threat looms, I don't stay away.

I communicate closely with Ulmo, and while Valinor was a part of Middle-earth, I helped the children of Eru with him, despite the ban. I could lure the orcs and other dark creatures of Morgoth into my swamps....leave them there forever (hint understood)

I gave the good travelers rich fruits and fresh water. And my mists protected their sleep and hid them from the dark eye.

Morgoth also wanted to lure me to him, but after my refusal, he poisoned my domain out of a thirst for revenge, and now almost all the swamps of Middle-earth are dangerous. I managed to preserve my swamps only in small areas near the waters and rivers of Ulmo. And after the arrival of Istari, Radagast was able to heal several more sources that were not greatly distorted.

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I think the third option is more logically suited to Tolkien's world. And while I was typing this post, it dawned on me – in the third art, everything came together hormanically, namely: let me remind you, if someone doesn't know, I'm from Belarus and my country is famous for its numerous rivers, lakes and swamps (because of this, we sometimes call our country blue-eyed). And I really love nature.

As a result, we get Valie, the "Lady of the swamps." And everything worked out well with Tolkien's world, and I was able to unobtrusively, not so obviously, add something of my own. And the name, by the way, was just perfect, I didn't even think about it. I took this name because this image is more freedom-loving and prefers solitude. But for me it already has a different meaning.

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That's what happened. I hope it was interesting to read. You can choose which image you like best. At the end, I attach a couple of beautiful photos of swamps, which inspired me.

[maraharme]

The new year has already arrived in Belarus🐍🎄

I sincerely wish you all great happiness, good health, success in life, career growth and lots of love ❤️💋❤️

Happy new year, my beautiful and bright souls, with new happiness to you all

🍾🥂🎉

[maraharme]

✨🌼Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones!! May this year parish and a new year bring you peace and prosperity to your life and your future.🌼✨✨✨

♥️Thank you very much 🤗 I also wish you all the best in the New Year, success in any endeavors, good health and great happiness to you and your loved ones ✨✨✨

[maraharme]

Have you watched the rings of power?

No, I haven't watched this series and I won't, because I love Tolkien and respect his titanic work and I don't really like what Amazon is doing.

But I admit that I liked Sauron. I will not deny that the actor who played this character is very good at the game, and I also liked the arch with dwarves (I saw excerpts of the series on YouTube in shorts) 🫣

But that's all. This is purely my opinion, if you liked this series, then for God's sake, watch with pleasure 😘

P.S. Galadriel, in this series, it really pisses me off 🤫

[maraharme]

How had your country been so far? Has there been any improvement since after months age? ❤️

I would really like to tell you everything, but it's too dangerous for my safety. But my soul is not in place, there is some kind of anxiety, but I try to think optimistically that everything will be fine and good will win

❤️🕊️

[maraharme]

Hello my dears, I'm back again ❤️

So much has piled up since the last publication of art: work, an attempt to build relationships and another failure and, of course, treatment for depression and so on.

I also sat and read a lot, studied and still study Belarusian folklore - myths, Fairy tales, legends. There is so much information that my head just explodes, there are even already a couple of art on some characters, it remains only to arrange it beautifully, which would be interesting to you (I really want to share with you).

I read all your requests, don't worry. Everything is in the order of the queue. Half of it is ready and I will post it soon.

I'm very embarrassed in front of you that I'm making you wait so long, some people have probably already forgotten that they asked for something.

There are a lot of requests about Glorfindel. I also love this character and I will be very pleased to draw him 🤗

[maraharme]

Go after and create whatever you want to draw/ Made. You have forgotten what you are here for.

Art is not about pleasing others. It is about pleasing yourself. To create what you want.

I want you to draw whatever you are passionate about. Don't allow internet strangers to break that want to draw your own art. 🌼🌼🌼

You are my ray of sunshine ☀️

Thank you for your support. Yes, you're right, I trapped myself and now I'm in agony.

🙈🙉🙊

With such support, I will now slowly post my own works, you just need to do everything correctly, since they have their own prehistory (I hope you will be interested)

📜🎨🖼️

Thank you again for your words and support, it was very important for me, now it seems to me that my wings have grown behind my back. Thank you very much 💓💓💓

[maraharme]

How long does it take you to draw a full rendered piece or just drawing in general?

One, two days at most. It all depends on inspiration. If the drawing is large and requires much more attention to detail, it can take three or four days.

The fact that I haven't posted my work for a long time indicates that I'm just tired of Tolkien, I won't lie.

Yes, I was really tired of him, of his universe - I felt like I was being held hostage or trapped, because I wanted and still want to promote my own work on my own topic, but I know perfectly well that this will not be appreciated, since it is not on the right topic. Let's be honest, I can see that perfectly well. Therefore, the inspiration to draw on the world of Tolkien left me and in order not to have a feeling of disgust from him and his universe, I took a break and concentrated on my own. That is, I have been drawing so far, but already something that I have wanted to draw for a very long time. I am unlikely to post my own work for the reason that I have already described above.🥲

[maraharme]

Can you do a mairon in the forges maybe making a crown for Melkor? I know there are lots of art of him but I Really Really Aadore your art style.

Thank you for your words ☺️❤️

A lot of time has passed since your message and my drawing technique has changed slightly. But the only difference is in the highlights and shadows - they just became smoother. I hope you like this style 🙏🏻

To tell you the truth, this is exactly the style I was aiming for 🤫

PS : Unfortunately Adobe Illustrator and its updates do not work on the territory of Belarus and I just can't open the program to sometimes draw in the old style 🥲

[maraharme]

Got any good news for you or anything else in your life right now? 👏🏻🤔🙂

Hmm, the good news from my life right now...🤔

I found out that one girl who bullied me and wrote a bunch of nasty things about me finally got karma on her head.

Words cannot convey to you my gloating happiness😈😈😈

There is one more piece of news, but I don't want to get ahead of myself so that evil people don't jinx it 🤭🤫🥰

[maraharme]

Happy Valentine's day!!! ☀️💕💕

( I know it is a bit late.)

Oh no, it's not too late 😘

That's too late 😅But better late than never. Happy holidays to you too 😅😘❤️