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[nobrashfestivity]

Alexander Calder, Seahorse, 1975

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[julijbee]

if you start it at the wrong angle the braids come out crooked. they dont know that yet.

[miistermee]

Elrond and Celebrían

[silmalope]

Hi! I just wanted to say that I love your art so much, it's always gorgeous. And as a less experienced artist your work is such a huge inspiration to me! Anyway, hope you have a great day <3

Thank you so much! 🥺 And your art is lovely as well — I am head over heels for your Elwing & the twins piece. I feel very bad that I can’t draw a proper thank-you piece for this lovely message because I am buried in TRSB, but here is a little Finwë and Míriel doodle from my latest WIP to brighten your day. :)

[expressions-of-nature]

by Terapo

[toomuchlemons-deactivated202007]

Quicky Idril - Tuor - Voronwe Requested by @sharpglance

Okay the last from request ^^

[queerofthedagger]

old longings

[Fingon/Maedhros | T+ | 1.5k]

Tags: 4th Age, Re-embodiment, Sword Fighting, Unresolved Tension

A very belated fill for @russingon-week 🩵

Summary:

Stepping back, Fingon raises a brow, and there, now, is the blaze of him—chin tilted proud, and a storm in his eyes. “This is unbecoming, Russandol. Own what you did; fight me like you mean it.” This is not what I have come for, he ought to say. He ought to lower his weapon, surrender, apologise. His jaw hurts with the force of his restraint, and across from him, Fingon grins—a jagged thing, beautifully awful, and as ever, still, too convinced of his own sanctity. — Maedhros returns. He and Fingon handle it the way they do most things.

[chephalopods]

Fingon studies because I'm feeling bigly about him

[yidany]

Himring

[batbetbitbotbut]

Tehanu (Earthsea #4), Ursula K le Guin

[reeddraws]

This was such a fun study to paint! I really enjoyed the process, but I would like to either practice drawing the tall blades of grass more or create a brush for it to help speed things along. Daily drawing 2468.

[zealouswerewolfcollector]

Put a few drabbles from this month's and previous month's instadrabbling sessions in my Idea Dump on Ao3. Here's one of them.

“Had you slain me on the mountain, you might have had a chance. By saving me, you doomed yourself.”

“Slaying you would not have changed anything. It was too late by then. I had been doomed earlier than that.”

“Yes, in Alqualondë when you drew your sword for my sake.”

“Earlier even.”

“At Yavanna’s festival, when you kissed me for the first time in the secluded glade.”

“Earlier than that.”

“When you were a small child, then. In the gardens of Grandfather’s palace, where you first met me.”

“No, earlier.”

“When you were born?”

“When you were born, my love.”

[nobrashfestivity]

Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Constellations, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, 1946

[huariqueje]

Moonshine    -   Jeanne Rosier Smith 

American , b. 1966 -

Pastel on paper ,   12 x 12 in.      30.5 x 30.5 cm.

[fullslack-deactivated20260525]

Peruvian whistling vessels simulating animal calls (some of the oldest found date to c. 500–300 BCE)

[infinite-eyeroll]

I started workshopping some potion bottles for Ren Faire a few months ago and I feel like I’m getting somewhere…. They’re different than the standard rounded bottom but I tend to appreciate that I can set them down on flat surfaces. I’m still figuring out finishing off the mouths so they’ll take the same cork but I’m just about there.

This batch is from last month but I really liked these glazes

[himekokosu]

Hydrangea