#amrod

[lyragoth]

Nerdanel and her red babies

This work is part of an ongoing series. If you enjoyed it, see also: Raven Team | Fair Team

[redreyenotarget]

Finished the sons of Feanor portraits!!

[mahtaniel]

The Silmarils, gouache on bristol paper, 42 inches (3.5 feet) in diameter

I made a thing! Illustrations about the story of the silmarils in red-figure pottery style. It was fun to work on such a large scale.

You can see all the individual scenes and my references here. I'll also be posting them a few at a time!

[talyris]

[akitasenseidraws]

the other 50% of Beleriand's issues

[gratuacuunart]

"The Seven gathered again" for TRSB 2025

Inspired by the passage:

[...] but now hearing of the renewal of Doriath and of Dior's pride the seven gathered again from wandering, and they sent to him to claim their own. – The Silmarillion, Chapter 22, Of the Ruin of Doriath

This moment always hits me hard. It's the last time they meet, and it just gives me feels!

All of that and more is captured in the story to all things housed in silence by queerofthedagger! The depth of the story was so inspiring for me! Go read it!

To the process:

For this one, I mainly focused on color palette, design, and most importantly, the composition.

They're one family, so I imagine they all come in their family colors. However, a sea of red would look boring. Luckily, the family also wears a lot of gold! Mixing some green into it, we now have at least three colors we can use.

For the design, I wanted to play into their personalities: Maedhros always prepared for battle, Caranthir with extra jewels since he's rich, and the twins being hunters, wearing more simple and practical clothing.

And then there's composition. I wanted to make sure there's still a lot going on and the tension is high, with just them sitting around a table, talking.

Once all of this was decided, it's just painstakingly rendering all of it. :)

[jackimer]

POV the Feanorians if they locked in

[thetiredprometheus]

So there's like gems in there? What kind of gems? Asking for a friend