#anarien

[p-joart]

Art Collaboration by me and @die-herzlos-engel​ :D (base sketch by her, additional linework by me, possibly to be colored later) “Shadow of Mordor: Junior Edition” Dirhael (Talion’s son) and Anarien (herzlos OC, adoptive daughter of Celebrimbor from her fic - archiveofourown.org/works/13759743 ) meet for the first time at the Black Gate in a hypothetical timeline after the fic and before the game events take place. Dirhael: “Holy shit it’s an elf. Act cool” Anarien: “You look familiar, I may have banged - I mean - I know your dad.”

[oldgrumpycosplay]

So I had started a dress that was/is meant to be for my Teleri elf, Anarien.

It’s a silk habotai with a mesh netting with sequins over it. It’s a fairly simple drape that I came up with.  I’ve never been particularly great or creative with my own designs.  It isa simple fitted bodice like this, then the skirt is cut like Arwen’s “Dream Dress”.  I started working on it a while back, and here the bodice is pretty much finished with the two pieces basted together to act as one piece.

While I was making it, I thought it would be cool to wear it to my graduation/pinning ceremony, so I sped up the process to try and get it done in time.

[sewlastcentury]

Telerin elves from The Silmarillion

Olwë - @rattle-and-burn (more here / IG) Eärwen - @sewlastcentury (IG) Anarien - @oldgrumpycosplay (more here / IG)

Photos by Ethereous Photography, taken at Otakon 2017

[oldgrumpycosplay]

In the middle of Ladew pictures and other posts, I decided to slip this little number in.  I worked on it mid may.  Its the navy gown I wanted to make for my Teleri elf, Anarien. I wanted her to have an evening ensemble, and although that’s not how the sleeves ended up working out, I do want to make some kind of sleeves for it!

[oldgrumpycosplay]

”Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time”
- H. P. Lovecraft

Photography: Erica T Teleri Elf / Anarien: @oldgrumpycosplay

[oldgrumpycosplay]

”The fisherman know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining on shore”
- Vincent Van Gogh

Photography: Erica T Teleri Elf / Anarien: @oldgrumpycosplay

[oldgrumpycosplay]

”Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown”
- Stephan Gardiner

Photography: Erica T Teleri Elf / Anarien: @oldgrumpycosplay

[oldgrumpycosplay]

I went to visit my parents and my old home in Florida for New Year’s, and I was able to do a beautiful shoot of my Teleri elf with my sister on the jetties near our beach!

Ever since I considered doing a Teleri elf cosplay, I knew I had to get pictures at home, and they turned out so great! I’ll be sharing a few posts of these…

“The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach” - Henry Beston

Photography: Erica T Teleri elf / Anarien: @oldgrumpycosplay