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eldamaranquendi · 5 years

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SILMARILLION by ArlenianChronicles (full project)

1. I've started a new project, as you can see! I was inspired by my Beren and Luthien project to illustrate the whole Silmarillion XD It's going to be a heck of a while before it's done, but I hope you guys enjoy following along on the journey! So here we have part 1 of my Silmarillion project. First is the Ainulindale, featuring Eru Iluvatar, the Ainur, the creation of Arda, and the standoff between Manwe and Melkor for the dominion of Arda.

2. The second part of my Silmarillion project, Valaquenta. Here are the top three Valar, Manwe, Ulmo, and Aule; the top three Valier, Varda, Yavanna, and Nienna; their Maiar, Eonwe, Ilmare, and Olorin; and the Enemies, Melkor and Sauron.

3. The third part of my Silmarillion project, chapters 1 to 4! I'll be posting one part each instead of two at a time from now on XD This part features the Two Trees, Laurelin and Telperion; Aule and Yavanna creating the Dwarves and Ents; five of the first Elves, Elwe (Thingol), Olwe, Finwe, Ingwe, and Nowe (Cirdan); and the lovers, Thingol and Melian. Phew, lots of Elves to draw! Also, some Tolkien fans might notice that Elmo and Lenwe are missing from the drawing of the Elves that awoke at Cuivienen. That's because I forgot, and then there wasn't enough space!

4. The fourth part of my Silmarillion project, chapters 5 to 8, featuring King Finwe of the Noldor, High King Ingwe of the Vanyar (and all Elves in Valinor, and King Olwe of the Teleri; Feanor and Melkor, representing two events of the chapter; Feanor and the Silmarils, and the destruction of the Two Trees by Ungoliant and Melkor.

5. The fifth part of my Silmarillion project, chapters 9 to 12, featuring a bloody Fëanor after having fought the Teleri Elves; Melian creating the Girdle (magical barrier) around the realm of Doriath; the Maiar Arien and Tilion holding the last fruit and flower Laurelin and Telperion (all respectively lol); and a family of the first Edain (mortal men).

6. MASSIVE CREDITS TO CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN FOR THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE MAP OF BELERIAND. My copy of the Silmarillion has a map, which I scanned and traced over in Paint Tool SAI so that it'd be high res. Tracing all those words was what took me so long! The sixth part of my Silmarillion project, chapters 13 to 16, featuring Feanor fighting balrogs (not shown lol), and Fingolfin crossing the Grinding Ice; the Map of Beleriand; Melian attempting to learn more from Galadriel about why the Noldor left Aman; and Maeglin and Aredhel escaping Nan Elmoth (his birth home). On the map, the words in red are the names of the lands, and the pale words are the Elven lords (and lady) ruling over hose lands. So for example, Thingol and Melian are presiding over Doriath, and Caranthir is presiding over Thargelion.

7. The seventh part of my Silmarillion project, chapters 17 to 20, featuring Finrod's meeting with the Edain; Fingolfin and Morgoth during the Dagor Bragollach; Beren, Luthien, and Huan, with Beren's severed hand holding a Silmaril; and Fingon surrounded by balrog whips during the Fifth Battle. Originally, the Silmaril in Beren and Luthien's illustration was supposed to have a horizontal line to complete the geometric effect, but since it cut across their faces, I had to take it out. Also, I know that Finrod's meeting with the Edain technically took place in the middle of the night, but I have a lot of nighttime backgrounds in these illustrations already, so I wanted to do a dawn-like background!

8. The eighth part of my Silmarillion project, chapters 21 to 24, featuring Turin, Nienor, and Beleg, with the sword Anglachel; Melian and the death of Thingol, along with the Feanorian banner (to represent the Second Kinslaying); Tuor, Idril, and Earendil, along with a dragon climbing the King's Tower in Gondolin; and Earendil and Elwing with the Silmaril, while their sons Elrond and Elros are taken by Maedhros and Maglor in the Third Kinslaying. The stories of Turin Turambar and the Fall of Gondolin are large stories, so I decided to go with portraits of the main characters, especially with Turin's chapter. I feel like I could've done something a bit more creative with the Fall of Gondolin, but I'm pleased with this one nevertheless XD Also, I'm really happy I managed to squeeze in my favourite Tolkien family -- Maedhros and Maglor with Elrond and Elros hahahahaa (If only showing their hands lol) This part concludes the Quenta Silmarillion, which I forgot to mention began at chapter 1. There are now two parts left in the Silmarillion to illustrate!

9. The ninth part of my Silmarillion project, Akallabeth, featuring the Door of Night through which Morgoth is banished; Elrond Halfelven, his twin Elros Tar-Minyatur -- who is crowned the first king of Numenor -- and Nimloth, the White Tree of Numenor; Sauron in the guise of Tar-Mairon, councillor to the last king of Numenor, Ar-Pharazon; and Manwe with Iluvatar, the latter of which sends great waves to destroy Numenor. So I was looking back at part 8 of my project, and I have to say that the illustrations for Turin Turambar and the Fall of Gondolin are the ones that I am least satisfied with. I mean, I wish I had added a few more beakers around the King's Chemistry Beaker of Gondolin (cuz it looks like one, the way I drew it lol), to make it look more like a city XD So I hope this part makes up for that, at least with regards to visual interest Just one more part left to go!!

10. The tenth and final part of my Silmarillion project, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, featuring Celebrimbor and Annatar (another of Sauron's forms) crafting the rings of power; two of the Istari, Saruman and Gandalf (there are three others, not just these two lol), and the Eye of Sauron; Samwise Gamgee carrying Frodo Baggins up Mt. Doom to destroy the One Ring; and the last (but not really the last XD) white ship sailing into the West. So we've finally come to the end! I want to thank all of you for sticking with me and supporting me through this big project! It took two months -- from June 10 to August 12 -- to finish! I'm very proud of my work, and also relieved that I was able to finish it, in a way XD I'm so happy that I was able to share this project with you all! I learned quite a bit about composition and lightning and shading in this project. For any who were wondering, I think my favourite illustrations out of them all are parts 4 and 7. I especially like how I drew the light of the Silmarils in those ones XD I feel like I could've done better on part 8, but I still like that one If you like, let me know which ones you liked the most! I would love to hear your feedback! Now is the time for a little break, in which I will finish up some other things. Then I can announce the next project that I've planned (which will hopefully be soon lol)!

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gemennair-rb · 5 years

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Yaaay! Let's do this!

I would absolutely LOVE to answer all of them for you but since you listed some, I’ll just answer those since you took the time to pick them, too :D

2. What are your three most valued possessions?

As I answered before: wacom tablet, laptop and my Middle Earth collection!

5. Best canon ship in the Silm?

Russingon! You know it’s true and I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise! But besides them, I really love the whole thing between Thingol and Melian, too.

7. Best f/f ship?

Ilmare and Arien for me; love me some fire Maia mingling with the stars. I should draw them more, actually.

10. What made you read the Silmarillion in the first place?

Ooh story-telling time. Buckle up, this is gonna be long since I’m gonna ramble and I don’t think I’ll be able to tell this in any other time. I’ve been a fan of Tolkien since I first read the Hobbit back then, and of course began reading the Lord of the Rings too after watching the movies. I’ve been hearing a lot about the Silmarillion for so many years, and always I just kept on relying on the wiki and youtube vids to know more about Tolkien’s legendarium since I didn’t have the book during that time, but I know I just have to read the book. It’s an ever looming presence in my mind. I guess that’s just really how it is, isn’t it? You just can’t help but to know more. Fast forward to the time I finally got the book, I wasn’t able to read it for a long time because of so many other things called life, it wasn’t until I actually got the Children of Hurin, getting ready to buckle up for an adventure only to realize that I was unprepared for all the tragedy that would happen. I was intrigued and depressed at the end, and I needed to read more, and the continuation is in the Silmarillion. I was at my school’s library at the time, and I quickly got the Silmarillion copy they had and started reading, and when it’s time to go, I quickly got home and took my Silmarillion copy which lay untouched upon the shelves, and there I was, slowly getting consumed by kinslayers, oath-takers, reckless yet valiant complex heroes striving to survive in a world which already decided that they are damned beyond hope.

And here I am, still trapped in that tragic hellhole and I love every second of it. The Silmarillion is my absolute favorite book, and I’m disappointed at myself for not reading it sooner (Though it did reappear during a very hard moment of my life so it means a lot more to me because of that, I suppose. It definitely inspired me to make art again.)

12. If you had to describe yourself with a character from Tolkien’s works, who would it be?

I answered this before, but I’ll say it again! Nellas, just cause she’s content with chilling all alone in the trees!

18. Favourite crack pairing/concept/headcanon?

Ohh there are are so many! I’ll answer the headcanon one: Fingon being the shortest member of the House of Finwe is one of my absolute faves; Maglor, Finrod, Fingon and Ecthelion being a wandering band in Valinor, Maitimo being the big brother of absolutely everyone, Maitimo giving Fingon the Elessar, and Feanor being an amazing father among others! There are a lot more but these are the ones on top of my head, sorry I can’t just pick one!

Thank you so much for all the asks! I had fun answering them; I hope you have a great day too :D

#ask #silmarillion #tolkien

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burdenedwithgloriousfandoms · 6 years

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Ilmarien (Space Girlfriends) headcanons

or just Ilmare/Arien if you like (also pretty much all AU headcanons)

again, for @filmamir because her blog inspires me to do stuff like this <3 keep it up, girl!

--> Arien loves summer, the warm sunlight on her bare back, lounging around all day under shady trees, running down dusty paths in bare feet, hearing the birds singing above her. She loves to stand in the hot sunlight and spin around until the world is a whirl of reds and golds and her dress is a molten blur, her feet throwing up dust and dry leaves. She loves to run through the long grass, disturbing butterflies that fly off towards the trees, and run down, down to the little gurgling stream. She loves to splash Ilmare with the cool water, loves her laugh ringing out through the shady pines, loves the glint of sunlight through her pale hair.

--> Ilmare loves winter. She loves the still, cold nights when her breath mists and the stars hang above her in a crisp dark sky. She loves the familiar warmth of big old coats and the couch she and Arien snuggle up on, the frost on the windows, the snowball fights they have once Arien chases the night away by pulling back the curtains. She loves the wolves they hear sometimes, howling to a silent moon, and she will slip out of bed, trying not to disturb her sleeping girlfriend, and sit on the back steps, gazing up at the stars and deep blue sky, no matter how cold it is. She will sit out there for hours, until the wolves have gone to sleep and the stars start to disappear and the horizon lightens, when Arien will come out with their big warm doona and watch the dawn with her.

--> They both love to paint, so the walls of their small house are covered in flowers and trees, animals and insects, stars and the moon and the sun. The bedroom ceiling is painted like the night sky, while the kitchen and lounge are painted like the day.

--> Ilmare has always dreamed of being an astronaut, always dreamed of being in space, nothing but her and the stars. At first, Arien always said she would prefer to stay on earth, but Ilmare has shown her the beauty of the stars and night, and she has come to dream of space, of the enormous splendor of the sun, of far off galaxies and undiscovered worlds

--> Arien adores going to the beach. She loves the golden sand, loves the cool splash of sea on her legs. Ilmare began to love the beach when she met Arien. She loves seeing the stars reflected in the dark, dark ocean at night, loves the cool sand beneath her toes. But she does love day at the beach too, molding sand around Arien’s long legs to make her into a mermaid, finding little shells and smooth pieces of glass washed up.

--> They have a little tradition of each year painting a part of the house with something they’ve loved doing together that year, as a reminder of the happiness and love they’ve shared

--> They both love to cuddle. Non-negotiable. Cuddles.

--> Ilmare might seem an introvert most of the time, but she won’t hesitate to punch a jerk in the face if they’re insulting her friends

Please add!!

#<3 #space girlfriends #ilmare/arien #ilmarien #headcanons #mine #please please add

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