#melesta art

[melestasflight]

Little Idril gives Turgon the first chamomile flowers in @that-angry-noldo's Flowers sprang beneath his marching feet for @tolkienrsb

This heart-wrenching fic of the arrival of Fingolfin's host to Beleriand and the main art will be revealed tomorrow, September 8, 2023!

Fic snippet below the cut.

Turukáno looked away. Itarillë ran up to him, and her face was bright. She was holding a white flower in her hands, her eyes gleaming with warmth and happiness. Turukáno smiled and tucked a strand of her golden hair behind her ear. A camomile, he explained, mind to mind, and her features lit up. It grows in great numbers during the spring.  Itarillë beamed and ran off, and Turukáno followed her with a soft, fond gaze. He looked back to Findaráto and noticed the same tenderness on his features. “Children,” Findaráto murmured. “In Aman we thought them a blessing; a gem to carve, a fruit to reap. Now, though, I look at your daughter and feel - hope. Your father,” he said, and looked at Turukáno again, “might feel like he lost that. What is the meaning of trying to go on if you have lost the one whose eyes gleamed with fire, who looked forth through the veil of the unending snow and said, “I see hope; I see life; I see, far away, the warmth and the peace that awaits us”? And now, that hope lies buried under the ground, and all we can do is - remember.”

From Flowers sprang beneath his marching feet

#idril #fingolfin #finrod #turgon #arrival to Beleriand #Helcaraxe #trsb #trsb2023 #that-angry-noldo fic #melesta art #the silmarillion #silm #tolkien #my art #teaser art

[welcomingdisaster]

For the palette thingy, can I be extremely predictable and ask for a Fingon in bonfire color gradient? ❤️

hi hi hi!! here's a lil thing:

#fingon #:) #my art #melesta

[navyinks]

Last batch of world art day drawings!! Thanks to everyone who sent a prompt in, these were fun!! Happy world art day ❤️❤️❤️

@zealouswerewolfcollector​ asked:  Hi, if you're still doing it, A3 for Fingon? Your Fingon is one of my favorite things ever.

ty friend!! Fingon is also one of my favourite characters to draw ever ❤️❤️ mine is very ooc but eh.

@swanmaids​ asked: Your art is always so lovely! Could I request B4 and Elwing, if you feel like it? 

 Always up for drawing bird mum 🕊️ ty for the prompt!! ✨

@melestasflight​ asked: Happy art day, navy! I'm such a fan of your work! May I request C3 for Turgon? He really deserves more love. 

Happy world art day Melesta!! You’re too kind ❤️⭐ and yep Turgon totally deserves more love ✨✨

@actual-bill-potts​ asked:  Hello!! Could I possibly request finrod/4b for the art day meme if it’s still open? I love ur art sm <3

Hi friend!! I attempted a younger Valinor Finrod for the expression xD ty for the prompt!! *-*

#askbox #fingon #elwing #turgon #finrod #toned down the drama so ended up deviating from the meme but i reckon these drawings are more in character than the first few #unrelated but: *death rattle* see u all in this year's trsb lol

[that-angry-noldo]

His son was dead. His son was lying still - his expression was as marble, eyes looking to the sky and face drained of colour. If Ñolofinwë tried, he could pretend he never saw the fatal wound that struck Arakáno down, never held him while his son shuddered in agony, never heard Findekáno scream his throat hoarse over the corpse. His son was dead. After the battle of Lammoth and death of Arakáno, Ñolofinwë has to come to terms with the new reallity, and figure out what to do next.

sharing my second @tolkienrsb project, this time done for @melestasflight beautiful art!!

Title: Flowers sprang beneath his marching feet

Rating: G

Wordcount: 6,028

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, past canon character death

Relationships: Fingolfin & Fingon, Fingolfin & Aredhel, Fingon & Turgon, Turgon & Finrod

Characters: Fingolfin, Finrod, House of Ñolofinwë

Read on AO3 || Main art || Idril gives Turgon a flower || Argon's grave

Well, this is it! I hope you enjoy the fic! Working with Melesta was a delight and a very positive experience - I'm so glad I managed to grab that slide :D

#tolkien reverse summer bang 2023 #silmarillion #silm fic #silmarillion fanfiction #fingolfin #nolofinweans

[zealouswerewolfcollector]

Now a Quill, Now a Sword

Findekáno could see him writing this letter as clearly as if Maitimo were before him. Sitting with his back straight, head tilted a little, the fingers of his left hand drumming on the table as he pondered over the words. Findekáno could see him opening one of Elemmírë’s poetry books that he always kept on his desk to make sure he had not quoted her poem erroneously, even though he knew all of her works by heart. Findekáno could see Maitimo’s meticulously and richly embroidered sleeve smearing the ink on the sheet. Maitimo would huff in annoyance and roll his sleeves back, then start writing the letter anew. His letters had to be perfect without mistakes or marks.

Maedhros and Fingon's relationship from Valinor to Beleriand told through a series of letters

Link to the fic

Written for @tolkienrsb

Art: @melestasflight/ Melesta

See additional art made by melesta HERE

Story: HewerOfCaves / @zealouswerewolfcollector​

Rating: T

Warnings: Major character death

Relationships: Maedhros/Fingon

Characters: Maedhros, Fingon

Word Count: 11817

#silmarillion #maedhros #fingon #russingon #trsb23 #melestaflight #melesta #zealouswerewolfcollector #hewerofcaves #silm fic #zwc fic #please look at all those gorgeous detail in the artwork #i can't get over it

[i-did-not-mean-to]

Winter Ficlets

I, like so many others, do not want to laugh and cry alone.

Thus, I am making this post to share a few ongoing winter ficlet collections with you...

❄️ Winter prompts by @cilil

❄️Tis the Season (To Be Tra-la-la-lally) by @polutrope

❄️ December Drabbles by @maglor-my-beloved

❄️ The Long Night solstice piece by @fishing4stars

Also available (but not yet read by me)

❄️Sleepless in Imladris: A Faerie Advent Calendar by @ettelene amongst others

❄️Tropical Latin American Advent Calendar by @ettelene

I can only warmly recommend these (yes, I can recommend @ettelene without having read the fics, because they're excellent like that)!

Alsooooo, check out @nothinghereisworking's hilarious art; it brightens my days as I am struggling against the inevitable Christmas depression that threatens to swallow me whole.

Disclaimer: These authors are known to hide razors in their sugar cookies and acid in their mulled wine. I decline responsibility for any emotional damage you might take while reading.

Have a jolly holiday season, friends! And, if things get too much, click through these collections of short, heart-warming, thought-provoking, and utterly delightful treats.

I wish you only the very best!

@fellowshipofthefics: I hope this counts as a rec post <3

🌟ADDITIONS!!!!!🌟

❄️Winter in Arda by @melestasflight (Melesta is incredible, no doubt this will be too) submitted by @ettelene

❄️Midwinter in Lindon by @tethysresort (who is an amazing author who's graced me twice with writing!!! Marked for later already!)

❄️Winterstories by @a-world-of-whimsy-5 (only read the odd one, but everything I did catch was excellent!!!)

#og post #fanfiction #writing #IDNMT recs #fic rec #Tolkien writing #jrr tolkien #Advent calendar #short fics #collections #Winter fics #treats

[nolofinweanweek]

Welcome to Nolofinwëan Week 2023! A fandom event celebrating the House of Fingolfin. 

Fingolfin, Anairë and their descendants play a vital role in the narrative, starting from the Years of the Trees in Valinor all the way to the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. The members of this noble house are some of the fandom's favorite characters like Elrond, Fingon, Turgon, Aredhel, Maeglin, Idril and the long line of half-elven people.

The event was started in 2019 by @windrelyn and @eikyuuyuki and is returning this year from November 6 - 12, 2023.

Nolofinwëan week welcomes fan creations centering any members of the House of Fingolfin through the ages. You can participate with fanfiction, fanart, headcanons, close readings and musings, edits, or anything else that inspires you to celebrate these characters. 

To have your work shared on the event’s page, please mention the blog @nolofinweanweek in your post and include the hashtags #nolofinweanweek and #nolofinweanweek2023 in the first 10 tags. Works can also be added to the AO3 collection.

Below are some inspirational, nonmandatory prompts to get you started. Detailed explanations about each prompt are here.

Day 1: Noontide of Valinor - Darkening ● Fingolfin ● Anairë Day 2: Exile - Arrival to Beleriand ● Fingon ● Argon ● Elenwë Day 3: Mithrim - The Long Peace ● Turgon ● Aredhel ● Eöl Day 4: Dagor Bragollach - War of Wrath ● Idril ● Maeglin ● Tuor ● Eärendil ● Elwing Day 5: Lindon - War of the Ring ● Elrond ● Elros ● Gil-galad Day 6: Fourth Age Middle-earth - Return to Valinor ● Númenórean descendants ● Peredhil descendants Day 7: AUs, Canon divergences, Freeform ● Nolofinwëan OCs ● Canon ghosts ● Earlier canonical characters

This event is organized by Melesta. The mod runs on PST, but folks can post content or interact with the blog at their convenient time.

For further clarification, check out the FAQ and prompts pages. If your questions aren’t answered there, feel free to send them via an ask or get in touch with @melestasflight. Happy creating!

The event directory is accessible here.

The art in the banner is by @busymagpie

#nolofinweans #nolofinweanweek2023 #about #elrond #aragorn #fingon #fingolfin #turgon #aredhel #maeglin #silm #silmarillion #lotr #lord of the rings #tolkien #mod post

[silmarillionwritersguild-art]

@mangez-peches-art's sweet art of Húrin and his youngest daugter, Lalaith (laughter), in happy days features in @melestasflight's insightful character biography.

"[T]he story of Húrin, Túrin, and the dragon Glaurung remains 'a favorite tale among Men,'" writes Melesta in this month's biography of Húrin, "and I would dare say a favorite of Tolkien himself."

This "favorite tale," as Melesta documents, is one of Tolkien's oldest. Many of our character biographies document how a character evolves over the decades and myriad drafts Tolkien wrote in constructing the text that Christopher Tolkien would one day publish as The Silmarillion. Húrin, unlike many of the other early characters, is "an essential and constant thread of the tapestry of the First Age," with essential elements of his story in place from very early in the writing of the legendarium and remaining so.

But Melesta also highlights that, in Húrin, we see the first glimmers of the kind of larger-than-life heroism that would distinguish Tolkien's Third Age writings—namely The Lord of the Rings, of course—from the drearier First and Second Age materials. Yet, of course, Húrin's story comes to a tragic end, making him a fitting part of the "Silmarillion" story while also hinting at the rise of Mortals that would offer such hope later in the tales.

It is the very larger-than-life quality that requires that Húrin's story is best discussed across multiple months, so this month's biography covers the early years of Húrin's life: the making of a hero. So for this month, we can pretend to be a LotR site and enjoy Húrin's defiant hope and role model-worthy heroics before heading back to the tragic culmination of his story. You can read "Part One: The Making of a Hero" of Húrin's biography here, published by @silmarillionwritersguild

#hurin thalion #silmarillion writers guild #swg art #swg #tolkien fanart #tolkien fandom #tolkien fanworks #silmarillion fanart #character bio #character biography #tolkien meta #silmarillion meta #artists on tumblr #fanartists on tumblr #mangez-peches-art #melestasflight

[searchingforserendipity25]

Your moodboards are so so beautiful!!! Love the color palette on the Fingon one

-@outofangband

It was a lot of fun to make, I can't believe I almost forgot to post it! Melesta's art is so gorgeous, and I am fascinated by epistolary possibilities, so it was a very fulfilling process. Thank you so much @outofangband, you're so kind! <3 <3

#asks #My inbox is open to moodboard requests too btw!

[tolkienremix]

Silm Remix 2022 Roundup!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Silm Remix 2022! We’re so thrilled to have inspired so many fantastic works. Please, go forth and enjoy these marvelous creations!

And a special thank you to our wonderful pinch-hitters: Zhie, Lorinand_Lost, Drag0nst0rm, and Grundy!

~~~

2Nienna2 remixed potatoesanddreams’ Flowers into the pleasure of your company

​​Aipilosse remixed Lorinand_Lost’s Passerine into Lineage

Ancalimë remixed 2Nienna2′s Rewind... into The Width Of A Circle

arriviste remixed undercat’s Last Year’s Words Belong to Next Year’s Language into next year’s words await another voice

Brievel remixed Drag0nst0rm's The Usual Way into Thicker Than Water

CateWolfe remixed eris_of_imladris’ Confessions of a Teenage Drama Prince into Becoming Narvo

Dialux remixed CateWolfe’s Little Ghosts into here stands a man with a bullet in his clenched right hand

Drag0nst0rm remixed WarriorEowyn’s Mithrim into Echoes in the Water (The Mithrim Remix)

Drag0nst0rm remixed Idrils_Scribe’s A Beautiful Poison into A Painful Antidote (A Beautiful Poison Remix)

eris_of_imladris remixed lemurious’ Lullabies into The Shuttler

firstamazon remixed sapphicmothman’s The Only Competent Cook is Passed Out into Winter’s thaw

Grundy remixed Idrils_Scribe’s Three Golden Hairs into Three Golden Hairs (Remix)

Harp_of_Gold remixed tehhumi’s Muina Nyarië Findëpalta Melindor into Undone

Idrils_Scribe remixed arriviste’s void junk into Wings of White and Silver-grey

JazTheBard remixed Kaz’s The Art of Long-Distance Grandparenting into No Time Like the Present

Kaz remixed keiliss’ After the Darkness into to deck the wood for bridal

Lady_Gavroche remixed Ancalimë’s The Seventh Age into The Eighth Age

lemurious remixed Harp_of_Gold’s Snowfall in Nan Elmoth into Petals on the Snow

Lorinand_Lost remixed starlightwalking’s The New High King into Innocent, Blameless, and Free

Lorinand_Lost remixed firstamazon’s Healing wounds into Come Tomorrow (You Won’t Find Me Here)

Melesta remixed senalishia’s If This Is Love into He Is Your Song

polutropos remixed SkyEventide’s Shining Black into Iron Cleaver

potatoesanddreams remixed Dialux’s no place for illusions now into A Souvenir

RaisingCaiin remixed JazTheBard’s Sugarplums into hibernation

sapphicmothman remixed polutropos’ She Whom He Had Loved into When “Practicing With Your Cousin” Goes a Little Too Far

senalishia remixed crownlessliestheking’s adder-bitten root into hooked to the blackened beam

SkyEventide remixed Lady_Gavroche’s Maeglin's Mirror into Half Mourning

starlightwalking remixed Melesta’s Song & Monster into Beloved

starlightwalking remixed Ancalimë’s A Seaside Visit into The First Meal

Torpi remixed Brievel’s The Artist's Loving Hand into Sunrays Glowing Golden

undercat remixed Aipilosse’s What Brings Us Together (chapter 22) into What Shape I Find of You

undercat remixed Aipilosse’s Darkness Inescapable into My heart resteth not

WarriorEowyn remixed Torpi’s Half Life into Traitor

Zhie remixed RaisingCaiin’s let the only sound be the overflow into Wave: Goodbye

#silm #silmarillion #the silmarillion #silm fic #silmremix #tolkienremix #mod post #2022 #roundup

[melestasflight]

an illustration of my favorite scene from @that-angry-noldo's Flowers sprang beneath his marching feet

This beautiful fic and the main art will be live on @tolkienrsb reveals day, September 8, 2023.

Fic snippet below the cut.

Green grass now grew where Ñolofinwë’s son and his people were buried. Arakáno had always loved the colour of green; always loved trees, gardens, and flowers. Sometimes Ñolofinwë thought himself selfish: there were many dead, that dreadful day, many who have lost their parents and friends and lovers, many who were laid in the grave together with Arakáno; yet Ñolofinwë did not remember their faces, did not grieve them, did not mourn for them. Arakáno was the only one who mattered.   Ñolofinwë hoped there were flowers growing on his son’s grave. Wished, uselessly, that Findaráto had sung of field-flowers where Ñolofinwë himself could but weep silently.

From Flowers sprang beneath his marching feet

#fingolfin #argon #fingon #finrod #turgon #aredhel #arrival to Beleriand #Helcaraxe #trsb #trsb2023 #that-angry-noldo fic #melesta art #the silmarillion #silm #tolkien #my art #teaser art

[ao3feed-tolkien]

Art: Scribbles & Drabbles 2022

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/iMljFfR

by Melesta

A collection of my artworks for Scribbles and Drabbles 2022.

1. Yavanna Dreams of Middle-earth 2. A Noldo Arrives at Ossiriand 3. A Flower of Nimloth

Words: 468, Chapters: 3/3, Language: English

Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Additional Tags: Scribbles & Drabbles: A Fall for Tolkien Event, Art, Photography

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/iMljFfR

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #Tolkien #JRR Tolkien #Tolkien works #ao3 #fan fiction

[melestasflight]

This second teaser art is my favorite letter from Maedhros to Fingon from @zealouswerewolfcollector's Now a Quill, Now a Sword.

Can't wait for @tolkienrsb reveals day to have this fic and its main art go live on September 8, 2023.

Fic snippet below the cut.

Faelgûr had put wildflowers on my desk, which is far more accustomed to daggers as a decoration. The poor boy must have walked on tiptoes around me for the entire day, making sure that nothing and no one dared bring me down. These are the exact same flowers you put in my hair the first time you visited Himring. I do not believe my valet is aware of it. It must be a lucky coincidence.  Perhaps that was what made me write this silly letter. Perhaps it was because it had scarcely been a month since you had left my bed, and I can still feel your warmth. Perhaps it was because only five days later I am riding out to Lóminórë to meet you. Whatever it was, it compelled me to share this with you. I know you will enjoy reading it. My letters to you have been little more than dry reports, while yours are so vivacious. You always write something that makes me smile even when I am in the blackest of moods.

From Now a Quill, Now a Sword.

#maedhros #fingon #russingon #himring #melesta art #hewerofcaves fic #silm fic #silm art #silmarillion #the silmarillion #tolkien #trsb23 #teaser art #my art

[melestasflight]

Maedhros and Maglor are facing their final challenges in @zealouswerewolfcollector's Now a Quill, Now a Sword.

This fantastic fic and its main art for @tolkienrsb will be live tomorrow, September 8, 2023!

Fic snippet below the cut.

“We should move now if we are intent on doing it.” Maglor’s quiet, discolored voice brought Maedhros back from the maze of his thoughts. He could not bear his brother’s look, cold fury hidden beneath a shroud of nonchalance.  “We shall move when I decide so,” he said. “Of course,” Maglor said in the same tone. “What are you writing?” “It is none of your concern.” “What is the point of writing to him? He will never read it. You are doing it only for yourself. But even that is pointless now.” A slow, mocking smile twisted his face. “Do you hope the letter will be discovered on your body and find its way to him?” Maedhros was shaken by Maglor quoting his letter almost word by word. But his brother was not done yet. “Do you hope he will read it and shed a few tears over you?” he continued. “Do you hope he will be moved by your letter and forgive you? He may not even be allowed to leave the Halls until the world breaks. He is a kinslayer just like us.” “Hold your tongue!” Maedhros roared. “He was nothing like us!” “Yes, of course, pure and innocent Fingon, incapable of any wrongdoing.” “I said hold your tongue!” “As you command, my lord.”

From Now a Quill, Now a Sword

#maedhros #maglor #fingon #amon ereb #melesta art #hewerofcaves fic #silm fic #silm art #silmarillion #the silmarillion #tolkien #trsb23 #teaser art #my art

[melestasflight]

an illustration of a letter from Now a Quill, Now a Sword by @zealouswerewolfcollector for @tolkienrsb

We can't wait to reveal the main art and this beautiful story on September 8, 2023!

Fic snippet below the cut.

Northern Coast of the Outer Sea, 1450th Year of the Trees Dearest cousin [mentions of our kinship should be avoided] Beloved Finno [too intimate] My dearest Findekáno [he is not mine yet] Dearest Findekáno, So long has passed since our last encounter. I was away from Tirion with my family. My father was looking for inspiration for a new invention of his. It was fortunate as I had much to think about. If my calculations are correct, I shall be at home by the time this letter reaches you. I hope the wait was not too torturous for you. I wish I could put on the page all that I want to say to you. It would be easier, perhaps, yet I cannot deny myself the pleasure of looking at your face when we speak.  Please come to the grove at the Mingling. I will be eagerly waiting for you. If your feelings have changed during this time, or if I have misinterpreted your words somehow, I apologize for the letter. Do not hesitate to burn it then. I will not take offense and will continue being your devoted friend and cousin. Until we meet again. Maitimo

from Now a Quill, Now a Sword

#maedhros #fingon #russingon #valinor #hewerofcaves fic #melesta art #silm fic #silm art #silmarillion #the silmarillion #tolkien #trsb23 #teaser art #my art

[melestasflight]

A Swim Somewhere in the East

Maglor's view: Daeron emerges from the waters in the pool of a waterfall.

Illustration of Hearken Still Unsated by @polutrope for @tolkienrsb 2022.

Summary:

“For how many years," he asks, "have we two listened for the echoes of the Music of Creation in the oceans and lakes and rivers? And yet we will never be sated. Like the water in which they say it lives, the Song does not rest but ever moves and changes. It may pool in a great lake for an age and then pour down into the Sea in another. It fills whatever spaces it can and flows by whatever paths most easily open before it.”

The Music unfolds strangely, even for those who can hear it most clearly. From a return home to a return to each other: Daeron, Maglor, and everything that stands between them.

Read here on AO3

Full art

#daeron #maglor #daemags #lineart #digital art #hearken still unsated #polutropos #melesta #my art #trsb2022 #trsb22 #tolkien #the silmarillion