#the real tragedy of his death was that he was 1000 years shy of a magnificent old elf beard

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scribbly age chart for daerhovan

the first 3 are obvious but for the bottom 3 even tho they look similar there’s subtle differences.

in his young adult years his hair was a bit more unkept and haphazard. eyes were brighter and full of hope and optimism. . in his prime adult years he still retains that optimism but isn’t as naïve as he used to be. (and he paid attention to his hair this time!) in the last stage of his life he would have looked like this forever had he not succumbed to wounds from his nemesis but he’s seen some shit. eyes are dull and expression is shadowed. the feathers worn in memory if a beloved bird friend have withered except for the one (would turn to dust if handled)

i’m aware tolkien elves don’t age too but for design purposes i was curious to see if i could pull off subtle differences :D 

#oc #daerhovan #middle earth oc #the real tragedy of his death was that he was 1000 years shy of a magnificent old elf beard #i wanted to add him as a re-embodied elf in valinor but my this was already...a lot. #maybe a separate piece for that