#tolkien fanartics

[silmarillionwritersguild]

One of the effects of Tolkien's broad-reaching world-building is that the people on the margins of the map (and the texts) invite fanworks creators to tell their stories. In this month's Tolkien Fanartics article, our art editor Anérea had the opportunity to chat with Mirra Kan, whose work embodies the concept of moving characters and peoples from the margins of Tolkien's works to center them in her own.

Self-taught and a self-described orientalist, Mirra Kan focuses on the peoples of Middle-earth who live in the south and east. She seeks to show these characters—who are often depicted simply as enemies in the text—as real people from complex cultures. Among the Southrons were "heroes fighting and dying for the sake of a better future for their children," Mirra reminds us, and her art represents their cultures and tells their stories.

You can read Anérea's interview with Mirra Kan here.

#tolkien fanartics #tolkien #fanart

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Ambarkanta: The Shape of the World as envisioned by Matej Cadil is one of the fan made maps featuring in this article.

Tolkien cared very much for the geography of his second world, which extended to making multiple maps to help him visualize place and nail down details such as travel times. This proclivity has passed on to many of his fans. Many of us recall poring over the map in our first copy of The Lord of the Rings or flipping frequently to the back of of The Silmarillion to find a location on its map.

For other fans, Tolkien's cartography has inspired them to build beyond what he gave us by making their own maps of his world. @anerea-lantiria's new series within the Tolkien Fanartics column focuses on fan-made maps of Tolkien's world. In the first part, she looks at maps that detail the building of Arda and of Aman, areas that, compared to the well-trodden paths of the Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, and even Silmarillion maps, require a lot more digging, conjecture, and imagination. In addition to finding stunning examples of maps of Tolkien's earliest legendarium, @anerea-lantiria spoke with several artists about how they envision the maps they make, blending Tolkien's canon with their own imaginings.

You can read Anérea's "Mapping Arda, Part I: Terraforming" here, published by @silmarillionwritersguild.

#silmarillion #tolkien #cartography #tolkien fanartics #tolkien fanart #silmarillion fanart

[verkomy]

glóin and baby gimli

you can get a print here: inprnt!

#BABY GIMLI!! #gloin #gimli #gimli son of gloin #the hobbit #the lord of the rings #lotr #tolkien #fanart #my art #verkomy #verkomy 2024 #prints

[keltii-tea]

(affectionate <3)

#lotr #gimli #legolas #gimleaf #gigolas #lord of the rings #tolkien #fanart #art #keltii art

[maalidoesart]

king of mirkwood

#art #fanart #drawing #thranduil fanart #thranduil #the hobbit #tolkien #tolkien fanart #the hobbit fanart #lotr #lotr fanart #lord of the rings fanart #lord of the rings #my art

[chardysstuff]

Like Icarus, he fell in love with the sun ☀️ <33

#digital drawing #drawing #fanart #the hobbit #the hobbit fanart #the hobbit kili #kili fanart #kili durin #kili x tauriel #kili and tauriel #tauriel #tauriel fanart #the hobbit tauriel #tolkien #my art

[lemmeurs]

king under the mountain 🗻

so many of you liked the wip sketch of this i posted a while back so i am finally here with the full piece!! i will be posting two more different color schemes versions in another post so be sure to check them out too!

#hobbit fanart #the hobbit fanart #the hobbit thorin #hobbit #the hobbit #thorin fanart #thorin oakenshield #king thorin #bagginshield #lotr fanart #lotr #lord of the rings #tolkien fanart #tolkien #lemmeurs

[lllemonsoda]

The road goes ever on and on…

…and Thorin Oakenshield will pass into legend.

#the hobbit #bilbo baggins #thorin oakenshield #thilbo #bagginshield #tolkien #the hobbit fanart #illustration

[cheescheesy]

cryde as bff

#+ tweek and tolkien #cryde #sp cryde #sp creek #creek #south park #sp #south park fanart #craig and those guys #craig's gang #tolkien black #tweek tweak

[hazuki-tanuki]

commission dump... high school shenanigans

#south park #south park fanart #digital art #my art #craig tucker #tweek tweak #clyde donovan #tolkien black #jimmy valmer

[silmarillionwritersguild]

@busymagpie's art shows eloquent and expressive character portraits, most often depicting characters in moments of comfort and bliss. In this month's Tolkien Fanartics column, @anerea-lantiria interviewed Busymagpie about her work: her approach to art, her evolution as an artist, and of course, her OTP, Maedhros/Fingon, all accompanied by a selection of her work.

Having started serious work on her art at the age of fourteen, Busymagpie has been drawing every day ever since. Mostly self-taught, she says of her work, "Art, and fanart in particular, is a way for me to tell stories." And her work does exactly that. Whether a cozy family gathering, a tender moment between a couple, or sometimes something spicer, her grasp of character and expression brings Silmarillion characters to life on the screen.

You can read this month's interview with Busymagpie here.

#tolkien fanartics #busymagpie #tolkien fanart

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Featuring this stunning and amazing art by @ismeneee

Tolkien artist @ismeneee illustrations and character portraits fairly leap off of the screen ... or now the page. Ismene's artwork was recently featured on the cover of the Tolkien Society Seminar proceedings for Tolkien and Diversity. Since Shadow recently reviewed this volume, we hoped that Ismene would chat with us about what it's like to be a self-taught Tolkien fan artist whose work was chosen for the proceedings of the best-attended Tolkien Society Seminar, and she kindly obliged.

In this Tolkien Fanartics, @anerea-lantiria spoke with Ismene about the draw (pardon the pun!) of The Silmarillion as an inspiration of fan art, her creative process, and of course the Tolkien character she would meet in person if given the chance. You can read Anérea's interview with Ismene here.

You can read the interview with this incredibly talented artist here, published by @silmarillionwritersguild.

#swg art #tolkien fanart #silmarillion fanart #silmarillion writers guild #artists on tumblr #tolkien fanartics #tolkien society seminar #tolkien fanworks

[verkomy]

thorin but make him a polish nobleman

you can get a print here: inprnt! 

#thorin oakenshield #the hobbit #slavic #folklore #polish folklore #polish folk costume #national polish costume #slavic culture #fanart #lotr #tolkien #my art #verkomy #verkomy 2024 #prints

[anattmar]

strong mama Nerdanel

#the silmarillion #silm #tolkien #nerdanel #feanor #maedhros #maitimo #fanart #illustration #digital art

[rinthecap]

Aragorn and Arwen in Vietnamese traditional clothings

#jrr tolkien #fanart #tolkien #elf #lotr #tolkien legendarium #aragorn #arwen #the lord of the rings #ao dai vietnam

[umaia3aurart]

Father and Son of Mirkwood, drawn over the past few years! Fall is the season that most makes me think about "The Hobbit"

#the hobbit #thranduil #legolas #legolas greenleaf #the hobbit fanart #thranduil fanart #legolas fanart #tolkien elves #mirkwood #mirkwood elves #my art