#silmarillion art

[eilinelsghost]

Absolutely speechless at this commission from @mandhos of the berry fight from These Echoes We Have Left! I’m in awe at the details here and how perfectly they captured the scene. 😍😍😍 Thank you so much for this!!

From this excerpt:

They rolled back into the trillium and Balan scrambled atop him at last, pinning his arms to the ground and grinning down at him in triumph. “Bested,” he gasped, laughing still as he caught his breath and tightened his grip about the other’s wrists, eyes glinting. “Loose thine hand, I’ll have my vengeance.

But the other lay frozen, a sea of gold splayed about his head, and his eyes were fixed on Balan’s, unblinking. And again, as amid the dancing at Tol Sirion, Balan knew he might have him if he wished. The king lay at his mercy here within the trillium and violets, marked with the grass’ long shadows falling sharp against the golden light. He would yield. Balan could bend down now and press his lips to the other’s, stained bright with the berries’ dye, and no resistance would meet him. He could slip a hand behind his neck and draw him in, taste the tart fruit upon the other’s mouth and feel him fall away beneath his touch. And he had been dizzy with the knowledge of his own power.

“Open your hand,” he had said again, in his own tongue now, and obediently Nóm’s fingers parted. The airna’akran glistened in the sunlight, bright as blood against his skin. They had been crushed in the struggle, but held at least somewhat intact, and Balan shifted up slowly to gather them in his mouth. “There is a saying amongst my people—the nectar of justice is as honey upon the tongue.” His lips brushed the other’s palm and amusement rumbled through his voice. “But these you’ve left me are tart as gooseberries.” A trickle of juice had run down along the wrist and he set his lips to this in turn, little bothering to disguise the kiss as he lingered, the other’s pulse pounding against his mouth. It pounded too against his palms where they held Nóm’s arms pinned in the grass beside his head, and Balan hesitated for a moment, then let his lips brush along the other’s forearm as he drew back to meet the grey eyes once more. “A creature of flesh after all, ghomenno?”

“Never anything other.” Nóm’s voice had been scarcely a breath, shivering as it drifted up to meet him.

Read the full fic on AO3

[magkinetix]

Elwing and Maedhros parallels... oh I am unwell.

One must imagine this image upside down, so that they are both falling, having both jumped with a silmaril. Unfortunately it just looked goofy like that.

[akzgaj]

Maedhros concept art.

[lcvecrjme]

[aquaregiaart]

Haleth & Caranthir.

[journen]

In the discord we were joking about when Annatar appeared to Celebrimbor in the Rings of Power, if only Celebrimbor asked for ID. 🤣 So this comic idea spawned thanks to the help of @foppossumtrishaa and @supremeoverlordofthegeeks ! 🤣

[sharklight-art]

» A kind stranger offers you a gift, do you accept?

Did y'all miss his ass? I missed drawing him for sure! 😄😄

[leucisticpuffin]

@maedhrosmaglorweek, Day 7: Storytelling

Maglor sings, and the ruins of Tol Himling come to life.

I'm actually really proud of all the art I've made for Maedhros & Maglor Week (and I have so many new fics saved open to read)! Thanks to the mods for hosting this :-)

[ughtumno]

captured moments before melkor gets zonked by princess girlboss lúthien.

i choose to believe she wasn't threatened because he probably gave off "girl ur better than this" vibes. im sure he was equally surprised as thingol to see luthien try so hard to die for Beren LMFAO

wolf beren isn't there bc hes peeing behind the throne.

also PLEASE take my melkor design and eat him and put him in an apron please. ill do a character sheet for him when i remember to

[annatars-nine-rings]

Commission of Celegorm (in a dark!Celegorm au) done for me by the wonderful @bellabergolts ❤️! Absolutely stunning work, I love it so much!

[diraxxer]

Maedhros & Maglor in Amon Ereb

Actually inspired by a fanfic on Ao3 where they taught Elrond and Elros how to dance.It was supposed to be a warmer time of the year, but something went wrong😪

[eilinelsghost]

The Ring of Felagund/The Ring of Barahir

I confess that (despite mostly enjoying the films) I hold onto several longstanding and extremely petty beefs with Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy. And, surprising no one, my pettiest and fiercest grudge is their design for the Ring of Barahir.

I think (besides the One Ring) it's the most clearly described piece of jewelry in the legendarium:

two serpents with emerald eyes, one upholding, one devouring a crown of golden flowers

And yet! When you look at the film's design, there is a) no crown of golden flowers, b) the serpents do not seem to be either upholding or devouring anything, but kind of just chilling there, and c) the serpents do not have emerald eyes, but rather a single, giant emerald that's plopped in the middle, presumably in place of the golden crown.

It's a lovely ring! But it's not the ring Finrod gave to Barahir.

Anyway, all that to say I finally caved and drew the one that has lived in my head for 24 years. Please clap.

[scuffe3d]

MELKOR!!! My first attempt at drawing the way I picture him from the silmarillion, though this is a more personified version of him.

Im gonna work on figuring out how to express his uncanny aura, or just get better at drawing creepy stuff in general.

I know his hair looks blue I don’t really know how to color black hair without it lookin like a big blob but I may go back and re-color another day💃🏽💃🏽

[akzgaj]

Maedhros.

[silvaltano]

Valar pt 1

Finally finished the 1st part!

Ulmo is usually big. Like really big. And flowers on Yavanna's dress and hair are something similar to cherry and apricot blossom.