#when i binge-drew as many silm char designs as i could

[arlenianchronicles]

Sindarin Portraits pt1: Thingol, Melian, Lúthien, and Daeron.

I thought I’d try revamping my old character design portraits for the Silmarillion! And also practice some anatomy XDDD You can find some of the original portraits here. I don’t know how many other Elves I’ll get to (like the Noldor, Vanyar, etc); for now I’m just focusing on the Sindar, so we’ll see!

Some notes: my design headcanon is that Melian started the tradition of having flower crowns for Sindarin royalty. The important/prominent figures of Doriath’s court wear leaf crowns and such.

Sindarin jewellery is generally made up of clay beads and carved wood. Lúthien’s necklace is the Ring of Barahir, which I headcanon Beren gives to her as her betrothal ring!

Since I feel kinda bad about covering up my anatomy practice with clothes, I’ve decided to include some of the uncoloured sketches in case y’all are interested XDDD For this batch, y’all get Thingol!