aranella

parade in erhenrang

Companion piece to this painting

I painted over my Annatar portrait with my design for Sauron revealed.

I like to think of Saurons later-age appearance as being bleached of colour, and very wraith-like with shadowed eyes and deadened lips. I also really dig the design in the PJ films where the Mouth of Sauron has cracked lips because of the evil poison he speaks so I was inspired to recreate that here.

Anyway, hopefully the idea comes through lol

Therem Estraven from The Left Hand of Darkness, novel by Ursula K. Le Guin

Lord Estraven and Estraven the Traitor from The Left Hand of Darkness, novel by Ursula K. Le Guin

Started to read again this book and I thought he could be a perfect bishounen character, so here’s my fanart of Therem Estraven, as he appears in the beginning of the book and later as an exiled, working among fishermen.

Baby Orodreth with unbrushed hair received a big shell from dad (Angrod) ✨

my version of rhaegar and elia's wedding—a little mix of westerosi, dornish and valyrian customs ♡

rhaegar + elia

idk if this is a wip tbh (also im thinking about some tyrian purple)

a commission made by me and my friend @archamion done by the wonderful tamdrry

Rex Mundi

What she says: I’m fine.

What she means: The constant woobification of Fëanor and his sons and the constant Noldor bias in the fandom has really made it difficult for me to actually enjoy the Fëanorians and most of the Noldor as characters. It really doesn’t help that a lot of people like to demonize the Sindar for so many reasons. These fans won’t extend the same grace they give to the Fëanorians to Sindarin characters like Thingol, who made mistakes but at least tried to make amends for them, unlike Fëanor and his sons. In addition, their need to demonize Beren and Lúthien is honestly appalling, because it shows a fundamental misunderstanding of their story and the broader themes of the Silmarillion— that there is hope in the world that’s worth fighting for. And furthermore, the constant demonization and victim-blaming of Dior and Elwing is genuinely unsettling, especially when the Fëanorians are pitied for the crimes they committed. Lastly, their obsession with property rights and the Silmarils, and their willingness to justify the Kinslayings shows that these people have not truly read or understood the text, and they probably don’t want to properly understand it.