what are you afraid of?

Quick throwback bc sometimes I forget how cool my headphones are

2007 Ayu x Hello Kitty Lumix camera

The Dying Ladies Last Farewell, 1672-96

Grace Jones (1980)

Artwork by Kikillo

1900s brooch with turquoise and green plique-à-jour enamels and baroque pearls

Stelios Petroulakis

The Birth of Venus by  Cornelis de Vos (Flemish painter, draughtsman and art dealer, 1585-1651)                                                                                                   The Birth of Venus ~ c.1637 ~ oil sketch on wood ~ Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish artist, 1577-1640)  

Sarah Lamb as Mary Vetsera in Kenneth Macmillan’s Mayerling, The Royal Ballet Season 2016/2017.

"makeover madness" by steven meisel for vogue italia july 2005

tenshi no tamago 「天使のたまご」 (1985) dir. mamoru oshii • char. design yoshitaka amano

Elaine Speirs

Angus McBride.

All but one of these are illustrating scenes from the world of Lord of the Rings. Try to spot the odd one out, and then read my newsletter about McBride to see the answer.

I'm realizing now that I should have clarified in my original post that it's not art just from the Lord of the Rings books themselves - it's all from the MERP - the Middle Earth Role Playing game.

It was officially licensed, but expanded a lot on Tolkien's world, and often in ways that Tolkien himself wouldn't have. Basically what I'm saying is that all the women here actually are from MERP!

In fact, here's another Angus McBride illustration depicting some ringwraiths that includes a witch queen:

words from punish by ethel cain <\3