This is my last scheduled content post before my hiatus. I thought to make a proper goodbye I’d share your favorite thing (Third Age Finrod) and my favorite thing (Beleg and Túrin).
I wonder how long it took for him to remember to tell Galadriel that he was back in Middle Earth.
I finally had a chance to take photos in the Beleg costume I’ve been working on for over a year. It’s not quite finished but I decided enough of it was ready for a photoshoot. And shush, I know Túrin is supposed to have black hair, but I don’t know anyone who is taller than me and has black hair (and has read the Silmarillion), so I figured the lighter hair could slide since my Túrin here is tall and has read the Silm. (In hindsight, I suppose we could have tried to find a wig...but whatever. He grew his hair out for this photoshoot and a wig would have meant he wasted all that time and effort.) While we’re being picky about hair though, I wish mine had been a bit longer at the time we were taking the photos because even after like two years of growing it out this is all I’ve got.
Anyway, enough about the pictures. I know I’ve already said this multiple times, but one more time won’t hurt: thanks to all of you so much for your support throughout my time on Tumblr, and thanks for understanding my desire to take a break. Throughout my whole time here you’ve been so much more encouraging and positive than I could ever have expected or hoped (there are over 700 of you now, which is about 100 times what I anticipated when I started out), and because of that it truly was hard for me to make the decision to take this break. I’m going to miss you while I’m gone, and I look forward to the times I come back to post a surprise drawing or two. As I’ve mentioned before, I won’t be deleting the blog, especially since I cautiously hope to maybe come back to Tumblr long-term again someday and it would be much easier if I’m returning to a blog with content and followers and a familiar URL and etc. So yeah, if any of you decide to stick around you’ll know if/when that happens.