Thranduil of Smirkwood

So, back in 2015, I got to work with Sir Ian McKellen and I was SO excited (and SO nervous) so I did what I always do when I'm nervous... I made art.

I did this little painting of Ian as Gandalf and I brought it with me to London and after the session... asked him to sign it for my twin sons (they were 12 at the time).

Ian, of course, was happy to (because he's awesome) and then asked me if I'd like to get a photo of us together (because, again, he's awesome)

It wasn't until I left the studio that I noticed that he added Gandalf's rune in the bottom corner.

How cool is Ian McKellen???

Ian McKellen is soooo awesome.

Great story!!!!

"And Melkor entered his realm. And the Dark bowed before its Lord, and came apart in the light of Silmarilli. The creatures of the night prostrated themselves on the ground in hopes that they would be spared and his heavy gaze wouldn’t fall on them. Sauron bowed low, pinned down by the terror that like a cape was draped over the Fallen Vala. He relinquished all the power he held in his absence and laid it for him, as a servant must." An illistraion for the "Play with fire" fanfic by @eternal-fear