Artwork inspired by Tolkien

Ah thanks Eldo! There's another Balrog encounter too... but I like the 'first' one better.

The bear is too large in my opinion as well. I mean I imagine a pretty large Beorn/as bear figure, but...

So sweet, reminds me of jigsaw puzzles I had as a child

This is how i pictured the Mirkwood scene.

House of Tom Bombadil

That last one reminds me in style of the sort of paintings often seen on wall plates.

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Before the gates of Moria, me thinks.

Thats what I thought, scarey "watcher in the water", It looks like its actually bursting out of that skin

I think you're right, chris. The two trees by the side of the door give it away.

That's certainly an interesting interpretation of the Watcher in the Water, though.

Im not sure that is supposed to be Moria and its not a more generic D&D type illustration that has nicked some thins from the Tolkiens scene, whilst not representing them close enough for anyone to complain or sue them.

A bunch of artwork from deviant art (for some reason the pics don't show up when I post them directly into the post, so you'll have to click on the links)

http://guisadong-gulay.deviantart.com/art/Feanor-and-Gothmog-colored-16702687


http://gold-seven.deviantart.com/art/The-Oath-of-Feanor-286872450


http://www.deviantart.com/art/Thingol-396864832

http://atriedes.deviantart.com/art/Smaug-and-the-Lonely-Mountain-49170267


http://aeglys.deviantart.com/art/Smaug-Attacks-Laketown-216452565


http://atriedes.deviantart.com/art/Gondolin-66508634


http://mellene.deviantart.com/art/Lake-Town-249773445


http://www.deviantart.com/art/Silmarillion-51076957

(I mainly like that one because it illustrates the scale of the battles in the first Age)


http://qi-art.deviantart.com/art/Grey-Havens-Mithlond-400262488

Some nice ones there Mal, thanks

You have to open the image in its own tab -- just the image file, ending in .jpg or .png or whatever -- to embed it. Although a lot of those are too big to show up entirely on the page here.

The Oath of Feanor and Gondolin ones are my favorites. Some really great work, there. It's always nice to find gems like that on DeviantArt.

mellene.deviantart

thet guy (mellene)  that did Laketown has a wonderful one of Beorns house and Bree. I think his work is very imaginative and atmospheric.

The Oath of Feanor is by Jenny Dolfen (Gold Seven)... with whom I have had 'hair discussions' before.

She went with a golden-haired Celegorm (it looks to me anyway)... an 'old-ish' idea rejected by Christopher Tolkien for the constructed Silmarillion based on a statement in Appendix F.

I love Tolkien

It's not the most inventive of art, but I rather like Roger Garland:

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Category:Images_by_Roger_Garland

Ive got a poster of the Swan Haven pic, I like his clear,clean lines & the fairy tale quality.

Eldorion wrote:You have to open the image in its own tab -- just the image file, ending in .jpg or .png or whatever

Still not working for me , can you explain in 'This person is a thicky and shouldn't be allowed near computers again' terms?


I click in the insert image tab put a .jpg on the end:





And nothing show's up?

" 'This person is a thicky and shouldn't be allowed near computers again' terms?"
we should start our own club ! Id be a member for sure !

azriel wrote:
 we should start our own club ! Id be a member for sure !

We should probably stick to a newsletter though, too many problems with emails