Surprise, surprise, this is my pretty little Gollum. Cuz I can’t do much better than this in terms of making things look gross.
Please reblog. I took out work today for mental health day and while my artist block has temporarily dimmed, I still need some encouragement. Tusen takk.
In Norse Mythology (and indeed also modern folk belief), the way in which humanoids can posses wings, fly or literally transform to a bird is to undergo a feathered transformation known as Fjærham/Fjederham (in modern Scandinavian tongue) or Fjaðrhamr (in Old Norse). Fjær/fjeder/fjaðr means “feather” and ham/hamr means the form or shape. So it literally translates as “feather-form”. The most prominent examples of “feather-form” are Freya’s feather cloak, which is used by Loki in Þrymskviða, the Norns who are said to transform into swans to travel midgard and the hero, Germand Gladensvend, from the Danish folk ballad of the same name.
Rough Draft of Beren & Lúthien I have a lot of things I should be working on…and this wasn’t one of them😂 But something possessed me earlier today to develop a bust sketch from last year of Lúthien & Beren. I’m actually a little torn on how I should finish this since this is originally suppose to be one of the couple’s earlier meetings. I designed a summer dress for Lúthien back in 2016 that I’ve always wanted to portray her in that she’s wearing here, but partway through working on this I put a veil on and kind of like the idea of it being a wedding portrait.
What do you guys think? I’m not sure which direction I’ll go but I’m excited✨
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SO I was trying to google art by Faith Faulconbridge (you know… Christopher Tolkien’s ex-wife) to get a better grip on one of my pet theories…. and what do I find? OBITUARIES 😦
Apparently, Faith Tolkien née Faulconbridge passed away on October 24, 2017, a mere three months ago. And not a word about it came across my dash (or my flists at LJ and DW for that matter)? I am disappointed in you, Tumblr Tolkien fandom
Well, RIP, Faith Lucy Tilly Faulconbridge. 89 is a good age and the obituaries say you passed away peacefully, so I’m just sad I can’t find out more about you. I have been suspecting for a couple of years that what little characterisation we have for Nerdanel was inspired by you, and I’ll stand by that theory, and that makes the (old) news doubly sad.
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*yes, I am basing this purely on the facts that a) she was a sculptress and b) the marriage didn’t last; fight me
Jeweled Cover of the Lindau Gospels, possibly Salzburg, last quarter eighth century. On: The Lindau Gospels, in Latin Switzerland, Abbey of St. Gall, between 880 and 899. Manuscript on vellum. Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
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