Pretty sure he was called Findel and everyone just kept whispering ‘glorious’ in a hushed voice of awe and amazement because of his hair, and so his name eventually became Glorfindel
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heget’s Silmarillion Sigil Set
your daily dose, (11/?)
Disclaimer: Here is a blend of Original Tolkien creations (aka my best efforts at recreating the author’s drawing), modifications on the original, and designs completely from cloth.
In order:
Finrod-Nóm, Finrod, Orodreth, Angrod 01, Angrod 02, Aegnor, Galadriel
Previous Entries:
- HERE is the master-list.
Notes:
For my favorite set of Finwions, making sigils for them was a royal pain. Suffice to say, my difficulties with designing and crafting these sigils mean I’m not as happy with the end result as some of the other endeavors. Still, they work well for my purposes.
The color scheme for the offspring of Finarfin take their cues from the only Tolkien Original for any of them that I have to work with: Finrod Felagund’s sigil, made after he discovered the Edain, and obviously something constructed by humans instead of elves.
heget’s Silmarillion Sigil Set
your daily dose, (12/?)
Disclaimer: Here is a blend of Original Tolkien creations (aka my best efforts at recreating the author’s drawing), modifications on the original, and designs completely from cloth.
In order:
Olwë, Eärwen
Previous Entries:
- HERE is the master-list.
Notes:
For the king of the Falmari, the Teleri of Aman, I limited my colors to a sub-palette from this set, which provides most of the trims and building details of my Valinorean houses. Thus the sandy neutrals and watery blues. Olwë has 16 points touching the edges, equal to Finwë. Though early attempts were more wave-like, the design I settled on evokes the compass rose and sand dollar. Eärwen uses the same color scheme, with eight rays reminiscent of Finarfin. The border along the circumference of her circle are a pattern of stylized water lotus and buds.
**Non-Canon Designs, obviously**
GOD BLESS YOU HEGET and bless you for doing the lord’s work here in the Silm vexillology fandom
a messy masterpost of an AU I created while mentioning to @mcmanatea I was watching Outlander, and she told me she’d love to see Thorin wearing a kilt! So I ended up drawing it on a stream, and it became a Thing in my patreon and streams x3
please note that I have barely done any research on this time period, and this is literally just based on a series, so it’s not meant to be a serious depiction!
people on the stream chat baptized it the 18th century nobles AU, which is fitting! @emsiecat‘s working on a fic for it based on the lake picture above, too!
“O You Gods, I am Isis, Osiris’s sister, Who wept for the father of the Gods, Osiris, Who put an end to the massacring of the Two Lands. His seed is within my womb. It is as son of the foremost of the Ennead Who will rule this land, become heir to Geb, speak on His father’s behalf, and slay Seth, the adversary of His father Osiris”
(from spell 148 of the Coffin Texts, translation from “The Literature of Ancient Egypt” by W.K.Simpson)detail from one of the coffins of King TutankhAmon (now in the Cairo Museum):
the Goddess Isis with outstretched wings and kneeling on the hieroglyphic symbol for “gold”
“Prepare to Follow” – inspired by 18th century gravestone symbolism and colonial motifs of death. The first design in our new Vanitas collection, Prepare to Follow depicts the familiar winged death’s head – the first gravestone symbol to be used by the Puritans – a decorative motif symbolizing death and the soul’s resurrection. Embedded on its shoulders are two hourglasses, another popular 18th century symbol of mortality, reminding us that our time on this Earth is limited.
جبال أكاكوس أو تدرارت أكاكوس تقع في جنوب غرب ليبيا
The Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Acacus, Located in the southwestern of Libya
Extremely Rare Viking Gilt Knotwork Nobleman’s Diadem, 9th-12th Century AD
This band probably held a cloth head scarf or covering in place and, according to the material, would have denoted social and marriage status. Head coverings were typically worn by women, though headbands were also worn by men of high social status. The majority for women were perhaps as simple as a knotted kerchief over the head, which was suggested by finds at the Oseberg ship burial.
The Rígsþula (verse 2) says that even women of the lowest class wore a headdress. A number of different kinds of head-coverings for women are mentioned in the sagas, some of which are elaborate headdresses, which may have been worn like jewelry on special occasions. The Laxdæla saga (chapter 45) tells of a headdress given by Kjartan to his bride Hrefna as a wedding gift which had eight ounces of gold woven into the fabric. It has been suggested that the type of headdress worn served to distinguish married from unmarried women. Caps of cotton and wool have been found in archaeological contexts in Dublin, and a fine tasseled hood was found in the Orkney isles. Other materials were used, such as silk for the wealthy, of which examples have been found at York and Lincoln.
AoAA: The Zigûr in the Court of Ar-Pharazôn– RivkaZ 2016
Sauron addresses Ar-Pharazon and Tar-Miriel in the court of Armenelos.
My all time favorite animal.
The red-bearded vulture.The bearded vulture, or lammergeier, lives on a steady diet of bones (more specifically the marrow) and dyes its own feathers blood red.
Bearded vultures come in various shades, from pure white to orange-red. Soils stained with iron oxide give the birds their fiery appearance. Lammergeiers apply the dirt with their claws and then preen for about an hour to ensure a bright orange/red glow. They are also attracted to other red things, like leaves and red wood. Captive birds also partake in this behavior, which suggests the activity is instinctual, not learned.
The soil doesn’t have any practical purposes; it certainly doesn’t make for good camouflage (though the birds have no natural predators anyway). Scientists have noticed that the birds’ age and size are directly correlated to the intensity of color. It is theorized that the hue is a status symbol. More soiled feathers indicates that the lammergeier had the time and resources to find an adequate place to bathe; the brightest-colored vultures should have the most territory and knowledge of their surroundings. Interestingly, these baths are done in secret, so most of the information gathered has been through spying on captive birds.
Bearded Vultures are most commonly monogamous, and breed once a year. Sometimes, especially in certain areas of Spain and France, bachelor lammergeiers will join a pre-existing couple to create a polyandrous trio. Females accept secondary mates because it increases the chances of producing offspring and doubles her protection. The birds usually don’t lay more than three eggs, so they can use all the help they can get.
These giant birds can grow up to 4 feet tall. They have a wingspan between 7 and 9 feet and usually weigh around 10 to 15 pounds.
In other words, this bird is awesome and I love it forever.
That is one impressive bird!
Spent the last two days working on this little archery guide in art and writing. Considering the rise in popularity of archers in pop culture this hopefully comes in handy for a bunch of fandoms.
For anyone who wants to draw the Hanzo
Gonna need this later…
Stuff from my recent portfolio. Not sure if I want to post the rest but here’s a peek anyway. I’m a bit leery of including a fan character into a portfolio but at this point my Maedhros is so OC looking that you can’t really see the Tolkien in him anymore so I decide to risk it > < My brother says he looks like a pirate so he can be a scar-ry redhead elf pirate:P Pirate King Maedhros. Aaaaaaaa
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