New and Updated Artwork

Palantir by Grundy
Photo of a hand holding a glass ball; inside the ball is what looks like a large wave in blues and greens, with a few bubbles visible.

Glass art created for TRSB23.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Feanorion Nightlight by Grundy
Thumbnail of stained glass Feanorian nightlight

Stained glass nightlight created for TRSB23.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Shadow's Scribbles 2022 by daughterofshadows
A five part moodboard. Top row left to right: A picrew image of a black woman with black hair and white eyes and antlers in a forest. A sunlit forest path with a dog's silhouette barely visible (fills the entire centre column). A photograph of the moon. Bottom row: Photograph of nightsky with stars. A picrew image of a black man with white hair and red facial markings in a forest.

Artwork for Scribbles & Drabbles 2022

Major Characters: Aredhel, Celegorm
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Adventures of Pixel Tuor by emma_racandil
A pixel-style artwork of the court of Turgon in Gondolin. Turgon, Idril, and Maeglin stand at the top of the image beside a throne. Voronwë and Tuor stand at the bottom of the image beside the entrance. Ecthelion of the Fountain and Elemmakil stand to either side of Tuor and Voronwë, holding spears.

Pixel-style artwork of Tuor's journey.

Major Characters: Ecthelion of the Fountain, Elemmakil, Idril, Maeglin, Tuor, Turgon, Voronwë
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Maia of Manwë by emma_racandil
A pixel-style sepia picture of a cat in profile, wearing a cloak and a winged helmet.

A pixel artwork of a Maia of Manwë.

Major Characters: Original Character(s), Eönwë
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Shadow's Scribbles 2023 - Silmarillion Edition by daughterofshadows
A 7 part photo collage. Upper left corner: An image of a flame. Bottom left corner: a harp on a dark background. Centre top: A human silhouette carrying a spear at a stony beach. Centre-middle: the aro-ace pride flag of horizontal stripes. Top to bottom: orange, yellow, white, light blue, dark blue. Centre-bottom: A photograph of a diary. The writing is illegible. Upper right corner: A starry night sky over some mountains. Bottom right corner: A statue carrying a spear and shield.

The gallery of my Silmarillion themed arts for Scribbles & Drabbles 2023. Featuring a myriad of characters and art types.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Eönwë after the War of Wrath by Ruiniel
digital drawing of Eönwë, Maia and herald of Manwë. He has long silver-grey wings, and his appearance is tattered and bloodied, he's exhausted after the long war and what he's seen. His hair is silver-white and long. He wears a knee-length surcoat over his armor. He wields a polearm (also bloody).

Eönwë, Maia and herald of Manwë, after the War of Wrath and after seeing Angband. He has long silver-grey wings, and his appearance is tattered and bloodied, he's exhausted after the long war and what he's seen. His hair is silver-white and long. He wears a knee-length surcoat over his armor. He wields a polearm.

Major Characters: Eönwë
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Heroes, Of All That Remains, Season of Change, Strangers in Strange Lands
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Violence (Mild)

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A Far Green Country by StarSpray
an embroidered scene of water in many shades of blue, a pale tan strech of beach, and five green hills under a variagated blue sky and two white clouds, all in chain stitch on an off-white background fabric

"And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise." - The Return of the King

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Beasts of Dubious Nature by Anérea
Stylised drawing of a wolf

A wolf, a spider, a bat, a dragon... what do they have in common?

Major Characters: Draugluin, Glaurung, Thuringwethil, Ungoliant
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Bestiary of Arda
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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The First Snow (illustration) by Sirielle
A portrait of a long haired man holding a shawl over his arms.

Maedhros. Illustration to "The First Snow", inspired by The Silmarillion.

Major Characters: Maedhros
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Tar-Míriel by Sirielle
A portrait of a female in a crown holding a bird.

Tar-Míriel, traditional media, A5, 2020.

Major Characters: Tar-Míriel
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Círdan Falben by Anérea
Cirdan Surfing

After living for hundreds, never mind thousands, of years by the sea there's no way that Círdan wasn't a) as brown as a berry, and b) didn't invent surfing.

Major Characters: Círdan, Elves, Falathrim
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Opposites Attract
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Carnimírië by Himring
Bare tree branches with clusters of red berries, photographed from below

Photograph of a tree in autumn (lightly edited) with two lines of accompanying text.

Originally submitted (without the title) for the Manwe's Mailbag challenge for a postcard prompt.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Nerdanel by Sirielle
Drawing of a woman holding a torch.

Illustration to The House of Fëanor by Deborah Judge, inspired by The Silmarillion.

Major Characters: Nerdanel
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Finarfin, Idril Celebrindal and Anairë by Sirielle
Portrait view of a man and two women

Illustration to The House of Fëanor by Deborah Judge, inspired by The Silmarillion.

Major Characters: Anairë, Finarfin, Idril
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Laurelin & Telperion by StarSpray
an embroidered image of the two trees of valinor on blue fabric, telperion on the left and laurelin on the right, atop a green hill dotted with pink and purple and blue flowers, with a dark blue circular frame stitched around

“Under her song the saplings grew and became fair and tall, and came to flower; and thus there awoke in the world the Two Trees of Valinor. Of all things which Yavanna made they have the most renown, and about their fate all the tales of the Elder Days are woven.”

~ The Silmarillion, “Of The Beginning of Days”

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Maedhros's portrait by Varda delle Stelle
Here is Maedhros with his sword

Here is a portrait of the Eldest son of Feanor, with his swords ready to try to protect his people and fufill his Oath 

Major Characters: Maedhros
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Tangled Up In Time by Anérea
JRR Tolkenien Mathematics

Tolkenien Mathematics.

Major Characters: J.R.R. Tolkien
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Gnome Tome
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Pinching Time by Anérea
Varda undoing Eä

Varda experiments with undoing just a wee bit of history...

Major Characters: Varda
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Gnome Tome
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Gorthaur and Finrod at Tol-in-Guarhoth by Anérea
Gorthaur and Finrod (The Kiss) Thumbnail

After capturing Finrod and his companions, Gorthaur attempts to discover their identities...

Major Characters: Finrod Felagund, Sauron
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Cheesy Corn Chips
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate
Warnings: Violence (Mild)

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Finrod: 30-Day Character Study - Artwork by cuarthol
Black and white line drawing in a medieval style. Finrod and Andreth sit on cushioned chairs with a table between them. On the table is a mancala board, which Andreth is teaching Finrod to play.

Art created for the related prompts for the 30-Day Character Study Challenge.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: Andreth & Finrod, Aegnor/Andreth
Challenge: 30-Day Character Study, Jubilee
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Seven Mighty Stars by StarSpray
a piece of embroidery on blue fabric in a blue hoop, featuring the black silhouettes of mountains with three taller peaks in the middle, and above them stars in french knots, with larger knots depicting the valacirca/big dipper

"Then [Varda] began a great labor, greatest of all the works of the Valar since their coming into Arda. She took the silver dews from the vats of Telperion, and therewith she made new stars and brighter against the coming of the Firstborn ... And high in the north as a challenge to Melkor she set the crown of seven mighty stars to swing, Valacirca, the Sickle of the Valar and sign of doom." - The Silmarillion, "Of the Coming of the Elves"

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Caranthir's sketches by Anérea
Ridiculous Elven Architecture - Caranthir's Lakeside Cottage

Quick & silly sketches from an Instadrabbling/Instadrawbling session...

Major Characters: Caranthir
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Jubilee, Restoration and Rebuilding
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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land of bow and helm by skywardstruck
Beleg has long silver hair and multiple braids flowing in the wind, as well as a green tunic, dark green cape and red boots. He is readying his bow to the top left. Turin is kneeling down in front of him. He has a wooden shield and a sword in front. He is wearing the Dragon-helm of Dor-lomin and his long, dark hair flows underneath. He also has a lightly shaved beard. Beleg and Turin smile at each other. The background consists of rocks, a grassy field and mountains. The clouds are swirly.

Beleg and Túrin at Dor-Cúarthol, protecting the land together. Drawn in the style of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

Major Characters: Beleg, Túrin
Major Relationships: Beleg/Túrin
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Laurelindórenan by Anérea
Two figures under autumnal mallorn trees in the golden wood of Lothlórien.

Two figures under autumn/winter mallorn trees in the golden wood of Lothlórien.

Major Characters: Celeborn, Celebrían, Galadriel
Major Relationships: Celeborn/Galadriel
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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