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I drew this while spending the last three days binge watching Escaflowne because nostalgia.

14 year old me will always love you but by god you are a hot mess and you need to sort yourself out.

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Thank you to everyone who decided to follow me over the last week. I'm absolutely flabbergasted and honored.

So I think a small introduction is in order. This is my art blog where I mostly post my Tolkien work. I love Pina-coladas and long walks in the rain, also I regrettably have a sporadic posting schedule because life is just like that sometimes.

So another thanks to just my followers in general who still decide to stick with me despite the long gaps in-between posting. X3

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rebogging just because it's one of my most proudest works I made last year. I asked myself the question of 'what would happen if i just went absolutely insano-mode on Earwen's hair?

Eärwen 11x14 Stonehenge graphite and charcoals

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Monster Slayers Part III - Finrod

Part I Part II

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Have some thumbnail doodles of the Monster Slayers Series! I wanted to show these for a while. It's funny that when I had this idea I intended it to be uplifting and victorious collection of drawings, but when I started planning it out it dawned on me pretty quickly that most of them are uhhhh, pretty tragic, if not bitter sweet.

I don't know why I was surprised since it tracks so well with Tolkien.

Turin and Glaurung Fun fact: I intend to finish all the boarders one day. Turin's will have his typical icons of the bow and helm, and Gurthang on the sides. Glaurung was going to be green, but decided to only colour the red leaves.

Earendil's fought me the whole way,--because it turns out I don't have a lot of experience drawing animals, let alone monsters. :P The border is going to have ocean waves/ships and silmarils. I want to touch up on the comet about to crash into Ancalagon's throat. It needs to look like it's falling out of the sky faster.

I've been working on Finrod next, and decided to share this since I ended up not using this layout. This thumbnail design did make me wonder if this room was always a dungeon, or if Sauron repurposed it as one, and if you looked hard enough you could see the ornate carvings and murals behind the grime and neglect of the room. Decided on something different. Like Turin, Finrod's drawing might end up being more up-close and personal.

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So hey. Sometimes I start a drawing with a character in mind, and other times I have no plan, and they let me know who they are half-way through the process.

I- have no idea who this is. I never got to the end of a drawing with no clue who they are. aaaha? I'm leaning towards Arafinwëan maybe?? Here's generic long-haired elf man I guess???? He's whoever you want him to be???

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Your art is exceptional! Loved the Eärendil and Ancalagon moment and Part 1 was also amazing with Túrin.

I'm dying to see your take on a Balrog if you're ever in the mood to tackle more monster slayers.

Cheers!

Oh thank you so much! A Balrog is next on the list when I come back to this series! 8)

And if anybody knows any other "monster slayers" in all of middle earth please let me know! Right now the list tops at 3 for me.

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Monster Slayers Part II - Earendil

Part I Part 3

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Finished my first playthrough of Pentiment and I'm losing my mind. I literally took almost half a year break playing the game because the trial was so stressful. 😰

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What started out as a silly idea for a fantasy travel/food blog is turning into an unhinged sapphic princess monster that is going to take over my life.

Uuh but I'm putting that on pause right now. I swear as soon as I announced I finally had free time for myself, the show I've been working on for almost 7 years got cancelled.

So long story short we're finishing up the season and frantically learning Unreal on the absolutely snowball-in-hell chance that there will be a new show lined up for us when our contracts end, so we'll be ready for the pipeline the studio has been implementing for the past few years.

Hedging our bets on a big maybe. Just giving a life update I suppose. I swear one day I'll go back to posting art twice a month.

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Brodda Meets The Witch

I've finally finished up some projects so I now have time to draw for myself for a while. Of course the first thing I draw is Morwen after a dry spell. This is technically a highly detailed thumbnail but I just wanted to share. :3

Y'know my girl would have absolutely thrown down to the bitter end if Brodda's first reaction wasn't to immediately flee from her.

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maedhros regrowth

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My offering to all the maedhros x fingon fans out there!

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when you work on a STEM cartoon for preschoolers and you get assigned a swan boat.

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Y'GIRL IS ON A MUCH NEEDED VACATION.

At Ontario's Art Gallery 'Making Her Mark' exhibit I finally lived my dream of doodling masterpieces at a museum while trying not to be awkward or in the way. Sappho the poet is turning to Cupid saying "hey women are pretty neat", and I just gotta agree.