This is one of my favourite Galadriel shoots EVER (and just plain shoots tbh). I have never felt more ethereal than in these photos, and I am forever grateful that @lizabetroberts was able and willing to fit me into her packed New England shoot schedule! She is such a gem to work with and she brought this otherworldly quality that was absolutely magical. ✨
(Also my makeup and wig were just cooperating so well that day—blessings from the Valar!)
“Many things I can command the Mirror to reveal,” she answered, “and to some I can show what they desire to see. But the Mirror will also show things unbidden, and those are often stranger and more profitable than things which we wish to behold. What you will see, if you leave the Mirror free to work, I cannot tell. For it shows things that were, and things that are, and things that yet may be. But which is it that he sees, even the wisest cannot always tell. Do you wish to look?”
I've now been laughing at the "fair count" (see this post by @lemoneyshipz; credit for the counting goes to Febbb__ from weibo) - as in which Tolkien characters have been described as fair in the book and how many times - for two days straight... buuut how about we, the fans, get our own opinions in too?
(I excluded the groups of people to get as many characters on this as Tumblr lets me)
((Still couldn't fit them all, so honorable mentions go to Thingol, Celegorm and Indis))
(((Edit for clarity: The selection of characters is based on the list as seen in the post I'm referring to. To my understanding it in turn is counting mentions in the Silmarillion (aka "the book" for us Silm fans). See also the tags)))
Galadriel this time! This composition was inspired, oddly enough, by the excellent Hypnagogia: Boundless Dreams, a game I cannot recommend enough if you like to really immerse yourself.
Apparenly drawing elves and large bodies of water is becoming a theme for me! Sorry I haven’t been around much, I’ve been hard at work doing [redacted] and have also been super depressed, so most of my art has been private sketchbook shit I don’t much feel like sharing. Womp womp.
i love the fact that my url makes people perceive my posts as if it’s actually galadriel saying them like yes galadriel is speaking on tumblr dot com about how much she loves gimli 24/7 this is accurate this is canonical