#maitimo

[ricelovejacob]

依然是苏丹的游戏crossover，把杀戮卡分配给费诺里安了😈

[ilaneya]

hi it’s me drawing maedhros again 🤣🤣

[gracefallingart]

Maedhros

Maedhros, Maitimo, Russandol, Nelyafinwë… After rescue, not fully recovered. Always liked the idea that he would have to cut his hair off after being saved by Fingon.

Thank you to @smetakovec for keeping me motivated when I had lost all desire to draw today. Working for 3 hours on this while talking to you is the best way to keep moving. Thank you forever… my dear friend.

[inthehouseoffinwe]

I see in fics that Maedhros uses his height/scars/general big scary vibe to intimidate his brothers.

And I get that. I use it too.

But hear me out.

Having a sibling both a lot older and taller than me, and several cousins much taller and older than me, height and looks does little to intimidate even at their most furious. If anything it becomes something to poke fun at even more like ‘really? That’s what you’re gonna do cause you can’t win this argument?’

So I think it would be really funny to see:

Maedhros is so used to using his height/scars/etc to intimidate people in Beleriand, he forgets his brothers literally Do Not Care, will call him a drama queen to his face, then go right back to doing whatever they want. Probably with more determination because he’s so insistent on stopping them. While also sifting through their mental pile of blackmail of how Nelyo used to trip over his feet during his growth spurt, and embarrassed himself in court That One Time before learning to control his temper.

Mae might be a little more succcessful with cousins but even then it’s 50/50 and to his dismay, he ends up looking exactly that. A dramaqueen.

…He does get pats of commiseration from Turgon and Fingolfin though. They’ve both been there.

[thelien-art]

hi! i love your art, and i especially love the way you design the character’s outfits! they always look super cool and cohesive. do u have any advice for drawing clothing? (especially design wise) whenever i try and draw outfits my brain blanks unless i have an exact reference lol

Hi anon<3<3<3

I like world building, so first, I look to see if the place where the person I´m designing is described geographically, where they live, and their lifestyle. If not much is said, I look at the lands around and go from there.

I mostly put a focus on the weather, but mostly lifestyle and wealth. Of course the fauna near the person is important too, and if they have the possibility to get transported goods.

I made three versions of Maedhros from his three times living in different climates, here they are shortly, a more detailed description are down - note; this is Noldorin fashion and I depict other groups in different styles

These notes are only about the clothing, not jewelry, hair, or cosmetics.

Maedhros!Valinor:

The underwear is made of linen and here a long skjorte with a tied inner cloth with loose breaches to accompany Valinor stable weather that can easily cool you down and keep you warm at the same time. The edges of the skjorte is embroidered as it is meant to be shown. This has been seen a lot over history that an undergarment or something "sexual" meant to be hidden is shown in a glimpse - a modern equivalent would be showing the rim of your boxers or a bra strap. The clothes are long and layered and reaches the ground, unpractical for any manual labour or any wear that doesn´t have clean floors. The colours are saturated and a lot of white is used too.

Detail notes: While not noticeable I HC that Maedhros white robe is lined with gold cloth to match the embroidery around it, which is made on top of it where his purple robe is made with brocade.

Maedhros!Himring:

The underwear is not tighter and shorter to give better modality and keep warmth rather than cold. The sleeves are sewn to look big as heavy clothes can´t be used the same way, the sleeves have therefor become a new fashion symbol as well as status, it makes the arm look bigger and therefor the wear stronger, as well as give something to look at now that heavy fabrics that reaches the hands aren´t a choice anymore. All the robes reach just below the knee to still cover and fill, but also to make it easy to move in. The clothes are now looking broader to show strength and satiety. - Beleriand is in war, food is scarce, especially in the north close to Angband, and clothes are now made to make you look fat and well fed in this part of Beleriand. Fur has become an important aspect of fashion too, especially if sewn into clothes as padding or trims. Damask is used more in Himring than brocade which is used most in Doriath and Hithlum court.

Black is used due to the symbolism, but also as it is an expensive colour to hold as black as possible, it shows that someone with so much black clothes has the money to uphold it and to constantly buy new clothes to replace the old ones, as it is one of the easiest to break. - Due to Himring´s long winter and harsh climate, flowers and other forms of fauna quickly make themselves into fashion and are depicted on almost everything from walls, to tables, to clothes, to windows, and so on.

Maedhros!Amon Ereb:

The clothes here are still made to look you well fed but not in the same way as it was in Himring, as this part of Beleriand was hit much later with scarce food and therefore has a stronger hold on thin and strong fashion.

While still black, it is more gre,y which shows a fall in wealth, due to the visibility to now keep the clothes functioning for as long as possible without the possibility to carelessly throw it away.

Genreal notes on Noldorin Clothes:

Clothing are a social marker and always has been therefore it´s the same for the Noldor. There is a difference between the classes of society in how clothes are worn and the decorations used, to quickly show rank and status to those around you. Usually, the less practical your clothes are, the richer you are.

The style of clothes is also tied to your rank, meaning someone of one rank can´t wear a certain type of clothing style as that is outside of their social class. Different textile techniques are also sometimes defined by your rank.

Notes on fabric and technics:

Brocade and damask are also used a lot due to the hardship of producing it, where a cheaper solution would be printed patterns to those outside of the elite. Brocade is usually worn to court, where damask is a more daily solution as it is mostly made on linen and doesn´t appear as three dimensional as brocade.

Linen and cotton are usually worn as under clothes due to their lightweight and breathable properties, they are also used for pants. = flax fibers and cotton plant

Silk is usually worn as some form of overwear due to it reflecting light and expensive manufacture. = Silkworms cocoon

Velvet is usually used for clothing padding, or pants. = special loom usually with silk although linen, cotton and wool can be used

Cashmere is used for thin over clothes and usually only for decoration. = cashmere goats

Wool is used rarely and if it is it is used as padding in colder climate, so something you have in between your under and over clothes. It is also and important aspect of the military later in Beleriand as it is easy to get and you stay warm even in rain. = hair of animals (sheep, goats, cows, dogs, etc)

Rayon is used a lot by the Noldor too as it is easier to get than silk and hold a more stable temorature. Rayon is usually chosen for a pieces of clothes that requires a lot of embroidery silk wouldn´t be able to hold or as a tunic. = wood pulp

Notes on dyes:

Dyed clothes can be categorised in two; cheap home dyed fabrics, with local based dyes and expensive professional dyed fabrics, coloured with imported and expensive ingredients. The more clearer a colour the wealthier. - the colour mentioned here is what I draw him in.

White although not seemingly much is expensive due to the ingrediency being hard to obtain and not something you just get shipped to you, it shows wealth as the common folk of the Noldo really uses it and are more drown to easy colourful clothes instead, it also symbolises purity as it absorbs colours better than any other dyes. - Easy = sun bleaching (never really white white more like a pale yellow or brown) Expensive = chemical help Black requires the fibres to be dyed repeatedly therefore, it is also a symbol of wealth, although it is less eye catching which also makes it the colour for humility and plainness. Black fabrics also holds the shortes amount of times if dyed with alum. - Expensive = mix of the basic dyes: (madder, weld and woad, alum), acorns, galnuts, oak apple Yellow/gold although and easy colour to obtain is still a colour used by the elite as it can represent gold as a heraldic colour. - Easy and mild yellow = tansy, goldenrod, birch leaves and wild chervil Expensive and satured yellow = turmeric, saffron, onion skin, marigold, chamomile Red/Scarlet is at times some of the most expensive due to the material used to get a scarlet red. Easy still expensive but cheaper = madder root (the root are harvested once a year - the leaf are harvested the whole year but gives a slightly different colour - madder can also give pink), brazilwood (can also make pink and purple) Expensive = raisin dragonsblood, kermes, scale insects Purpel/violet is at times more expensive than gold due to the ingredients. - Easy = kermes and alum Expensive = dog whelk

So yeah... out from all this I make my designs...

[forestials]

Caranthir and Maedhros

presenting the first of a list of art I have never posted for a reason I cannot remember

[maglor-has-no-harp]

Maedhros with scars from Thangorodrim. Hey guys I’m back in the Silm fandom for a bit. I miss Maedhros and Maglor…gonna draw them soon properly!

[thetiredprometheus]

Celegorm and Curufin explaining the Luthien situation to Maedhros

[maeroneth]

-Maitimo and Makalaurë-

My little boys are the cutest, right?- Nerdanel probably

(Two posts in one day wow)

[rinthecap]

Bro got captured 🤧

[tinwe-the-local-assassin]

Drowned With The Souls

Five hundred fifty eight men, who died under your command

Captain

Captain

Captain--

________

Listening to The Underworld from Epic the Musical, even not knowing the story and what had happened to these soldiers, this piece of lyrics always stood out to me and reminded me of Maedhros and Nirnaeth Arnoediad. How his unfortunate luck and trust strikes again, and how it costs him the life of his best friend and king and many of his people. I imagined him haunted by their faces and voices. I imagined him overwhelmed in the sea of the numbers, and I imagined him drowned in his own unnumbered tears.

Here's a filtered, more dream-like version.

[drawulan]

[tyelkoandtimo-week]

you TAKE brother?! you take him away like the morgoth?! oh! oh! Jail for healer! Jail for healer for One Thousand Years!!!

~Tyelko, upon the very reasonable suggestion from Elion the healer that Tyelko needs to let go of Maitimo for a moment so Elion can bandage his arm.

This is artwork by me (@sadtimo), cartoonishly illustrating a moment from my and @tinwe-the-local-assassin 's fanfic, Twilight Amidst the Everlasting Darkness. This story is our favorite out of the collabs we've done with each other for many reasons. But for me, a big reason why it's my favorite is because of (a) the hurt-comfort, which I am a sucker for; and (b) the way said hurt-comfort solidified the way we write Tyelko and Timo's dynamic as brothers. Before we wrote this story, I had never gotten to explore Tyelko and Maitimo with an affectionate relationship. If anything, I saw them as highly antagonistic to each other due to the clash between Tyelko's hot temper and Maitimo's diplomatic skills. But then when @tinwe-the-local-assassin brought out a side of Celegorm I had never seen before— super cuddly and clingy to his brother— my outlook on their dynamic totally changed!

I like to call this fanfic Arda's Most Miserable Camping Trip. Without spoiling too much, this is a particularly miserable scene in which some chilly rain and blustering wind just started up, and our bois have no shelter. Maitimo is struggling to survive from deadly poison, a gashed up arm and broken leg. Tyelko's having a bunch of unpleasant feelings regarding his failure to save Maitimo from Angband. Good times! :D

We can't wait to share more of this fic with you during T&M Week— which is a little more than a month away now! Will you be joining us?

[thelien-art]

Day 1: Maedhros for @feanorianweek

Kingship│Angband│Coping

[comeontakemyname]

Nerdanel and Fëanor over a baby Curufin:

Nerdanel: Absolutely not, Fëanáro, his first word will be ammë!

Fëanor: No, I can feel it, he is a father's boy! You named him yourself! His first word will be atar!

Curufin: -gurgles-

Nerdanel: Say ammë, a-m-m-ë!

Fëanor: Say atar! Or perhaps atya, which is a permutation of the--

Curufin: N, n, n, n....

Nerdanel: Oh! He's trying to say my name! How sweet! And see? An elfling will call for his moth--

Curufin: NELLLYOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

- Camera pans to a frazzled, disheveled, and tired looking Maedhros with Maglor, Celegorm, and Caranthir already hanging off him -

[getooine]

Finally finished my Silmarillion doodle (it’s only been like 4 months shhh) - some good ol’ fashioned Russingon angst.