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Description
Rapidograph pens and India ink on bristol board.
14 x 17 inches
winter of 2003

This was a project for high school art class. I wanted to see how many dragons I could fit into the space (we were told all semester than only real things (drawings from pictures or 3d objects) were allowed) as well as how much texture I could add (I was trying to impress the teacher).

All of the designs in the smaller circles (except for the one at the bottom) are loosely based on Tolkien's elvish heraldry.

The things in the borders of two of the big circles are written in tengwar and are quotes from The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien.

"Earendil slew Ancalagon the Black, the mightiest of the dragon-host, and cast him from the sky; and he fell upon the towers of Thangorodrim." (top left circle)
"For Maglor took pity upon Elros and Elrond , and he cherished them, and love grew after between them." (top right circle)

The "modes" used for the lettering were deliberately changed to look more like Quenya (on the left) and Sindarin (on the right), but both are in English; so, the spelling is a bit weird (I also didn't proofread before inking).

closeups of the tengwar:
[link]
and
[link]

Description
Rapidograph pens and India ink on bristol board.
14 x 17 inches
winter of 2003

This was a project for high school art class. I wanted to see how many dragons I could fit into the space (we were told all semester than only real things (drawings from pictures or 3d objects) were allowed) as well as how much texture I could add (I was trying to impress the teacher).

All of the designs in the smaller circles (except for the one at the bottom) are loosely based on Tolkien's elvish heraldry.

The things in the borders of two of the big circles are written in tengwar and are quotes from The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien.

"Earendil slew Ancalagon the Black, the mightiest of the dragon-host, and cast him from the sky; and he fell upon the towers of Thangorodrim." (top left circle)
"For Maglor took pity upon Elros and Elrond , and he cherished them, and love grew after between them." (top right circle)

The "modes" used for the lettering were deliberately changed to look more like Quenya (on the left) and Sindarin (on the right), but both are in English; so, the spelling is a bit weird (I also didn't proofread before inking).

closeups of the tengwar:
[link]
and
[link]