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'Riding one day in the forests of the Westlands he saw a woman, whose dark hair flowed in the wind, and about her was a green cloak clasped at the throat with a bright jewel; and he took her for one of the Eldar, who came at times to those parts of the Island. But she approached, and he knew her for Erendis, and saw that the jewel was the one that he had given her; then suddenly he knew in himself the love that he bore her, and he felt the emptiness of his days. Erendis seeing him turned pale and would ride off, but he was too quick, and he said: "Too well have I deserved that you should flee from me, who have fled so often and so far! But forgive me, and stay now."'JRR Tolkien: Unfinished Tales : ALDARION AND ERENDIS: The Mariner's Wife
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Comments: 94
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I commend you! Rarely do I see fan art of Aldarion and Erendis, because sadly many Tolkien fans haven't read The Unfinished Tales. This is beautiful, I love Erendis's facial features and expression.
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Thanks for the warm words! Yes, this tale has always been a favourite of mine and I'd been meaning to portray the pair for some time. I'd like to devote more to them, but time is always against me. One day I'll add to them though
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Beautifully painted, with lovely detail and colour!
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Judging from your work skill levels, it's wonderful to receive such praise from a talented artist as yourself. Thank you so much!
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You're welcome! 
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If I have one quibble for this amazing piece of art? It's that Erendis looks flat as a 10 year old.
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Some women ARE as flat as a ten year old
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I've been revisiting UT recently, and was looking around for fanart for Erendis, and this just blew me away, you really captured the essence of her character and her feelings toward Aldarion. I also agree with the poster below who said that this picture is also very close to how she imagines Morwen Eledhwen to look (another poor lady who didn't get to spend much time with her husband). She also reminds me a bit of Arwen as Liv Tyler portrayed her, incidentally another Tolkien lady who had to compromise for her husband. (I think I'm seeing a trend here.)
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Thank you so much for the kind words. I was really pleased with how Erendis turned out here, and I agree with the idea that this would pass for Morwen of Dor-lomin too, albeit with raven hair. As for the compromises you discern in the notable wives of Arda, you are indeed correct! There seems to be something of a type of sacrifice, which Tolkien portrays as strength, in his woman, I suppose
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Indeed! Though the sentence immediately following states that they rode to her father, and were betrothed. Still, this is not a love story with a happy ending ...
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That is high praise indeed! Thanks!
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OH I thought the story of Aldarion and Erendis was such a bittersweet one, and of course that made me love it even more!
AND what a beautiful rendition of the characters, actually very close to my image of Erendis! Well done, sir!
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I agree completely. There's a lot of 'bittersweet' in Tolkien, but this tale was a most interesting and intriguing example of that. I think it's written beautifully and tragically. I'm so glad you approve of the rendition, and that it comes close to your imagination of Erendis. Thank you!
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Oh, absolutely! I think I fell in love with Tolkien even more after reading The Silmarillion, simply because it's so much darker... and the complexity of the tragic love stories just get me!! The love story of Erendis and Aldarion is actually one of my favorites, and by extend also the story of Ancalimë, tho her's is much more shallowly descripted than theirs. And you're very welcome! ^^
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Oh yes, well, LotR is of course really, really dark in parts. But Silm has no hobbits to lighten the mood, and such like. You can kind of see therefore why Bilbo and co. gave the professor his big break. It's the classic formula of the 'fish out of water' that works so well - and sells so well too 
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Yes that is true, and personally I favor the fairy-taley narrative in Silm, because the level of descriptions in LotR can sometimes bore me when I read (as I am a fairly slow reader and quickly loses interest), so the action packed pace in Silm works better for me.
Oh yes, I actually adore the whole theory that the professor created the Hobbits to reflect the classic englishman and the true terror of living in Middle earth compared to the slow life in Hobbiton (Civilized england). It so endearing, especially when he said he thought of himself as a Hobbit. It is indeed brilliant. I do not know if it is a coincidence or not, but that is exactly the same that Edgar Rice Burroughs did with John Carter in "A Princess of Mars". He used the classical western war hero as a contrast to the savage and brutal life on Mars, and it just makes me so giddy thinking about it for some reason. Clever, old, ground breaking authors! <3
Oh and indeed, even when I watch the films after having read Silm I feel like everything makes so much more sense, and the weight of the story is increased so much, just knowing the history that lead them all there. Oh I have no words for how much I LOVE Silm, and it truly breaks my heart that its not more appreciated in the grand schemes of our cultural references than it is. Even with a substancial fandom loving it, most people have never even heard of Silmarillion, simply knows of Tolkien as the author of "that fantasy film", my mum included, and it tares me apart, for to me the Silmarillion is such a masterpiece of storytelling and just the depth as to which he went to explore all his characters... it makes me tear up thinking of it! (I may be slightly more than obsessed with it.. please forgive my rambling, again!)
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Goodness gracious! This is BEAUTIFUL! And all that detail! Bro, I'm going to nose around your gallery for a bit.
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I hope you liked what you saw! Thanks very much indeed, medear
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Alot of your work has a fresh feel to them.
yes, I really loved what I saw.
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Besides Lord of the Rings, what else inspires your art?
I get the impression that perhaps you're a musician?
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Yes I'm a musician, but not a particularly great one - more sort of DIY. I play guitar and sing in a rock band; or rather, did so more when I was younger, and now only partake in that occasionally, and less 'seriously'. I love travelling, and I love history. I've almost finished a PhD in Intellectual History (hence why I'm so busy and absent from DA at the moment), looking at the historico-religious roots of modern capitalism in the guise - predominantly - of 18C political economy. So in this sense, I'm one of those lucky ones (provided I can sort out my career in the coming months and years) who is inspired by the work I do, and have enjoyed tutoring undergraduates, and so on and so forth. And I kind of hope that my love of history rubs off in my art too. Not everything is perfectly realistic, in that I love to maintain a kind of ethereal-quality where possible. But there is some sort of overlap, I'm sure - part escapism, and part confrontation with the realities of life, if you will (as opposed to pure fantasy, I guess 
Thanks for asking!
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Sorry for taking long to reply. I knew you were into music! And you do have that rockstar quality about you. Truthfully, I'm a bit behind on replying but little by little, it will get done.
I love history myself! Ancient civilizations and 18th century France...weird combo but yeah. As you can tell, I love to travel and hope to do it again soon. Lately, when it comes to history, I'm interested in it when it comes to the Biblical side to it. I wasn't before but I am now. And I love reading and digging about it!
Intellectual History...this is the first time I've heard about it. Not kidding! How did you interest start? What is your favorite (or better yet, what aspect of these studies you're doing interest you the most)?
Everything we are exposed to does reflect in the art that we produce.
Our start is like a personal bio of sorts.
It reflects pieces of us.
Perhaps, not the entire picture but facets of who we are.
There was a time when I thought that my art is what defined me.
Now I know that I define my art.
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Now it's my turn to apologise for the late response! I have a rockstar quality about me? Haha, how so?!
The ancients, and 18C France? Of course I dabble a bit in both, so no it's not a weird combo at all seeing as the former had a huge bearing on the debates, philosophy, art, culture and politics, etc., of the latter. My work is quite novel actually in that it plants Christianity squarely into the epicentre of early-modern economic thought. Today economics is of course a self-consciously secular discipline, and lauds itself as so. But you'd be surprised at how deeply entwined it was with religion during the 16-18C (and earlier, but that's my specialisation). Here's a link to my academic bio: www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/1743…
As for Intellectual History, I actually stumbled upon it by mistake. In my final year as an undergrad, I chose a course which happened to be tutored by my current supervisor. He instilled a love of this particular type of history in me, and took me under his wing ever since. He's now Director of IH at St. Andrews, Scotland. If you'd like to learn a little more about what IH is, here's another link to his page: www.intellectualhistory.net
And I completely agree about your analysis about you defining your art. The same should be said in macrocosmic scale about society and humanity at large. This is why there are so few 'movements' or 'scenes' right now, in my view. Most art reflects the hegemonic neoliberal paradigm (i.e., the pursuit of profit) as opposed to artists defining would society could, and/or ought, to be.
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As are yours, and thus I thank you most kindly for the kind comment
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I love this! The picture express really a feeling of peace and her face is truly beautiful, I like her expressiveness, as in all the characters in your pictures. Very well done and beautiful work on the background also! Great illustration!!
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Brunild, your comments are a continuous source of inspiration and delight! Thank you so much!
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I am very happy for this, it is always a great pleasure leave comments on your beautiful works !!
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You're so very much welcome!
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I love this! Her face is so beautiful!
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Again, friend - thank you kindly. I'm pleased myself with the beauty I managed to convey in Erendis - I'll use this as a template for Morwen Eledhwen too one day, though with raven hair
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Thrilled you like, thank you 
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youre welcome! I am still new here so finding out how to reply to people confuses me, but I am sure I'll figure out the website in time
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Well it seems you've the hang of it, as I received your reply
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Thank you!!! I'd like to see more of this!
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Such amazing details! Can't take my eyes off her brooch, and his mantle, and tiara.
But honestly, I love your portrayal of Erendis with her firm, steady expression: she just can't quit being stubborn for a split moment~
By the way, the lush trees in the background make such a delightful, soothing atmosphere. I can totally see where her love for trees come from.
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Thanks so much :devfish-in-fridge"! It's really nice that you seem pick up on so much of her personality just from this piece. Indeed, I wanted to imbue as much of her personality as possible into this fragmentary moment, and it seems I've succeeded based on your words. And true indeed, this is definitely case of Aldarion entering her world - enemy territory, if you will. Not literally of course, but I guess it's apt in a sense given their awkward relationship ...
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