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Published: 2013-05-05 23:48:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 13428; Favourites: 333; Downloads: 0
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Description Lúthien Tinuviel
Jessica Truscott, Valentine challenge
Graphite,15x21"
5 May 2013

Jessica over at `faestock puts out a new challenge piece every fortnight; the pose, the dress, the fabrics, the beauty, I couldn't resist. As you may or may not know, I think she's pretty much the most beautiful girl I've ever heard of, and when I started this, I was right around the Beren and Luthien portion of the Tolkien Professor's Silmarillion seminar. As she's the most beautiful of all the Children of Iluvatar, I've been wanting to do something with Jess as Luthien

Now as has been told the power of Elwë and Melian increased in Middle-Earth, and all the Elves of Beleriand, from the mariners of Cirdan to the wandering hunters of the Blue Mountains beyond the River Gelion, owned Elwë as their lord; Elu Thingol he was called, King Greymantle, in the tongue of his people. They are called the Sindar, the Grey-elves of starlit Beleriand; and although they were Moriquendi, under the lordship of Thingol and the teaching of Melian they became the fairest and the most wise and skilful of all Elves of Middle-earth. And at the end of the first age of the Chaining of Melkor, when all the Earth had peace and the glory of Valinor was at its noon, there came into the world Lúthien, the only child of Thingol and Melian. Though Middle-earth lay for the most part in the sleep of Yavanna, in Beleriand under the power of Melian there was life and joy, and the bright stars shone as silver fires; and there in the forest of Neldoreth Lúthien was born, and the white flowers of niphredil came forth to greet her as starsrom the earth.

...But wandering in the summer in the woods of Neldoreth he [Beren one-hand] came upon Lúthien, daughter of Thingol and Melian, at a time of evening under moonrise, as she danced upon the unfading grass in the glades beside Esgalduin. Then all memory of his pain departed from him, and he fell into an enchantment; for Lúthien was the most beautiful of all the Children of Ilúvatar. Blue was her raiment as the unclouded heaven, but her eyes were grey as the starlit evening; her mantle was sewn with golden flowers, but her hair was dark as the shadows of twilight. As the light upon the leaves of trees, as the voice of clear waters, as the stars above the mists of the world, such was her glory and her loveliness; and in her face was a shining light.

[Chapter 10, Of the Sindar, pg91]
[Chapter 19, Of Beren and Lúthien, pg165]

For those of you wondering, this comes from Tolkein's "Silmarillion", the tales of the Ilúvatar, the One, and the Ainur (powers); the awakening of the Elves and the First Age of Middle-Earth. Elwë, also known as Elu Thingol, was one of the first elves to awaken next to the shores of Cuiviénen [link] and was summoned as one of three ambassadors into the west to Valinor by Oromë the Hunter. He later became enchanted by Melian the Maia, who was, ere the Music, and the making of the world, and who wandered long in the gardens of Lórien in Valinor before coming to Middle-earth.

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dragonslayer32477 [2023-06-16 16:45:54 +0000 UTC]

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grandprix389 [2016-10-14 10:44:04 +0000 UTC]

nice portrait

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Hanasian [2015-03-17 11:49:23 +0000 UTC]

Nice depiction of Luthien!
This was posted on Lord of the Rings Plaza supposedly by you. I google searched the image and found your deviantart page.

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elvingirl234 [2013-12-27 01:00:33 +0000 UTC]

its so beautiful. looks like you worked really hard. I LOVE it. 

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Avogel57 In reply to elvingirl234 [2013-12-27 06:17:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks I'm really pleased with the way this turned out! I've got it sitting in my living room now--sometimes I get distracted and just sorta stare lol

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elvingirl234 In reply to Avogel57 [2014-01-06 00:06:33 +0000 UTC]

yeah happens to me a lot too!

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Luca-M [2013-12-06 20:58:21 +0000 UTC]

wow.... so stunning!!  

I couln't stop staring at it!  

I'm such a huge LOTR fan and I think your work is absolutely perfect!!

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Avogel57 In reply to Luca-M [2013-12-08 07:53:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you; it's hard to capture on a camera, but there are some little reflective metallic bits throughout the corset and dress, too

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Luca-M In reply to Avogel57 [2013-12-10 13:44:09 +0000 UTC]

That makes it evenmore wonderful!!

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Lady-Lena-LaFaye [2013-10-28 23:36:36 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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Avogel57 In reply to Lady-Lena-LaFaye [2013-12-08 07:53:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Eliz-baxter [2013-10-13 15:30:19 +0000 UTC]

wow!

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Avogel57 In reply to Eliz-baxter [2013-10-13 23:27:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, dear! 

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Katerina-Art [2013-05-23 22:50:32 +0000 UTC]

beautiful !

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Avogel57 In reply to Katerina-Art [2013-06-09 22:27:15 +0000 UTC]

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01vultur01 [2013-05-14 04:35:00 +0000 UTC]

A very nice feel to it....Congrats

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pffft26 [2013-05-11 03:45:06 +0000 UTC]

this is beyond amazing.

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AyunCelebelen [2013-05-10 01:43:39 +0000 UTC]

beauty!

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yanpan [2013-05-09 16:38:11 +0000 UTC]

masterpiece O_O

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czarek986 [2013-05-09 13:45:08 +0000 UTC]

One of the most beautiful drawing I've ever senn, and the best drawing of Luthin. This is incedible what you can do with pencil. The way oyu draw backgorund in stunning, there are no unecessary details, just enought to make it look ralistic, but also magical. I really admire your talent.

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LadyAnnatar [2013-05-09 13:27:43 +0000 UTC]

ah, Luthien

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Lady-Lena-LaFaye [2013-05-09 12:28:00 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous work!

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ninquetari [2013-05-08 15:11:04 +0000 UTC]

WOW. I agree she is a wonderful Luthien.
The drawing is marvelous! The amount of details is stunning, and the shading is great.

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Keyshe54 [2013-05-07 17:29:22 +0000 UTC]

Wish you luck in the voting poll, fantastic shading, form and details!

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Rita-Ria [2013-05-07 09:27:14 +0000 UTC]

beautiful work

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DigitalDreams-Art [2013-05-07 07:14:23 +0000 UTC]

Wow!Great!

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devilbloody [2013-05-06 05:59:41 +0000 UTC]

AMAZING CONGRATS

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Sarahharas07 [2013-05-06 05:51:22 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic drawing!

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outsidelogic [2013-05-06 04:35:55 +0000 UTC]

Hey Alex, I stumbled upon this when I was looking at what other people had submitted for faestock's latest contest. I thought to myself "this is absolutely gorgeous pencil work" and "there goes my chance at winning" and then "whoa this guy's from Colorado" (I live in Evergreen). I just discovered Jessica's gallery and feel like I could spend the rest of my life drawing her .

Anyway, just wanted to say "hi"...your gallery is amazing.

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Avogel57 In reply to outsidelogic [2013-05-07 05:14:01 +0000 UTC]

I know how you feel! Sometimes I feel like half of my gallery is drawings of her; I once did a project where one of my guiding principles was "I want to do X, but I want to use somebody OTHER than Jessica" lol
Evergreen, thats down SW-ish of Denver? Good luck in the contest!

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outsidelogic In reply to Avogel57 [2013-05-07 06:10:00 +0000 UTC]

Evergreen is pretty much directly west of Denver...just go out 70 for about 25 miles.

BTW, I just happened to see that Jessica announced the winners...we both made the top 10! Congratulations...

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SuleymanBulutistatis [2013-05-06 00:51:37 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful...

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