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Published: 2015-12-03 06:15:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 6079; Favourites: 299; Downloads: 0
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Huh? What? DD? I mean wow, thanks. That is not something I ever expected (I'm shocked as hell tbh) and this was entirely too kind of you Lyricanna ! I am ridick honored you would think this worthy of one but ooooooh nonononononono. Now people will know I'm a crazy broad that draws pretty/flowery dark lords which is so not canon appropriate. D8 Umm... I am very very VERY sorry any Tolkien (or Waterhouse!) enthusiasts....
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AKA: Maia of Angband
Finished finally. And I have officially began to shade everything like hair, even trees... I do like the look though.
Anyways, have my reinterpretation of Waterhouse's gorgeous painting 'Lady of Shalott'... but with less awesomeness and more Angbang feels and stuff. Maybe Mairon would row a boat up to the Void (for some odd reason now situated between creepy sentry trees), sit outside and just look sad as hell that he lost his husband. I mean master. Oh, and because of the Arthurian legend that surrounded the original 'Lady of Shalott' art piece (and because I love Arthurian Legend anyhow) I got to thinking about Medieval Knights and the favors (or tokens) they would receive from their love interests. Therefore I decided Mairon could have totally given Melkor a "favor" before the final battle at angband... sadly Melkor lost it just like he lost his feet. Guess Mairon found it and keeps that little black cloth as a token to remind him of his lost master as he fucks Middle-Earth up for next few millennia or so.
Odds and ends to note: Mairon is fingering his engagement "one" ring in his hand, the tapestry depicts a dumbed down and funky interpretation of the final battle of Angband, and when it comes to that face between the trees just interpret it as you see fit. Maybe it's the green man keeping watch over Melkor's prison or maybe it's an artistic way of representing Melkor behind that black veil.
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This is the second illustration in an angbang themed series inspired by some of my favorite historical artwork. Previous illustration in series:
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Tumblr: lae-rae.tumblr.com/
Mairon and lore (c) Tolkien
Design (c) me
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Comments: 85
Aww, thanks!
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Wow! Incredible drawing... Details, story... Very inspiring work.
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Thank you so much. It's good to hear it could possibly inspire you, even if it's only a little bit.
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Well brah, totes glad you do. (☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞
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Waterhouse would be proud ... and a bit jealous. Very nice gallery.
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LOL. Only if Waterhouse had a secret love of heavily stylized black and white illustration and Tolkien. XD But, heeeey, I guess it could have been his little secret.
Oh and thanks so much!
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The black and white contrast is done very well, and the thick outlines give it a supernatural-ish vibe as well, I also like how there are so many things in it to look at, it makes the viewer pay more attention to what's going on in this artwork
Very good job, congrats on the DD!
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I usually try to pull on the illustration technique of "thick and thin lines" I learned in college... but honestly I use it incorrectly from how it is meant to be used (a way of showing dimension or shadow or lack of). XD I pretty much just skip thin lines in lieu of thick ones to try and make the overall image stand out (and pray I don't blend my details too much where they run together). It sort of makes things look like a picture out of a coloring book page tbh.
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Very detailed pic! You must worked for hours.
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Thanks! =3 Oh you have no idea. XD I'm crazy dedicated so most of the time I spend at least 50 hours working on one of my illustrations and I'm fairly sure this one pushed into the 70 hour range. 
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It would be incredibly boring if I only DDed canonical fan art
You are a genius with patterns, I love seeing your work
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LOL. Ok this is soooo very true Lyricanna and I am rather glad to hear you pick art outside the canon box. 
Well thanks yet again for the DD! You totes made my day.
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I don't know why, but this art style reminds me of Russia.
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Clearly this is because Russia is the only country in the world that is devoid of color and is in fact black and white. It has to be true. The internet told me so and everything on the internet is true.
But in all seriousness I kinda see whatcha saying. Great. Now all I can think of when I draw is Russia. D8
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I don't think Russia is actually monochrome. After the fall of the USSR they just recolored it, like they did with Laurel and Hardy.
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Twas the largest painting party in Russia's history. Amazing what a coat of paint will do. XD
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The lady of Shalott is a real painting, you can look it up on the Internet.
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Looked up the painting, but its style is totally different from what we see here.
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Incredible amount of details! Wonderful work, I could stare at this for hours and find something new about it.
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If it ain't overly detailed to eye searing levels then I am not content. I like to draw things so that, hopefully, people find the overall image interesting and something they can look at more than once.... which since you mentioned that I am at least somewhat successful.
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So beautiful and intricate! Congratulations on your DD!
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Gorgeous, amazing and fascinating! Congrats on the DD!
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Thank you thank you and thank you!! I'm a smidge shocked to discover the DD but very ecstatic too.
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Yeah... I kinda was blind sided by the DD. No lie. 
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Well, I must say that after some time an artwork that really deserves a DD
in my opinion. I also am a sucker for black/white arts, the more captivated
I am looking at this picture. It has depth, great black and white balance,
you put lovely shapes and details in the art. Really lovely to look at
PS: I am not very familiar with LOTR (though I have seen the movies) but
I really do appreciate this artwork, you did a wonderful job, keep it up
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Aww haw haw hawr. Stooooop it. Yer ridiculously kind words are making me blush.... and turn into a sponge. Sadly I wonder if most folks now-a-days don't overlook the black and white arts and instead focus only on colored art. I mean color is amazing and captivating.... but black and white is just as charming and has its own appeal. Gods, there are some gorgeous B&W illustrations from the golden age of illustration that I could drool over for hours. looking at you Harry Clarke... But anyways! I'm super stoked that you like the picture though and I appreciate your thoughtful comment. For reals.
PS: Believe you me, you don't have to know a lick about Tolkien lore to like this... actually it might be for the best to know nothing. XD Honestly I'm like you and have only seen the Jackson movies/old 70's cartoons and learned everything else from Wikipedia.
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So from blushing bride Mairon became a pitiful widow in the end? 
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In the beginning he was a curious Maia who dared wonder about that sexy dark Vala then, after a brief courtship, he came a blushing bride... only to end up a sad sad widow who probably has a hidden Melkor shrine he prays to every night. XD Poor kid. But he can be a blushing bride again whenever Melkor comes back from the void and starts breaking shit again so it's ok.
LOL. Yea. I pretty much realize as I make these things NO ONE knows what my thought process is and I really do shove a lot of small/subtle easter eggs into my art that will go unnoticed amongst all the eye searing details. =3 It's the nature of the detail oriented beast. XD Hey, what a coincidence. The panel with Sau grabbing Melk's cloak is my favorite too.
...I'm so happy someone else laughed at "fingering his ring"....
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Imagine the moment when Sau throws away his black lacy veil and all that and puts on some skimpy wedding gown in the moment he sees Melk return XD
Ah, yes, although I usually stare a long time at your pictures telling myself 'Rae must have hidden something else in there I haven't yet noticed'. You totally should give it a go! Because obviously you don't have enough ongoing projects already!
Well, if one Lusty Ardan Maia loses his husband, he must find a pastime
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*sniffles* It would be a beautiful reunion. *bawls like a baby*
LOL. Well, that is certainly the best mindset to have when looking at my stuff because it is TOTES true. Rae: she who hides random shit (ok, mostly eyeballs....) in her art. *snorts* Oh hell girl you have NO idea how many angbang, Maiwe, or Tolkien projects I got going on in my brain. It's ridiculous and no wonder it's all I draw. I couldn't possibly get any of it done if I actually drew anything else. XD
....oh fuck me. You just had to go there didn't you? never you mind my mind went there ages ago Oh that Lusty Ardan Maia and his secret past times... *holds hand up and walks away before she takes the prevertedness further*
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And of course, they ran to each others' arms and lived (mostly) happily ever after *wipes a sentimental tear*
Yeah, those eyeballs, I noticed them! (Probably not all of them tho XD) Well, I may dare to say that's good because I luv looking at the angbang and related stuff you come up with
I knew you wrote 'fingering' there because you thought of perverted things too XDD But yeah, we have enough pervertedness going on, let's leave pitiful widow Sau alone with his past times
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Sau tripped over his cloak and face-planted into the dirt and Melkor promptly, but completely accidentally, stepped on his fallen Lieutenant but they eventually wound up in each others arms. One perhaps a bit more bruised than before but it was still a beautiful moment that led into a happily mostly ever after.
I dare say no one other than me will ever see all the hidden eyeballs and it really is a good thing you enjoy my angbang and Tolkien-y stuff cuz it aint going anywhere anytime soon.
*snorts* Yes, let us leave the poor bastard to his ring obsession as he quietly whispers "And Morgoth came.... And Morgoth came..." over and over for some unknown reason...
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And a moment later, still in loving embrace Melk softly whispered in Sau's ears, so only he could hear: "Your robes got so dirty, my precious. That doesn't fit my bride... we should get back to the fortress and take them off"
You no leave poor Sau alone?
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And then the returned dark lord carried his precious back to their ruined but still very cozy fortress and helped him out of his sullied robes. And strangely there were no attacks on anyone for the first thousand or so years... but only because the two love birds needed ample "quality" time to reacquaint themselves with one another to make up for the forever or so that they had been parted.
I no leave poor Sau alone. I even pick on widowed Sau for I am evil and perverted... I thought this was obvious.
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Yeah, there weren't any wars for a long-long time but the "hammering" barely stopped at that time and so the "battlecry" echoed far and wide on the land
Well, no, it wasn't... or wait, yes it was totes obvious
Oh and btw, I saw your sketch of the new DS picture
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Let me start by saying OMG. I owe you so many replies. D8 I apologize. I promise I'm not ignoring them. I just got a lot of schtuff happening in the real lifes (intentional mistype is intentional) but once things settle down I WILL be replying. 
Interestingly enough, the "battlecry" was so loud it was much like Melk's shout that forever echoed in that one valley and so too did the, uh, "battlecry". In another valley somewhere. And whenever people passed through that valley they would blush harshly.
I'm oh so happy you pay attention to me and my very obvious and never very subtle ways. I feel loved.
Your inclination is correct. The poor baby totally got his ass beat and he's just a sad confused little thing that's hurting and likely crying since his fiance whooped on him. Poor kid. He didn't even put up a fight not that he could have to begin with in DS world.
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