HOME | DD

Elaini-the-Mystic In reply to MichaelSwordblade [2012-02-03 21:54:18 +0000 UTC]

Not really. Finarfin's the blonde one, Fingolfin's the dark haired one.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MichaelSwordblade In reply to Elaini-the-Mystic [2012-02-23 18:50:00 +0000 UTC]

There's been a debate about that topic for years.
I think the main problem is that on one hand the book is a compilation, and Professor Tolkien didn't personally supervised that edition. In one time it says that both are blond (Fingolfin and Finarfin), and I'm sure of that. Then, apparently, the book contradicts itself, but I don't remember that to be honest. Another issue is the biblical style that is read in the text, not so straight to the point and sometimes divergent.

Even in the famous illustration by John Howe, he appears blonde :
[link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

aljas In reply to ADDJenius [2007-03-08 12:53:14 +0000 UTC]

OK, the white color is a small trick done with "rubber" which you can find in almost every drawing program (Do not ask me if this picture was done with Photoshop or Painter Classic). The trick is to scan it darker or darken it with brightness/contrast tool and then to whiten wished place with low opacity rubber. In the real you can do the same effect using darker paper and white pencil or chalk. Or,what I also use, to"dirty" the paper with pencil, and then rubber the places which I want to have pure white, but there is a problem that it is almost unscannable with the right contrast by my scanner.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0