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Azremodehar — Before the Rings
Published: 2005-09-07 06:50:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 744; Favourites: 11; Downloads: 13
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This is my depiction of one of the Silmarils of Feanor. Much like with my Raistlin picture, none of the images I've seen before quite lives up to my mental image of these glorious, luminous things. Even this image is but a pale reflection of the beauty my mind paints. ...At least partially because it's a static image, and I've always pictured the Silmarils as vibrant, almost living things.Silmarils. Who needs the One Ring? ♥
For people who don't know what I'm talking about, shame on you. Go read the Silmarillion. ♥♥♥
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yeah, I totally agree with you. I sort of imagine the silmaril as some sort of uncut jewel that could fit perfectly into the palm of my hand, with the entire spectrum floating and dancing inside it, starshine and moonrays and sunlight blended together -- not just reflecting light the way a mirror would but being alive with light, animate yet not animate, the most beautiful, pure, unsullied thing in the world...
You're absolutely right: the One Ring pales in comparison.
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Love it. I keep meaning to do painting of the one in the ocean, but I've never gotten around to it... Maybe this will inspire me to do one over Thanksgiving break.
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Can the Silmarils do anything? As far as I had read in the Silmarillion, it's only very beautiful...
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Wow. That is amazing work. I love how realistic it is. (And I'm glad that there are still Lord of the Rings GEEKS out there!)
I'm a horrible artist myself.
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Heeeee. It always makes me happy when someone comments on this. I'm glad you like it!
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I'm glad you're glad I like it.
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Nice. I'd always imagined it more like this than some faceted jewel. As what you said above about the colors...
If you wanted to put all light into them, then white would be appropriate actually since white light is all colors combined. But this looks better. heh
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Well, yes, but when you look at white light, your eyes don't see each colour individually, so~~~ I wasn't so much worried about the literalness of it, y'know? As the impression.
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wow. most people depict the Silmarils as faceted jewels, i like how you chose to make it a cabachon-type. and you didnt just make the glow bluish-white but you remembered the bit of Laurelin's light that was also added.
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Thanks! I'm glad you like it. Honestly, I'm amazed that people always seem to make the Silmarils as blue-white; it just seems natural that all the colours of light would be present.
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well it is said that the majority of the light that went into the Silmarils was Telperion's, and just a tiny bit was Laurelin's...
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Still, it makes more sense to me this way. Or maybe it's just me, but I guess this is pretty much how I always saw them.
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That's beautiful! Even if it is a flat image, I love how it doesn't FEEL flat; you did an awesome job of making something so simple look so utterly alive and moving. <3<3<3
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＊blushblushblush* Eeee~ Thank you! ^^
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