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fish-in-fridge — Fingolfin and Finarfin
Published: 2014-10-21 15:03:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 2456; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 15
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I am actually not very proud of this; that's why I didn't post it as soon as it was done. But I guess I won't have the time to make another picture out of them (Fingolfin is really a demanding model, in terms of drawing...), so, I guess thos will do for the time being....And please please please ignore or try to ignore the two terribly erroneous, misleading maps on the background, and never trust any maps I draw, unless you wanna get more lost than Thorin did in Hobbiton *snicker* (The Valinor map is actually a rough combination of a map from wikipedia and the one from lotrwiki, and as for the West Beleriand map, trust you all know where to find it~)
Ballpoint pen and pencil
Characters belong to Prof. Tolkien.
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Wow you just drew the map so perfectly, also with these two brothers headed to two different way, great design!
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Thank you! Though I have to say, these are two maps of different scales and ratios. (That's the misleading part LOL)
And yes, they made different choices.
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I like how the map is fainter than Finarfin and Fingolfin themselves. I like their designs, too, and their expressions match each other well, especially Fingolfin's stern face. And that's a good cloak.
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The maps are drawn with pencil, where the outline of the Elves and Fingolfin's dark hair are reinforced by ballpoint pen; that makes the difference.
I picture Fingolfin as the sort of poker face guy for most of the time, severe yet majestic; but his gaze will turn even sterner when he is provoked. [And you absulotely do NOT want to provoke him...]
Well, Fingolfin simply doesn't wear every expression on his face. (And I think Fingolfin, when he smiles, is extraordinarily beautiful, but I have never managed to capture that smile...)
Finarfin is much easier to draw. The problem with him is that when I draw him alone, I always end up wondering who the guy on my paper is... He needs company, so I draw him with others, like Fingolfin, Earwen, or Finrod (and maybe Galadriel or Celebrian, I will try next time
And I like Fingolfin's cloak, too
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Ahhhh... I should have noticed that.
Oh no, you certainly don't! 
Definitely! I don't have that problem, as a matter of fact, I've never drawn him with someone else, in my multiple sketches of him.
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You know what, your comment reminds me of the #Magestic Thorin Oakenshield from the Oakentoons
And I know, "poker face" is an exageration. I just tend to think that Fingolfin blends his personality perfectly into his duties as King, and that he does a perfect job in refraining from wearing personal emotions, esp. negative ones, on his face, as is expected of a monarch. But in the first place, he is an Elf, not a statue. His facial muscles certainly move, and move royally. And nor do I picture him smile very often. He just lands in one trying position after another for most of the time...
Well, at first I also found it difficult to draw Finarfin, even in the company of other characters, given his very limited presence in the book. But once I worked out a face of him, he turned out a much easier model for portraits than his two brothers
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Oh yes, those are so hilarious...
Fingolfin has much better control over his emotions than, say, Feanor... 
Finarfin is so much more gentle and nicer... no wonder he's easier to draw!
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I think there's no doubt that which of the brothers has more dominant vanyarin blood.
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