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fish-in-fridge In reply to Ellosse [2014-12-04 04:51:25 +0000 UTC]

The only thing I had in mind when drawing Frodo is that he needed look rounder and merrier than Elijah Wood LOL (Nothing against the actor; just saying there's room for improvement when it comes to his interpretation of Frodo.) And Sam must have real talent in "paying close attention" to his master: at least Frodo never managed to catch him eavesdropping on his own!

In some way, hair colours don't matter that much to me. Seldom do I actually colour my drawings now. I just wanted to make sure there is nothing in the canon talking about Gildor's hair colour, because I really have seen too much fanart having fair-haired Gildor to remain totally confident with my dark shading when it comes to his tress.

And I really love peet's painting on the same scene. I only got to look at it after I posted mine and received those flattering comments from peet!

What an interesting coincidence! I actually just needed some fellows of Gildor who are taking care of themselves LOL

And again,.thanks for your lovely comment!

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Ellosse In reply to fish-in-fridge [2014-12-19 19:32:24 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I agree. I don't think he was that great of an actor. And Frodo wasn't the smartest, either, never noticing Sam's eavesdropping and thinking that he was so smart in keeping it all secret.

Strange, especially as I haven't published a word on her yet.  

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fish-in-fridge In reply to Ellosse [2014-12-20 01:34:00 +0000 UTC]

Indeed, if I'm to pick a smartest Hobbit, I'd pick Merry. Bilbo may hit as a close second. But Frodo is the wisest, in that he can think deep into the nature of Arda in a way not many Hobbits are ever capable of.

Look forward to Aeralda's story

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Ellosse In reply to fish-in-fridge [2014-12-21 00:22:19 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes, Merry is definitely the smartest. And I agree with Frodo's being the wisest, you hit the nail on the head perfectly there. 

So far she's a major(ish) character in a half-planned story on Gildor, and appears once or twice in a oneshot set in Rivendell that is threatening to develop into its own full story.

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fish-in-fridge In reply to Ellosse [2014-12-22 15:08:13 +0000 UTC]

"Threatening to develop into its full story". Totally understood. I guess I'll also have to put the bit of Maglor's wife's changing her attitude towards Elrond into a side story. It could be a really complicated matter, and I can't pile all the mixed feelings my OC has in a long one-shot story that mainly focuses on the relationship of Maglor and his wife.

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Ellosse In reply to fish-in-fridge [2014-12-26 17:32:44 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh, this sounds interesting! It's like there are so many side tangents in it to be explored, with various characters, and you just can't set limits on it.

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fish-in-fridge In reply to Elaini-the-Mystic [2014-12-03 20:24:00 +0000 UTC]

I thought quite the same. It's just quite a lot of Gildor fanart depicts him as fair-haired and I started to worry if I'd missed something when reading the books

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fish-in-fridge In reply to peet [2014-12-03 15:10:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so so much! I'm really really very flattered!

I just intended to have Frodo on eye level, and indeed, that leads us to look "up" at the elves.

I guess drawing Noldorin elves is easier for me because I have made pictures for several Noldorin lords and ladies. The only Sindarin elf I've drawn is Celeborn and my take on him is, unfortunately, mostly based off the movies. I have not worked out a type of appearance that fits the Sindar on a whole, yet. (I guess that's because there's no Sinda save Celeborn that I particularly wish to draw, up to now, LOL)

Just let your imagination flow free! That's better for artist! Now I wish to have a look at your old FotR Ch3 scene painting

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peet In reply to fish-in-fridge [2014-12-03 15:19:02 +0000 UTC]

To be fair, the Sindar are said to be similar to the Noldor in appearance - brown, dark brown or raven hair, with grey eyes; though of lesser stature, and with less keen eyes because they had not beheld the light of Aman (this difference would be esp. marked in the First Age therefore): 'In many parts of the land the Noldor and the Sindar became welded into one people, and spoke the same tongue; though this difference remained between them, that the Noldor had the greater power of mind and body. and were the mightier warriors and sages, and they built with stone, and loved the hill-slopes and open lands. But the Sindar had the fairer voices and were more skilled in music, save only Maglor son of Fëanor, and they loved the woods and the riversides; and some of the Grey-elves still wandered far and wide without settled abode, and they sang as they went.'

Here you go: Meeting with the Elves

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fish-in-fridge In reply to peet [2014-12-03 15:31:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the detailed description. I know the two kindreds look similar, so how to address the very few differences between them is quite... well, calling for attention. It's hatd to work out the difference in their eyes with my current skills and style. I also remember the Sindar being described lithe (compared with the Noldor), but lithe to what extent is a bit troubling for me (since in many of my drawings my Noldorin elves are lithe already )

And thank you for the link

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peet In reply to fish-in-fridge [2014-12-31 11:57:15 +0000 UTC]

It's difficult because there are some major ambiguities in Tolkien's writing regarding this - for example, the scene where Turin and the outlaws see 'a man, as it seemed, of great bulk and girth, cloaked and hooded in white', and this turns out in fact to be Beleg.

In any case, to differentiate, I usually attempt to give the Sindar ever so slightly softer features as opposed to sharper and more pointed, on the whole, for the Noldor. I also try to make the Noldor's eyes more keen if possible, and I usually tend to portray the Sindar with brown hair, and the Noldor darker (not always of course). You might note that in my latest piece - Voronwe is in fact half-Noldor half-Sindar, so I've attempted to differentiate him from the rest of the Gondolindrim in this way  

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