Finwë and Míriel

[bunn]

heartofoshun wrote a very early Silmarillion-setting story I liked.  It's called We Weren't Born to Follow, about the Tatyar, the not-yet-Noldor deciding under the stars whether to follow Finwë and journey West to Aman.   I loved the image of Míriel under starlight and the Noldor watching Finwë speak, his eyes full of light,  everything colored by starlight and firelight, so I tried to draw it.



As usual it looked better in my head than on the paper,  and better on the paper than as a photo, and better as a large photo than a small one... but there you go, that's the internet for you. 

Comments

[hhimring]

It seems to me you really captured the atmosphere of the story--Finwe's enthusiasm and how Miriel's attention focuses on him.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I am so excited. The picture has a great central focus.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It looked good in pencil, i thought, but as usual colour is hard...

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! That is terrific!

I am thrilled that my little story inspired you. I love the colors and the shades of light. I think you handled it really well! The stars are quite beautiful too. Lovely shapes. I also really like Miriel's hair.

Can tell people about it and link back to here? Or did you put it anywhere else like Deviantart or Tumblr?

Thank you! Thank you!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I'm so pleased you like it. I like Miriel's hair too: that bit came out just as I imagined it!

I forgot to say that another detail I liked from your story was Finwë's strange clothing from Valinor: I thought that would catch the light differently to the clothes of the others.

I haven't put it on Tumblr or deviantart yet : I haven't quite decided if I'm going to draw it again and try to fix the things I feel don't quite work or not. I did this in inktense pencil, apart from Finwe's eyes: I'm not sure yet whether I shall try the whole thing again, perhaps in another medium and see if I can do better with the light...

But you are very welcome to share this version if you'd like to. It does have things I like about it, it's just that I'm wondering if I could do it better...

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I think it is beautiful "as-is." But I can totally understand to impulse to want to fiddle a little before declaring it the finished version.

I do that all the time. That is a problem with me and fic swaps. I might finish a story before a deadline, but not want to publish it right away!

[radiantfracture]

I really like the use of the light pencils here to create luminous areas.

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[bunn.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[songblaze.livejournal.com]

In the photo at least, your picture looks very medieval - the shapes of people, their expressions, Finwe's hands, the composition etc. The coloring is not so medieval, though.