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5 minutes 45 seconds of art.  Story by Tolkien, music by Tample.ru, Art by me.  I recommend putting the sound on.  The song is the metal version of a small section of Finrod's Song.
This post brought to you by the phrases 'how hard can it be?'  and 'practice makes perfect'.

For non-Tolkien fans: this is a story about a princess who rescues her love with the help of an enormous sighthound.  That's really all the context you need.  Oh, and that 'Quendi' means  'Elves'.  Now you have learned your first word of Quenya*, and the world is an infinitesimally better place.  :-D

* one of two available dialects of Elvish.

( Explanations )

I don't know why I made this.  I spent waaay more time on it than is sane or justifiable.  But it was fun, and I think my pastel drawing is improving, slowly. 

I'm so sorry 2013. I'm afraid I still hate informational web video.

Video on the web is great for entertainment, to show off things that are visually spectacular or comic in a physical way. But PLEASE! How much of my life must I spend sitting through:

"Click. click. Great! Sooooo, ahhhhhhh, welcome, everyone.
Um, um, this is a showcase of [thing that I have already read on the screen six times while you have been umming]
I'm going to be shooooooooooooowing you [description of thing I am now already bored of] aaaaaaaaand ...[click] let me just start with some introductions. I am [name I ALREADY READ ON THE SODDING SCREEN, OK???] and I hold [job I already know about BECAUSE IT'S ON THE SCREEN] and also joining us are [people whose names I've read and I don't CARE about because how long do I have to wait for some actual informational content around here???]"

Grrrrrrrrr. Just put your notes on the web in text form! Honestly, my eyes are so much quicker than your voice!

ETA : it has just occurred to me that the word 'Showcase' in internet terms means 'Superficial and uninformative'.