Fëanor
Framed painting. Click above to see the whole image.
Sept. 4, 2016
"The light could be from his forge, or from the entire Teleri fleet,
who knows. "
Click here to see the animated version:
Fëanor in the light of fire
"The light could be from his forge, or from the entire Teleri fleet,
who knows. "
June 2016
Rough sketch of Fëanor
June 6, 2016
Rough sketch (to try out an idea for character and colours) from JRR
Tolkien's
Silmarillion
Fëanor
July 18, 2017
Finished: Fëanor, light of creation and fire of destruction.
"By his mother he was called Fëanor, Spirit of Fire”
Click above to see the whole picture.
Click here to see the animaton
to better illustrate the point.
Original
sepia portrait.
Original sepia portrat
face
detail.
"Admittedly the medieval ages
are gorgeous, and so deeply associated with our tales of
bravery, romance and adventure that they're often the go-to inspiration
for Tolkien art. However Tolkien himself was more inspired by early
Northern European sagas (like Beowulf) set about a thousand years
earlier.
"So for the first
swords ever made in Tolkien's world (like Fëanor's) I wanted a
historical source older again than Norse, but still sophisticated and
beautiful; so after much research (though so much more is needed) I
went back another thousand-ish years to the late Bronze Age.
"That's also why he's
wearing scale armour, rather than maille, because apparently scale
armour was everywhere during the Bronze Age, and I thought it'd give
Fëanor a chance to show off his ability, and make each scale like
a leaf from a beech tree.
"The hammer in his hand
references his work as a metalsmith (like Celebrimbor, Ëol, and
Sauron; and look how well their stories turned out), and implies the
glowing sword is newly-forged. Though at a moment's notice he may use
both as weapons - it all depends on whether you've A) looked at his
Silmarils, or B.) been rude to his dad."
