Fëanor

by The Bohemian Weasel

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Framed Fëanor
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



Fëanor rough sketch
Rough sketch of Fëanor
June 6, 2016
Rough sketch (to try out an idea for character and colours) from JRR Tolkien's Silmarillion



Fëanor, light of creation and fire of destruction. Click to see the whole picture.
Fëanor
July 18, 2017
Finished: Fëanor, light of creation and fire of destruction.
"By his mother he was called Fëanor, Spirit of Fire”
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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."
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