Suggestion: The Passing of Arwen
Added 2018-02-15 19:08:36 +0000 UTCA few prelim sketches to capture the look of Arwen, suggested by Ianflyhi.
She looks a lot like I envision Nienna, incidentally; I always had this clear image of her, a sad, mourning, graceful figure in a streaming cloak.
I don't imagine things very clearly most of the time; sometimes, when I have a very clear idea of a character, I still don't know where I got it from.
In the case of Nienna (and, by extension, Arwen) the realisation struck me a couple of years ago. In 1993, when I was reading the Silmarillion as excessively as I watched MTV, Take That had their hit "Babe", and in the video, there is a slender, graceful woman in mourning walking through an icy, snow-filled palace of sorts. My subconscious had plucked this woman from the video and placed her in Middle-earth, and it tooks me twenty years to realise!
I want to make this into a full painting; can't wait to try out some Caspar David Friedrich-like colour schemes!
Comments
Please do Caspar David Friedrich colours.
Franziska Wenzel
2018-02-19 17:33:19 +0000 UTCI've always had a soft spot for Take That. I was exactly one and a half years older than their target audience - I was 18 in 1993 - and I was never in love with Gary, Robbie or Mark, but I really liked some of their songs. Their newer ones are pretty good too!
Jenny Dolfen
2018-02-16 13:34:44 +0000 UTCI will never be able to watch the video the same :D (Say about Take That what you will, that music video had incredibly strong visuals.)
Steffi
2018-02-16 09:40:52 +0000 UTCThanks for linking the video! 😀 You're spot on with the scene. I can see why your subconscious overwrote Arwen on it. 😉
ianflyhi アイアン
2018-02-16 00:17:59 +0000 UTCWoohoo!!! I'm so excited you're doing this one next! I'm going to check out that music video. I hope it's on YouTube! 😊
ianflyhi アイアン
2018-02-16 00:15:06 +0000 UTC
