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Fingolfin son of Finwë. Drawn in a luxurious two hour session in a café.

Strange that the last I time I drew him he looked like Daniel Day-Lewis and now like Charlie Sheen O_o Where's the common denominator?

Winsor/Newton watercolour on Moleskine sketchbook. The first to tell me Fingolfin was blonde will have all twelve "History of Middle-earth" volumes thrown at him.* And I've got some of those in hardcover. I'm warning you. (Throwing a single John Howe painting back at me won't hurt that much, so I win.)

* The second and third will also have them thrown at him, though aimed at less painful places.



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*wyrdsmith Feb 28, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
I'm glad I saw the previous comment. you guys are on it. I always thought fingolfin was blond. now I think it's a great picture.
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~MHuwCarr Feb 26, 2012
I am glad to see that at least someone pays attention to the text that they are reading. It is clearly stated in the Silmarillon that only the Vanyar, or those of the 'GOlden House' have blond (or in the feminine case 'blonde') hair.

I have lost count of the number of times I have seen illustrations of the fighting machines in 'The War of the Worlds' that have jointed legs, although Wells explains at length that the Martian technology is devoid of the use of fixed pivots. Which leads me often to wonder, what's the point of illustrating if you haven't read the text?
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~MHuwCarr Feb 26, 2012
I am glad that someone actually pays attention to the descriptions in the text that they read. Everytime I see a martian fighting machine with jointed legs I think, "and which book did you read exactly?"

It is clearly stated in the Silmarillion that only the Vanyar and those of the 'Golden House' have blonde hair.
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*Lawenta Jan 14, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
But! But! Books are made for reading, not for throwing! Bad Jenny! *pouts*
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=Gold-Seven Jan 14, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
I keep an old, heavy Lord of the Rings copy for throwing purposes. :D
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*Lawenta Jan 14, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
:lmao:
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~haius Aug 27, 2011
He really does look like Charlie Sheen. MAN. Tiger's blood.
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~Sulien77 Aug 20, 2011
A friend of mine just posted a link to your work on her Facebook page and I had to come check this out. Wow, am I ever glad I did! You do some stunningly beautiful work! Is there any chance you might put together a calendar or some note cards? If so, please count me in to buy them! Also, I have to say that I love your Fingolfin; he reminds me just a bit of a young Mark Harmon, but with the intensity the actor currently exhibits.
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=Gold-Seven Sep 28, 2011  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank you! :)
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~Anamia Jul 22, 2011  Professional Filmographer
He is having a staring contest with Feanor, right? Very determined face. Fingon has his eyes.
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