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Prayers and HerbsThis life was Aedan's, had been his for as long as he could remember. As soon as he could walk, Maira had taken him on her travels with her. When spring came, they'd set out across Tangnafedd, to all the places where the best herbs grew – wormwood in the hills in the North, basil in Gwylan Bay, lavender on the high fields near Silvermere, St. John's wort in the thickets of pine forests. Aedan helped his mother gather herbs, and prepare the ointments, poultices and infusions following her careful instructions. He knew how most of them were used, though he still often got the amounts wrong. Neither of them could read; the herbs, their name

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I promised ~aire73 (and a few others I think) to upload some of my really old, really scary stuff. I hope this is scary enough. XD

I always get sentimental browsing through old stuff. And embarrassed.

I uploaded a bunch of other old stuff years ago; all linked from this journal if anyone's interested: [link]

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~EmeraldKeefe Jan 12, 2013

This is a cute picture! Well done!

~Merendial Jul 16, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Every start is hard. I'm fifteen and my art is... horrible.

But... your start wasn't bad... and I must to say, I've thought Maedhros has black hair too :-D

*Lawenta Jan 14, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Yay! I'm not the only one who was absolutely appalled by the thought of elves having pointy ears! ...until I relized they're easier to draw for me than human, round ones. Then I enthusiastically embraced the thought.

=Gold-Seven Jan 18, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Haha - today, I find it hard to draw round ears too

~hisako May 27, 2011

love seeing this stuff, it amazes me how far you and others have gotten in their skills. it's good to see even if embarrassing 'cause your stuff is just so awesome now

=Gold-Seven May 29, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

Hee hee, thank you

~Scilens May 21, 2011

... you have improved

=Gold-Seven May 22, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

I'm glad to hear that.

~aire73 May 17, 2011 Hobbyist

I love how you draw your male Elves. So hot.

Loving them all.

By the way, I am having extreme problems with my dad concerning Elven ears. He tells me that he read somewhere that Tolkien's Elves didn't have pointy ears. But he can't remember where.

I've tried convincing him with articles about the similarities between the Quenya words for "leaf" and "ear" but no... Was anything concerning their ears ever stated officially?

=Gold-Seven May 18, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

IIRC, the question was addressed in one of Tolkien's letters. Tolkien obviously never wanted to prescribe his readers what to think (which is why it's so incredible that so many of his die-hard fans are so intolerant about the few bits of actual description that exist!). But Tolkien did say that "Quendian ares are slightly more pointed and leaf-shaped than human" (the text I quoted in that pic is from "The Lost Road").

Fans have tried to dispute this, saying it was an old bit of writing and therefore rejecting it. I'd say go with what you like. But the pointy ears are certainly better supported than the normal ones.

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