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Nimloth (of Doriath)

#nimloth #doriath #tolkien #silmarillion

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lovemoriel said to vinyatar: Somebody from Nolofinvions. Please! # 7

an eclipse, common in the early days, is the perfect time to sneak into thangorodrim

#i remembered i had this #fingon

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Lirien of Doriath for art chain game (oc belongs to @from-lothlorien-to-helms-deep / Lyrien on discord)

#lirien of doriath #lyrien #other people's ocs #other people's design #doriath #first age arda #His axe-halberd is colloquially called a 'hírilorn' in Doriath since it is a weapon that reaches wide and far :)

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lonely swans, long in flight  distant ships, far from shore 

#self rb #the dol amroth determinator #the last shield #my ocs #and a friend's

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songs of the long defeat (6/?) - feanorian retainers, F.A. 538, sirion

we who cannot be made whole (1 2)

#feeling...homesick? for my ocs and missing the friends i wrote them together with :') #the bright trashlord #heru istelmarta #my ocs #and a friend's #self rb #blood cw

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Daerhovan for @loremastering <3

#daerhovan #loremastering #other people's design #vinyatar et al #other people's ocs

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Tumblr Blog | Dreamwidth Community | AO3 Collection | FAQ

Event Overview:

Ekphrasis: the description or interpretation of a piece of art, usually visual, in a different artistic medium.

Material culture and art add vibrancy to our lives, and it seems that there are so many options in Middle Earth ripe for interpretation! A poem on Nerdanel's statues, a tapestry capturing Nessa's dance, a prose fic describing the impact of seeing Númenor's frescoes, a painting exploring the beautiful quotidian architecture of a Hobbit hole…

This is a Tolkien-fandom-wide event dedicated to the art of ekphrasis in Tolkien's worlds. Its goal is to illuminate the artistic surroundings of the places, people, and stories we love, in as many media as possible. As such, fanworks are welcome to take almost any form: see the FAQ for the full list!

The prompts are multi-part. The first part of the prompt is mandatory, describing the kind of art to be interpreted. The subsequent parts are optional thematic, formal, or visual add-ons that people may choose to incorporate or not.

Keep reading below the cut for an example prompt, inclusivity rules, housekeeping, and the calendar! 

For example: "Day N. Art form: Metalwork. Formal prompt (writing): Epistolary format. Formal prompt (visual art): Mixed media. Thematic prompt: Trade and cross-cultural connection."

If you miss the day, or are desperate to create work about some form of art not included in the prompts, don't worry! Posting amnesty/prompt free-for-all day will be June 17, and posting here and in the AO3 Collection will be open for a year from June 10, 2024.

How it works: Prompts are currently being posted! Participants will have slightly more than two months to create whatever sort of art they like inspired by one or more of those prompts. Then, no later than June 9 at 5 PM PST, they will post their works to the AO3 Collection (linked above), tagged with the appropriate day. The mod will do a quick check, and then the week of reveals will begin. During the week of June 10-June 16, pre-posted fanworks will be revealed daily according to theme (see calendar) in the AO3 Collection and reblogged on Tumblr. On June 17, anyone who missed the deadline will have an opportunity to post their late works and have them celebrated on Amnesty Day.

In short, the timeline is:

Read prompts starting March 17.

Create!

Post tagged work to AO3 before June 9 deadline.

Enjoy daily reveals between June 10 and June 16.

Amnesty day June 17 for late posters.

Inclusion Tolkien Ekphrasis Week is open to all characters, genres, and ratings, and all Tolkien canons. This includes books, movies both live-action and animated, fan-made films like Born of Hope, TV shows that have aired (so yes to Rings of Power, no to the yet-unreleased Rohan animated series), and game canons such as Lord of the Rings Online. It also includes Tolkien's non-Arda fictional works, such as Roverandom. Crossovers between two or more Tolkien canons are welcome.

Tolkien Ekphrasis Week wants to be as inclusive as possible. As such:

All canons and versions of canon are equally welcome and encouraged to participate.

Fan creators of all levels of experience should feel more than welcome to join in the fun.

All languages are welcomed, and works in languages other than English are actively encouraged.

All styles of art and all types of fic are permitted. Apart from following the Art Form content prompt for each day, there are no restrictions on genre, style, rating, or ship. There are two exceptions: first, no character bashing; second, no AI-generated writing or art.

Above all, this event is supposed to get us thinking and feeling about art, which is for everyone. With this in mind, TEW asks participants to be respectful and inclusive at all times. In particular, TEW values its queer and trans participants and participants of color and will moderate as necessary to ensure that this event remains a welcoming space.

Please see the FAQ for all rules and full instructions on how to post and tag.

Calendar:

June 9, 2024: Submit all works to the AO3 Collection by this date

June 10-16, 2024: Reveals

June 10 - AO3 collection reveals begin with Day 1 Prompt (Ceramics and Glasswork)

June 11 - Day 2 Prompt (Culinary Arts)

June 12 - Day 3 Prompt (In-Universe Religious and Devotional Art)

June 13 - Day 4 Prompt (Sculpture)

June 14 - Day 5 Prompt (Textiles and Fashion)

June 15 - Day 6 Prompt (Theater and Drama)

June 16 - Day 7 Prompt (Woodworking and Carpentry)

June 17 - Amnesty Day and Free-for-all posting

March 17, 2025: 2024 AO3 Collection and DW community close to posting.

Housekeeping: The DW site is the primary home of Tolkien Ekphrasis Week: that is where to check first for dates, news, FAQs, links, and prompts!

Prompts will also be posted here on Tumblr. The Tumblr blog will be used for event promotion ahead of the event, answering questions via the ask function, and reblogging your creations, if they are posted and tagged on Tumblr.

This event does not and will not exist on any other form of social media other than Tumblr and DW, though I encourage you to spread the word in your other online communities.

If you have any questions, you can get in touch with the mod, @chestnut_pod, via Tumblr ask or comments on the Dreamwidth community's equivalent post.

#sb

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his father demonstrated his loyalty to the prince that day

#my ocs #the bright trashlord #heru arantea i

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[oc] naremacil 'alahyo' narelinta

a formerly beloved hunting companion of the third prince, later a sworn retainer who was censured for his failures in the bragollach.

#my ocs #the original narelinta #first age arda

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the doom lies in yourself, not in your name

#turin #turin turambar #the children of hurin #nargothrond #tolkien #silmarillion

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been through angband and back

#gwindor #tolkien #the children of hurin #silmarillion

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Drop this sunflower 🌻 into the inboxes of the blogs that make you happy! Let's spread a little sunshine ☀️

aww thanks! this makes me happy :)

#vinyatar et al

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[oc] the succession of house arantea, a feanorian retainer in aglon pass, and his two very different offspring

#my ocs #first age arda #second age arda #heru arantea i #the bright trashlord #arantea cinnamon roll #and their names :) #FA 455 is bragollach #FA 538 is sirion #SA 1693 is the start of the war of the elves and sauron

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Now when first Vingilot was set to sail in the seas of heaven, it rose unlooked for, glittering and bright; and the people of Middle-earth beheld it from afar and wondered, and they took it for a sign, and called it Gil-Estel, the Star of High Hope. And when this new star was seen at evening, Maedhros spoke to Maglor his brother, and he said: ‘Surely that is a Silmaril that shines now in the West?’

a moment of transformation / a moment of realizing you've lost the space race

music ref (0:00~4:30), visual ref (rocket launch)

#tolkien #silmarillion #earendil #earendil in space #maedhros #maglor #vingilot

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Before the last ship leaves this hither shore, We'll meet again under blue skies

i miss my elendor friends. hope you're all doing well

tumblr will continue to be my main, but I am also on bsky: vinyatar.bsky.social

#my ocs #the dol amroth determinator #third age arda

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Star-ship Vingilot (continuation of Eärendil in space)

inspirations: the ISS cupola, LOGH's Perceval, and EVE's Prophecy

#vingilot #earendil #earendil in space #tolkien #silmarillion #the six-sided window allows light to pour out in the shape of his emblem #the light can be condensed at the top into a laser :)

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Arda inktober 15 - Glorfindel

#probably unable to participate this year but wanted to share my favorite armor design #the year i picked prompts from encyclopedia of arda's random function #glorfindel #arda inktober #tolkientober