morgancrystal

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When your grand-aunt is THE Queen, and at your age she saved the world from a Void-Hungry-God with a ragtag team of misfits and a can-do attitude--

--and you're just roving the land eating delicious food, and collecting recipes for the archives back home.

Oh, and keeping the longing glances at your guard/guide at an absolute minimum.

So, like, no pressure.

#fuck it it's going to be a cook book #might as well put my culinary background to use #write what you know #returning to a childhood fantasy story but through a culinary lens #and the story finished decades ago #worldbuilding

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Rian and Morwen. Best cousins in the Silmarillion. The line to fight me 'bout it starts here.

Rian notices some young lords of Dor-lómin checking them out. I'd like to imagine that she is seconds away from bursting out laughing from delight/embarrassment. Morwen feigns disinterest.

I'm still not happy with Rian's face but I've worked on it so much that the tooth of the paper has worn down. One day I'll get her right.

#morwen #rian #silmarillion #silmarilion fanart #the children of hurin #trying to power through an artistic rut

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I am a few days late, but thank you @laua-viru-valge and everyone who got me to 1000 reblogs! To the same roughly 20-30 people who always like my work, I just wanna say I see y'all and you give me the warm fuzzies every time.

#1000 reblogs #tumblr milestone #thank you #Youtube

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Welp, the next Monster Slayers drawing has turned into a DISASTER so this month is a bust. It's at a point where I think it's unsalvageable and will just have to start over from scratch.

So uhhh have a sketchbook doodle of Gilgalad that I drew during a zoom meeting.

#gil galad #silmarillion #silmarilion fanart #turns out i can't draw monsters very well lmfasdogsrt

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For a few months I've been churning the idea of making a travel/food blog and setting it in a fantasy world I made in my teens.

I recently rummaged through all my old stories and drawings to hopefully fill in some gaps in my memory on the finer details of the world (15 years is a loooooooong time).

I wasn't expecting to be blown away by genius or anything but ohmygod it read like a 1000k dragon ball z/sailor moon/legend of zelda high school drama fanfic written by a 13 year old.

It was a lot of people getting angry over who was dating who and fight scenes that dragged on FOREVER.

90% of it was absolutely useless. lmfao

But I got the map, which is honestly the only thing that I really wanted.

#world building at it's finest

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BEHOLD MY VESSAL FOR SOUP MY SON

#it has such a rough texture omg #every time an utensil so much as grazes the bowl it's gonna vibrate into my bones and my very soul #but i love him #SOUP SOUP SOUP #i'm proud and i just wanna share #pottery #souplovers

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anairë 11x14 stonehenge graphite and charcoal

#anairë #silmarillion #silmarilion fanart #the women of the house of finwe here i goooooooo

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Monster Slayers Part I - Turin

#turin turambar #the children of hurin #tw: suidice #tw: death #silmarillion #silmarilion fanart #for some reason it didn't dawn on me until 20 hours into this that i'd have to put a trigger warning #this was supposed to be a rather victorious uplifting series and I have failed Turin spectacularly

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"she alone stands between you and your doom"

finduilas 11x14 Stonehenge graphite and charcoal

#when THE most bad-boy beorian that ever walked the halls of Nargothrond compares you to a beautiful tree #but he loves you like a sister #when you queenly #and he kingly #that is the AU I want to read #finduilas #silmarillion #the children of húrin #i used the photoshop Liquify tool to fix her right eye and jaw line #the women of the house of finwe here i goooooooo

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The Treasury and the Guards Charcoal on Arches Cold Press 14''x18.5''

Bonus points to whoever finds the other guard.

#goblincore #fairycore #frogs #art #drawing #fantasy realism #i posted this almost two years ago when it was incomplete #but i had a deadline to submit it for a contest and i was running on fumes #it did not get selected lol #I finally got around to getting it scanned and framed #so i guess i can make prints now

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Future/Ongoing Tolkien portraits:

Women of The House of Finwe can't get more straightforward than this. (unless---) The Monster Slayers The heroes who killed Dragons and Balrogs. Killed is the keyword. The Loremasters (writers of middle earth and beleriand) What I suspect will cause the most research. (Dirhaval, Pengolodh, Aelfwine, Bilbo, Frodo) I'm positive I'm missing people. If anybody has more information please throw it my way.

Luthien and Beren Illuminated manuscripts of these two dorks bumbling (mostly beren to be honest) onwards to claim their brideprice. Will force myself to use my metallic paints even if it ruins everything

Of course these will be completed and posted in no particular order, or I just might shitpost doodles of Mim until I die. Who knows? The world is a mysterious place and full of wonder.

#a list to keep my thoughts in order

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Eärwen 11x14 Stonehenge graphite and charcoals

#silmarillion #earwen #the women of the house of finwe here i goooooooo #in no particular order #silmarilion fanart #women of tolkien

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Balan. There. I have now drawn him in his 40s, 60s, and late 90s.

@eilinelsghost's Atandil series has given me so much life this year. I'm sure the dozen of finrod/beor fans need no introduction. The scene where Finrod gifts him the opulent sun embroidered robe was so compelling I just had to draw it.

The robe itself. Not the scene of the Finrod gushing over giving Balan extravagant gifts. lol

Uuh, when I get confident enough with paints I'll return to paint the sun. Right now I'm too worried I'll ruin it. Until then consider this finished.

#balan #i am in rarepair hell #there are a dozen of us #a dozen!!

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I was looking through some files at work AND I FOUND THIS GEM LMFAO.

This sculpt is almost 8 years old. I completely forgot this thing existed. Now I MUST find the file and finish it. Kefka would demand it.

Don't know how long I'll have this up, I'm just so delighted I just had to share.

#sepheroth eat your heart out #ff6 #kefka palazzo #ffiv #final fantasy iv #final fantasy 6 #bad ass bitch #finding this makes me want to sculpt all my favorite baddies #dont even know where it is #home computer?? #i don't even have zbrush at home #is this a Sculptris file?!?!

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thumbnail doodles for a piece I'm almost finished with. I'm just trying to gather the courage to take out my metallic paints.

#finrod the sugar daddy #goes to his tailors #ONLY THE FINEST FABRICS FOR MY SECRET HUSBAND #i'm floundering #clothing is so hard #children of the sun babbby #what is atani inspired elven clothes even?

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Shout out to Emeldir for giving birth to a literal legend.

#emeldir #barahir #beren is a mama's boy #amazing bassass woman #these two are a power couple #fight me #oooo the headcannons that I have of that journey #the elder women teaching the children how to forage to survive #morwen uses these skills as an adult when wandering aimlessly in the woods for years looking for her children :(

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Húrin Thalion, the Strong, the Steadfast—a loyal friend, a loving father and husband, a fierce warrior, and an absolute legend of the First Age!

I took a shot at diving deeper into his story, the context of the Hadorians in Beleriand, and how they can be understood through the lenses of our own history and legends.

The first part of Húrin's biography, "The Making of a Hero" is now available on the Silmarillion Writers' Guild.

With great appreciation to @mangez-peches-art for allowing us to feature their beautiful art.