#the flower crown hearkens back to that i'd say

[arlenianchronicles]

A collection of my Maiar designs, based on how they’d look in my stories, featuring: Eönwë, Ilmarë, Sauron, Melian, Olórin, Curumo, Ossë, and Uinen.

While I was thinking about their designs, I came up with a couple headcanons (mostly taken from my stories loll). I imagine that they’d take after their Valar. For example, Eönwë is a bird in Manwë’s sky, and Ilmarë is a star in Varda’s constellations (or night sky). Or they might blend in with their Vala’s “landscape” -- Ossë and Uinen take after Ulmo’s sea. But Uinen could also appear as a radiant pearl. So yeah, these designs might not be their permanent look XDD

As for Olórin and Curumo, they have more earthy tones; I read that Olórin served Manwë, Varda, Irmo, and Nienna, and that’s a lot to put into his design loll So I gave him something simple, more Elf-like (and that’d work nicely if one headcanons him to walk amongst the Elves and all). The same goes for Curumo, though I imagine Curumo would take a more otherworldly appearance while in Aulë’s forge. Perhaps a jewel-like look?

Melian is the most Elf-like because she’s living among the Sindar in Doriath. Sauron is fiery, I suppose hearkening back to his days in Aulë’s forge XDD I thought about including my design for Annatar, but I might leave that for later loll

#melian also served vana and este #the flower crown hearkens back to that i'd say #honestly i wish i could do a full-body image for olorin #i feel like his cloak is too boring in this shot #but my reference for it is actually quite lovely in full #as for curumo ... #ehhh #i wasn't quite sure what to do with him #i just needed to pair olorin up with somebody lmaoo #also ilmare high-key looks like one of my ocs #because of the pale skin and dark hair and blue clothes #art #my art #tolkien #fanart #silmarillion #maiar #eonwe #ilmare #sauron #melian #olorin #curumo #osse #uinen #gandalf #saruman #btw the drawings for eonwe sauron and melian are from last year #the others are recent XDD