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Melian, Sprite of Lorienby ~mountainlaurelarts

Digital Art / Other / Fantasy

'What then was Queen Melian like,' quoth Eriol, 'if thou hast seen her, O Vë annë?'
'Slender and very dark of hair,' said she, 'and her skin was white and pale, but her eyes shone seeming to hold great depths. Clad she was in filmy garments most lovely yet of the hue of night, jet-spangled and girt with silver. If ever she sang or if ever she danced, dreams and slumbers passed over the heads of those that were nigh...'
-Book of Lost Tales 2, The Tale of Tinú viel; J.R.R. Tolkien.

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Quite possibly my best elf picture... though technically she's not an elf, but she's married to one and is queen over a kingdom of them, so it's all good. Lórien is the god of sleep and dreams, and also is the name of his realm, in Tolkien fiction; and yeah that's what Lothlorien is named after.
also, yes, she's the great-great-great-grandmother of Arwen, and greatx70 grandsomething of Aragorn. [so yes, those two are related, though there's 63 generations between them.]

fullview please.. i spent like six hours on detail...
[the only picture i've sat back and looked at and actually smiled at how happy i am with it.]

*SeekHim Jan 2, 2013

I love her hair! And her outfit.

GOD bless
John 3:16

~colgatetotal97 Jan 2, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

she kinda reminds me of zelda. nice work!

~JCPOC Feb 19, 2004

this is excellent

~ShadowLotus2 Jan 7, 2004

Very very nice clothing style. But the lighting here is almost perfect, you pulled it off quite well. I love the pose and the expression of the character. Regal looking.

Great job, smooth and beautiful.