SF&F Picture 7 out of 28 by Hanna Lehmusto.

SciFi and Fantasy Art: Eöl

'But now the trees of Nan Elmoth were the tallest and darkest in all Beleriand, and there the sun never came; and there Eöl dwelt, who was named the Dark Elf. Of old he was of the kin of Thingol, but he was restless and ill at ease in Doriath, and when the Girdle of Melian was set about the Forest of Region where he dwelt he fled thence to Nan Elmoth. There he lived in deep shadow, loving the night and the twilight under the stars.' (The Silmarillion, Maeglin)
Watercolour, finished december 2004.

Categories Elf / Elves Man, Men Book Illustration

Techniques Watercolour
Inspirations JRR Tolkien

Date	Name	Comment
16 Dec 2004	Margot Bongers	Loading... Pretty!! It looks so lovely!
17 Dec 2004	Sophia Dique	Loading... nice
17 Dec 2004	Anonymous	Loading... Nice picture, but the dark elves in Tolkien's books are not physically 'dark', like, say, D&D dark elves (drow). Hanna Lehmusto replies: "True indeed. The dark colours in his face are not really trying to be his normal skin colours but shadows and for adding evening-ish atmosphere.."
18 Dec 2004	JF Trudel	Loading... Tuliruusu and Hanna were talking in Finnish. Not elvish. The letters are made using a keyboard - in non-english countries they have accents on keys.
19 Jun 2005	Randir from Finland	Loading... He looks shorter than elves that i have saw.That spear look familiar.Maybe... Hanna Lehmusto replies: "His "crooked" position is because of years spent in smith's work -a permanent state, that is. And that spear... -"
12 Feb 2006	Anonymous	Loading... A beautiful qoute from one of the best books ever made. And a beautiful picture too. I feel that we are about equal in skill, but you have a much more different style in watercoloring than I, and it is truly great to get a new input to ones drawings
13 Jul 2006	Cricket	Loading... the anatomy its a little off, and he looks like a sticker on a background. you need a shadow on those staircases, I could see you have one but it should get darker where closest to him. anyways, nice attempt.
6 Nov 2006	Anonymous	Loading... I really like the grass and stones!
7 Nov 2007	Cecily ´SLWS´ Webster	Loading... It's the lower knee, his top half is fine...the detail on the stonework is what makes the picture, to me. ...as an aside, I always pictured the sun-hating, shunned Eöl as albino, since Maeglin's dark hair was said to be after his Noldorin mother, but the (presumably paler) Teleri thought Eöl's colouration weird too...
24 May 2008	Kelsey M. Graham	Loading... I really like the squiggly lined on the pillar and his sash. they remind me of knotwork. you are really good at backgrounds.
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SciFi and Fantasy Art: Eöl