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Ysilme ([personal profile] ysilme) wrote in [community profile] b2mem2014-03-26 08:31 pm

The Twins of Imladris Paper Dolls by Winterwitch

Title: The Twins of Imladris as Paper Dolls
Name: Winterwitch / [livejournal.com profile] the_winterwitch
Prompt: Use the following song to inspire your writing or artwork: “O Lusty May” by Ensemble Estampie
Description: Paper dolls of Elladan and Elrohir als children. Traditional drawing with felt marker, coloured pencils and pigment ink pens in gold and silver on paper and Origami paper, the dolls on very thin cardboard.
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Artist's Notes: These were originally intended to be illustrations to my B2MeM story for the same prompt, but in the story, the visit to the seamstress never happened after all. You might even ask how the paper dolls relate to the prompt: probably just by having been generally inspired by it and being drawn with the characters and story in mind, and perhaps the Nost-na-Lothion robes having been made for the twins for their first spring festival.


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This was an experiment with Origami paper, but the boys don't really approve. Too girlish for them.






(Sadly, the gold and silver pigment ink doesn't come out well in the scan of these and the following clothes.)






If you want to print the dolls out, please go here for printing sheets in colour and black & white (link to an image heavy page). The images presented in this entry are too small as well as proportioned slightly differently.

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[personal profile] greatandgrey 2014-03-27 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Paper dolls! I loved these as a little kid, and used to attempt making my own. I really love the designs you gave to Elladan and Elrohir. :)

[identity profile] rathanylakan.livejournal.com 2014-03-27 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
So cute!

[identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com 2014-03-27 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Those are wonderful - I especially like the fancy nightwear from Daer Naneth that they are never likely to wear.

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[personal profile] shirebound 2014-03-27 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
These are terrific! What fun.

[identity profile] tanis2014.livejournal.com 2014-03-28 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
O.M.G! These are PRICELESS! And you made ones for us to color, too! Oh, Winterwitch, these are awesome! I love the ones you've colored, especially the Mettare robes! And the descriptions underneath of their uses AND the materials they're made from ... my head is spinning at the total *wow* factor of this shareable craft!

I'm gonna go print them out at work tomorrow and go directly to buy colored pencils after work so I can make my own set. They are sooooooo cute! Thank you thank you thank you for sharing these with us!

OMG

[identity profile] heartofoshun.livejournal.com 2014-03-28 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
OMG! I love these with all my heart. I was so big on making my own paper dolls with my two sisters as a kid. I love these. I made of some for my youngest for her birthday just a couple of years ago. (We are ancient.) These are just too cute for words! You are really, really good at it!

[identity profile] kittotter.livejournal.com 2014-03-28 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
These are adorable. I love all the colors and detail you put into them! The sleepwear is lovely; I was thinking even before I read the text -- ooohhh, those SO came from their daernaneth. XD
Celebrian: *sobbing* "Aren't those precious!!!"
Els: >-< >-<
Elrond: "..."

[identity profile] kenazfiction.livejournal.com 2014-03-28 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Fantastic!!!

[identity profile] ladyelleth.livejournal.com 2014-03-28 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
What a cute idea! :D I love the outfits themselves as welll as the descriptions (heh, Galadriel getting them flowery pyjamas!) this is just so adorable!

(Now I'm wondering how many of these outfits, especially the fancy onces, survived the twins' adolescence intact. :D
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[personal profile] hhimring 2014-03-28 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
Very neat!
Something tells me they might prefer the "outdoor mischief" clothes. But the festival robes are gorgeous and perhaps they'll come to appreciate them as well.

[identity profile] cairistiona7.livejournal.com 2014-03-28 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
How clever and beautifully done! I bet the Riding and Hunting outfits are their favorites. :)

[identity profile] heartofoshun.livejournal.com 2014-03-28 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
These are wonderful. You really make me want to do some. (My dad used to tease us endlessly also, "Hey, girls? Who's winning that game of paper dolls?")
Edited 2014-03-28 12:49 (UTC)

[identity profile] heartofoshun.livejournal.com 2014-03-28 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
You draw so much better than me there is no comparison! But the point is to have fun with it.

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