The Twins of Imladris Paper Dolls by Winterwitch

[ysilme]

Title: The Twins of Imladris as Paper Dolls
Name: Winterwitch / 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.)

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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.

Comments

[greatandgrey]

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. :)

[rathanylakan.livejournal.com]

So cute!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Those are wonderful - I especially like the fancy nightwear from Daer Naneth that they are never likely to wear.

[shirebound]

These are terrific! What fun.

[tanis2014.livejournal.com]

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

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

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!

[kittotter.livejournal.com]

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: "..."

[kenazfiction.livejournal.com]

Fantastic!!!

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

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

[hhimring]

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.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

How clever and beautifully done! I bet the Riding and Hunting outfits are their favorites. :)

[ysilme]

Thank you! :o) I used to make tons of them when I was small, and taking up that again for my nieces lately inspired me to do Tolkien-themed ones for them, so the idea was born. I've never been into dolls and dresses, just for paper dolls when I could draw and colour them. *g*

[ysilme]

Thanks! :o)

[ysilme]

Thank you! :o) It was actually my niece who inspired that comment. When she saw them, she said "but boys never will wear these!"

[ysilme]

Thank you! :o)

[ysilme]

Wow, thanks! *beams* I had the hardest time getting the head right, but the clothes were so much fun to do. Please let me see your results, I'd love to see what you make of them!

[ysilme]

Thank you! *beams* I used to make countless dolls like these when I was small, completely with countless clothes and accessories, and got my two eldest nieces (7 and 4) into it a couple of months ago. We were first just making new clothes for an existing doll, but they loved my own dolls much more (they had to test-run them, the poor things. ;o) ). Of course, it's never too early to get the progeny into Tolkien, particularly if it's not your own...

[ysilme]

Thank you!
*g* The conversation must have been exactly like this! I think daernaneth just has to wait a couple of years until her grandsons will appreciate beautiful silk pyjamas.

[ysilme]

Thanks! :o)

[ysilme]

Thanks! I imagine elves have the odd knack to make fabric keep longer than the average, and linen, leather and silk keeps very long anyway, but particularly the regular clothes aren't very likely to put that to test, I suppose. ;o)

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

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?")

[ysilme]

Thank you! :o) You might be right about the outdoor mischief clothes. But I'm confident their parents will manage to convey to their sons fancy clothes aren't there to annoy and restrict the wearer, but to add colour and beauty to the festivities. And wise enough to make the fancy clothes also practical and comfortable. *g*

[ysilme]

Thank you! :o) Now how do you come by this idea? *makes innocent eyes*

[ysilme]

Oh, please do! I'd love to see yours. I can imagine your dad teasing you like this! :o)
(And I so want to make dolls for all my favourite characters. Remains the problem of drawing the bodies and faces... I suppose I really need to brush up my poor drawing skills.)

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

You draw so much better than me there is no comparison! But the point is to have fun with it.