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

[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...

[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]

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.

[ysilme]

Inanimate things are relatively easy, but animals and people? I had wanted to add a cat like in the story, but gave up eventually, and it took countless tries to get the head right and was quite grateful they are identical twins! *lol* But it was indeed such fun to do this.