"The Vanyar Hunt The Woolly Mammoth" by Lyra

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: 2007 SWG Quotes challenge, March 2 and 4

Format: Fanart (Watercolour)

Genre: Fanart

Rating: General

Warnings: If the idea of hunting upsets you, I guess you may want to skip this? No graphic violence, though.

Characters: Vanyar (technically, Indis and Ingwë are in this picture, but they're not really recogniseable?)

Pairings: n/a

Creators' Notes (optional): Inspired by the primeval Middle-earth/Cuiviénen quotes and by ladyelleth's fanfic The Beautiful Ones.

Summary: Exactly what it says on the tin. Stone-age Vanyar hunting a mammoth.

"The Vanyar Hunt The Woolly Mammoth" at deviantArt

Comments

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

"Stone-age Elves! The primeval forests around Cuiviénen!"

That certainly is a challenge and well-met! Love the picture. Love the idea of the Vanyar as hunters. They couldn't just sit around and sing songs and expect others to feed them. It's terrific to imagine an earlier reality than the role we read them playing in Aman.

It really is hard to paint a picture set in darkness--hard enough with words, but harder still on canvas. The Vanyar and their torches reflected by their hair really help with that problem a great deal.

Really a fun picture!

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

I never thanked you for your lovely comment here! So let me redress that now. I'm so glad you enjoy this (idea and execution!) - so much that you commented in two places, too! *hugs*