"There she set her arms about Beren" by Lyra

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Green path, "Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Format: Fanart/watercolour painting
Genre: Illustration
Rating: Mature? More sad than gory, though.
Warnings: Blood, canonic character death, canonic animal death
Characters: Lúthien, Beren, Huan
Pairings: Lúthien/Beren
Creator’s Notes (optional): I can't believe this took me a whole week. But at last, the Quest is achieved! :P
Summary: "At the feet of Hírilorn [...] she set her arms about Beren, and kissed him bidding him await her beyond the Western Sea; and he looked upon her eyes ere the spirit left him."





Larger versionat my dA account.

Comments

[zdenka]

This is so sad! And poor Huan, too. I like the way Luthien is grasping Beren's hand, and the patterning on the forest floor.

Congratulations on finishing!

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

So sad indeed, even if we know it isn't final. :(

Thank you!

[lynndyre.livejournal.com]

Poor all of them! I really like the construction of this -- especially the perspective, looking down the split trunks of the tree, and the spreading roots. That's really excellently done.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you very much! The perspective was a pain in the butt, and I'd initially planned it even more extreme, but this was hard enough to pull off. So glad that you like it!

[shirebound]

*sniff* You did a nice job with this. What a sad moment.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Yes, such a sad moment even though we know it isn't final. Thank you!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

So sad and beautiful.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

This has all the feels. I love how the tree seems to be wrapping its roots around them protectively. Wonderful.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I didn't even think about it in that way but now that you mention it, it really can be seen that way, and it's a beautiful thought. Thank you so much!

[mithrial.livejournal.com]

Such a sad moment, but beautifully drawn. Well worth the time it took.
The angle looking down from above is great. X

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I had initially wanted to look down in a steeper angle and from even further above, but I'm now glad that I went for this angle instead. Glad you like it!

[mithrial.livejournal.com]

Really good - that angle is hard to do. I love your tree roots too.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you! <3

[engarian.livejournal.com]

I love your stippled ground and the wounds on both Huan and Beren. The love Luthien holds for Beren is obvious. The entire piece has a wonderful Medieval feel to it. I like it a lot!

- Erulisse (one L)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you so much! The ground is one thing I'm not quite satisfied with, but I'm very glad to hear that it works for you. The wounds were hard - the fine line between making it look too clean, or making the characters unrecogniseable because everything's a gory mess.
So happy that the love shines through, too! And if I captured the Medieval-ness of the whole scenario, that's great to hear too. Again, thank you!

[independence1776]

Heartwreching and beautiful (…as odd as it sounds to say with this scene).

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

(Well, things can be sad and still beautiful, so it does make sense. Besides, in this case we know it's not the end of the story!)
Thank you very much!