Tolkien's illustration of Rivendell.
The beauty is captured so well.

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You can rely on a historical illustrator to bring imaginary artefacts alive visually, and when it comes to few can match the mighty Angus McBride. Take his Sea Lords of Gondor cover (1987) which features a super-cool Corsair captain wearing Tolkien's own Númenórean helm

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Good morning family,

I've finished my new piece, the first one of the new collection "Tales". The title is "Echtelion of the Fountain", loosely based on one of my favourite characters from Tolkien's fantasy universe.

🧝‍♂️⛲️ 10 ed- 5 tezos each. Link below 👇

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🧙‍♂️ Good morning! It’s day three of tweeting a different Cor Blok painting each day this week, all inspired by legendarium. Today’s choice is in honour of the latest Lego set reveal yesterday…
📆 Wednesday: "Rivendell" (1960)
Source: https://t.co/ZMIhNnvKRZ

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🧵On 4 February 1937, The Oxford Magazine published Tolkien's poem, "The Dragon's Visit". Love the hilarious opening of a dragon lazily sleeping under the cherry tree...in the garden of an Englishman named Mr. Higgins, in Tolkien's era. 1/8

🎨: Dragon by 1927.

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The Silmarils herealdic device – my redraw of Tolkien's own heraldic design. Made for Inktober 2021 prompt "Crystal"

J. R. R. Tolkien invented a whole system of elvish heraldry, but there is only one known device that is designated for objects instead of a person: the Silmarils.

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On 18 January 1934, The Oxford Magazine published poem, titled Looney. He revised it with title The Sea-Bell (Frodos Dreme) with darker tone and themes like dream, mortality and alienation; starting with a shell that emits the sound of seas. 1/8

🎨: Ulmo (Anna Kulisz)

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Paradise Island is interesting as it is a *persistant* Utopia, but perhaps our view of it as a Utopia changes over time. The Amazons are also immortal (or long-lived), like Tolkien's Elves - but it also shows that long-life might only lead to stagnation and obedience.

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Unusual Dachshund no 25

Gandolf (1934-1948), J.R.R. Tolkien's wire-haired dachshund, who allegedly inspired the character of Gandalf.

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Fëanor and Gollum are two of Tolkien's greatest and most complex characters that arguably have the biggest impact on their respective stories. To say he only wrote black and white/good vs. evil stuff is insane. A major theme is that some folks in history may do much good AND evil

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"I suppose after this year you will not be hanging your stocking anymore. I shall have to say goodbye. We always keep the names of our old friends and their letters."

last Father Christmas letter, 25 December 1943, written when his youngest was 14 and WW2 was raging.

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Stable Diffusion prompt: Beautiful uplifting glade bg. Elven stone monuments along the pristine well-maintained pathway. Mysterious stone monuments. J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. Trending on ...

👉 https://t.co/nhh3myVVEn

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The letters were delivered by postal workers (who Tolkien had persuaded to help) or "magically arrived" on the fireplace. They were compiled and published posthumously in 1976, and became a special work that showed Tolkien's affinity for storytelling and love for family. 8/8

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Father Christmas' last letter came as Tolkien's youngest hit teenage year, with a melancholic tone: "I suppose after this year you will not be hanging your stocking any more. I shall have to say goodbye.... We always keep the names of our old friends and their letters..." 7/8

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"I have written the first chapter of a new story about Hobbits – ‘A long expected party’. A merry Christmas."

The closing line of letter to C. A. Furth (19 December 1937), indicating that he had started to write what would later become The Lord of the Rings. 1/2

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Walls on walls.
Hanging in the Huntsville Museum of Art in Alabama through January is one of my most successful depictions from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.
The Walls of Moria
48" x 48" Oil on Panel 2021
https://t.co/0CRI3YGRLJ

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Thanks for the share🖤🖤Here's some of my Adventure's in Middle Earth rpg campaign watercolors i've made of our travels in Tolkien's world.

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Thanks for the share🖤🖤 some of my watercolors in Tolkien's world :) more stuff here : https://t.co/LK5kVcBJ8R

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Thanks for the share🖤🖤Here's some of my Adventure's in Middle Earth rpg campaign illustrations i've made of our travels in Tolkien's world.

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Thanks 🖤🖤Here's some of my Adventure's in Middle Earth rpg campaign illustrations i've made of our travels in Tolkien's world.

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