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Nerdanelby ~Elaitea

Customization / Digital Dolls / Pixel Art / Adopted Base

Base by ~Hrivalasse, site (sorry for butchering your base

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A quick doll of Nerdanel looking sad, which would be quite normal if your seven sons have left Valinor. Any mother would be upset after that. Anyway, she's wearing a more formal outfit as I don't think this would be perfect for sculpting statues in. It's still more practical than most Elven dresses once you lose the overdress-thing and shawl. Also, I imagine the Noldor wearing intricately embroidered dresses. Compared to an unfinished Noldorin costume design I've lying around, Nerdanel's dress is quite subdued

The brooch that holds the overdress-thing is a bit inspired by a beautiful cameo found in one of the local tumuli. And the (badly done) background is supposed to portray Tirion and the Mindon Eldaliéva.

(I know the arms look weird, but I just couldn't get them to look right and got tired of working on them)

~EmeraldKeefe Mar 29, 2012

Alas poor Nerdanel, she lost her husband and her sons to Doom...

~Elaitea Apr 10, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Yes... It must have been really hard to lose your overly stubborn husband and seven sons at once :/

~EmeraldKeefe Apr 10, 2012

Yup, and Fëanor wouldn't even let the youngest stay despite her begging. He was arrogant and selfish, even to the very end.

~Elaitea Apr 13, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Yes, he was beyond arrogant and not only got himself, but most of their sons killed as well. I bet she wouldn't be very happy if she ever saw his face again...

~EmeraldKeefe Apr 13, 2012

I actually read a fanfic where she knew when he entered the Halls but she didn't weep for him for her heart had long since grown cold towards him, but she wept for her sons who were still bound to the damn curse. Fëanor didn't even release them from it, he made them swear to keep it!!! Even when he knew the Elves couldn't ever defeat Morgoth!!!

~Elaitea Apr 13, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I think that fanfic would be rather accurate. It would be so weird if she'd still weep for him, I actually imagine she would be quite furious at him XD Her sons... that's a wholly different matter. It's kinda sad that there is no real happy ending to that story. She deserved to be reunited with her beloved sons, but that stupid Oath made that impossible.

~EmeraldKeefe Apr 13, 2012

Indeed, and Maglor's fate is the saddest, he wanted to go back on the Oath, but Maedhros ( who unfortunately was fiercly loyal to his father) wouldn't let him. And in the end, he was left wandering the shores of the world, forever singing his laments until The End...

~Elaitea Apr 23, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Maglor's story was always such a sad one. It's kinda disheartening to see how the life of an entire family was ruined because of a father's stubbornness and pride. If it weren't for Fëanor's foolishness, Middle Earth would have been such a different place :/

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~itsavril Jan 2, 2012 Hobbyist

Beautiful work!! the palettes are just beautiful, and the windows is amazing. wow!

~Elaitea Jan 3, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Oh, thank you so much

I'm glad you like the window, it took a while to get it to look right ^^

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