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PostPosted: August 17th, 2005, 1:14 pm 
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oh i like that pic a lot, v. pretty!

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Here are some of the pics used in the banners in my siggy.

http://homepage.mac.com/jmar/.cv/jmar/Sites/.Pictures/Tolkien/Nienna.jpg-thumb_202_269.jpg
http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/kukhtenkova/Vana.jpg
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http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/kukhtenkova/Nessa.jpg

And I know this one isn't of any of the Vala, but I thought it was really baeutiful!
http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/kukhtenkova/Earendil_and_Elwing.jpg
Its Earendil and Elwing.
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I like the Valar paintings by Daniel Govar (wonderful art!) though sadly not all of his art is available on non-Flash sites where you can right-click and save... All of his art, like his Ancalagon and Gandalf the White and the Grey and Saruman and everything is just great, in my opinion, but you have to go to http://www.thereandbackagain.net in order to see most of the art (just click on different characters' profiles). :-D

A non-Flash site with some of his Tolkien art is http://fan.theonering.net/middleearthtours/govar.html; here's a sample:

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Yeah, I've got a certain way I picture the Valar. Human, but their hair and their clothes and their limbs seem to swirl off and fade. I wish I could paint...

Love those depictions, though!

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i always thought they had defined limbs and etc. but were gleaming and seemed very powerful


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Those where very well done, bc I think its very hard to capture a Vala in a picture. Varda was also my favorite; she looked so beautiful and mysterious. And I loved all of the stars behind her, that was great.

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Yes, Varda was done beautifully, considering how hard it is to draw the Valar.

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I didn't like the one of Yavanna very much. She looks like a wild animal. I pictured her more noble and tree-like. And definitely with brown hair, not blonde.

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I think it is really hard to draw the Valar, because everybody has a different imagination of them and they're like nothing we know. I definitely imagined them to look different, especially Yvanna, but that guy/girl definitely can paint very well.

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Varda was done fairly well, I thought, though not quite how I imagine her.

As for the rest, I don't think the paintings are very good at all. Manwe and Orome look skinny and very human, Ulmo just looks....completely not like how I imagine him, and Morgoth doesn't look right (it's the face). He looks like a cross between a Minotaur and an Orc in that picture....which isn't how I think of him.

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Aerandir wrote:
Varda was done fairly well, I thought, though not quite how I imagine her.

yes i liked that picture alot.

Aerandir wrote:
Morgoth doesn't look right (it's the face). He looks like a cross between a Minotaur and an Orc in that picture....which isn't how I think of him.


yeah i didn't really like that painting. he looks too much like an animal, not really how i imagined him.



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The only painting I really liked of the Valar that I've seen anywhere was in the illustrated copy of The Silmarillion, when Ulmo rises from the waters in a very Poseidon-like way, with the trident...


Yes i agree. i saw that picture somewhere and i liked it allot

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They all look a little too human, and the Valier's distinct lack of clothing is pretty annoying.

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Orome needs a more handsome face and Varda needs more clothes and a more pure look; otherwise, I like them.

The others were stunningly well-painted, but, well, disapointing as valar! =(

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I love the pictures of Yavanna & Varda.

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elvishjedipirate wrote:
They all look a little too human, and the Valier's distinct lack of clothing is pretty annoying.

... remembering of course that the Valar didn't think like we do, and would definitely think differently of decency. They could walk unclad if they so desired, remember? It's not like they are humans dressing that way.

I like only the Varda one :blink:

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