One of the core ideas is that there’s a “Dark Turin” who emerges out of his shadow and sabotages him. To lean into the Zelda influence (Dark Link), and to be an ambiguous metaphor for Morgoth’s curse/his own bad choices, and for cool choreography.
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So, I’ve had this idea for a Turin Turambar animation rattling around in my head. Idk if I’ll ever have time to make it, but here’s some concept art. It’d be very compressed and kind of abstract and non-linear: Morwen sends Turin away right away as her home is conquered.
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The first in a series I'm planning of the I94 highway in St. Paul MN, which infamously decimated the historical black Rondo neighborhood.
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Fanart from a few years ago of Melian. The actual book's "and she was the most beautiful maiden ever" descriptions of female characters is boring and also un-draw-able, so I leaned into the nightengale/bird theming with her.

Another in the series; this time Galadriel in a “Botticelli” style.

After the Sauron one, I’ve been on a run with Botticelli portraits of other RoP characters

Learning a new platform by posting old art... "Botticelli Sauron"