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Lyds
@lydiacroftart.bsky.social
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Freelance illustrator, local eccentric, hobbit, moomin, no AI or NFTs ❌️❌️
Portfolio https://cara.app/lydiacroft
Commissions (full) https://ko-fi.com/lydia_croft_art
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John rhys davies looking like an absolute dwarven king the other week larking around in the most regal of blue velvet robes, I hope he now owns it and wears it daily, I would! ♡ also I found a copy of The Hobbit from 1983 <3 www.patreon.com/cw/Lydia_cro...
illustration of gimli from lotr dressed in a long blue robe wielding an axe looking fierce. based off a real outfit work by john rhys davies screenshot of john rhys davies from lotr dressed as gimli while touring a costume department. long blue robe, yellow tunic, helmet and beard wielding an axe drawing of legolas and eomer from lotr chatting, caption advertises artists patreon (link in text body) photo of a copy of the hobbit from 1983. paperback. illustration on cover by tolkien presumably in watercolour of smaug on his treasure pile, brightly coloured and cute.
October 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Hello, I've opened a patreon ♡
www.patreon.com/Lydia_croft_...
Drawing of thranduil speaking to elrond in a conceited manner. The speech bubble says "patreon open, lydia_croft_art "
October 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Most of the Galadrim Soldiers were cast by teenagers. Just haldir taking his baby unicorns for a walk 👶 🦄 🧝‍♂️
(a wip, full thing will eventually be on my patreon) #haldir #lordoftherings
Cartooney unfinished drawing of the elves of lothlorien/ galadhrim soldiers being happy and silly Screenshot of lotr two towers of haldir and the galadhrim soldiers arriving at helms deep
October 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Hahahhahaa!

#lordoftherings
A wet paint sign with a screenshot of lurtz from lotr growling with the white hand of saruman
September 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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I will begin making posts on Patreon in early October 🌼

www.patreon.com/Lydia_croft_...

My friend who is good at business and planning sat me (who is good at crying and drawing elves) down and made me make a plan 🌷🌷🌷
Drawing of legolas from lotr leaping in enthusiasm with the caption "lydia_croft_art patreon coming soon"
September 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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A crop of a lovely Haldir I drew recently 🌼🌳🌼🌳🌼 #haldir #lordoftherings #tolkien
Portrait bust of haldir from lord of the rings film. Wearing helms deep armour/galadrim armour. Illustration sketch style with a watercolour effect brush, he's looking a little annoyed
September 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Happy 2014 everyone 🫠 #theycravethatmineral

Thranduil and Jareth plus infants (It was a request and my friend told me it was 2014 coded)
#thranduil #jareth #lordoftherings #labyrinth #thehobbit
Drawing of thranduil holding baby legolas and jareth holding baby Toby, thranduil is bragging "I made this" (about legolas) Drawing of thranduil and jareth holding baby legolas and baby toby (the hobbit and labyrinth). Jareth is strutting and saying "I embezzled this" while thranduil retreats as if legolas might be stolen
September 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Elrond and Thranduil, I like to think they're friends 😁 #lordoftherings #elrond #thranduil #thehobbit
Short 3 panel comic of elrond and thranduil from tolkien's works. Thranduil is running away holding a glass of wine. Elrond in the foreground shouts "heed me or I shall give all children in your realm a recorder!" Thranduil pauses and looks around while elrond grins. Elrond then adds "and one lesson each!" Thranduil looks scandalised
August 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Rude #legolas #bilbo #lordoftherings #thehobbit
Three panel comic of legolas and bilbo in lotr. Legolas looks confused and is staring at bilbo who is smiling. Bilbo says "hello again my lad!" Legolas then looks more confused and upset while bilbo still smiles. Third panel is legolas lifting bilbo off the ground while screaming "WHY ARE YOU SO OLD?" while bilbo looks amused and uncomfortable
August 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Ugh, he's such a nag
Very rough doodle of thranduil from the hobbit holding a wine glass and a scroll, looking irritated. Caption is "another letter from elrond scolding thranduil"
August 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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My silly boys 🐟 #lordoftherings #legolas #aragorn #gimli
A drawing of aragorn legolas and gimli fishing in a lake. Aragorn has caught a fish and legolas and gimli are screaming at it excitedly because it almost falls back into the water
August 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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I made another chapter of that silly comic where the wood elves lose gollum 🧝‍♂️ www.instagram.com/p/DMSXOvFsHo... #lordoftherings #legolas #losinggollum #thehuntforgollum
Comic page of lotr. Legolas gets off his horse while samwise looks on in awe. He walks forward and almost collides with gimli who makes a snort noise and legolas looks scandalised. Legolas then turns to arwen who looks incredulous in a tired sibling kind of way and he asks her "are all bilbo this strange?" (He thinks all hobbits are called bilbo) gimli looks back grumpily and Sam is still looking in amazement.
July 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Photo of a poster that has a cartoon cute goblin on it. Captioned "not wanted, no reward, please keep him"
July 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Yey
An old edition of farmer Giles and Tom bombadil book by tolkien in a 2nd hand bookshop
June 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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So, I finished Ainulindalë and melkor is... before reading it I joked he's a panto villain, and yes but mainly now I envision him like Gaston. #silmarillion #tolkien #lotr
A rough comic of the silmarillion ainulindalë story with iluvatar having his ainur sing. Melkor looks bored and begins to sing about how awesome he is.
June 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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My friend sent me a name guide to celebrate me buying the #silmarillion 🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️🧝‍♂️
Photo of tolkien's The Silmarillion with a paper inserted (printed out name guide) Comic doodle of sauron looking exasperated at samwise and asking him "you stupid rat, what DO you want?!"
June 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Do not drink and drive #thranduil #thehobbit #lordoftherings
Drawing of thranduil climbing onto his elk Drawing of thranduil falling off his elk (thwap sound effect)
June 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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I made a silly comic about how the mirkwood elves lose gollum 🧝‍♂️ www.instagram.com/p/DLAoQG2iHX...
Drawing of the silvan elves reveling in mirkwood, legolas whispers to thranduil "dad we kind of misplaced gollum" thranduil looks glamorous and exasperated
June 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Wip #legolas #thranduil #lotr #middlearth #tolkien
Unfinished illustration of legolas whispering to thranduil, thranduil looks exasperated, silvan elves revel around them. Thranduil isn't wearing his movie clothing instead a gold hanfu style robe with antler tiara and gold flowers in his hair
June 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Me being silly and having fun and drawing characters I know nothing about, and likely won't for a while as I've only just escaped Moria in the books #morgoth #sauron
Lighthearted doodle of sauron and morgoth from silmarillion, maybe, wouldn't know as I've not read it yet, colour is mainly red, morgoth is taller and grumpy wearing his helmet with the silmarils in it. Sauron is stood next to him making a rude gesture and looking evil in a silly way, tone is lighthearted
June 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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#Glorfindel about to witness #legolas crashing out in front of the middle earth equivalent of the avengers 🥲🧝‍♂️#lotr #lordoftherings
Rough sketch of artist interpretation of glorfindel from lotr (plus a semi offscreen legolas fanboying) caption (smile) (he smiled at me!)
June 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Book legolas is a little oddball and I love him ♡ #lordoftherings #legolas #tolkien #lotr
Artist interpretation of legolas based off of book description. He has asked blonde hair and freckles, has a nervous or awkward expression, is sat twiddling thumbs as if in the council of elrond. Wearing a dagged snood with a leaf pattern, green tunic and silken wideleg pants tucking into gilt boots knee high, the boots have a gold leaf patten around the cuff
June 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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HO TOM BOMBADIL-O HO! TOM BOMBADILLLLLLLLLLLLL #lordoftherings #tolkien #tombombadil
A rough doodle of tom bombadil smashing through the wall of barrow downs to rescue frodo from a whight. Lotr , tone is comic, Tom has a glazed, slightly manic smile on his face
June 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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How I imagined Glorfindel when he first shows up, I also like this diva, everyone was yelling at me about him when I first announced I was going to read the books so it was like meeting Beyonce,
prince charming in shrek doing his sassy hairflip
June 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I'm still reading LOTR and the imagined look of horror on Legolas's face as he slides further off his seat while Aragorn is like "THANK GOODNESS GOLLUM IS SAFE WITH THE ELVES because it would be TERRIBLE if he escaped!" (Legolas be there to tell them Gollum has escaped 😂)...is hilarious
Legolas in the LOTR films giving a sideye
June 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM