r/TolkienArt

Art by me.

Androg is shot in the head, Turin Beleg and 10 men run to a standing stone at the top of Amon Rudh.The men are slain and the two friends make a last stand before being caught in nets.

The last time they fight together.

More watercolor drawings of the Hobbit 🖌️

@mathiasscheele.art

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZAt\_aPDPmf/?img\_index=8&igsh=dXVsYzFyanA2Z2ww

J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium Nen Hithoel.

Hi!!

Im so happy to finally share the final illustrations :D

I started this project on December 2024, I finished the "walking part" on April 2026. 2.713.884 steps

and I finished the artwork yesterday haha. I had some delays because during that period I had some health struggles. there are 46 illustrations on the sketchbook, I tried to make around 3 x month. but some months have more and some have less.

When the company parted ways, I did not want to make 239042834 black and grey illustrations of Mordor, so I made one for Sam and Frodo, one for Merry and Pippin, and another one for Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli.

I always kept the same process. I checked how many steps I made, and registered, then I used an app called "Walk Middle Earth" and I compared the miles with Frodo's Journey, and then looked up places that might have inspired Tolkien. I tried not to use reference images from the movies, although I discovered that some of the imaginary of the movie was ingrained in my brain, and I realized that later, after watching the movie for the first time after 20 years. hahaha

This project made me leave my comfort zone in more than one way, made me want to go for walks outside, by painting places that I never tried before, and using color palettes that im not used to.

I still have some 10 pages on the sketchbook, and I think ill use it to practice interior pieces, to celebrate the returning home.

thank you for all the nice messages, encouragement and good vibes :D
Here is my social media, where I posted reels with some of the process for each painting-
I will try to create a fanzine or a website to show the whole project completed.

may you all have a wonderful day :D

(Also English its not my first language, so sorry for the awkwardness and typos)

Hello! I must say that even though I've never read Tolkien's works themselves, there's this one music artist whose music is heavily inspired by his entire universe and lore, and I grew up on her music as a kid and still love it to this day - her name is Oonagh, most of her music is in a mix of German and Quenya languages, I feel like it's super unique and not many artists have done something like this. And - if I as a complete Tolkien rookie fell in love with her music years ago - I feel like many of you could love it too, to me it feels like a perfect soundtrack to his world!

The artist herself has rebranded years ago and left this alter ego behind, but in the 2010s she's released multiple albums and music videos inspired by this style and was fairly popular in Germany at the time. My personal favorite album from her is "Märchen enden gut" (2016), but her previous albums from 2012 and 2014 were even more popular.

If any of you has also known and loved her music, I'd love to know! And if not, you can trust my word and give her a chance - it'll be an incredible rabbit hole if you love these vibes!

You can find all her music on Spotify and YouTube, here's a few examples of her works:
- "Aulë und Yavanna",
- "Niënna",
- "Numenor",
- "Gäa"

⚔️🌿