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Young Mahtanby ~Filat

Traditional Art / Paintings / Illustration / Conceptual

Mahtan Aulendil, father of Nerdanel.
I know about the beard, but it is so hard for to imagine (and draw!) an elf with a beard, so I decided to portray him in his youth.

"He usually wore a band of copper about his head. His hair was not as dark or black as was that of most of the Noldor, but brown, and had glints of coppery-red in it." (c) The Shibboleth of Feanor, HoME vol.12

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~coranglais Apr 26, 2011

Very nice work!

~NonieR Mar 26, 2011

Oh, this is striking!

Thank you for giving him a man's face, and especially a man's mouth, however lovely he may be; I like bishi boys now and then, but Tolkien's men were men.

~Ritiakaramne Aug 25, 2010

Right you are, I can't make friends with bearded elfs, too. I hope they shave!!!
I love him! - but only shaved

!Ailin1252 Mar 8, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

This is amazing! I love his face and hair, and for this is the first portrait I've ever seen of him he will look like that in my imagination from now on