arlenianchronicles:What’s this? Another AU?? This time, y’all get an eldritch/tree/fae/t
arlenianchronicles:What’s this? Another AU?? This time, y’all get an eldritch/tree/fae/theatre-costume take on Maedros, Elrond, and Elros! I was initially inspired by the idea of a Silmarillion play and what kind of costumes designs one could utilize. I ended up going for wooden masks; the look of them are inspired by a few things: an old performance at the Michael J. Fox theatre that I vaguely remember from elementary school; the Kin Fables short film trilogy, which you can find on Youtube; and, somewhat less so, the sages from LoZ: Twilight Princess. And then it turned into a whole other thing of eldritch-tree-fae in the Silmarillion – essentially turning all the Elves into fae. But really, it can be any or all of these if you want! XDD (I just haven’t figured out what to do about the Edain and Dwarves yet … siiigh) As for the painting, Maedros is protecting Elrond and Elros from … something or other. I imagine that the eldritch Elves have the ability to grow tree branches like Groot (since their bodies are kinda like trees? I think?? I haven’t developed everything yet loll). So Maedros uses his branches to shield/carry the twins, and hide them inside his layers of clothing. Below are the design sketches I did for them (I’m not good at character sheets loll) Читать дальше -- source link