Stories, Poems, and Artwork Needed for a House of Fëanor Compilation

[dawn_felagund]

Next month will bring the seventh day of the seventh month of the year '07 ... is it any surprise that this has gotten some of us thinking of Fëanor and his seven sons?

Few are the characters in The Silmarillion that have inspired such a vast and diverse wealth of creative material as the Fëanorians. Next month, we'd like to honor that on SWG, and one of the ways we hope to do so is by illustrating each character's personal history with our own creative work.

We are putting together a compilation of short fiction, poetry, artwork, and excerpts of longer works about each character in the House of Fëanor. SWG is home to many talented writers and artists, and we hope that you'll help us with this project!

Full details on the Seven in '07 project are available on our website. As usual, questions may be directed to our moderators at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org or leave a comment on this post.

Comments

[jesatria.livejournal.com]

Yay! I adore the Feanorians!

I'm new to the comm, but I'd love to participate. Now all I need is the spark of inspiration.

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

How many sparks would you like? Lotsa bunnies here!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

This sounds like a great idea! And I never made the connection between 07-o7-o7 and the house of Feanor. :) I'm glad someone else did! *goes off to start sketching*

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh! I'm up to my ears in RL, but for that project I will MAKE time, whether I have it or no! :D

This is a ridiculously excited Elleth, really... and as I'm already working on a photomanip compilation of Silmarillion characters and scenes, your idea does come in handy! I only skimmed the website, so I don't know if there are any special rules for artwork submission, but maybe some of this sort (http://ladyelleth.deviantart.com/gallery/) will do? No Feanorian pieces yet (except for one, but that's about the parents), but those that are in the works will probably go in the same direction. :D Is that okay?

[feanaroion.livejournal.com]

If that MarySue OFC who claims to own me (what a miserable idea) finished that image I could grace you with my kind presence and a bit of fire for that occasion. Unfortunately recently she is rather useless again.
I need to find out whose projection is she and get rid of her. Have you ever been followed all thew time? O_o

[feanaroion.livejournal.com]

My OFC asked me to remind you taht you need to note the Silm club at dA definitely with those, espcially Elwings (if you haven't yet, she'll log in there sooner or later).

What a complementary pieces to my own march (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55345642/) towards that window... You're waking dangerous memories, be careful and move out of our way.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha! Some MarySue OFC had better look out! Firebreathing feanorion on the hunt!

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

OMG!!!!! I adore Media-cat! Faved it!

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

I already did with a few of them, several days ago, - not sure if I had the second Elwing pic up already, but as this is a WIP I'll likely send another note. Thanks for the suggestion, though. :)

... WOW. You did a great job on that painting, and Maedhros definitely does look dangerous. I think Elwing just gave an 'eep' and jumped again, and somewhere in the back of my head Nerdanel is being very upset with her sons for setting fire to yet something else.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Thank you! He's a friend's cat - quite incidentally she is a Silmarillion fan as well... his name is Gil-galad. :D

[sirielle.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, this Maedhros is quite friendly guy, don't listen to him. Though I plan to paint him looking dangerous, just in case ;)

I saw your note when I logged today, but I will add submissions later, now just posted info on the above SWG project.

[sirielle.livejournal.com]

I think I need to paint him with pink socks or teddy bears underwear, he is bossing too much here.
Traitor :/

[sirielle.livejournal.com]

Hey dude with fiery locks, here I am ;P
He'll never get rid of me.

[sirielle.livejournal.com]

I just noticed your icon, ROFL! What is in Celegorm's hands - two swords?

[dawn_felagund]

First of all, welcome to the community!

I do hope that you find that spark ... even a drabble would be fantastic! Please let me know if I can be of any help. :)

[dawn_felagund]

Leave it to me to notice these things. I need a life.

Oh, wait ...

I have one.

*blush*

Silmarillion.

:^D

I hope that you find a moment for it! If not, then I know of a Maglor with wee Findekano that would look just beautiful for the project ... ;)

Just to note that only half of my life is Silmarillion. The other half is moving ... I like the Silm-half better!

[dawn_felagund]

OME. Nerdanel and Feanor ... you know we're doing a Feanor Day for this, right? How much do I have to beg, plead, and cajole for that one, of Nerdanel and his ghost? :^D

But they're all gorgeous ... I had no idea that you had such Photoshop talent! I'm envious. My PS skills are very third-grade. :^P

[dawn_felagund]

It may be "WiP" but it looks beautiful to me. Oh, how I envy you all with your gifts in Photoshop! :^D

[dawn_felagund]

He is the most ambitious of the brothers, right? :^D

[dawn_felagund]

*sporfle*

And you'd send it for the Seven in '07 project, right? (Particularly the teddy-bear underoos?)

>:^D

*confidential whisper*

[sirielle.livejournal.com]

*confidential whisper* You know what, I think I'm gonna take that risk - in a doodle form if I manage to catch proportions, of course. If he wears underwear...

[sirielle.livejournal.com]

I would say Curufin was, but maybe you are right :)

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Nerdanel tells me he was the most rash one of the bunch, and the one most likely to start disquiet... so that seems fitting. I agree on Curufin being the most ambitious, actually, but that's more a gut feeling than anything else.

So yeah, that's two swords. People keep telling me they look like bananas or umbrellas... now what would he do with those, I wonder? :D

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

You? Not much. :D I'll be looking forward to the Feanor Day, very much so. Any plans on the time? ;)

Thank you very much for the feedback - and to be honest, I didn't know myself. I've been working with that program for almost 7 (hah, there it is again!) years now, but photomanipulation is almost completely new terrain to me. If you want any tips, though, feel free to ask, or drop me a mail! (And then there's the Nerdanel essay commentary I meant to get back to you about... argh.)