Art for the "Sirens and Songstresses" Challenge: Andreth

[oloriel]

Title: Andreth
Artist: Lyra
Rating: Gen
Warnings: n/a
Summary: A portrait of Andreth, grown old and poised between the Shadow and the promise of light in the West.
A/N: Prompted by the song "Woodstock", by Joni Mitchell.


Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel to be a cog in something turning
Well maybe it is just the time of year
Or maybe it's the time of man
I don't know who I am
But ya know life is for learning

[...]

We are stardust
Billion-year-old carbon
We are golden
Caught in the devil's bargain
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

The lyrics put me in mind of the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth... so here's an Andreth.


(Clicking on the preview picture will lead to the larger version at my dA account.)

Incidentally, also relevant as a last-last minute contribution for the "Love and Romance, with a Twist" prompt of Legendarium Ladies April.

Comments

[independence1776]

Ooh, that's gorgeous.

[oloriel]

That's so kind of you! Thank you!

[heartofoshun]

This is beautiful. Love the style, love the emotion, love the characterization. You just get better and better.

[oloriel]

Thank you so much (for commenting in both places, too)! Don't feel like I'm getting better, really. This was very sloppily done in one and a half hours - it's as close to a speedpainting as I'm going to get. Glad you like it, though!

[heartofoshun]

I am amazed that you did it quickly. I suppose you were judging it based on fine details or something (!) and I was looking at the things I mentioned earlier, which in the end are what matter to me!

[oloriel]

Probably! Well, it's always better when the artist is dissatisfied and the audience is amazed then when it's the other way round! ^^

[starspray]

Ohhh how beautiful!

[oloriel]

<3 Thank you!

[asenathwaite]

Beautiful and very evocative!

[oloriel]

Thank you very much!

[hrymfaxe]

This is wonderful!

[oloriel]

Aw, thank you!

[hhimring]

As I already said on DeviantArt, I really like this!

[oloriel]

And so thoughtfully, too! <3 Thank you again!