Fanfiction inspired art
This was based on Himring's story Down. Out. Up, part of her Doom, Gloom and Maedhros series. Needless to say I highly recommend reading it! :)
Comments on the drawing process:
I need to think of all the details when drawing, so when it came to the clothes I had to come up with something. I figured those clothes hadn’t been picked by Maedhros because he wouldn’t care less about it. I also thought that if he had chosen something himself, it’d be similar in style to what he used to wear in Himring. I believe newly re-embodied elves would fall back to familiar things and that Maedhros, in particular, would wear what Maedhros used to wear, not what Maitimo wore before everything went to hell. I went and searched for ancient clothing styles, among them Norse and Russian (Himring was cold). What Maedhros is wearing is based on something I found, only he would have used a long fur lined cloak back then. That’d be too hot for the climate in Valinor, though.
I had to think about the formality too. Himring described a fairly cosy scene so nothing too formal. At the same time, they are still elves, and they are still Noldorin princes. Something too plain wouldn’t have worked.
Comments on the drawing process:
I need to think of all the details when drawing, so when it came to the clothes I had to come up with something. I figured those clothes hadn’t been picked by Maedhros because he wouldn’t care less about it. I also thought that if he had chosen something himself, it’d be similar in style to what he used to wear in Himring. I believe newly re-embodied elves would fall back to familiar things and that Maedhros, in particular, would wear what Maedhros used to wear, not what Maitimo wore before everything went to hell. I went and searched for ancient clothing styles, among them Norse and Russian (Himring was cold). What Maedhros is wearing is based on something I found, only he would have used a long fur lined cloak back then. That’d be too hot for the climate in Valinor, though.
I had to think about the formality too. Himring described a fairly cosy scene so nothing too formal. At the same time, they are still elves, and they are still Noldorin princes. Something too plain wouldn’t have worked.