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Published: 2017-01-05 15:37:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 66591; Favourites: 1530; Downloads: 495
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This vision of Morgoth is inspired by one fan-novell Замысел Эру — фанфик по фэндому «Толкин Джон Р.Р. «Сильмариллион»», «Толкин Джон Р.Р. «Арда и Средиземье»» And this cloak of bleeding wings is hallucination of captive Maedhros)charcoal and gouache on pastel paper, 56x36cm
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Your portraits of Melkor are unparalleled--you somehow create an overlay of deathlike horror over beauty. I don't know exactly how to describe it, but you've nailed it completely.
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I have 26 years studying and reading Tolkien, and this one is the best of Morgoth by faaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrr! A+ Superb!!! It's just amazing!
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Thank you very much!! ^_____^
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This is by far the best representation of Morgoth tha I ever seen. I'm in tears. Bravo.
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Hi EKukanova, I joined deviantart just to see if I can somehow buy this work. It hits me on so many levels--so destructively beautiful..Do you have a print available for purchase?
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Hello, jaimeLuce, and thank you for kind feedback ))
The work is scanned and ready to be printed. Please contact me at ekukanova1@gmail.com
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That IS the original Dark Lord! Intense! Beautifully done!
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Он просто фантастический! После таких работ глупые тетеньки вроде меня влюбляются во вселенских злодеев!
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Спасибо огромное за тёплые слова! очень вдохновляет продолжать творить по этой теме, в смысле тёмной))
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His cruel mouth is so expressive. I love it. A real character.
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It's haunting and beautiful at the same time... if darkness calls me, I'd be hypnotized.
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Not at all! You're great artist
And I also like the story behind this
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After reading the Silmarillion I went looking for images of Melkor. I wanted to see his portrait in the guise of a Vala. My expectations were disappointed, I always saw images in which he had a grotesque, ugly, inappropriate, appearance. I decided to portray him myself. I wanted him to have a noble appearance.
Finally I see a performance worthy. I never understood why Melkor does not appear as noble as the other Valar. I thank you for having done justice to this character, really a beautiful portrait that Tolkien would have appreciated! Great work ❤
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i was gonna post about the same comment, so will just sign below yours, hehe!
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Thank you very much, Brunilde! 
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There is so much of a powerful forbidding in this figure, you really do have a gift friend.
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It looks much like I'd imagined Morgoth to, and is a really impressive piece.
However, if this is Maedhros' hallucination while captive, where did the scratches on Morgoth's face come from? Weren't those given to him by Thorondor after Morgoth killed Fingolfin? He shouldn't have them yet.
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Oh man! Twins!
Just saw your piece! I recently posted my Morgoth as well.
Your's is so haunting and pretty. Love the crown!
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Imagine this in a HUGE frame in your living room
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Something I always appreciate about your artistry, Elena, is the way you deeply understand the character behind the description. You have wonderful technical skill, but you reach deep into the nature of the character in the way you wrap light and dark, symbol and metaphor, composition and color, expression and pose into an image of truth. Tolkien (and his friend C.S.Lewis) had a deep understanding of humanity, as well as true good and evil, which is what makes their stories, and the mythology they created behind them, so completely real. In your art, you tap into that sense of the real.
One characteristic of the deepest evil is that it has its own beauty, which is what attracts people to it. Your "monster" here doesn't look like a beast, or an overdone demon, but rather like a beautiful, heroic figure, while at the same time being probably the greatest evil in all of Tolkien's universe.
Amazing how his crown seems to be woven right into his forehead.
Your art makes my heart skip a beat...
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Thank you very much for tis comment, dear friend! Thats absolutely right, the evil that Morgoth brings into this world was much more serious and deep then just a material destruction... Most powerful, most proud
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yes. I don't remember all the stories that well, but it seems like he had an incredible way of turning friends and families against each other, of sowing a darkness which continued to spread even after he turned his attention elsewhere.
Wonderfully captured here.
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Вот это да! Он же просто ВЕЛИКОЛЕПЕН тут!!! Замечательное исполнение. Он кажется таким...огромным...могущественным. Восхищает и пугает одновременно! Идеальная работа!
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Спасибо большое! Очень рада что удалось воплотить, перенести свои ощущения на бумагу)
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Не за что! Замечательный образ!
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восхитительный Моргот.
при всей детальности кажется монолитным; при отсутствии дополнительных средств, подчёркивающих масштаб, размеры, кажется огромным!
камни - лава, боже мой) какая красота. весь в своей стихии - гранитный + металлический + острый.
удивительно, насколько устрашающим может быть такое красивое и правильное мужское лицо.
несмотря на всё написанное выше, слов у меня, конечно, нет. но попытаться стоило хД
спасибо вам)
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Спасибо вам огромное за эти слова! 
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We are having a conversation about this beautiful piece on Facebook. Is this image of Morgoth *after* the Fall of Fingolfin, or before, or some other time?
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You can see the eagle scars on his face
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Oh my he's gorgeous.
I forget how breath-taking your work is. How heavy and exquisite and full of feeling. It makes my heart feel heavy 
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