This piece of action fan art is from the publication of a short fan fiction by Marion Zimmer Bradley set in the world of J.R. Tolkien's "Ring cycle." Interesting that though Tolkien was seriously influenced by Wagner's opera and its own universe, no one writes Wagner fanfic at least that I know about. Maybe in Germany but then Wagner has unsavory connotations of past dreadfulness and Tolkien managed to launder most of it out of his Anglo-based world.
I did this piece in the style of old-fashioned Victorian/American ink illustration art, of which I never get tired. For more on this Tolkien pastiche, you are invited to visit this earlier posting of this Blog.
Black ink on illustration board, 7 1/2" x 5 1/2", summer 1983.
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As a fan of Lord of the Rings and a gamer in a LOTR world, I love this. The detail is great and the subject is, of course, excellent.
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