Took a little break from drawing LOTR characters realistically, not very proud of this one though. Feel like I messed up on the eyes and didn’t make the forehead big enough.

Drawing I made of the four little hobbits meeting Goldberry.

That is my page finished. Thanks to everyone who has supported me along this journey!

I made this wooden hobbit door and a detachable spring/summer wreath back in March. But as the weather changed, I thought the door deserved to change with the season. So I made this new wreath using preserved autumn oak leaves, wheat, bunny tails and Spanish moss. I really tried to get the theme of trees around Bilbo's door, harvest at the Shire and the hill leading up to it.

Carefully based on Tolkien's own arts and text, this view of Imladris helps us see the site of not just the gardens but the porch where the Council of Elrond will later take place. But for now, what a relief to know the hobbits have finally reached the Last Homely House! If you'd like to know more about the details of this setting, this is one of the most-read articles on my blog: https://www.miriamellis.com/post/the-high-garden-and-architecture-of-tolkien-s-rivendell

The map in 19k

Hey guys its me again, I wanted to share this last version of the map, quite similar to the general map of Middle Earth found on the First Editions of LoTR.

This map included both the Icebay of Forochel and Harad and Far Harad with Umbar and it's landmarks which you can see again in their full glory and in color.

I have also added Tol Fuin and The Forsaken Inn as suggested.

Year 3434 of the Second Age.....

Shelob is generally portrayed as a huge spider but she isn't actually described as looking very spider like so I made this (somewhat) accurate sketch of her

"Shelob had an out-thrust head with two great clusters of many-windowed eyes and great horns and a short stalk-like neck. Her head had a beak that dribbled venom. She had a huge body that looked like a bloated bag. Her body was black and blotched with livid marks with a pale and luminous belly. She had bent legs with great knobbed joints that were located high above her back. Her legs had hairs that stuck out like steel spines and had a claw at each of their lower ends."

I'm now finished and it is available on Sunday 25th October

Drawing by me of Thorin’s death scene but based on the book. In the book Thorin dies in a tent in the late evening after the Battle of the Five Armies concluded.

Drawing I did of my favourite scene from the book that was not in the movie. In the book of The Hobbit in the Roast Mutton chapter, Thorin fights off the trolls using a burning branch from the fire. While this is going on, poor little Bilbo tries to help Thorin by grabbing on to one of the trolls legs. While I do love the way they did this scene in the movie, I wished they would have included this epic moment.

But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made....