Tolkien art rec

[vulgarweed]

Sauron by masterhalfling (facial model is Benedict Cumberbatch, and blame Peter Jackson if you don't like that, not the artist)


Whoa. That's a really compelling Second Age Sauron - with Ring, still with fair form ability, looking very much like a Maia going bad. (Not to make it all about me, but this is retroactively creeping into my headcanon for Sauron's human-ish form in The Ring and the Crown. He's lost his Master, and now he's becoming more unhinged as he becomes more ruthless in taking power over others in a vain attempt to replace what he's lost.)

Who is he manipulating through that palantír in the picture? I want to know! It's compelling!

Comments

[htebazytook.livejournal.com]

that is some gorgeous art!

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

Whoaaa, I love it!!! (And having the model being Benedict Cumberbatch is just icing on the cake...)

[marta-bee.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, I don't care for Benedict's visuals as Sauron, even Annatar, but as you say that's hardly the artist's fault. I think it's a testament to her skill that this piece totally pushed past that resistance and made me sit up and take notice. That's some masterful work, there. Which come to it is eerily appropriate for this character.

[maureenlycaon.livejournal.com]

Wow. Such an avid, almost gloating look! One of the best pieces of fanart I've ever seen.