Platypus of Truth

  I just finished a back-to-back of Tolkien's Battle of Maldon and Beowulf. After realizing I could plot the entirety of Sellic Spell as a D&D one shot and buy all the props in five minutes on Amazon, Etsy, or Ebay, I thought of Frank Frazetta. Frazzeta has a few pictures, especially Night Stalker, that are particularly Beowulf-ish. Frazzeta's Italian relish for voluptuous bodies of both genders is mostly at odds with Beowulf's Northern sensibility, but the two illustrations I've attempted to reproduce here (and bowdlerized a bit) do the trick.

  All drawn from references with tweeks and combinations. Linni likes the old Link to the Past comic. She's only heard the first paragraph of The Hobbit.

 Hurin and Morgoth. 

 

 Melian

 

 

 

  Hurin Thalion.

  Everyone's favorite part. 

and again... (Glorfindel fights the Balrog in Starryai: Studio Ghibli style enhanced to Illustration)

Glorfindel in anime style Glorfindel in Studio Ghibli style And again. Except the Balrog might be Calcifer with, um, limbs...

  The name "Naugladur" cries out for a little Chaos Dwarf influence. The beard should be imagined to go down to his belt.

  Elwing.

 Chibi Luthien and Huan courtesy of Starryai.

  Beren.

  Becoming Beren, courtesy of J.R.R. Tolkien and Starryai.

  Luthien, courtesy of Starryai and starting image of Edith Bratt Tolkien.

  Luthien. 

 The Drowning of the Sun II, courtesy of Starryai