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Joel Merriner

@JoelMerriner

#Tolkien & Art MEGA THREAD alert!
Ever get that feeling where a picture reminds you of a fave #LOTR character? Well, if you've follow me you'll know its a little obsession of mine. So tonight, hitch a ride on the eagle that is Pictures that Should Have Been Tolkienian (Gandalf?)

A Silent Watcher guards the entrance to Cirith Ungol.
No sorry, that single head is a no-no. Actually this is Resistance, or The Black Idol (1903) by Orphic cubist and symbolist František Kupka. Based on the Colossi of Memnon, but with a Bram Stoker vibe #Dracula #Tolkien

The Black Riders kick back post-Weathertop. No, sorry, this is the Dance of Death by Michael Wolgemut (c. 1493) Featured in Hartman Schedel's Nuremburg Chronicle, this charming little #woodcut conjures the horrors of the Black Death. complete with Satanic snakes #art #Tolkien

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Anoop

@anoopkbhat

I've intended to do this for a while - a thread on Indian #penandink artists of the yore; some of them, a big influence on my own #art. Starting with the legend that is #Namboothiri. 🖋️

Satyajit Ray, 1921-92 (yes, the very same).

#penandink #art #illustrationart

@rayfilmlovers Chittaprosad Bhattacharya, 1915-78.

#penandink #art #illustrationart #blackandwhite #printmaking

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