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A scene from J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion: During the attack on the Havens of Sirion Elwing cast herself into the sea ([link]) and was rescued from the waves by Ulmo.

For Ulmo bore up Elwing out of the waves, and he gave her the likeness of a great white bird, and upon her breast there shone as a star the Silmaril, as she flew over the water to seek Eärendil her beloved.

(J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, Chapter 24, Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath)

Photoshop 7; +2 hours

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:iconmizzd-stock: (Elwing - [link])
:iconimperial-stock: (the wings - [link])
:iconcyborgsuzystock: (the waves - [link] - [link] - [link])
:icontragicstock: (texture - [link])
:iconequivoque: (texture - [link])
:icondella-stock: (texture - [link])
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~Ragnelle-was-taken Feb 20, 2013
Oh, I like this! You can see the transformation, just as she hits the water.
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~LadyElleth Feb 21, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Yes, exactly. :) I'm glad this came across.
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~AprilBloom Feb 5, 2012
Very different for Tolkien fan art. It really captures the sea, the bird and the woman simply but beautifully. Congrats!
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~LadyElleth Jun 4, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thank you very much. :) I tried a more realistic style at first, but for this, something abstract felt more appropriate - but either way, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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~LadyAnnatar Jan 5, 2011
beautiful.
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~LadyElleth Jun 4, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks.
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~kiwidoc Sep 3, 2009
A beautiful image - almost abstract yet it conveys the essence of woman, wings and sea.
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~LadyElleth Sep 3, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thank you. I always found Elwing's being turned into a bird slightly more fantastical than most of the rest of the Silmarillion, so that probably comes through in the artwork. Glad you like it, though. :)
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~kiwidoc Sep 3, 2009
:iconkiwithanks: It's a very dreamy, evocative piece :thumbsup:
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*ArwenAmidala Jun 20, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
Wow. That's really amazing how there's that blurring of woman and bird. Really stunning.
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