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Here is my next 8 batch of Fantobers from Oct. 16-23rd. I did two versions of Geralt because I liked both Henry and Doug's interpretation of him.
Pruning those trees in July...
and the Ents being unable to find Entwives because they were lost. One is a fictional story with so many truths about humanity. But the reality is tragic as well. Shame on the studio for cruelty against people and trees.
my costume for a lord of the rings themed wedding!
Green Ents by Ian Miller
"Treebeard"
2022
They found that they were looking at a most extraordinary face.
-"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Ents are probably the most delightful of Tolkien's creations, and of all of Middle-earth's creatures, the ones I wish were real the most. The wild spaces of this Earth could use with guardians as committed, wise, and formidable as they.
"The Last March of the Ents"
2022
'Round and round the rock of Orthanc the Ents went striding and storming like a howling gale...'
-"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", by J.R.R. Tolkien
One of the most cathartic moments in the whole of Lord of the Rings, if one happens to be a nature lover like me: the shepherds of the forest using the awesome forces of wood, water, rock and stone to destroy Saruman's war industry. This scene drives home better than any other Tolkien's environmental messages, and it's perhaps more relevant today than when it was first written. A reminder that in the confrontation between human industry and nature, nature will always win; it may dwindle and suffer irreparable loss, but it will, in the end, still win. It's only a matter if we will stand with it or against it.
alright, so this one is another one that was originally made, and still exists slightly out of sequence. I'm kind of ok with that because I just really like it. this feeling I wanted to evoke was one of finding people who like you, like having you around, and want you to have a bowl of soup and feel better.
I worked out later when putting these things in sequence and while working out images for my BFA year that the black wolf would have either taken her here to meet the trees, or on their way to where the black wolf is leading her they met the Trees. so that's where this fits into antler-chronology.
the branch as antler is a pervasive image when I go to look for other deer girl images other people have made. it makes sense, usually antlers are only for male deer. but for my own symbolic purposes I think of it like: previously she was wandering around unbalanced due to the loss of one antler, now it is replaced by something wholly new. the budding leaves an eventual flowers that are also taking over her other antler. again, this may possibly be a terrible idea. but as it is at the top of her head it can be considered a capacity for a higher oneness, not just between animal and human, but animal, human and plant.
well, that's the hippie BS angle anyway.
notes on making this image: the trees are mostly modeled after my friend Sam and his best friend Stephanie, they are super cool and Sam really does pat me on the head sometimes when I am upset and it does really help. leaf hair would not have been possible without the help of the painkillers I was on at the time, like many things in printmaking it was monotonous and exacting but all the more rewarding for that.
this is still one of my favorites of the big prints.