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Earthsea: Tombs of Atuan IIby *frodo-lives

Traditional Art / Paintings / Illustration / Storybook

The second of my series of illustrations for the "Earthsea" series by Ursula Le Guin:

Arha (aka Tenar) and her friend Penthe are playing truant - they're spending an afternoon sitting on top of the huge old stone wall around the Place of the Tombs, skipping their priestly duties, and dreaming about what lies beyond those mountains. Manan the elderly Eunuch who is looking after Arha, comes to search for her, looking anxious...

This is from the part of the book that tells about Arha/Tenar's years as the young One Priestess of the Place of the Tombs.

A summary of 'The Tombs of Atuan" can be found here: [link]
Warning: Full of spoilers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Earthsea and the characters and places therein are owned and operated by Ursula Le Guin. [link]

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~JuliaAndreevna Nov 8, 2010

все так и описано

*frodo-lives Nov 9, 2010 Professional General Artist

thank you! (and I just learned some Russian, thanks babbelfish)

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Still Frodo the wanderer from the Shire would walk there, upon the grass among elanor and niphredil in fair Lothlorien.

*cabepfir Jan 15, 2010 Professional Traditional Artist

I loved Tombs of Atuan too.

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*frodo-lives Jan 15, 2010 Professional General Artist

It's a great book!

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Still Frodo the wanderer from the Shire would walk there, upon the grass among elanor and niphredil in fair Lothlorien.

*cabepfir Jan 15, 2010 Professional Traditional Artist

indeed, possibly my favourite from the saga. And I loved Tenar so much!

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~catherineanne Mar 11, 2009

Manan's face poking up there is almost spooky! Nice contrast with the dark tones, and the warm light of the landscape beyond...

*frodo-lives Mar 11, 2009 Professional General Artist

yes. I thought I'd thow in a debodyated head just to keep the spooky atmosphere going. The landscape is directly inspired by the Central Otago area where they shot the Rohan sequence for LotR - where I was passing through on my summer trip.

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Still Frodo the wanderer from the Shire would walk there, upon the grass among elanor and niphredil in fair Lothlorien.

*Agent-Elrond Mar 9, 2009 Traditional Artist

So pretty… I like the way you work with oils.

I must reread this series, I'm not so familiar with the original three (only read them once or twice some years back).

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*frodo-lives Mar 10, 2009 Professional General Artist

Thanks!

I, on the other hand, read "Howl's Moving Castle" the other week, and enjoyed it a lot!

I think the Earthsea books improve on re-reading... I've read the whole sixology twice through now, and Tehanu three times I think - and I keep skipping back reading bits and pieces for my illustrations.

I wanted to have a scene where I can show some of what Atuan looks like, I went to this place on the South Island, that to me looked totally like I image Atuan - so it was quite easy to paint!

Stay tuned, some more are on the way.

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Still Frodo the wanderer from the Shire would walk there, upon the grass among elanor and niphredil in fair Lothlorien.

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