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Fan Art Friday: Something Different, Part 2


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It's Friday, and that means fan art! Well, sort of. I'm back with round two of "art that remind me of Wheel of Time."

 

First off, my deepest apologies for not posting anything last week! I'll try to make up for it by showing you some really, really awesome art today!

 

I have tried to keep it to art that is very clear it has similarities to The Wheel of Time. There is a lot of art I see that reminds me of a character or a setting, that others might not even see the similarities. So let's dig right in shall we?

 

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Princess Lauralye by Selenada

 

Yes, it's another Moiraine-portrait. I can't help that artists seem set on painting her! Although, as someone graciously reminded me in the comments last week, Moiraine has dark brown eyes, not blue. But otherwise I do think it's spot on. She is described as "porcelain doll pretty" in New Spring after all! So I see this as the younger Moiraine, maybe even before she came to the White Tower.

 

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Practise of magic by anndr

 

I'll admit, this is the painting that made me want to make this series of blog posts. I saw that and thought "Ooooh, Nynaeve!" Nynaeve having a quiet moment to herself, finally starting to feel at ease with saidar after her block was removed. Also fitting since cats seem especially attracted to Aes Sedai.

 

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Comisson: Rand by Selenada

 

Yes, this character is actually called Rand! Not that it is an image of our Rand, but a commission of someone else's OC (original character) called Rand. But I think he looks more like Galad, yes? Almost too pretty, and very serious. I have always struggled to picture Galad before, but when I saw this image, it struck me instantly as being him. I can easily see every woman in the White Tower, Aes Sedai included, standing around drooling when he's sparring shirtless!

 

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Bartola by ArdenRey

 

Another Maiden of the Spear (I almost wrote Shieldmaiden... wrong fansite!). Veiled and ready for battle. I imagine her sneaking through somewhere dark, and then her enemy only sees this little glimpse of her in their last moments, as light falls on her face. She looks fierce, and I would not want to be on the wrong end of her spear!

 

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White Tower by SlySharp

 

It isn't a perfect match for Tar Valon, of course. Tar Valon is much bigger, and is an island in the middle of a river, not located next to a river. But the giant white tower, and the looming mountain behind it, the darkness coming in and the ray of sunlight directly on the city, just screams Tar Valon to me! I also really like the kind of surreal feel over this image, the way it's painted is very fascinating, with the flowing brushstrokes.

 

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Elven town by anndr

 

And again we visit Tar Valon! The thing that really caught my eye in this one, is the little staircase/bridge, in the upper right corner. Isn't that just a wonderful little detail? Tar Valon has always made me think of Rivendell in a lot of ways, so it's not surprising this image remind me of Tar Valon. The only problem is that, contrary to what a lot of artists seem to think, Tar Valon isn't all white! The city walls are gleaming white, and of course the White Tower is white. But the rest of the city is colorful and filled with beautiful buildings that border on the absurd. If I don't remember too wrong, the fish market building is built like a school of colorful fish! I can't even begin to imagine how that looks like!

 

 

That's it for this week, my darlings! Enjoy your weekend, and as always, tell me which is your favorite in the comments!




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The 'White Tower by SlySharp' reminds me A LOT of Minas Tirith haha.

 

Great post Misheru. I LOVE 'Bartola' and 'Practise of Magic'.

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Thank you Naggash! Aw warms my heart to see I have someone following my posts :D

 

 

You're right, it does resemble Minas Tirith! How did I NOT see that before!

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I actually had to go to the page with the Practise of Magic one because I didn't believe that it actually WASN'T a Nynaeve fanart. And I thought that that Rand one looked like Galad also when I saw it (I first saw that pic about a month ago)

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A great way to step out of "typical" WoT fan art. The one of Moiraine is fabulous and it makes me think of her perhaps right before she goes into the Tower.

 

"Rand" screamed of Galad !

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That first painting of Moiraine is almost life like. Dispite the blue eyes she is beautiful.

 

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I am so happy you all like this! I'll keep my eyes out for other art that could be WOT-fanart and do a new round like this soon! But this week I have something special in store for you, so keep your eyes out on friday!

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