The Art Challenge
Challenge Details
Do you sometimes see a painting and think "This is SO Middle-earth?"
A portrait that reminds you of Nerdanel?
A battle scene that simply *has* to be the last fight on the plains of Dagorlad?
A still life that simply *asks* for the greedy hand of a Hobbit child?
A lonely mountain where you just *know* there are Dwarves just around the corner?
Here's the Challenge for that feeling.
The Challenge is:
- go to an online art page*
- pick a picture of a painting from any time before 1900
- write a piece of Tolkien fanfiction about the scene or person shown in this painting
- the picture (for example hosted by Photobucket or Imageshack), or a link to the picture, should be provided in your story. If you include the picture in your story, please remember to crop it to a width/height of 450pix or smaller to make downloading easier for readers who use a "Dial Up" connection to the internet.
*There are many excellent resources for art online that display high resolution scans of old paintings and even allow to download them. For example:
Thank you Juno for this great idea!
Entries with Stories
The following authors have entered a story in the Challenge.
- Aranel Took - Friends
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 15 Oct 06
- Elanor Gamgee and Ivy Brandybuck. Written for the Art Challenge. AU.
- Gandalfs apprentice - Roast Mutton
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 23 May 10
Bilbo struggles to finish his book. A vignette dedicated to Tolkien fanfic writers everywhere.
- IgnobleBard - Last Light
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 14 Feb 07
- A look at Orthanc from a unique perspective.
- Linaewen - Respite
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 03 Sep 06
- A vignette of Finduilas, during a time of quiet retreat. A submission for The Art Challenge
- oshun - Finding Nimrodel
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 12 Sep 06
- An invented Middle-earth legend/fairytale of what happened to the lost Elf-maid Nimrodel. Submitted for The Art Challenge (posted with Ophelia by John William Waterhouse as an illustration). Many thanks to gandalfs_ apprentice for the kind last-minute Beta work.
- oshun - Interlude in Lothlórien
- Adult Audience
- Last Updated: 10 Sep 06
- Snippet/vignette of an intimate moment from a future chapter of my current WIP, which was submitted for The Art Challenge (posted with a photomanip of The Awakening of Adonis by John William Waterhouse).
- Vilwarin - Only the Beginning
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 24 Oct 07
- The evening before the Rohrrim leave to prepare the burial of Théoden, Éowyn and Faramir meet in the garden of the Houses of Healing. Entry for the "Arts Challenge."
- Vilwarin - The Window
- General Audience
- Last Updated: 24 Sep 06
- The window of the king's bedchamber in Imrahil's castle faces west over the sea and the Elven queen is drawn to it. Aragorn's POV.
Placeholders
The following authors have entered a placeholder in the Challenge.
- Alariel Silverstar
- Entry Date: 08 May 06
- Andi Scribbles
- Entry Date: 15 Jun 06
- Imhiriel
- Entry Date: 18 Aug 06
- Nienna Narmolanya
- Entry Date: 19 Jan 06
- Nihil01
- Entry Date: 30 Jan 06
- Raksha
- Entry Date: 16 Aug 06
