the more i hear about ai the more I wanna go out pick up a rock grind up pigments and draw little horses on the walls of a cavern

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

Arondir and the Commander of the Northern Armies

I cannot express how wild this quote is. This is a top tech analyst at a well-regarded firm saying that there is not enough capital to actually pay for all the stuff that NVIDIA and OpenAI has promised. It is so important that everybody realizes that *there is not enough money to do this*

Working on a watercolor painting of my favorite dahlia named Breakout. Considering calling it “If Happiness Was A Color” #watercolor #watercolorpainting #dahlia #dahliapainting #breakout #breakoutdahlia

What Elendil will see every time he uses Narsil btw

Reach out if you need support this World #SuicidePreventionDay 💙 Please share this so people know where to go for help.

A good enough reason to spend lots of time doing art is just that it’s fun to do art

I love that the Rings of Power teaser focused on Elendil and Narsil. I definitely feel Elendil's quest to unite the faithful and bring the realms of Men together will be the "spine" to the season, much like how Celebrimbor/Eregion was the focus in season 2

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

If you’re waiting to feel “good enough” to share your art, you’ll be waiting forever. Very few artists feel that way, at all stages of their careers. Share anyway 🩵

Tolkientober is back for 2025! 🎨 🖌️ A Tolkien-themed October art challenge. Open to artists all mediums and skill levels, tag your works with #Tolkientober to join! Prompts are up to your interpretation, and do as much or as little as you’d like! Tuesday prompts also crossover with #TolkienTrewsday

6x8" oil #painting, on Fredrix canvas. I tried to use the limited palette from the previous painting plus ultramarine blue, but wound up adding phthalo green and purple. Switched to mars black, which was a mistake; lamp black mixes better greens. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting

Yup.

I may or may not be working on an Elendil one of these… 😏

Queen Regent Míriel of Númenor 💛🧡🩵💙 #RingsofPower #TROP #CynthiaAddaiRobinson #Art #MyArt

✨ HOW TO: support artists for $0.00 ✨ - leave a like! - repost their work - more eyes!! - comment on their posts! (an emoji goes a long way!) all of this means so much to artists and helps immensely!! just a reminder that support does NOT always have to be financial 🥰🤍✨

I looooove pink unterpaintings!💖🍊🏞 #Sketchbook #MyArt #Art #TraditionalArt

hey man some of the guys are going to diminish into the west later if you want to join

Friends, this ⬇️ is my super sweet boyfriend Fabian who is brand new to Bluesky! He’s a huge Tolkien fan, loves Rings of Power, is an accomplished musician, and is just a really kind, thoughtful, and lovely person. Please consider dropping by and showing him some love! 💕

There is nothing for you here, only death #lotr

thinking about him

*resurrects from the dead* DID SOMEONE SAY RINGS OF POWER SEASON THREEEEEEEEEE???????

“I asked ChatGPT,” well I asked your mom and she said you’ve always been a disappointment

"what's your creative process like?" bold of you to assume I have a process instead of the sudden obsessions that come to me in the form of a hazy delusion that I have little control over

Pope Leo XIV speaks out against AI: ‘A challenge of human dignity, justice and labour’

There is no place for theft or a lack of care for the Earth in the arts. Artists/writers/musicians love the journey, love our world, love our shared humanity and want to share that with others. There is no place for gen AI in the art world and there never will be.

Aragorn, 12" x 16", charcoal on bristol, 2020

I just looked and I'm almost at 20k??? Anyway, I thought, why not run a giveaway! ✨ It's super easy. All you have to do is share/repost this post, comment on it, and be following me! Tag friends so they can enter too ❤️ Once I hit 20k I will draw 5 random people! Good luck!! #PoseRef #Art #Giveaway

Things are bleak, but I still find music that moves me to tears and writing that feeds my mind and electrifies my soul and art that amazes me. In the darkness I see a lot of brilliance. It’s inspiring. Whatever you do, keep making art.

Hey, did you know there's an alternative to ChatGPT that makes sense economically and doesn't destroy the environment? It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.

As some leaks begin to circulate, please be respectful of other fans by tagging your reactions and discussions with #TROPspoilers! I’d also like to propose using the #TROPleaks hashtag to clearly identify leaks as well and would love to hear any feedback re: that idea. #TheRingsofPower

you know things have gotten a bit dire when you’re googling “how to stop crying”

I think we should all be a little insane about our own art. Like, stare at it a lot. Be in awe of your own skills. Reblog your creations without feeling guilty about it. Especially in the face of ai slop, be loud and proud about the things you create with your own human mind and heart and hands. 💚

I love kids and I’m not anti kids in public spaces at all, but I do wonder why someone would bring a rambunctious toddler to an Early Music concert 😬

and THIS is why miriel is THE PEOPLE'S QUEEN #troprewatch

#sixfanarts 5/6: faramir and éowyn #thelordoftherings #lotr

I’m done debating the extent of the art theft and environmental damage of using gen AI in the arts. Post it and I unfollow and block. I am so done.

McPayne, homies, the fandom has one united request mkay? 🥺👉👈 Please let Elendil kiss Míriel before the end 😭❤️

I want to draw more women in armor ✨

Nada melhor que ter um gatinho pra não se sentir sozinho🐱 #Annatar #Tevildo #Sauron #RingsOfPower

‘why do you rewatch the same twenty films?’ idk man maybe because they don’t make romances like this anymore. we are in a YEARNING drought in cinema and the hopeless romantics are in want of couples with ✨ CHEMISTRY ✨

A shining light in all this chaos

you could adapt the Southlands plot as a 10-season hour-long rural drama/mystery about a single mom who's moved back to her hick hometown (in later seasons threatened by sinister outside forces) & started dating again while getting over her son's deadbeat dad, the local troublemaker Halbrand

Halbrand in this image basically positioned as Theo’s missing human father next to stepdad Arondir will never not be funny.