Council of Elrond - Image Gallery
Title: Valar: Manwë
Images Displayed with the Artist’s permission © Mikel Janín. Visit his website for more pieces of his work: http://www.mikeljanin.net
Submitted By: Elenisil
Date: April 29, 2003
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98 Comments
you are very gifted
The background ROCKS!
well done on the fine paintings keep the good work up.Thank you
This is nice! I never pictured Manwe as being blonde, but it’s a much better image than any that I have seen.
I hope you are doing the rest of the Valar! The way the mountains blend into the clouds…
The scenery is * majestic*
I love it! Manwë’s face looks a bit strange, but it’s a gorgeous picture!
the scenery and eagles are amazing!
Love the picture all around. Eagles, mountains, Manwe.
You rock!Not quite how I picture Manwe but still you have a wonderful gift (I’ve kinda developed a mini-crush)
on Manwe even though he’s married to Varda, and have alwys pictured him kinda young and hot lookin’)
Oh yes, Manwë looks JUST like this in my fanfic!! Bravo!!
Manwe looks upset for some reason…
:: spechless..::: I am dazzeled.
he has a real intense thinking face on right now. wonderfuly done!
Beautiful….
It’s nice, but he looks a little young to be Manwe.
That an has got quite the nose
I love it!!!!!!!!
Dudes that is cool!
wow!!! i love it! almost looks like a photograph! wonderful picture! love the shadows!
He reminds me a Greek God, like Zeus or someone. It’s amazing.
i *love* how the clouds and the mountains blend into each other, and i love the eagles..
..and i also agree with dahobbit–very zeus-y.
very nice picture! he does remind me of a greek god. poiseden. tho he is in the sky
wow! that’s beautiful!
It is so beautifull!!!Manwe looks really powerfull!And the eagles and the sky are amazing1
wowo this picture is awesome! It looks so real!
the background is beautiful…the eagles are awesome….still, though Manwe is cool in this picture, his face
kinda freaks me out
Pardon me, but he looks like he’s saying, “Morgoth is at it /again/?!” Anyway, this is wonderful.
I love his tunic/robe/toga. It strikes me as very… Manwe-ish. I think you should do Varda & Manwe together.
Manwe kind of, well… Looks like Jesus.
Nice. The only thing I would change would probably be his posture…. only I can stand like that! ;-p
One word: WOW!
looks like Jesus don’t you think?
No, looks more like Zeus to me. Still a fantastic painting though.
Its great!…I just always pictured Manwe to look like Sawyer off of Lost…
COULD IT GET ANY BETTER
His stare is…a bit…EVIL!(disappeared in thunder speed)
Wow that is AWESOME! He looks grumpy though heehee! I wonder what his problem is…
Lothia . . . . he has to deal with all the obnoxious, rebellious noldor (namely feanor)- thats his problem
I didnt like his face.. not like I had imagined. but I couldnt done it any better myself soo..
interesting. humble, but also having a classic “goddy” look
Incredible! I feel like I’m flying…just staring at it…*stares unblinking*
is that an elf or a man? the backgroung rocks
I thought it was a photo *Stares stupidly at painting*
The painting is good.. but Manwe looks like a Neanderthal…
who did you take inspiration from… was it that actor from legally blonde??
i think he looks too angry but this is an amazing pic
Wow! That’s wonderful! There’s talent for you… The first thing I thought when I saw this was “Is that Jesus?
Wow I love this!
Manwe rocks!!! This picture looks great.
manwë…was he not melkor`s best friend until melkor wanted arda for himself?
They were brothers. Manwe was deceived by Melkor because he didn’t understand evilness.
Manwe looks like he’s got some barely harnessed power…
Very nice indeed.
I love the eagles.
he looks like an angry kurt cobain!!!
or the singer from Fall Out Boy (without a hat)
i never pictured manwe as a blonde. or to look like that.
i like the backround; espeacially the eagles!
He looks a little like the paintings on Jesus at my families church.
I thought Jesus had brown hair… that’s how He’s painted in all the pictures I’ve seen.
The background is AWESOME, but I’m not sure about the actual person…he doesn’t look anything like how I…
…imagined him.
Why does he remind me of Julian Sands?
I love the background (it’s a beautiful shade) but I’m not sure about the person of Manwe…he seems to be
furious here…perhaps on Melkor? anyway, I wouldn’t like to be the object of THAT look…;)
He makes me think of Brad Pitt in Troy *mmph* but I love it it’s quite beautiful.
He looks Ramanian.
I mean Romanian.
you make me angry, melkor. you wouldn’t like me when im angry….
Oh my god!!! I love it!!! The best part is the Eagle. THe eagles were god’s “Messengar” beings.
I totally love it! The scenery is breath taking!
Now, how do we get him to smile? I would love to see him smile! ‘t would be like Gabriel’s smile.
he looks kind of feminine
The painting is really unique.
simply breathtaking!The serious look on his face and th eflying eagle are particularly good
His flat stare makes me giggle. =D It’s a great bit of art. Love it.
He looks rather as if he was saying, “Now, you listen to me. Don’t EVER do that again, or else…”
Vicarcat… which Gabriel? The Archangel?
i hate to say this but i like the eagle better than him…..*blush*
i agree Lady of Imaldris
The background is amazing.The rest is pretty good too.
He looks yummy… hehe I like the background, a very, very good picture. What do you paint with?
wow i like it
He looks a little like Sean Bean as Boromir, only with a smaller nose. 🙂
He looks a little bit pouty, but awesome job!
I also agree with Lady of Imaldris
he looks veeeery mad. he’s probably thinking about morgoth and how he ruined middle earth.
He looks rather mad, I always pictured him as looking stern, not mad, but this is still a wonderful pic!
not sure any artist can really capture how beautiful the Valar really were supposed to be, but it’s good
There’s something eagle-ish in his presence somehow.
He looks upset but at the same time thoughtful…as though Middle-Earth is in trouble but he is powerless to
do anything about it…look at the intensity in his eyes and the grip he has on that rail…it almost seems to
me that it would be the expression he would wear if Varda was away and he needed her help desperately…
BEAUTIFUL!!! paint more, paint more!!!