Anna of Thistle Moon

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Anna Stead Illustrator of Nature - Myth - Magic Lapsed medievalist, lover of folklore and Tolkien, drawing my little heart out. #fantasyart #mythology #folklore #tolkienart Represented by Jehane Ltd https://linktr.ee/thistlemoon

A hand holding an illuminated letter on vellum over a pond
A section of a hand drawn map of Middle Earth on an iPad screen
A dragon (SMAUG) rolling over to show his gem-encrusted tummy, with text from The Hobbit
A fan presents a box of Warhammer 40k to an excited Henry Cavill on the Highlander set (source unknown)
Miniature watercolour of a knight in a green place
An illustrated triptych of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, with Lady Bertilak on the left, the Knight in the middle (beheaded) and Gawain on the right
A small painting of a tree figure
A woman wearing a knitted t shirt with a blue dragon on it
A small canvas painting of a ruined statue
An illustration of an elf holding a black sword with a dim woodland background
A mock up of the A Middle Earth Volume 3 zine
A small acrylic on canvas painting of Treebeard the ent, walking with purpose
Victorian book plate style illustration of Lúthien riding Huan from the Lay of Beren and Lúthien by Tolkien
List of artist prompts and names of known participants for each day of October, as part of the Tolktober challenge
Middle aged woman posing in mirror with plant and window behind
Primrose from the Brambly Hedge book series peering into a mystery tunnel (from Autumn Story by Jill Barklem)
An owlbear curled up in a floral bed
Pedro Pascal Blasts JK Rowling as a 'Heinous Loser'
Child's drawing of a bird
A model ent (cute)
Illustration of Galadriel at her mirror by Anna Stead, on the cover of Amon Hen
Illustration of Boromir in his funeral boat from the Lord of the Rings by JRR. Tolkien
A corner of an illustration showing mossy rocks, flowers and grasses with a hint of running water
A second hand book copy of Tolkien's World, a collection of inspired artworks
Second hand book copies of Forging Dragons by John Howe and The Mirrorstone by Michael Palin, Alan Lee and Richard Seymour
Unfinished digital illustration of William Shakespeare with artist hand and pencil
Woman with toy gun from the video game Portal
Photo of a fallen plant pot with soil everywhere - on photographers lap in bed. A laptop narrowly escaping
Mini staff illuminated by the sun
A screenshot of a search term "how to get better at bard". The author is struggling to play the lute in Baldur's Gate 3.
Two mountains with faces drawn on, one serious and stoic, the other gazing at them with adoration. Sorry I don't have a source, it is an ancient Tumblr meme I believe
iPad with unfinished cryptid drawing
Illustration of the Lady of the Lake
Bumper sticker reading "DEFUND PAW PATROL" on a lime green vehicle
An illustration with a collection of death omens - animals, objects, plants, celestial things - spooky
Wheel of the Year illustration showing the seasonal changes
Very contented black cat sleeping on a lap
An illustration of the dragons in Tolkien's legendarium
Screen shot of the Thistle Moon website showing header image and illustration of the Sutton Hoo helmet.
The Really? Right in front of my... Meme format with "parents" as the punchline. The little guy is holding a photo of Ian McKellen as Gandalf, with Karl Urban as Éomer gently caressing Gandalf's tummy as if he is with child
An illustration of Goldberry from the Lord of the Rings, sitting by her waterlilies and some rushes
A silver bag
Miranda Otto behind the scenes as Eowyn during filming of the Lord of the Rings trilogy
A photo of a screen(!) showing Pinterest. The image in question is of Arwen but with the bold glamour beauty filter on.
Extremely crude sketch of Gollum in a tree. Unhappy hobbits also present
Digital sketch of Shakespeare's Ophelia in the water
Bret "The Hitman" Hart chilling in front of some glacial melt.
A cat putting it's paw on a typing human hand - caption in comic sans "it's time to stop"
An illustration of Nimrodel in Lothlórien
Confused Gandalf meme
Green Knight illustration by Anna Stead
Digital illustration by Anna Stead based on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Beloved TV penguin Pingu is very cross at his art creation