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This is quite noteworthy, and I'm not merely talking about the actual art. Breathtaking as it is, your approach to the subject is what truly stands out. I, for one, am glad to see Melkor as he should look like after his final rupture with Eru and the Valar. By the time he becomes Morgoth, fire boy has lost the ability to assume beautiful shapes and was stuck in the terrifying raiment he would use to terrorize and torture the Children of Iluvatar, particularly Elves and Men.I'm awed by the setting: Morgoth steals the Silmarils, but the damn jewels burn his hand black, seeing that ol' Mel is pure, dag-nasty evil. Scarred in body and soul, He Who Arises in Might fashions a crown to display the spoils of his final betrayal as he instructs the Maia Mairon (later Sauron) to carry out his latest task in filling Arda/Middle-Earth with opposing music.Your art is simply beautiful, and that's putting it much too mildly. I especially love Morgy's anatomy (gotta say, he's got nice pecs and abs for a guy who spends his eternal life scheming when he's not corrupting/tormenting others or admiring his stinking jewels. Why is it that so many Tolkien villains are obsessed with magic jewelry, anyway?). He may be a shadow of his former self, but he's still monstrously beautiful. Nice touch with the smoking forehead sizzling under the Silmarils. Kudos.