Numenorean city

Numenorean Armor 2 Color by TurnerMohan on deviantART

Keyframe image from my Middle Earth The Second Age project. Depicts Ar-Pharazon's fleet arriving at the city of Umbar. “Ar-Pharazôn the Golden was the proudest and most powerful of all the Kings, and no less than the kingship of the world was his desire. He resolved to challenge Sauron the Great for the supremacy in Middle-earth, and at length he himself set sail with a great navy, and he landed at Umbar." - J.R.R. Tolkien

Gondolin - a hidden elven city of middle-earth. Terrain made with Gaea, asset modelling in Maya, layout and light/render with Renderman in Houdini Solaris. Based on a concept by Ted Nasmith

After the fall of Númenor Elendil and his sons led the faithful Dúnedain to found the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor, with them they brought much splendour of Westernesse. These are game ready assets made for the modification Kingdoms of Arda.

Located in Distomo, Greece, the monastery known as Hosios Loukas was built in the 10th century, from the MIddle Byzantine period. It is famous for its incredible mosaics, frescoes and marble work, which are representative of this period. Photo credit:“Hosios Loukas Monastery” by William Neuheisel is licensed under CC BY 2.0

...yet two [Númenóreans] there were, Herumor and Fuinur, who rose to power among the Haradrim, a great and cruel people that dwelt in the wide lands south of Mordor beyond the mouths of Anduin. ~ The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power (Herumor The Black Numenorean by JovanDarkArt on deviantART) #Tolkien #RingsOfPower

Here’s one more experiment with 3D modeling in Blender and matte painting. This time, I recreated an old sketch of mine featuring a place in Tolkien's Middle-earth called Nargothrond. Check it out and let me know if it matches your imagination (especially if you're a fellow Tolkien nerd :)