2D Final

For 2D we had to create an accordian book based on a short story or short narrative. I chose a section of Tolkein's book The Silmarillion. It's the story about the Two Trees of Valinor, which the gods created to give light to their country. One of their own, Melkor, had slowly outcasted himself through his terrible actions and deceptions (he had destroyed two lamps that once gave all the light to Valinor, jealous that he couldn't have this light for himself) sought to destroy them. If these trees were destroyed, Valinor would be thrust into darkness. He convinced a great monster, Ungoliant, to help him ruin the trees. Ungoliant takes the form of a giant spider who eats light, and since she had eaten all the light around her cave home, she was starving. She hid Melkor in a cloud of unlight, a light that wasn't darkness or light, but a void. They snuck up on the trees; Melkor stabbed them and Ungoliant sucked the sap out of them. Melkor used this void darkness to steal two jewels that captured the light of the Trees, now the only remains of the Trees and light in the world. His jealousy and desire to own something that wasn't his resulted in his permanent banishment, but he was the only one with the Silmarils and felt that he had "won" over the other gods. Two goddesses tried to bring the trees back to life, but could only draw a single flower from one and a single fruit from the other, which became the sun and moon.

I choose this story because it's one of the shorter tales in the book, but also because I want to communicate the fall of Melkor and how his desire twisted him and ruined others permanently. I've decided to do a mixed media project, using Photoshop, stills from the Lord of the Rings movies, pen and ink drawings, text in Tolkein's languages, and some watercolor or colored pencil drawings, all collaged together onto the accordion.