return to Angband

I like to find art that somewhat matches my vision of the original descriptions in Tolkien's books as a basis for describing them in fanfic. While there are aspects of this that seem visually over the top, what I love about this are the elements of fire, dread, the reeks of smoke AND that the entrance to the fortress seems to be at some distance from what I presume are the peaks of Thangorodrim...and then that one wisp of sky in the corner and the few places where Varda's stars are not obscured. I wish I could paint like this, and I give this work really high marks for being so evocative of a place no one sane wants to visit.