[Encaitare]

ARGH! I had a great list of links to Valar art, and just lost it all. So here it is again. As I was saying ere my ridiculous computer lost the whole thing, I see the Valar as mighty and intimidating yet kindly, and the Valier as beautiful yet strong and gentle. Since they apparently enjoy taking Elvish forms, that's how I would portray them. Here's a bunch of pics I found using a Google image search.

Varda (there are so many pretty ones of her out there!):

http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo..._and_manwe.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mithra...ages/Varda.jpg

http://www.ginevra2000.it/Fantasy/Fairies/Lites1.jpg

Manwe:

http://www.mikeljanin.net/imagepages/Manwe.html

http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo...inen/Manwe.jpg

Ulmo (so many cool ones!):

http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo...h/sil-ulmo.jpg (my personal fave of Ulmo, I think this is the best I've seen anywhere)

http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo...rland/ulmo.jpg

http://www.tlotr.com/fan_art/ulmo_dgovar.jpg

Yavanna:

http://www.mikeljanin.net/imagepages/Yavanna.html (I think this one's perfect for her)

Aule:

http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo...kitin/Aule.jpg

http://img-fan.theonering.net/middle...s/aule_tns.jpg

Orome:

http://www.mikeljanin.net/imagepages/Orome.html

Irmo: --

Nienna:

http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/elgaladna/Nienna.JPG

http://img-fan.theonering.net/middle...enna_govar.jpg

Mandos: -- I didn't really see anything that struck my fancy.

Tulkas:

http://img-fan.theonering.net/middle...lkas_govar.jpg

Este:

http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo...apiro/Este.jpg

Vaire: -- none

Vana: -- searching for this only found me, let's say, questionable material

Nessa:

http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo...piro/Nessa.jpg

And let us not forget Morgoth, the Dark-Lord-formerly-known-as-Vala:

http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo...owe/melkor.jpg

http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo.../challenge.jpg (Morgoth and Fingolfin)

Some good pictures can be found here: http://fan.theonering.net/middleearthtours/valar.html

Hope some of these aided!

~Encaitare