Melkor's depiction by artists: Flawed?

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Zigûr

I know this is quite an old thread, but this has always been my favourite depiction of Morgoth, Ted Nasmith's "Morgoth punishes Húrin":
http://corecanvas.s3.amazonaws.com/t...al/silm_12.jpg

But Hurin is a nightmare!

Originally Posted by Zigur

Here's Gothmog:
http://robanes.deviantart.com/art/Th...rogs-441388773

Link is brokey.

[Zigûr]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

But Hurin is a nightmare!

Yes he's really rather bizarre looking in my opinion. I'm always in two minds about Nasmith's artwork. Some of it I find utterly inspired and some of it I find rather lacking.

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Link is brokey.

How silly of me, I seem to have included a duplicate of the link on the end of the link. Here's the correct one (and I shall edit my original post):
http://robanes.deviantart.com/art/Th...rogs-441388773

Originally Posted by Belegorn

Melkor was grandiose.
...
He is also said to have walked around in various "shapes of power and fear" [p. 34] I'd say he was more of an intimidating figure than an ugly one.

I think this gets to the heart of the matter in my view at least.

Also regarding the description you quoted Belegorn, I find this artwork I once discovered approaches to a limited extent how I imagine it:
http://sarumanka.deviantart.com/art/...ival-351142288