Black-haired elf-child
Esgalwen
drawn about July 7, ’03
posted for Dec 27, 2006
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This is Esgalwen, a young elf-maiden living in Mirkwood, or as they call it, I believe the name is Taur-nu-Fuin: Forest under Shadow. I think they changed the name after Sauron got booted, though, back to its old name Greenwood the Great. She has black hair and brown eyes, and likes running and dancing through the forest: she’s one of the ‘childlike’ elves. I made her up. She also likes singing, and I imagine most of the songs on Enya’s Shepherd Moons CD as being sung by her… not the first one; that one will be described on the page for the 29th. One or two on the A Day Without Rain CD I also imagine being sung by her, such as Only Time, which she sings with her older sister, sitting in a glade with one playing a harp and one playing a cello.
I drew this sitting on a blanket on the lawn outside in the backyard, vaguely in the same position as Esgalwen herself. I don’t think this is a great picture, at least, not anymore.
Also on this page was a picture of her house – not very good – and an experiment drawing an eye and some hair.
I saw The Nightmare Before Christmas a couple of days ago, during that unexpected hiatus, and I liked it a lot. It’s clever, and funny, and touching… Jack is really handsome, but sometimes he looks just like a great big spider, and I know that’s the effect they wanted to make, so I think it’s really cool! The climax I found exciting, and I’m not annoyed at the amazing number of songs in it: I enjoy the Boogie Woogie Man song (my music teachers will probably now faint, as I have displayed a distinct prejudice against many styles of popular music in the past) and the pretty song that Sally sings, and the “What’s This?” song that Jack sings in Christmas Town. Also, Jack’s voice is Chris Sarandon, who has also done Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride, and Kuratowa in Nausicäa of the Valley of the Wind: English dub. I think he sounds good in all those roles, although I never guessed at him being Kuratowa! 
Kuratowa’s kind of cute, too. I think it’s because he acts tougher than he is, and seems clueless at times. ^_^7
Anyhow, I thought The Nightmare Before Christmas was very good, and Dad said that we might get it for next Christmas. He fell asleep pretty early in it, though.
