Corrupting Counsel

Ar-Pharazôn and Sauron in the second age. From the Downfall of Númenor in Tolkien's Silmarillion.
Some mood music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP2en_1QpHo

I did a sketch for this when I was about 19. It has sat unfinished on my pc for a long time.
Also that new show is coming out so it seemed a good time to get this finished.

The style was inspired a lot by old masters like Caravaggio, Pieter Claesz and also living masters like LiXin Yin, Betty Jiang, Brom.

Print: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kilpatrick/corrupting-counsel/