Number 8 for my Ladies of Arda Portfolio (info can be found here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1980006/ ) This is Yavanna, a Valar spirit also known as Queen of the Earth, played by Zuri who belongs to

Yavanna is the spouse of Aule the Smith, and the elder sister of Vana the Ever-young. Yavanna watches over the growth of all living things. Tall as a cypress tree and always garbed in green she is called Yavanna Kementari, which is “the fruitful queen of the earth”. She is the mother of the harvest. Yavanna planted the seeds of all plants on Arda, and made the vast forests and pastures of the world. She conceived the protectors of the forests, the “tree shepherds” called Ents, and made the White Tree of the Eldar in Tirion. Her greatest work, however, was the creation of the incomparable Trees of Light, which for twenty thousand years lit all the lands of Valinor with their brilliance. And it was her powers which brought forth the last flower and fruit of those Trees that became the Moon and the Sun. Yavanna’s vast pastures and gardens are to be found in southern Valinor where they border the Woods of Orome. Her gardens supply the magical flowers from which is made the nectar of the Gods, Miruvore.

I think of all the pieces I've done for this portfolio, this one is so far my favorite. I adore doing leafy green pictures like this, and I especially love how the circle behind her turned out. Will be making this my Featured Submission for a while. :)

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Yavanna belongs to J.R.R. Tolkien
Art is mine.