At long last, I can present the three wizards of the Northern World: Gandalf the Grey, Saruman the White (in his guise as Sharkey), and Radagast the Brown.
Rather than show Saruman in his more formal get-up, I tried to portray him as he might look while exploring the banks of the Anduin, searching for information about the Ring. These expeditions were secret affairs, so Saruman is hooded and cloaked - much as he must have been when he encountered the Three Hunters six decades later.
Sharkey is accompanied by a grackle, a bird I see frequently in my yard. They have a cunning look and iridescent feathers that always remind me of Saruman's cloak of many colors. I tried to create a shimmering effect on Saruman's robes as well, though it didn't turn out the way I'd hoped.
I loved the moth that appears from time to time in the LotR films - a departure from the books, of course, but a clever idea nonetheless, I thought.
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