DARK FORTUNE (2017) by Michael Whelan, installment 7 in his 2017 LEFTOVERS & PALETTE GREMLINS gallery project.
A dark smudge on palette paper suggested a hooded figure…and it turned into the Man in Black.
Re-blogging with Michael’s commentary from Facebook:
The back side of the paper had an interesting look to it too [I thought maybe it could turn into the Plain of Gorgoroth] but I chose to fiddle around with the other side instead.