Tauriel

“Tauriel ran down the mountain pass as fast as lightning, drew her bow, and shot the Orc dead.”

Here is a fantasy render inspired by Tauriel from the film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

Tauriel is a fictional character created by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh for the film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and the sequel. The character does not appear in the original book; however, she is based on the elves of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy world of middle earth.

Tauriel means “Daughter of Mirkwood”, and she is the head of the Mirkwood Elven guard. She is played by actress Evangeline Lilly.

Composed and rendered in DAZ Studio, no postwork was done. The mist was created with camera plugins with built-in features, such as fog and mist.

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