Rolozo Tolkien 29 December 2006 @ 1:00 PST Well its been over a year, but I thought I'd add some images over the holiday period. I hope you enjoy them. 28 August 2005 @ 23:00 PST I posted about 50 new images over the weekend. 28 July 2004 @ 19:00 PST "Who are you?" 14 June 2004 @ 16:45 PST I've been asked by Tolkien representatives to remove all maps from the site and have complied. 2 May 2004 @ 12:45 PST I'm still here. 28 December 2003 @ 12:15 PST Apparently google is beta testing a print search engine. 4 September 2003 @ 1:30 PST I've rewritten my website engine again. 1 September 2003 @ 23:00 PST I'm still going through my mail queue and posting images. 25 August 2003 @ 23:00 PST I've been a bit more active with the site lately. 8 March 2003 @ 21:00 PST Never ask an ent "How's it going?" Okay, so there are no ents. Okay, so I wasn't waylayed by orcs. 12 November 2002 @ 11:00 PST Well now that the official word is out, I can let everyone know that is online! 3 November 2002 @ 23:30 PST
Elvish Pronunciation Guide This page aims to give a guide to the pronunciation of the Elvish languages for those who are not confident that they understand Tolkien's own guide to the pronunciation. I have used some technical terms of phonetics, but they are always (I hope) introduced in a context which makes it clear roughly what they mean. The hyperlinks refer to sound files of me speaking the sounds. I do not claim that my rendition is ideal (there are particular sounds I have a mental block about), but it should be fairly accurate. The sound files are in .wav format; although this is neither the most compact nor the best sound file format, owing to the influence of the Great Satan, it's probably the most widely understood. Currently only the guide for Quenya is here. Quenya presents few problems in pronunciation; for native English speakers, the main point to watch is the vowels. Vowels The long vowels are pronounced thus: á, í, ú: just like the short vowels, but longer! Finally, a note on the diaeresis. Stress
Anke Eissmann Tolkien • Beowulf • Beowulf Alive • Rejected Quarterly • Ghoststories of Herborn • Troy • Alexander • Consommé Althusius • The Falcon and the Star • Schule macht Spaß • Temeraire • Greek Tales • Childrens' Bible • Princess Sisi • Fairytales from Austria • Tolkien's View • The Scarecrow and the Storms • Sherlock (BBC) • The last dragon-warrior • Inbetween Mirrors • The Enchanted Pipe • In the Clutches of the Troll-King • In the Nameless Wood The works of J R R Tolkien Beowulf The creation of an illustrated edition of the Old English poem Beowulf was my final project of the BA (Hons) Art&Design-course at Colchester Institute, Colchester, UK. Beowulf Alive is a live performance of the poem by Hannes Kaiser I created a poster illustration and interior illustrations for the text. The Rejected Quarterly is a small literary magazine sold at universities along the westcoast of the United States. Sherlock (BBC) Fanart and designs in honour of the fabulous TV-series and related things.
Tolkien Pronunciation Recordings (last updated 22nd December 2005) This is an ongoing recording project in which I record all well known non-English names and some expressions in Tolkien's works, showing how I pronounce them. I do not claim that these samples give the perfect pronunciation - therefore I wish to receive feedback on them so that I can record anew those that people find incorrect - but I do claim without hesitation that they represent a pronunciation that is better than most people's, because I have a good understanding of Tolkien's pronunciation rules and my own inherent accent suits them very well. The samples are in the MP3 format and can be downloaded and either be saved to your hard drive to be played or played directly with an MP3 player, for example Winamp or foobar2000. The names that there are more than one sample of are ones of which the correct pronunciation I am not sure about, so I give the alternatives. A zip file containing all samples The list of samples so far:
Poster: The Shire | Fringe Focus “I don’t think he knows about second breakfast, Pip.” “What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? Okay, that quote doesn’t really have anything to do with the Shire. This poster is the third and final design in my Lord of the Rings series. While these aren’t explicitly posters for the films or the books, they are meant to be chronological. More than anything, these posters reflect how the movies feel to me. Prints of the Mordor poster are still up for grabs on my Kickstarter Poster Project! Let me know what you think the comments! Writing With Elvish Fonts This is a tutorial for some of the fonts and tools that can be used for writing in Tengwar on a Windows PC. Contents Direct links to some notes in the text: "About installing fonts"; "A frequently asked question about TengScribe"; "A possible problem with Windows 2000 and XP". About this tutorial [ToC] This tutorial will show how the Tengwar , J.R.R. The text is primarily targeted for readers with little or no previous experience in using the Tengwar. Some of the tools that are introduced here can in fact be used without knowing much about the Tengwar, but the user should be aware of their limitations. About the Tengwar Tengwar is the most prominent of Tolkien's invented writing systems. Cirth ("runes"), and will not be discussed here. In their fictional setting, the Tengwar came to be known in a wide geographic area, and were used for writing many Elvish and non-Elvish languages. modes Using a keyboard designed for the Latin alphabet for writing in any of these modes is far from ideal. tehtar
The Hobbit One of the great things about the worlds that Tolkien creates are the half-mentioned places and events that are going on in the background of Middle Earth. By hinting at them and leaving them a bit mysterious, Tolkien gives the reader a chance to use their imagination and place themselves inside the world and explore it for themselves. Many of us, when we read stories like these, like to imagine ourselves there in the background as clever, dangerous warriors, or as powerful wizards and the like. We don't ever just place ourselves in there as hapless serfs who get ordered around a lot and eventually eaten. Or as complete bunglers for that matter. Which led me to an idea for a painting that I plan to share with you over the next few weeks as it develops. Makes sense right? Let me explain: A few months ago, I went mountain biking with a few of my friends. It occurred to me, while I was out there bewildered and lost, that if this were war, I would probably have just gotten us all killed.
Dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings :: The Lord of the Rings One of the great things about the worlds that Tolkien creates are the half-mentioned places and events that are going on in the background of Middle Earth. By hinting at them and leaving them a bit mysterious, Tolkien gives the reader a chance to use their imagination and place themselves inside the world and explore it for themselves. Many of us, when we read stories like these, like to imagine ourselves there in the background as clever, dangerous warriors, or as powerful wizards and the like. We don't ever just place ourselves in there as hapless serfs who get ordered around a lot and eventually eaten. Which led me to an idea for a painting that I plan to share with you over the next few weeks as it develops. Makes sense right? Let me explain: A few months ago, I went mountain biking with a few of my friends. It occurred to me, while I was out there bewildered and lost, that if this were war, I would probably have just gotten us all killed. This image was a result of that.
Tolkien Gateway The Silmarillion So I know I said I wasn't planning on doing (or monkeying with) any of these Silmarillion pieces digitally. But I gave in and joined the Dark Side for a bit to push the Glorfindel and the Balrog piece a little further. I can't help it, sometimes I just have to monkey with the paintings. This version of the image is much more like the frame that was in my head originally, with a little more emphasis put on the fire and atmosphere. Hopefully the digital work doesn't affect the overall classic feel I was going for in the original. In the end, I just love pushing the traditional parts further on the computer. But this is where it starts guys.
Merin Essi ar Quenteli! Le Seigneur des anneaux illustré à l'iconographie orthodoxe Avec le nombre épique de pages qu'il a livrées sur la Terre du Milieu, J.R.R. Tolkien n'aura certes pas été avare en descriptions nous permettant d'imaginer précisément les lieux et personnages qui habitent ses oeuvres. Pourtant, les illustrateurs du Seigneur des anneaux, ou encore du Hobbit, nous les ont dépeints avec des styles graphiques parfois très singuliers. Si les maisons d'édition nous ont représenté la Terre du Milieu de bien des manières, on redécouvrait dernièrement une version soviétique du Hobbit par exemple, cette mouture iconographique concoctée en Russie se prête particulièrement bien aux épopées fantastiques décrites dans les romans de Tolkien. Néanmoins, et comme pour d'autres moutures, on pourrait toujours s'amuser à y trouver des incohérences entre l'oeuvre littéraire et sa mise en images. Pour apprécier davantage d'illustrations issues de cette édition, y'a plus qu'à parcourir les quatre galeries mises en ligne via tumblr : Un, Deux, Trois, Quatre. Pour approfondir