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BrianIsSmilingAtYou
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Posted: Fri 02 Dec , 2005 3:57 am
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This is an interesting artistic approach to one of Tolkien's smaller works:

Leaf by Niggle with Illustrations - a work in progress

Are there other similar projects out there? I know from TORC that someone is working on a Latin translation of LOTR.

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Posted: Fri 02 Dec , 2005 4:32 am
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Brian,

Those remind me of Shel Silverstein illustrations.

In the very early days of the Jackson movies there were a lot of Tolkien sites that featured amateur artwork. Basically, whatever got sent in was posted by the site admins. Some of it was real kiddy-stuff, but some quite poignant considering the age of the contributors. I really enjoyed those sites but most of them seemed to have closed down as a few large and/or 'official' sites dominated the net.

Independent boards like the one you linked to might be the next best hope for really different interpretive art.

Speaking of which, it's not art, but what happened to the Annoted LotR that the TORC posters worked on and wilko put up on a website? I read it when it was first being loaded but then wilko stopped work on it for awhile (I think when he was without a computer) and I don't know if work on it has resumed.

Maybe if wilko sees this he'll post the link.

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It is interesting to see artwork that doesn't follow conventional expectations. I'd like to see Middle Earth stuff treated more freely too.

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Jny, Tosh

Thanks for popping in.

I found the loose style of the drawings refreshing.

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