Tolkien Tuesday: Some By Me, Some By Others

Earendil and Ancalagon is more of a 'visionary' illustration; I used bald eagles because that's what I knew. Gimli Walks Through the Shire is one of my earlist drawings; I seem to remember making it in Mrs. Rector's class; I was more relaxed there and subsequently paid more attention and did more work. Don't know why the AI put that little hitch in his walk. Gothmog is the Lord of the Balrogs, and not the one in Moria. The Healing of Faramir was entirely produced from a prompt. That might be why it looks so 'movie compatible.' I am most pleased with how the animation of Hurin turned out. Into the Fire and It Calls Me (both from outside sources) proves that AI has trouble making a ring any smaller than a saucer. AI also refused to give me a third head for Watchers at the Gate.

Unfulfilled Wishes: Five Years of the Wishlist (Tolkien and the Inklings)

No sooner had I thought about what I didn't get from the Wish List, that I felt compelled to go back and look into that. I was especially interested in what Tolkien-related tomes I hadn't bought. It was a vanishingly small number compared to what I did get, usually because of rarity (The Old English Exodus), price (those deluxe editions), or attenuated subject matter (did I really need another book about Christianity and the Tolkien mythos?). That one Hobbit book is a reproduction of the First Edition. Could I justify the expense when I basically had the edited material in The Annotated Hobbit? To plump out the post I've included material by and about the Inklings, mainly C. S. Lewis and Owen Barfield. But if I ever unexpectedly become fabulously wealthy, you can bet I'd get every item here.

Wish Fulfillment: Five Years of the Wish List (Tolkien)

I thought it would be interesting (to me, anyway) to look through the past five years (actually a little more than five years) and see what Items from the Wish List had been obtained in that time. It was quite a bit. For this post I limited it to Tolkien related books and DVDs. I may (through poor keywording) have missed some stuff on the whole list (of which more categories to come). It would probably be just as interesting to me (if not more so) to make a list of what I didn't get from the Wish List. I may yet.

Update: I went back and made a more careful search, and found five more Tolkien related items! That makes 37 altogether. I should also note I'm not counting stuff I got from stores or as presents; otherwise I'd have at least  another four more.