It’s already Week 10 of the Photo Rehab Cover Makeover run by Desley Jane of Musings of a Frequent Flying Scientist and Lucile of Lucile de Goday.
I must state that I actively loathe the work of J.R.R. Tolkien so you’ll find no fawning here! No matter how many people exhort me to, I will never again pick up copies of The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings and try to read them. Life’s too short.
I was so tired of dark colours that my original intention was to create something simple in black and white with the title, author, one of the protagonists, and a ring. I discovered a site that compared the characters to real people. Gandalf, as played by Ian McKellen, was likened to Walt Whitman, which tickled my fancy, and I took it from there.
Once I’d dismissed the idea of black and white, I searched my designs and decided that the background textures from Turning Windmill might work rather well. I hope you agree.
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Excellent! I agree with you, I can’t even watch the movies anymore either! I love the textures here, very cool. And I would have thought that was Ian McKellen had you not told us. Thanks for a great makeover!
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Much thanks for your endorsement, Desley. As for TLoTR, if there’s any site or sound on the TV, I change the channel immediately. Ugh!
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Ha! Me too. Except if I catch a glimpse of Legolas, then I have to watch him for a few seconds. 😝
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Aha – you’ll gain many new elf followers with that comment 😀 I remember vividly being bored rigid in 6th form years by everyone banging on about it – blah elf blah – really like your makeover and I too would have thought ’twas the Sir McKellen had you not said otherwise 🙂 😀
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My brother used to bang on about it. We never did see eye to eye! Thanks, Jane.
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Well, harrumph. Tolkien kicked off my lifetime love of reading and his books have a corner of my heart. That said…please no more elves and dwarves on quests! It’s been done to death. GREAT COVER by the way 😀
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Sorry but I speak as I find. 😀 Glad you like the cover, though – thanks!
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Love the colors you’ve chosen!
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Bless you, Joanne.
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Much thanks, Lucile.
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Yes, this is a fantastic piece Sarah. Probably because of how his head isn’t the focus, but secondary to the colorful title. His head totally supports the background or secondary design and color.
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I wouldn’t have been able to analyse it like that, Mary, but what you say makes sense and was brought about by instinct alone. Thanks so much!
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In spite of the fact that you don’t like LOTR, the piece is great. 🙂
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I know it’s sacrilegious to speak of my distaste about something so revered but I’m glad it hasn’t put you off the cover itself! Thanks, Gigi.
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This is really clever Sarah – thanks for liking and commenting on my submission too.
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Thank you, Debbie!
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I am not a fan of the work myself, but I am convinced that the author would have loved this cover!
Best wishes, Pete. x
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By ‘the work’, I mean the books, not the art!
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We haters of the work should stick together! It’s nice to think Tolkien himself would have liked it.
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