Nogrod started with an experiment on how fast a simple picture with only a few twists would turn into something totally weird and unfathomable… Even if there clearly were a few different interpretations available during the first rounds they somehow always came back to the original theme. But the wealth of widespread artistic styles sure make the first rounds worthwhile even if the main theme kind of lulled to and fro with minor steps… but this wouldn’t be a
Paper Telephone if it wouldn’t run amok at some stage. And well, it really did! With the help of Morgoth it was indeed corrupted stage by stage as you can see.
So here’s what
Nogrod managed to draw with his Paint. You know, when middle-aged men are given free hands to do whatever they wish this is the best they can come up with…
TheGreatElvenWarrior should be given the “keenest eyes ever” –reward for spotting that unlit torch from the darkness.
“As he walks into Shelob's cave, Frodo's torch decides not to work.”
“Mehr licht” called Goethe when he died.
Laurinque agreed – and a touch of a female eye to interior design is never out of place.
Wilwa dived spot-on to the core of the matter: the gender issue!
“A feminine Frodo Baggins, armed with a flashlight, approaches Shelob in her very homey cave.”
Being male and all,
Hookbill clearly struggled with trying to visualize a “homey” cave, so he went with a typical men’s solution eg. to his childhood and his mom.
Legate then rushed on to reveal the whole depth of his learning in popular culture: The ‘Downer (which indeed is a nice crossbreed of Alien movies and Phantom cartoons!), The LotR, The Simpsons and The Star Wars.
“After Alien once again buried Phantom underground, Shelob the Chef lured the crossbreed of Frodo and Luke Skywalker armed with a flashlight into her lair.”