Do you have a LOTR-related desktop? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 08-31-2005, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by SpM

The background on my computer at home is John Howe's painting of Bilbo's Front Hall, one of my favourite pieces of Middle-earth art.

I used to have it on the office lap-top too, until they banned individualised backgrounds ( ), although it once caused some slight embarassment when I used the lap-top for a business presentation.

Well, you could have turned into a feature of the presentation, saying how Bilbo's Hall represents the tunnel through which all great business strategies must travel in order to reach the light (meaning the 'implementation' stage) of the door at the end, the tunnel symbolising 'team-work' and 'project planning' and the like...

I've got a Tolkien illustration of Rivendell on my work PC, plus a 'Wizards' screen saver, which I'm not supposed to have as they disabled the ability to install to the hard drive, but I just put it on my network drive instead.

At home I have a montage of davem pulling faces.

Kuruharan · 08-31-2005, 12:12 PM

I have a screenshot of the dwarven fortress from the upcoming Lord of the Rings Online PC game.

piosenniel · 08-31-2005, 12:17 PM

This is what I have on my computer:

Tom

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-31-2005, 01:11 PM

Pio, that's lovely! I think Anke Eissmann's Tom Bombadil is the best rendition of him I've seen anywhere! (And I'm proud to say that I was able to tell her how much I enjoy her artwork when I met her at 'Tolkien 2005'. She's quite young to be so talented!)

husborne · 08-31-2005, 01:44 PM

Ainaserkewen,I have changed it.

Thanks for the tip.

piosenniel · 08-31-2005, 06:25 PM

That is also my very favorite picture of Tom.

Here's what I have on my laptop. It's a Ted Nasmith - Tuor looking down on the hidden city of Gondolin.

~*~ Pio

Ainaserkewen · 08-31-2005, 07:29 PM

Wow Pio...wow.

Lalwendë · 09-01-2005, 04:57 AM

This is the illustration of Rivendell that I have. Alas, if I enlarge it, it distorts on the screen so I have multiple images of it in a 'tiled' pattern. While I wait for things to load on the PC, I amuse myself by making my little blue dinosaur shaped cursor 'walk' over the bridge on the picture.

When I was looking for an online version of the picture, it struck me how similar all the images of Rivendell are! It's well worth looking them up.

08-31-2005, 12:12 PM	#2
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	I have a screenshot of the dwarven fortress from the upcoming Lord of the Rings Online PC game. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

08-31-2005, 12:17 PM	#3
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	This is what I have on my computer: Tom __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside. Last edited by piosenniel; 08-31-2005 at 12:26 PM.

08-31-2005, 01:11 PM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Pio, that's lovely! I think Anke Eissmann's Tom Bombadil is the best rendition of him I've seen anywhere! (And I'm proud to say that I was able to tell her how much I enjoy her artwork when I met her at 'Tolkien 2005'. She's quite young to be so talented!) __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

08-31-2005, 01:44 PM	#5
husborne Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 21	Ainaserkewen Ainaserkewen,I have changed it. Thanks for the tip.

08-31-2005, 06:25 PM	#6
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	That is also my very favorite picture of Tom. Here's what I have on my laptop. It's a Ted Nasmith - Tuor looking down on the hidden city of Gondolin. ~*~ Pio __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

08-31-2005, 07:29 PM	#7
Ainaserkewen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A cosmic waiting room Posts: 651	Wow Pio...wow. __________________ Solus... I'm eating chicken again. I ate chicken yesterday and the day before... will I be eating chicken again tomorrow? Why am I always eating chicken?

09-01-2005, 04:57 AM	#8
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	This is the illustration of Rivendell that I have. Alas, if I enlarge it, it distorts on the screen so I have multiple images of it in a 'tiled' pattern. While I wait for things to load on the PC, I amuse myself by making my little blue dinosaur shaped cursor 'walk' over the bridge on the picture. When I was looking for an online version of the picture, it struck me how similar all the images of Rivendell are! It's well worth looking them up. __________________ Gordon's alive!