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Post by Parmastahir on Feb 28, 2007 21:23:16 GMT -6
March Tolkien Calendars Website Update
I added several calendars in February (find them under "What's New") and just posted the March Calendar of the Month. It is the first issue in a series that are personal favorites. Hope you enjoy it!
Spring is coming! I could feel it in the air here today.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
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Post by Stormrider on Mar 4, 2007 8:58:17 GMT -6
Very nice calendar! I like the pen/ink sketches. My favorites from this calendar are:
Gandalf and the Balrog is especially well done with the brightness of his sword and staff and the orcs in the background behind the Balrog.
I liked Smaug's head laying on his hoard with Bilbo's hazy shape in the background. Very nicely done.
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Post by Parmastahir on Mar 5, 2007 20:42:01 GMT -6
Hi Stormrider -
I'd have to say I like April (the Bridge of Khazad-Dum) and October (Sam and Frodo in Mordor) are my favorites. I've always liked the various interpretations of the former, and the latter just brings out how harsh Mordor was (you can see it in Sam's eyes!)
Thanks for stopping by!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
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Post by Parmastahir on Mar 11, 2007 9:43:10 GMT -6
Hello to all - In addition to the commercial publishers (e.g. - Ballantine and Allen&Unwin which are now under the HarperCollins banner), there are many Tolkien societies/associations that have published calendars for their membership. I have been fortunate to discover and collect many of them. More importantly, members of these societies have been kind enough to write up histories of their groups for me. In an attempt to provide more content than the simple "cut and dried" information provided by each calendar entry, I have been adding their information to the appropriate sections/entries within my website. You can discover those entries in the "What's New" section of my website: www.angelfire.com/tn3/tolkiencalendars I used the TR history from this thread so you may read it here (if you have not already) or via the link on my website. As always, appreciate your posts/comments. Should you know of any calendars that I have not catalogued, I would of course love to hear from you. It is my quest to make my gyde compleat! Thanks much. Away from The Green Hill Country, Parmastahir
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Post by Parmastahir on Mar 31, 2007 8:03:59 GMT -6
Happy Spring everyone! It's the first of the month and that means that I have updated the Calendar of the Month feature on my website. April's calendar is a rarity and particular favorite. Recent updates may be found under "What's New on this Website?" You may view it all at: www.angelfire.com/tn3/tolkiencalendarsHope you enjoy it! Thanks very much for the interest you continue to show in this thread. Best to all. Away from The Green Hill Country, Parmastahir
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Post by Stormrider on Mar 31, 2007 18:15:58 GMT -6
LOL! This was a funny Calendar! I got a kick out of the Horns of Rohan, a Nazgûl coffee break, and Orcs multiplying the the mountains.
From the back cover's list of art and artists, it says July should be the Council of Elrond by Pat Wynne. I think you may have left the July entry from the March calender up instead. It is still showing Sam and Shelob and says "suomen tolkien-seuran kalenteri" and there are no comments in the daily boxes like the other months for the April calendar.
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Post by Parmastahir on Mar 31, 2007 18:59:35 GMT -6
Yup, I apparently did not upload the July image for the April CotM. Did so after reading your post. Thanks for catching that! I usually check all 12 images but was in somewhat of a rush as I made the change last night because I was going to be away most of today.
Looking at all of them more closely, I should probably reshoot the December photo. It's a bit fuzzy. A bit steadier hand and you'd just about be able to read the calendar square notes. I wrote to Lynn Maudlin and she was kind enough to provide a history of the calendar. I'm trying to add content beyond the simple calendar facts.
Am pleased that you like this one. I do, too. I was EXTREMELY fortunate to collect a copy of this one.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
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Post by Parmastahir on Apr 13, 2007 19:58:01 GMT -6
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Post by Andorinha on Apr 14, 2007 10:08:40 GMT -6
Howdee, Parmastir!
Wow, taking "artistic license" into account (like the "feline" claws, face, whiskers -- which may be from the Tevildo-Prince of Cats aspect of Sauron) I don't really see anything that jumps out at me... But, if we can use details, the ring inscription on the mandala, to my eyes, appears to be "impressionistic" rather than an exact copy of the Tolkien script?
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Post by Parmastahir on Apr 14, 2007 17:32:21 GMT -6
Hi Andorinha -
"If you can't find something, it is right in front of you." Reread my previous post. There are five (intentional) clues in it. When you see it, I'm betting that you'll come to the same conclusion that I did: it's not surprising that it was rejected as a TOLKIEN calendar cover!
OK, one more hint in the preceeding paragraph! I'm not giving out the answer (just yet)should others wish to view it.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
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Post by Stormrider on Apr 15, 2007 7:36:18 GMT -6
Tolkien is spelled wrong!!!! T-O-L-K-E-I-N! I before E except after C (not K) is the rule! lol!
Did you bid on this calendar--or is it too expensive? If so, did you get it?
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Post by Parmastahir on Apr 15, 2007 16:22:50 GMT -6
Hi Stormrider -
You win (but I'm not certain what you get!) No, I did not bid on this one. It is the original artwork for a proposed TOLKIEN calendar cover but it was not accepted (for now obvious reasons, one would think!) I did, however, save the photo and the auction description as a bit of TOLKIEN calendar trivia.
It has been a good week for calendars. Finally picked up a copy of the 2007/Alan Lee calendar from the UK, and won eBay auctions for a 1991 Beyond Bree (only 65 made) and a 1979 Frazetta calendar (has one TOLKIEN-related illustration of Gollum in it) in the original mailer. So lots to work on when those get here (in terms of updating my website). Speaking of which:
For those of you that visit my website, what do you think of the font color? I received an email from a visitor stating that (s)he was having a hard time reading the text because it is so light in color and the backgrounds are pastel green and gray. I could easily make it darker (a dark blue like the bluish background?) Black did not look very good. Any thoughts? Am thinking of changing it and asking visitors to comment.
OK, 'nuff for now!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
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Post by Andorinha on Apr 15, 2007 20:27:03 GMT -6
ARRRRGGGHHHH!!! Clues all over the place, Parmastahir, and all I could come up with was a silly guess that in Middle-earth of the Third Age, the "ring" finger was more likely to be the index rather than the smaller finger next to the little one, grrr.
Nice job, Stormrider, I'd have never seen the name spelling in a thousand years.
"Hiding in plain sight," indeed!
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Post by Stormrider on Apr 16, 2007 5:15:15 GMT -6
I've never had any problem reading the text on your website! Everything looks clear to me and the colors seems to stand out well enough in my view.
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Post by Parmastahir on Apr 19, 2007 5:56:42 GMT -6
Thanks, Stormrider. Appreciate your comments. I, too, thought it was fine. I had experimented with dozens of colors before I settled there. I wrote back to the visitor but no reply from her/him. Soooo, I'll leave it like it is until I do have the favor of a reply.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
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