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

husborne · 08-29-2005, 05:06 PM

Do you have a LOTR-related desktop?

What LOTR-related wallpaper do you have on our computer screen??

What do you have on your screen?

Ainaserkewen · 08-29-2005, 10:25 PM

Hi husborne, welcome to the downs.

May I suggest that this thread be changed into something along the lines of "Do you have a LOTR-related desktop?" I think it would be better recieved.

I know for the longest time I had the coolest Anime-adapted LOTR movie poster as my desktop.

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-30-2005, 12:52 AM

This definitely needs to be LotR/Tolkien-related in order to be a valid topic!

Ainaserkewen · 08-30-2005, 03:59 AM

Hey Estelyn...have you ever had a LOTR-inspired desktop?

Holbytlass · 08-30-2005, 05:33 AM

Mine is a 'bird in a tree' eye's view of some hobbit holes from the movie. Very tranquil and nice.

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-30-2005, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ainaserkewen

Hey Estelyn...have you ever had a LOTR-inspired desktop?

Nope - no desktops at all, just the standard blue background.

**The Saucepan Man** · 08-30-2005, 06:35 AM

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.

wilwarin538 · 08-30-2005, 07:15 AM

I don't have a LotR background but I do have an Aragorn screensaver.

Dimturiel · 08-30-2005, 07:15 AM

I have a desktop with Aragorn as he is fighting the Ringwraiths. And my screensaver shows pictures with Aragorn, too! Oh well, maybe I've said too much...

Kath · 08-30-2005, 09:50 AM

I did have one of the Fellowship in Rivendell but it seems to have been replaced by an awful picture of me and my family. I may have to go hunting for the delete button.

Lalwendë · 08-31-2005, 11:59 AM

Quote:

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.

wilwarin538 · 09-01-2005, 08:43 AM

I have now made my background the picture of Gondolin. Its amazing. Thanks pio.

Lal, I have the same curser, its very amusing.

Elrowen Tinúviel · 09-10-2005, 05:50 PM

I have quite a few LOTR desktops - finding and making them has become a sort of hobby of mine. (Boring, I know...) For a long time I had the Ted Nansmith painting of Luthien dancing, and the Alan Lee one of Rivendell.
But I change them all the time...

I made some LOTR ones one time... they're all from the movies, but you can see them here . I also found a couple sites (that I forget the addresses to

) that have a terrific selection of Tolkien art... John Howe, Alan Lee, and Ted Nansmith are only a few of them...

~Elrowen

Glirdan · 09-10-2005, 08:28 PM

I don't have an LotR desktop.

Reason being the fact that the only computer in the house that has internet is the family computer and I can't choose the backgrounds.

As soon as I get internet on my computer, I'll probably put an LotR related desktop picture for it.

AbercrombieOfRohan · 09-20-2005, 06:58 AM

I used to have this sweet guy.

But I've since changed it to The Hall's of Manwe..

Koneko · 09-20-2005, 10:46 AM

I _did_ have a picture of Sauron's eye as wallpaper, but since the monitor went very strange and broke down a month later, I can assure you that I am not doing that again.

HerenIstarion · 09-20-2005, 11:05 AM

I used to have Gandalf the Grey by John Howe and replaced him on and off with Lothlorien by Ted Nasmith. I tend to change desktops a lot, but these two keep on coming back

Thinlómien · 09-22-2005, 07:42 AM

I have a great desktop picture of Idril and Maeglin by "Kasiopea" (Catherine Karina Chmiel). Her works are really amazing. I recommend to visit her site at http://www.tolkien.com.pl/kasiopea/ang/tolkien.htm.

Lalwendë · 09-22-2005, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

I have a great desktop picture of Idril and Maeglin by "Kasiopea" (Catherine Karina Chmiel). Her works are really amazing. I recommend to visit her site at http://www.tolkien.com.pl/kasiopea/ang/tolkien.htm.

That's a very nice choice.

I wouldn't know which one to pick as a favourite from those! Her illustrations are very different to most of the Tolkien art I've seen as they seem very bold and the characters seem quite wild, which is how I imagine a lot of them to be. But I particularly like those of Boromir and Faramir as children, and the picture of Luthien and Huan (she looks like Kate Bush in this picture). davem bought a copy of the Polish Tolkien Society's journal in Birmingham (it's titled Aiglos) and it had a number of these illustrations.

Thinlómien · 09-27-2005, 06:17 AM

Quote:

But I particularly like those of Boromir and Faramir as children

Yes, they're really lovely. I took the Idril and Maeglin -picturepartly because it was of fitting size...

Gothmog · 09-27-2005, 07:05 AM

This is one of my personal favourites, even if I've used others too...

Fingolfin challenging Morgoth

Something I've been looking for a time now is a nice cap. from ROTK, the scene where the eagles appears in the clouds before sweeping down and rescuing Sam and Frodo from the exploding Orodruin. That looked awesome on the big screen first time I saw the movie

Hilde Bracegirdle · 09-27-2005, 10:24 AM

This is what is on my desktop at work. And while it is an 'Old Forest', it never seemed terribly Middle-earth related, until one day I noticed two small hobbits peeking out of the lower middle portion of the screen.

Eönwë · 04-22-2009, 04:18 PM

And now I am struggling with which to choose after following Pio's link.

Thinlómien · 04-22-2009, 04:47 PM

Again, having Chmiel's artwork - this time Maedhros, Maglor, Elros and Elrond, looks like this:

08-29-2005, 05:06 PM	#1
husborne Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 21	Do you have a LOTR-related desktop? Do you have a LOTR-related desktop? What LOTR-related wallpaper do you have on our computer screen?? What do you have on your screen? Last edited by husborne; 08-31-2005 at 06:59 PM. Reason: Do you have a LOTR-related desktop?

08-29-2005, 10:25 PM	#2
Ainaserkewen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A cosmic waiting room Posts: 651	Hi husborne, welcome to the downs. May I suggest that this thread be changed into something along the lines of "Do you have a LOTR-related desktop?" I think it would be better recieved. I know for the longest time I had the coolest Anime-adapted LOTR movie poster as my desktop. __________________ 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?

08-30-2005, 12:52 AM	#3
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	This definitely needs to be LotR/Tolkien-related in order to be a valid topic! __________________ '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...'

08-30-2005, 03:59 AM	#4
Ainaserkewen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A cosmic waiting room Posts: 651	Hey Estelyn...have you ever had a LOTR-inspired desktop? __________________ 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?

08-30-2005, 05:33 AM	#5
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	LOTR-related; but, of course! Mine is a 'bird in a tree' eye's view of some hobbit holes from the movie. Very tranquil and nice. __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII Last edited by Holbytlass; 08-30-2005 at 05:45 AM. Reason: trying to find link for wallpaper

08-30-2005, 06:35 AM	#7
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	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. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

08-30-2005, 07:15 AM	#8
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	I don't have a LotR background but I do have an Aragorn screensaver. __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin

08-30-2005, 07:15 AM	#9
Dimturiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2005 Location: the road less travelled by Posts: 910	I have a desktop with Aragorn as he is fighting the Ringwraiths. And my screensaver shows pictures with Aragorn, too! Oh well, maybe I've said too much... __________________ Is this the end? No more the hunt, the journey and the goal? That terrifies me most: no more the goal! -Ray Bradbury, Leviathan '99

08-30-2005, 09:50 AM	#10
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	I did have one of the Fellowship in Rivendell but it seems to have been replaced by an awful picture of me and my family. I may have to go hunting for the delete button. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

08-31-2005, 12:12 PM	#12
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	#13
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	#14
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	#15
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	#16
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	#17
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	#18
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!

09-01-2005, 08:43 AM	#19
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	I have now made my background the picture of Gondolin. Its amazing. Thanks pio. Lal, I have the same curser, its very amusing. __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin

09-10-2005, 05:50 PM	#20
Elrowen Tinúviel Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 45	I have quite a few LOTR desktops - finding and making them has become a sort of hobby of mine. (Boring, I know...) For a long time I had the Ted Nansmith painting of Luthien dancing, and the Alan Lee one of Rivendell. But I change them all the time... I made some LOTR ones one time... they're all from the movies, but you can see them here . I also found a couple sites (that I forget the addresses to ) that have a terrific selection of Tolkien art... John Howe, Alan Lee, and Ted Nansmith are only a few of them... ~Elrowen

09-10-2005, 08:28 PM	#21
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	I don't have an LotR desktop. Reason being the fact that the only computer in the house that has internet is the family computer and I can't choose the backgrounds. As soon as I get internet on my computer, I'll probably put an LotR related desktop picture for it. __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

09-20-2005, 06:58 AM	#22
AbercrombieOfRohan Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 311	I used to have this sweet guy. But I've since changed it to The Hall's of Manwe..

09-20-2005, 10:46 AM	#23
Koneko Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In my world, which is a studio flat with a jacuzzi and a burmese cat. Posts: 24	I _did_ have a picture of Sauron's eye as wallpaper, but since the monitor went very strange and broke down a month later, I can assure you that I am not doing that again.

09-20-2005, 11:05 AM	#24
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	I used to have Gandalf the Grey by John Howe and replaced him on and off with Lothlorien by Ted Nasmith. I tend to change desktops a lot, but these two keep on coming back __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

09-22-2005, 07:42 AM	#25
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I have a great desktop picture of Idril and Maeglin by "Kasiopea" (Catherine Karina Chmiel). Her works are really amazing. I recommend to visit her site at http://www.tolkien.com.pl/kasiopea/ang/tolkien.htm. __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris

09-27-2005, 07:05 AM	#28
Gothmog Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Where I lay my head is home Posts: 421	This is one of my personal favourites, even if I've used others too... Fingolfin challenging Morgoth Something I've been looking for a time now is a nice cap. from ROTK, the scene where the eagles appears in the clouds before sweeping down and rescuing Sam and Frodo from the exploding Orodruin. That looked awesome on the big screen first time I saw the movie __________________ Three switched witches watch three Swatch watch switches. Which switched witch watch which Swatch watch switch? He who breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom ~Lurker...

09-27-2005, 10:24 AM	#29
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	This is what is on my desktop at work. And while it is an 'Old Forest', it never seemed terribly Middle-earth related, until one day I noticed two small hobbits peeking out of the lower middle portion of the screen. Last edited by Hilde Bracegirdle; 09-27-2005 at 10:42 AM.

04-22-2009, 04:18 PM	#30
Eönwë Flame Imperishable Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 3,928	And now I am struggling with which to choose after following Pio's link. __________________ Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place Last edited by Eönwë; 04-22-2009 at 04:21 PM.

04-22-2009, 04:47 PM	#31
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	Again, having Chmiel's artwork - this time Maedhros, Maglor, Elros and Elrond, looks like this: __________________ Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris