{"id":6127,"date":"2011-05-17T09:50:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T17:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=6127"},"modified":"2011-05-17T09:50:46","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T17:50:46","slug":"art-a-modern-timeline-of-the-lord-of-the-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/art\/art-a-modern-timeline-of-the-lord-of-the-rings\/","title":{"rendered":"Art | A modern timeline of THE LORD OF THE RINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Blastr<\/a>:<\/p>\n\"A<\/a>\n

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I’ve confessed a few times about my love affair with geek culture crossing paths with modern graphic design. This timeline of The Lord of the Rings<\/strong> is no exception.<\/p>\n

From Blastr:<\/p>\n

This infographic, created by JT Fridsma and posted on Fast Company’s Co.Design<\/a>, tracks the appearance and journey of each of Lord of the Rings’ main characters on a minute-by-minute basis. It also plots their courses on a map. The result is a sparse yet striking image.<\/p>\n

In “reality,” it took J.R.R. Tolkien three books (plus appendices) to chronicle Frodo and friends’ journeys from Hobbiton to Mordor, which, according to more exacting fans, took five and a half months.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the Fast Company’s Co Design website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Okay, we admit it: Here at Co.Design, we’re Tolkien geeks. Like straight up read-the-Silmarillion-grew-up-playing-the-RPG Tolkien geeks. So it’s with a flutter of nerd love that we introduce today’s IGOTD, created by University of Florida student JT Fridsma: A minute-by-minute plotting of the various scenes and parallel plots in Peter Jackson’s film adaptation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like all good art, I’d love to print this out and stick it on the wall of my office. Lovely stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Blastr: Click for Bigger I’ve confessed a few times about my love affair with geek culture crossing paths with modern graphic design. This timeline of The Lord of the Rings is no exception. From Blastr: This infographic, created by JT Fridsma and posted on Fast Company’s Co.Design, tracks the appearance and journey of each… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n