{"id":9192,"date":"2012-06-08T13:31:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T21:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=9192"},"modified":"2012-06-11T05:31:40","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T13:31:40","slug":"beautiful-fan-made-covers-for-the-lord-of-the-rings-by-j-r-r-tolkien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/art\/cover-art\/beautiful-fan-made-covers-for-the-lord-of-the-rings-by-j-r-r-tolkien\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Fan-Made Covers for <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> by J.R.R. Tolkien"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"overflow:auto;padding-left:65px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Lord of the Rings, art by Jackfish90\" title=\"The Lord of the Rings, art by Jackfish90\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90.jpeg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-2-jackfish90.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-2-jackfish90-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Lord of the Rings, art by Jackfish90\" title=\"The Lord of the Rings, art by Jackfish90\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9195\" style=\"margin-top:75px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-2-jackfish90-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-2-jackfish90-670x446.jpg 670w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-2-jackfish90-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-2-jackfish90.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jackfishdesign.co.uk\/66227\/538373\/gallery\/lord-of-the-rings-book-cover-designs\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Fish<\/a> created these out of a desire &#8220;to engage new\/younger\/different readers who may not have considered picking up the series before.&#8221; I think the accomplished this well, by making the cover bright and interesting, without making them look like children&#8217;s books. There&#8217;s a wonderful sense of journey and continuity to the covers and a classic feel that a lot of Fantasy novels lack these days.<!--more--><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-3-jackfish90.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-3-jackfish90.png\" alt=\"Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien, art by Jackfish90\" title=\"Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien, art by Jackfish90\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-3-jackfish90.png 600w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-3-jackfish90-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-3-jackfish90-446x300.png 446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90-4.png\" alt=\"The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien, art by Jackfish90\" title=\"The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien, art by Jackfish90\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90-4.png 600w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90-4-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90-4-439x300.png 439w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90-5.png\" alt=\"The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien, art by Jackfish90\" title=\"The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien, art by Jackfish90\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90-5.png 600w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90-5-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/the-lord-of-the-rings-jackfish90-5-451x300.png 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>What do you think of these covers? And, what are your favourite official covers for <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Jack Fish created these out of a desire &#8220;to engage new\/younger\/different readers who may not have considered picking up the series before.&#8221; I think the accomplished this well, by making the cover bright and interesting, without making them look like children&#8217;s books. There&#8217;s a wonderful sense of journey and continuity to the covers and&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/art\/cover-art\/beautiful-fan-made-covers-for-the-lord-of-the-rings-by-j-r-r-tolkien\/\" title=\"ReadBeautiful Fan-Made Covers for <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> by J.R.R. 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