We can’t believe that we are on the list with these folks! We are huge fans of you all! 💚
@ardacraft.bsky.social
@thetolkienist.com
@teawithtolkien.com
@jrsoundscapes.bsky.social
@tolkienguide.com
Wonderful to get these pictures through from our lead composer Matthias Guntner as our official soundtrack is recorded live!
Clips coming soon 🎶
Also can be genuinely quite funny and charismatic in a way that none of the ghouls around him are.
A grassy meadow surrounded by trees
Wandering through the White Mountains
Well, mirror and goose #pixelart
Hi! Sharing my stuff on here, I do low-poly/pixel 3D art ☕
The forests of western Rohan
😘
A country path
Imagine starting a Minecraft project 10 years ago and then hearing an ex-Rockstar dev who worked on RDR2 say "you're using the same workflows that the mainstream game studios employ - all arrived at in relative isolation..."
🥹
Minas Tirith looming over the countryside
An ex-Rockstar Games environment artist who worked on #RDR2 and #GTAV has been exploring our vision of Middle-earth 🧙♂️
These are fantastic videos that really capture the fact that we're trying to do environmental art just like the pros!
youtu.be/1KUQGZLrZ3Q
AND SO IT BEGINS!!
@tearreader.bsky.social and I will be trekking through minecraft middle earth (server created by @ardacraft.bsky.social and following the steps of Frodo and Sam!! #minecraft #lotr
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS!!!
STREAM STARTS AT 11:00 AM (PST) / 2:00 PM (EST)
PPP Moot is happening this December 18th-21st! We have a full schedule – keynotes, presentations, papers, entertainments and other digressions – from Thursday evening to Sunday noon for both in-person and online attendees!
It’s only lembas if it’s produced in the Naith region of Lórien, otherwise it’s just sparkling waybread
I can’t even avoid idiot AI bros when I go to Oxford. My brother in Earendil ChatGPT is not the same thing as the steam engine.
We were worried it was going to be that bad yeah
A Mediterranean countryside scene. Baked dirt and scrubby plants in the foreground, looking over fields towards a ruined aqueduct
Gondorian countryside
The Great Gate of Minas Tirith
Only available to attendees unfortunately
@blu3r4d0n.shutdown.network reposting here - it’s pretty clearly about generative AI and they even propose making some live at the event
Sadly it’s very much “we are going to do this and we’re even going to make some Tolkien-related AI art live at the event”
Really quite disheartening and disappointing to see the Tolkien Society hosting a discussion on “AI in fantasy filmmaking” this year at Oxonmoot.
It feels about as morally and philosophically opposed to Tolkien’s work as a talk on the benefits of deforestation.
Some recent shots - Minas Tirith, Bree, and the Dead Marshes
We've just released a 1hr37 music and nature ambience video set in the Gondorian countryside!
Perfect background to writing, reading, or building fields on ArdaCraft 🌱
youtu.be/49vt6MgVIBM
A field in Gondor with Minas Tirith and Mindolluin in the background
A ship docked alongside a town on the River Anduin
A rural pathway
Gondor is coming along nicely.
The Blue Mountains - based on the landscapes of Scotland and Norway
