{"id":120289,"date":"2025-03-27T07:30:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=120289"},"modified":"2025-03-27T07:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:30:49","slug":"sweet-sixteen-in-middle-earth-march-madness-2025-vote-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/03\/27\/120289-sweet-sixteen-in-middle-earth-march-madness-2025-vote-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Sixteen in Middle-earth March Madness 2025 – vote now!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

And just like that, we’re on to Round Three of Middle-earth March Madness 2025: The Art of Middle-earth<\/strong>. From 64 works of art which started in the four brackets, now we’re down to the Sweet Sixteen; and in this round, you only have three days to vote. Round Three voting is open now<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Round Two for the most part had pretty clear winners in the match ups. The one VERY close battle was between Angelo Montanini’s Radagast the Magician<\/em> and Turner Mohan’s L\u00fathien and Morgoth<\/em>. These two very different works were in a stalemate for most of the round. A brief flurry of votes in the final hour saw them continue to swap places for the lead, until finally, when voting closed, Mohan’s extraordinary work come out the victor – but by just ONE VOTE! <\/p>\n\n\n

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L\u00fathien and Morgoth by Turner Mohan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

One perhaps surprising departure in Round Two was John Howe! His Barrels out of Bond<\/em> was narrowly defeated by Kip Rasmussen’s Thingol and Melian<\/em>, which claimed 56% of the vote. Both are gorgeous pieces; it just shows how difficult it is to choose when all these artists are so talented, and their visions are so different. It now looks like Alan Lee and Donato Giancola may meet in the Elite Eight, to decide the overall winner in the ‘Landscapes’ bracket; but first, they have to make it through this next round!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Thingol and Melian, by Kip Rasmussen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Some thoughts from staffer Madeye Gamgee on the contest so far:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Sweet 16, as far as book “Conferences” go, we have representation from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n