You might be aware of the fact that characters in movie adaptations do not always look like those described in a book. Sometimes the cast is chosen merely because of their popularity, acting skills or general vibe, leaving aside their looks. Fortunately, there are people who can help those dying to see a precise visual representation of their favorite book personas by illustrating them according to their original descriptions.
An artist named Ivan Rebikow decided to use artificial intelligence to recreate characters from The Lord of the Rings. He chose an independent research lab called Midjourney to produce images from textual descriptions. Scroll down to see what Gandalf, Balrog, Sauron, Nazgul, Gimli, Frodo and Aragorn would look like according to J. R. R. Tolkien!
Gandalf
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Gandalf in the movie
Gandalf, later known as Gandalf the White, and originally named Olórin, is a protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
He is an Istar (Wizard) and the leader of the Fellowship of the Ring.
Balrog
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Balrog in the movie
A Balrog is a powerful demonic monster in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Sauron
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Sauron in the movie
Sauron is the primary antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, where he rules the land of Mordor and has the ambition of ruling the whole of Middle-earth.
Nazgul
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Nazgul in the movie
The Nazgûl, also known as the Black Riders or simply The Nine are fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. They are the dreaded ring-servants of the Dark Lord Sauron in Middle-earth.
Gimli
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Gimli in the movie
Gimli is a Dwarf of the House of Durin and a member of the Fellowship of the Ring. He is a dwarf warrior, the son of Glóin, who fought alongside Elves in the War of the Ring against Sauron at the end of the Third Age.
Frodo
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Frodo in the movie
Frodo Baggins is one of the protagonists in The Lord of the Rings. He is a hobbit of the Shire who inherits the One Ring from his cousin and undertakes the quest to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor.
Aragorn
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Aragorn in the movie
Aragorn is a protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He was a Ranger of the North, first introduced with the name Strider and later revealed to be the heir of Isildur, an ancient King of Arnor and Gondor.
Ivan told Bored Panda that he was impressed by Midjourney's response to the text descriptions. "I noticed that it produces the most interesting work on the extended description of the object.
The longer the description, the more unpredictable the result was. I chose the characters from The Lord of the Rings because each of them had an entire description of their appearance. So I wondered how Midjourney would draw them."