Absolutely wonderful art! Always been a fan of Tolkien's world and to have such a beautiful desk mat in front of me the whole day (I am a developer) gives me motivation. Also elevates my mood whenever I find a bug (to rule them all).
I could not ignore Sauron's eye. It's an iconic part from Lord of the Rings. The mat feels great, the quality is fantastic, and any friend that comes over always compliments the mat!
This mat is amazing, it looks so nice that i went all out and got the rest of the things in the Mordor set along with a new desk to match. Would definitely recommend.
I'd give this 4.5 stars if it were an option. What stops this from being 5 in my opinion is the white stitching on the edge of the mat it self. I got "Red" in this case, and it really hurts the look of it overall because the mat is self uses very dark, black(s), grey(s), and red(s) tones and on the edge of it is a very noticeable white stitching around the entire mat which just breaks the color palette up a lot.
Outside of me being extremely picky, this mat is outstanding.
And the artwork is gorgeous. I was torn between the red and black ones for a very long time, but pulled the trigger on the black one. The red one scared me lol. It is a bit heavy to carry around, I was hoping it'd be more portable.