I say Howe is the best artist to illustrate Tolkien because he is the best at figure drawing, portraiture and this comes from his very fluid and fluent line. It includes colour paintings finished drawings, and hundreds of pencil sketches of landscape, people and artefacts. I already have several earlier books including Howe's Tolkien work, but Middle Earth Traveller reaches a new level of quality, interest and sheer generosity. Howe has been illustrating covers for, I think, more than 25 years - and these were always good but over the decades Howe as become a better artist and has gone ever more deeply into Tolkiens world assisted by being one of the two artists (the other was Alan Lee) to work on the design of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies. Not only scense and characters from the major works published in Tolkien's lifetime and posthumously, but he has extended imaginatively into subjects that were only hinted-at in the extensive Legendarium. John Howe has become the best artist to illustrate Tolkien. Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780008226770 Number of pages: 192 Weight: 820 g Dimensions: 252 x 195 x 20 mm You may also be interested in.A Middle Earth Traveller: sketches from Bag End to Mordor. Combining concept work produced for films, existing Middle-earth art and dozens of new paintings and sketches exclusive to this book, A Middle-earth Traveller will take the reader on a unique and unforgettable journey across Tolkien's magical landscape.
He also recollects his time spent working alongside Peter Jackson on the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film trilogies. Sketches that have an 'on-the-spot' feel to them are interwoven with the artist's observations gleaned from Tolkien's books as he paints pictures with his words as well as his pencil. Events from Tolkien's books are explored - battles of the different ages that are almost legend by the time of The Lord of the Rings lost kingdoms and ancient myths, as well as those places only hinted at: kingdoms of the far North and lands beyond the seas. Tolkien led us in his writings.Ī Middle-earth Traveller presents a walking tour of Tolkien's Middle-earth, visiting not only places central to his stories, but also those just over the hill or beyond the horizon.
The roads as yet untravelled far outnumber those down which J.R.R. Middle-earth has been mapped, Bilbo's and Frodo's journeys plotted and measured, but it remains a wilderland for all that. Let acclaimed Tolkien artist John Howe take you on an unforgettable journey across Middle-earth, from Bag End to Mordor, in this richly illustrated sketchbook fully of previously unseen artwork, anecdotes and meditations on Middle-earth.
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