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French interview with John Howe about his work on the series
What did your work consist of?
Imagining the world in which we would evolve. I mainly worked on the settings. We would start by discussing a subject, I would go off and make a series of sketches, and then we would have a long...
Does anyone else have those three maps by Brian Sibley (text) and John Howe (illustrations)?
They're from 1994 (Third Age Middle-earth), 1995 (The Hobbit) and 1999 (Beleriand, so First-Age Silmarillion).
All three are poster-sized foldouts in a common small-book-sized cover including booklets...
THE CLASH OF THE .... Errrr..
ARTISTS!
Personally I feel Alan Lee captures Tolkien better as his pictures are evocative of Celtic, Old English, Illuminated Text styles that were close to J R R 's heart.
Saying that, John Howe is more of a modern interpreter and is equally evocative. His...
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