Tolkien 📔Book Covers

CirdanLinweilin · May 22, 2020

Speaking of cover art, and pretty off-topic: (SORRY! XD)

But I think the art I shared online, once fully done up, will be the art for my Fantasy.

(always on the lookout for artists!)

CL

Elthir · May 22, 2020

I'd like to try and draw an Ent someday. Unfortunately I work only slightly faster than an Ent (or I used to, at least).

Computers provide speed to some artists nowadays though. For example, an old school Barry Smith drew every link in the mail here, of course. . .

. . . while recently I watched an artist click on "chainmail" and wherever the "brush" went, instant mail, available for shadow or whatever!

Squint-eyed Southerner · May 22, 2020

Well, in the "old days", there was always Zipatone.

Elthir · May 22, 2020

Ah. Forgot about Zipatone!

I don't recall using it myself, although I did employ a different thingy -- type that had to be rubbed onto paper.

Squint-eyed Southerner · May 22, 2020

Letraset?

Elthir · May 22, 2020

That's it S-eS! Yep.

Plus, earlier I posted a Tolkienian dragon, forgetting that I could have posted it like this . . .

Squint-eyed Southerner · May 22, 2020

Now that is funny. I have the book, but the earlier pic didn’t even resister. Shows how much I've been reading it.

(Have read some, though).

Deleted member 12094 · May 23, 2020

If you like cover pages, then here is the gold mine, at least for The Hobbit: 715 cover pages in 82 languages! Yes Alice, also in Russian - but only 72 of them…

you will find them here, along with all editorial references.

It’s fascinating!

Alice · May 23, 2020

Merroe said:
If you like cover pages, then here is the gold mine, at least for The Hobbit: 715 cover pages in 82 languages! Yes Alice, also in Russian - but only 72 of them…

you will find them here, along with all editorial references.

It’s fascinating!

Wow! Even I didn't know that there are 72 Hobbit covers in Russian

Squint-eyed Southerner · May 23, 2020

Now there's a serious Hobbit collector!
A Tolkien bookshop that serves beer? A worthy dream!

Barliman · May 23, 2020

Squint-eyed Southerner said:
Now that is funny. I have the book, but the earlier pic didn’t even resister. Shows how much I've been reading it.

Ok, no more books as gifts for you. 😂

Squint-eyed Southerner · May 23, 2020

I said I've read some of it! Have you read yours? Hmm? 🧐

Olorgando · May 23, 2020

Alice Alice said:
Tolkien's dragon looks good there too

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Exactly the same cover as on my hardcover "Hobbit" (where top and bottom cut off a bit, but it's slightly wider). 😀

Alice · May 23, 2020

Olorgando said:
Exactly the same cover as on my hardcover "Hobbit" (where top and bottom cut off a bit, but it's slightly wider). 😀

It's "Monsters and the critics"
Nice that they used this illustration for cover art

Ealdwyn · May 24, 2020

This is only special for sentimental reasons, as it's the version I first read. One unwieldy volume, ridiculously thin paper, and no proper maps.

This is the set I own. I bought these about 30 years ago and I remember being thrilled to finally have the big pull-out maps. 😍

Elthir · May 24, 2020

I like those Ealdwyn!

But hey, they left out Beleg Strongbow on that Two Towers cover (at least on the front)

🐾

Squint-eyed Southerner · May 29, 2020

Alice has more Russian Tolkien books she could show us, but hesitates to do so, very modestly -- if mistakenly, IMHO -- believing there's already "too much of me" on this thread. So I'm carrying out my threat to post a few illustrations from one of the Russian artists -- but only the black-and-white; I'll leave the color paintings and covers to her. Maybe, if we all close our eyes, and wish really hard, we can get her to do it.

In the meantime, The Silmarillion:

The Hobbit:

LOTR:

Interesting takes, IMO.

PS, on "too much": given the amount of babbling I do here, I feel like responding in my Vincent Price voice -- with suitable curl of the lip:
"You don't even know the meaning of the words".

CirdanLinweilin · May 29, 2020

Squint-eyed Southerner said:
Alice has more Russian Tolkien books she could show us, but hesitates to do so, very modestly believing there's already "too much of me" on this thread. So I'm carrying out my threat to post a few illustrations from one of the Russian artists -- but only the black-and-white; I'll leave the color paintings and covers to her. Maybe, if we all close our eyes, and wish really hard, we can get her to do it.

Meanwhile, The Silmarillion:
View attachment 7055 View attachment 7056 View attachment 7057 View attachment 7058

The Hobbit:
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LOTR:
View attachment 7060 View attachment 7061 View attachment 7062 View attachment 7063
Interesting takes, IMO.

PS, on "too much": given the amount of babbling I do here, I feel like responding in my Vincent Price voice -- with suitable curl of the lip:
"You don't even know the meaning of the words".

These are amazing!!

And More Alice!

CL

Erestor Arcamen · May 30, 2020

Squint-eyed Southerner said:
Alice has more Russian Tolkien books she could show us, but hesitates to do so, very modestly -- if mistakenly, IMHO -- believing there's already "too much of me" on this thread. So I'm carrying out my threat to post a few illustrations from one of the Russian artists -- but only the black-and-white; I'll leave the color paintings and covers to her. Maybe, if we all close our eyes, and wish really hard, we can get her to do it.

In the meantime, The Silmarillion:
View attachment 7055 View attachment 7056 View attachment 7057 View attachment 7058

The Hobbit:
View attachment 7064
View attachment 7059

LOTR:
View attachment 7060 View attachment 7061 View attachment 7062 View attachment 7063
Interesting takes, IMO.

PS, on "too much": given the amount of babbling I do here, I feel like responding in my Vincent Price voice -- with suitable curl of the lip:
"You don't even know the meaning of the words".

Is that first one from LOTR the Paths of the Dead?

Squint-eyed Southerner · May 30, 2020

I assume so.

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