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Ted Nasmith
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Ted Nasmith is a Canadian artist, illustrator and architectural renderer. He is best known as an illustrator of J. R. R. Tolkien's works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Tolkien
Nasmith in 2005
Nasmith in 2005
Nasmith's first attempt at illustrating Tolkien, his 1972 gouache painting The Unexpected Party depicting a scene from the start of The Hobbit. Tolkie
Nasmith's first attempt at illustrating Tolkien, his 1972 gouache painting The Unexpected Party depicting a scene from the start of The Hobbit. Tolkien commented that it made Bilbo look like a child.
Nasmith's 1972 illustration of a Buick Skylark convertible, in the style of Art Fitzpatrick.
Nasmith's 1972 illustration of a Buick Skylark convertible, in the style of Art Fitzpatrick.
Alan Lee (illustrator)
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Alan Lee is an English book illustrator and film conceptual designer. He is best known for his artwork inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novels, and for his work on the concept design of Peter Ja
Ted Nasmith
…featuring many more paintings by Nasmith. In early 1999, representatives for Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema invited Ted Nasmith to join John Howe and Alan Lee to work as a concept artist for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. According to Nasmith, "They invited me to be there with the others in New Zealand…
Lee in 2016
Lee in 2016
Alan Lee Signature
Alan Lee Signature
Velten suggests that Lee followed Tolkien's liking of Morris by adopting something of his visual style. Morris's tapestry The Failure of Sir Gawaine i
Velten suggests that Lee followed Tolkien's liking of Morris by adopting something of his visual style. Morris's tapestry The Failure of Sir Gawaine illustrated.
Hans Velten describes Lee's illustration "Lady Eowyn bids farewell to Aragorn" as in William Morris's visual style, and in turn transmitting that styl
Hans Velten describes Lee's illustration "Lady Eowyn bids farewell to Aragorn" as in William Morris's visual style, and in turn transmitting that style to Jackson and the aesthetic of the fantasy-viewing public.