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Who's your favorite Tolkien artist?

Poll: Who's your favorite Tolkien artist? John Howe 4 / 15% Alan Lee 11 / 42% Ted Nasmith  3 / 12% Other (please specify) 8 / 31% 26 total votes

ange1e4e5 Gondor Nov 1 2016, 2:02am Views: 1443 Who's your favorite Tolkien artist?   I always follow my job through.

ange1e4e5 Gondor Nov 1 2016, 2:14am Views: 1398 I grew up with the illustrations of Alan Lee, as well as his work for Black Ships Before Troy. I also have a liking for the character drawings of Jenny Dolfen. I always follow my job through.

Ingwion Lorien Nov 1 2016, 11:15am Views: 1379 I think I have to go with Alan Lee But it was a close call between him and John Howe It was a foggy day in London, and the fog was heavy and dark. Animate London, with smarting eyes and irritated lungs, was blinking, wheezing, and choking; inanimate London was a sooty spectre, divided in purpose between being visible and invisible, and so being wholly neither. - Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens. It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen. - The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien

OldestDaughter Rohan Nov 1 2016, 12:21pm Views: 1370 Alan Lee, but I love John Howe's and Ted Nasmith's works as well. But I also love seeing other artwork posted on the Tolkiengateway website! "Keen, heart-piercing was her song as the song of the lark that rises from the gates of night and pours its voice among the dying stars, seeing the sun behind the walls of the world; and the song of Lúthien released the bonds of winter, and the frozen waters spoke, and flowers sprang from the cold earth where her feet had passed."

Meneldor Valinor Nov 1 2016, 12:56pm Views: 1366 I voted Nasmith for his landscapes and architecture. HIs characters are hit or miss, some of their poses look unnatural. I'm willing to overlook that because of his sublime landscapes and glorious architecture. They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. -Psalm 107

Darkstone Immortal Nov 1 2016, 4:23pm Views: 1351 Tolkien Wish he'd done more. ****************************************** Fimbrethil, Warrior Entwife (This post was edited by Darkstone on Nov 1 2016, 4:24pm)

dernwyn Forum Admin / Moderator Nov 1 2016, 4:29pm Views: 1350 What? The Brothers Hildebrandt aren't on the list? Or Ezpeleta? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I desired dragons with a profound desire"

Darkstone Immortal Nov 1 2016, 4:40pm Views: 1356 Did someone mention... ...Ezpeleta? As for The Brothers Hildebrandt, for the longest time it seemed their calendars were the only vision of Middle-earth.... ****************************************** Fimbrethil, Warrior Entwife

dormouse Half-elven Nov 1 2016, 4:43pm Views: 1346 Tough call.... Had to be Alan Lee in the end, because I've loved his illustrations for so long and was thrilled to bits when I saw the centenary Tolkien - an Alan Lee Tolkien was something I'd dreamed of. I din't know John Howe's work then: now I do, I love it pretty much the same. I'd love to see a Silmarillion illustrated by them both. Ted Nasmith is good and I do love some of his landcapes. But I'm not keen on a lot of his figure drawing and I think sometimes he's too precise - Alan Lee knows when to leave things misty and mysterious - at leat, that's just my take on it! For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood and every spring there is a different green. . .

malickfan Gondor Nov 1 2016, 5:53pm Views: 1338 Ted Nasmith I admire Alan Lee and Jenny Dolfen's artwork as well.

OldestDaughter Rohan Nov 1 2016, 7:00pm Views: 1329 I love the Brothers Hildebrandt! I totally forgot about them, but I love their artwork! "Keen, heart-piercing was her song as the song of the lark that rises from the gates of night and pours its voice among the dying stars, seeing the sun behind the walls of the world; and the song of Lúthien released the bonds of winter, and the frozen waters spoke, and flowers sprang from the cold earth where her feet had passed."

Silverlode Forum Admin / Moderator Nov 1 2016, 11:28pm Views: 1317 Stop that! You deserve five lashes with a wet....whatever those ropy things are; Doberman tails, elf hair, random water snakes.....for posting that. Ezpeleta's main crime in my book is begging too many questions beginning with the phrase "What is that...." that I really don't want to know the answer to. Silverlode Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar. Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in the halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long have known.

Starling Half-elven Nov 2 2016, 5:18am Views: 1297 Yes exactly I can never unsee those strange, stunted, green-meshed legs.

Annael Immortal Nov 2 2016, 2:49pm Views: 1283 Catherine Karina Chmiel because she draws the characters close to how I would draw them, if only I could, and she imagines their stories beyond what Tolkien wrote about (the Boromir-Faramir childhood drawings are wonderful). http://kasiopea.art.pl/en/home Lee is too colorless for me and the Hildebrants are too twee. Of the choices you gave, I'd go with Nasmith - his scenes are so gorgeous. But if another animated movie happened, I'd want him to do the matte backgrounds and Chmiel the characters. I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page. The syllables of the words begin to move around … The words take on other meanings as if they had the right to be young. -- Gaston Bachelard * * * * * * * * * * NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967 (This post was edited by Annael on Nov 2 2016, 2:51pm)

Gianna Rohan Nov 2 2016, 7:02pm Views: 1263 Elena Kukanova with Jenny Dolfen close behind. Their work is vivid. "The men of the East may search the scrolls, For sure fates and fame, But the men that drink the blood of God Go singing to their shame." -G.K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse, Book I ------ My fantasy novels

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Nov 3 2016, 2:55am Views: 1225 I've been a Hildebrandts fan since 1976 despite their obvious faults. A local restaurant here named Avogadro's Number had copies of their paintings on their walls (now mostly painted over with other scenes). There used to be a life-sized Goldberry, alas gone now, but there are still a few images on the outside of the building: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GNU Terry Pratchett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

dernwyn Forum Admin / Moderator Nov 3 2016, 11:35am Views: 1197 I did like their depiction of Galadriel. //   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I desired dragons with a profound desire"

OldestDaughter Rohan Nov 3 2016, 12:13pm Views: 1197 I love their Goldberry! She was so pretty. I also love their depiction of the Houses of Healing. It was very beautiful. "Keen, heart-piercing was her song as the song of the lark that rises from the gates of night and pours its voice among the dying stars, seeing the sun behind the walls of the world; and the song of Lúthien released the bonds of winter, and the frozen waters spoke, and flowers sprang from the cold earth where her feet had passed."

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Nov 3 2016, 8:22pm Views: 1176 Ooh, those are lovely! I hadn't seen them before. Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GNU Terry Pratchett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Annael Immortal Nov 4 2016, 12:49am Views: 1162 thanks for telling us about them. Elena's work is similar to Catherine Chmiel's. I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page. The syllables of the words begin to move around … The words take on other meanings as if they had the right to be young. -- Gaston Bachelard * * * * * * * * * * NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967