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ange1e4e5
Gondor
Nov 1 2016, 2:02am
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Who's your favorite Tolkien artist?
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ange1e4e5
Gondor
Nov 1 2016, 2:14am
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I grew up with the illustrations of Alan Lee, as well as his work for Black Ships Before Troy.
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I also have a liking for the character drawings of Jenny Dolfen.
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Ingwion
Lorien
Nov 1 2016, 11:15am
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I think I have to go with Alan Lee
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But it was a close call between him and John Howe
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OldestDaughter
Rohan
Nov 1 2016, 12:21pm
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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!
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Meneldor
Valinor
Nov 1 2016, 12:56pm
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I voted Nasmith for his landscapes and architecture.
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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.
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Darkstone
Immortal
Nov 1 2016, 4:23pm
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Wish he'd done more.
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dernwyn
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Nov 1 2016, 4:29pm
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What? The Brothers Hildebrandt aren't on the list? Or Ezpeleta?
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Darkstone
Immortal
Nov 1 2016, 4:40pm
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...Ezpeleta?
As for The Brothers Hildebrandt, for the longest time it seemed their calendars were the only vision of Middle-earth....
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dormouse
Half-elven
Nov 1 2016, 4:43pm
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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!
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malickfan
Gondor
Nov 1 2016, 5:53pm
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I admire Alan Lee and Jenny Dolfen's artwork as well.
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OldestDaughter
Rohan
Nov 1 2016, 7:00pm
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I love the Brothers Hildebrandt!
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I totally forgot about them, but I love their artwork!
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Silverlode
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Nov 1 2016, 11:28pm
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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.
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Starling
Half-elven
Nov 2 2016, 5:18am
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I can never unsee those strange, stunted, green-meshed legs. 
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Annael
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Nov 2 2016, 2:49pm
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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.
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Gianna
Rohan
Nov 2 2016, 7:02pm
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with Jenny Dolfen close behind. Their work is vivid.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
Immortal
Nov 3 2016, 2:55am
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I've been a Hildebrandts fan since 1976
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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: 
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dernwyn
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Nov 3 2016, 11:35am
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I did like their depiction of Galadriel. //
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OldestDaughter
Rohan
Nov 3 2016, 12:13pm
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She was so pretty.
I also love their depiction of the Houses of Healing. It was very beautiful.
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Annael
Immortal
Nov 4 2016, 12:49am
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thanks for telling us about them.
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Elena's work is similar to Catherine Chmiel's.
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