Thus if you ever wished to know things like how the maps of the world, how he developed Helm's Deep, the artistic styles he wanted for Minas Tirith, Rohan, Gondor, etc.

I love Tolkien and his wonderful Middle Earth, and quite honestly, it has had a major impact on my life.

Clearly, Tolkien's artwork for the Lord of the Rings was never meant to be included in any sort of publication (besides the map), since they aren't more than prepatory sketches.

This book is very human and also very interesting at the same time, I learned quite a bit about Tolkien's work process when it comes to illustrations of all kinds and it gives depth to the story itself. I would start to lose interest when they'd be describing how in this map, this river got moved 2 cm to the east and now this area is in the northwest of Mordor and stuff like that. Howe and Tolkien artist Alan Lee served as chief conceptual designers for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Hammond and Christina Scull Tolkien scholarship has been given three incredible resources that show how important a part the visual played in Tolkien's world-building.

In Tolkien’s writings and through the Lord of the Rings concept art they come alive as bad-hearted wicked, and cruel creatures. The giants lived in Middle-earth’s North Moors and Misty mountains and appear in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. So as a few examples of what you will find- how Tolkien was able to create the Elvish script for the inscription on the One Ring. According to the writings of Tolkien they were black-hearted, hateful, wicked and cruel and the outstanding Lord of the Rings concept art depicting it magnificently and artfully correct.