A fine copy, the binding square and firm, cloth bright and fresh, with a little bumping to the spine ends. Lee worked as a conceptual designer on the films Legend, Erik the Viking, King Kong and the television mini-series Merlin.

The Hobbit: The Classic Bestselling Fantasy Novel : Tolkien The Hobbit: The Classic Bestselling Fantasy Novel : Tolkien

Tolkien are among his most notable interiors: the Tolkien centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings (1992), a 1999 edition of The Hobbit that has been boxed with it, and Narn i Chîn Húrin: The Children of Húrin (2007). First ever illustrated eBook of the classic bestseller featuring more than 60 colour paintings and pencil drawings by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee, Conceptual Designer on Peter Jackson’s THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY. His own art style can be described as realist - his key influences have been British book illustrators Arthur Rackham (1867 - 1939) and Charles Robinson (1870–1937). It is now available in a smart new package, and is illustrated throughout in gorgeous watercolour and delicate pencil by Alan Lee, Conceptual Artist for Peter Jackson's films, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and THE HOBBIT: THERE AND BACK AGAIN.He was one of the founders of the annual Mythic Garden exhibition of outdoor sculpture at the Stone Lane Gardens arboretum; and is involved in the creation of a woodland non denominational spiritual retreat building along with Diana Marriott and the internationally known local sculptor Peter Randall Page. Lee took a year out to work as a graveyard gardener, a job that bridged nature and civilisation in the way his Uxbridge childhood had, and also later fed into his Middle-earth work. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback - in a fine unclipped dustjacket fitted with a removable clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request.

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien | Waterstones The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien | Waterstones

Lee had just moved to the edge of Dartmoor when he was contacted by the director Peter Jackson, who was about to adapt The Lord of the Rings for film and wanted Lee on board to help create the look of Middle-earth. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey ‘there and back again’. His daughter Virginia also worked on the movie; one of her contributions was woodwork for the throne of Théoden. Together with John Howe, Lee was a concept artist for both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film series. Featuring more than 60 colour paintings and pencil drawings by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee, Conceptual Designer on Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT trilogy.They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Edited by Tolkien’s 93-year-old son Christopher, this volume – like its predecessors, The Children of Húrin and Beren and Lúthien – has been assembled from the author’s detailed notes. As conceptual designer for the films, it is Alan's job to create the distinctive "look" of Middle Earth. When not working on film locations, Alan still makes his home on Dartmoor in southwest England, where his studio takes up two floors of an ancient, rose-covered stone barn. Having reached significance as illustrators, Lee and John Howe were chosen to act as the lead artists of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, starting in 2000.

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He has just done a fairly exhausting UK tour to promote The Fall of Gondolin, taking in two cities a day for talks and signings.Lee has two cameos in The Lord of the Rings movies by Peter Jackson: he appears as the second from the right of the nine Kings of Men in The Fellowship of the Ring, along with John Howe, and as a man of Rohan at the armoury of the Hornburg in The Two Towers, along with Dan Hennah.

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Outside of the author's own, Alan Lee's illustrations have become the most admired and recognisable renderings of Middle-earth and its inhabitants. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey 'there and back again'. Lee and John Howe were the lead concept artists of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films and were recruited by director Guillermo del Toro in 2008 for continuity of design in the subsequent The Hobbit films, before joining Jackson when he took over the Hobbit films project.

Explores and celebrates the creative vision of the second film in Acadfemy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson's trilogy adaptation of The Hobbit by J. August 20, 1947 in Middlesex, England) is an English painter, book illustrator, and movie conceptual designer. Emily Austin ( 2023) · Pauline Baynes ( 1973, 1974) · Cor Blok ( 2011, 2012) · Jemima Catlin ( 2014) · Jenny Dolfen ( 2023) · Inger Edelfeldt ( 1985) · Mary Fairburn ( 2015) · Roger Garland ( 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989) · Spiros Gelekas ( 2023) · Justin Gerard ( 2023) · Donato Giancola ( 2023) · Michael Hague ( 1986) · The Brothers Hildebrandt ( 1976 US, 1977 US, 1978 US) · John Howe ( 1987, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2013, 2021) · Tove Jansson ( 2016) · Michael Kaluta ( 1994) · Tim Kirk ( 1975) · Alan Lee ( 1987, 1993, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024) · Ted Nasmith ( 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2021, 2022) · Kip Rasmussen ( 2023) · Darrell Sweet ( 1982) · J. Art here is by many, including Alan Lee, Monique Hamon, Gus Hunter and numerous Weta staff and others.