The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook

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Tres bon livre.

Yo lo compre por los dibujos, pero lo que te cuenta el autor es cautivador, muy recomendable.

Alan Lee, along with John Howe and Ted Nasmith is a very talented artist and depicts Middle-Earth brilliantly and with ease. This book is littered with astoundingly masterful sketches and a few incredible watercolours taken from the edition of the Lord of the Rings which he illistrated about fourteen years ago. The book deals with how he illistrated the book and, with the help of Howe and other talented artists, designed the Lord of the Rings films. The sketches are massively inspirational, and demonstrate just how good an artist he is. They are sensitive and detailed, some are highly refined some are very sketchy but all are beatiful. His detailed drawings of the realms and peoples and of course creatures of Middle-Earth are great to look at. Alan Lee also writes an interesting text to accompany his excellent artwork, which is informative and insightful. The only thing I would say is that it would have been nice if he would have focused more on telling the reader about illistrating the book, rather his work on the film. I say this because we can find out about that on the extended edition DVD's and in neumorous other books (such as Gary Russles equally brilliant 'Art of lord of the rings books') Also the format of the book is rather on the small size and it should have been bigger. However, this is an unmissable book by a extreamly talented artist whom without not only would we be without a fully illistrated Lord of the Rings, but also the films wouldnt be so visually impressive. P.S sorry for any spelling mistakes.

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This book showcases the original sketches used in the films, including early designs for characters, creatures, and environments. The detail is incredible and the visual experience is truly enjoyable. I only wish some of the concept art included color to enhance the beauty even more, but that doesn’t take away from the quality of the book. A genuine artistic treasure for fans of The Lord of the Rings.