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Fans of Tolkien say the hike and Forrest in the Amathole mountains [1] could be straight out of middle earth.
[0] https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/travel/20...
Is there some thing new somewhere? Each of the paintings in the article I've seen before in various copies of the books themselves. Ah it's on the Painting section of the Tolkien Estate: https://www.tolkienestate.com/painting/
Yea the ones in the articles have been used as cover art for certain editions of his books. The images on the website are rarely published.
According to the article, some of them never been published before.
> According to an emailed statement, the site features 12 previously unpublished items
I love Tolkien's depiction of Smaug. He looks... cartoony, like Singe from Dragon's Lair . Everything is evocative of pure imagination. I guess when you fought in WWI and have seen how bleak the real world is, an imaginary world of whimsy and bright colors is a more cheerful place for your mind to inhabit from time to time.
Despite the Peter Jackson movies, The Hobbit was actually written as a childrens' story rather than a grand epic. I'd wager a lot that the cartoonish nature of his pictures was an accurate reflection of how he saw that story. If you haven't seen the 1977 animated Hobbit film (often called Rankin-Bass after it's creators), you're doing yourself a disservice.
You can even see the "Hobbit-esque" writing at the beginning of LotR, remember the fox that sees them walking and talks to himself about it. The last we see of humanish animals.
Maybe interesting anecdote: the only other illustrations that supposedly met with Tolkien's approval were done by the now Danish queen Margrethe.
I love Tolkien's depiction of Smaug. He looks... cartoony, like Singe from Dragon's Lair . Everything is evocative of pure imagination. I guess when you fought in WWI and have seen how bleak the real world is, an imaginary world of whimsy and bright colors is a more cheerful place for your mind to inhabit from time to time.
Despite the Peter Jackson movies, The Hobbit was actually written as a childrens' story rather than a grand epic. I'd wager a lot that the cartoonish nature of his pictures was an accurate reflection of how he saw that story. If you haven't seen the 1977 animated Hobbit film (often called Rankin-Bass after it's creators), you're doing yourself a disservice.
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Despite the Peter Jackson movies, The Hobbit was actually written as a childrens' story rather than a grand epic. I'd wager a lot that the cartoonish nature of his pictures was an accurate reflection of how he saw that story. If you haven't seen the 1977 animated Hobbit film (often called Rankin-Bass after it's creators), you're doing yourself a disservice.
I'm a fan of Jackson's LOTR, but his Hobbit was almost a complete failure (in my opinion). Radical departures from feel, and yes, plot, of the book.
Maybe Tolkien had a hidden side. I'd like to have known him. His craft, 1000x polished, we see that. But the man. To talk with him. That must be honey and cream.
Tolkien, Lewis and Lovecraft all were big fans of Dunsany. He was all about the deep, strange, and a bit scary. He talked about the elves, these true aliens, and their world. He dipped into the mythology of the isles. So rich.
You see that in British scifi too.
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I'm a fan of Jackson's LOTR, but his Hobbit was almost a complete failure (in my opinion). Radical departures from feel, and yes, plot, of the book.
You can read the book in half the running time of the movies. There's a lot of padding and pointless meandering in them. It should never have been a trilogy.
The official tolkien shop only has 3 or so of his hobbit illustrations and a bunch done by other artists.
Feel like they're missing out on a lot of money.
[0] https://1konag4dcg12gdvjc12ot2wu-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-...
I love Tolkien's depiction of Smaug. He looks... cartoony, like Singe from Dragon's Lair . Everything is evocative of pure imagination. I guess when you fought in WWI and have seen how bleak the real world is, an imaginary world of whimsy and bright colors is a more cheerful place for your mind to inhabit from time to time.
One thing that's been lost with high fidelity video games - everything looks pseudo realistic, which kind of ruins any 'fantasy' element.
