Tolkiens Works

Book: ”The Lord of The Rings Sketchbook” by Alan Lee – Hardback, 192 pages, published 2005. Author: Alan Lee – book illustrator and movie conceptual artist/designer. Of interest to: Lord of the Rings fans and artists/anyone interested in some insights of book illustration. Book content: The book layout is like looking through an artists sketchbook containing quick pencil sketches, full detailed drawings, some fully [...]

Have you ever noticed some of the fine detail found on “Lord of The Rings” book covers, items in computer games and in the lotr movies. Often those items are inscribed with runes in certain languages like elvish, dwarvish or the black speech of Mordor. The most memorable item with runes has to be the one ring, [...]