Alan Lee

A large-format collection of drawings and paintings culled from the illustrated edition of the Lord of the Rings and the recent film trilogy includes more than 150 illustrations from the author as well as twenty full-color plates made for Peter Jackson's production company.

The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook

In this large-format hardback Alan Lee, production designer on The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, discusses his approach to painting the pictures in the authorized illustrated edition of The Lord of the Rings. The book contains over 100 of his sketches and rejected pieces to show how the project progressed from concept to finished art. The book also contains 25 colour paintings reproduced in full-page glory.

Roos Kuijper 

The sketches are beautiful!!!
Now I just want to do 2 things:
1) (re)read the books
2) rewatch the movies

The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook

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