Originally Posted by
jrandom
I didn't grow up reading the books before the ubiquity of Howe and Lee's (particular Howe's) artwork.
I had the honour and pleasure of digitising all of the conceptual artwork that John Howe, Alan Lee and Jeremy Bennet produced for the movies, and got to work with them (especially Alan) along the way.
A wonderful bunch of chaps. Alan and John have gone home now (after seven years here!) but Jeremy (a kiwi) is now working on King Kong.
And yes, I would agree with you on the look and feel - just how I imagined it to. I mentioned that to Alan once - and apparently I was one of many who had said it.
I first read the Hobbit at 6. It was the first book I ever got out of Stokes Valley Library, followed quickly by Fellowship, Two Towers, and ROTK. Precocious reader, I guess.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
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