The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook
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Book Reviews of The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook
Book Review: drawings of the best story
Summary: 5 Stars
the drawings by alan lee are absolutely fantastic.i could not imagine the portrayals any better or differently.am very pleased i purchased this book.Book Review: Great work
Summary: 5 Stars
Alan Lee is an extraordinary artist. His work here is wonderful for anyone who loves pencil drawings and sketches, as do I.Book Review: beautiful drawings, but small format
Summary: 4 Stars
I had been waiting rather impatiently since this book was first announced, 4 or 5 years ago. It has been promoted by the publishers as a " sumptuous, large-format" book featuring preparatory sketches and rejected drawings for the illustrated edition of " Lord of the Rings", in which Alan Lee's spectacular watercolors inspired Peter Jackson to hire him as conceptual artist for the film trilogy. His involvement with the films obviously held up work on putting the book together, and, in the meantime, the book took a turn in the direction of the film. The result is a mixture of sketches and drawings that were obviously meant as illustrations to the book, coupled with some designs for props, armor, etc from the film AND some drawings done on the New Zealand locations of a few of the actors in their rols ( MacKellan as Gandalf, Blanchett as Galadriel) and maybe even some drawn-from-life landscapes with additions to make them look like Middle-Earth scenery. An example of book illustration is the section devoted to Tom Bombadil and Goldberry; the pencil drawing of Tom's house is coupled with the watercolor developed from it for the book. But there are also drawings of Tom and two for Goldberry ! There are also some sketches for the unfilmed barrow-downs scene.
The big disappointment is the size. It's certainly not " large-format" at 8 x 10 inches, and it's hard for a book to be " sumptuous" when it's that puny ! Also, quite a few of the 20 " color plates" are merely black-and-white pencil drawings on tinted paper !
That said, the drawings ARE beautiful, and many of them have never been published. It certainly is a must for the Tolkien or Alan Lee fan.
Book Review: Tolkien Must-have Book
Summary: 4 Stars
Fantastic work! I do wish it was in the larger format, but that aside, it is a treasure for the Tolkien diehard fan. Not only is the artwork superb, but his comments are informative and entertaining. What a talented artist! I have built quite a collection of LOTR items and this book ranks right at the top.Book Review: Amazon lies about this book
Summary: 4 Stars
In the amazon review we can read: "the book contains 20 full-color plates", but this is a lie: The book contains only 7 full-color plates (2 of them in small size). The book is really beautifull, but it is not as amazon shows it.