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CHRONICLES of an illustrator

CHRONICLES of an illustrator

Anke Eissmann Tolkien • Beowulf • Beowulf Alive • Rejected Quarterly • Ghoststories of Herborn • Troy • Alexander • Consommé Althusius • The Falcon and the Star • Schule macht Spaß • Temeraire • Greek Tales • Childrens' Bible • Princess Sisi • Fairytales from Austria • Tolkien's View • The Scarecrow and the Storms • Sherlock (BBC) • The last dragon-warrior • Inbetween Mirrors • The Enchanted Pipe • In the Clutches of the Troll-King • In the Nameless Wood The works of J R R Tolkien Beowulf The creation of an illustrated edition of the Old English poem Beowulf was my final project of the BA (Hons) Art&Design-course at Colchester Institute, Colchester, UK. In 2009, the book was published by Walking Tree Publishers. Beowulf Alive is a live performance of the poem by Hannes Kaiser I created a poster illustration and interior illustrations for the text. The Rejected Quarterly is a small literary magazine sold at universities along the westcoast of the United States.

Des couleurs et des points "Tolkien opened up in me a dormant love of lost and misty times, myth and legend..." | Ted Nasmith - Tolkien Illustrator - Renderer - Musician Goodreads Rolozo Tolkien 29 December 2006 @ 1:00 PST Well its been over a year, but I thought I'd add some images over the holiday period. I hope you enjoy them. 28 August 2005 @ 23:00 PST I posted about 50 new images over the weekend. 28 July 2004 @ 19:00 PST "Who are you?" 14 June 2004 @ 16:45 PST I've been asked by Tolkien representatives to remove all maps from the site and have complied. 2 May 2004 @ 12:45 PST I'm still here. 28 December 2003 @ 12:15 PST Apparently google is beta testing a print search engine. 4 September 2003 @ 1:30 PST I've rewritten my website engine again. 1 September 2003 @ 23:00 PST I'm still going through my mail queue and posting images. 25 August 2003 @ 23:00 PST I've been a bit more active with the site lately. 8 March 2003 @ 21:00 PST Never ask an ent "How's it going?" Okay, so there are no ents. Okay, so I wasn't waylayed by orcs. 12 November 2002 @ 11:00 PST Well now that the official word is out, I can let everyone know that is online! 3 November 2002 @ 23:30 PST

Poster: The Shire | Fringe Focus “I don’t think he knows about second breakfast, Pip.” “What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Okay, that quote doesn’t really have anything to do with the Shire. This poster is the third and final design in my Lord of the Rings series. While these aren’t explicitly posters for the films or the books, they are meant to be chronological. More than anything, these posters reflect how the movies feel to me. Prints of the Mordor poster are still up for grabs on my Kickstarter Poster Project! Let me know what you think the comments! The Hobbit One of the great things about the worlds that Tolkien creates are the half-mentioned places and events that are going on in the background of Middle Earth. By hinting at them and leaving them a bit mysterious, Tolkien gives the reader a chance to use their imagination and place themselves inside the world and explore it for themselves. Many of us, when we read stories like these, like to imagine ourselves there in the background as clever, dangerous warriors, or as powerful wizards and the like. Which led me to an idea for a painting that I plan to share with you over the next few weeks as it develops. Makes sense right? Let me explain: A few months ago, I went mountain biking with a few of my friends. It occurred to me, while I was out there bewildered and lost, that if this were war, I would probably have just gotten us all killed. This image was a result of that. When I got back from the trail ride, I scribbled this thumbnail down:

The Lord of the Rings One of the great things about the worlds that Tolkien creates are the half-mentioned places and events that are going on in the background of Middle Earth. By hinting at them and leaving them a bit mysterious, Tolkien gives the reader a chance to use their imagination and place themselves inside the world and explore it for themselves. Many of us, when we read stories like these, like to imagine ourselves there in the background as clever, dangerous warriors, or as powerful wizards and the like. We don't ever just place ourselves in there as hapless serfs who get ordered around a lot and eventually eaten. Or as complete bunglers for that matter. Which led me to an idea for a painting that I plan to share with you over the next few weeks as it develops. Makes sense right? Let me explain: A few months ago, I went mountain biking with a few of my friends. It occurred to me, while I was out there bewildered and lost, that if this were war, I would probably have just gotten us all killed.

The Silmarillion So I know I said I wasn't planning on doing (or monkeying with) any of these Silmarillion pieces digitally. But I gave in and joined the Dark Side for a bit to push the Glorfindel and the Balrog piece a little further. I can't help it, sometimes I just have to monkey with the paintings. In the end, I just love pushing the traditional parts further on the computer. But this is where it starts guys. Le Seigneur des anneaux illustré à l'iconographie orthodoxe Avec le nombre épique de pages qu'il a livrées sur la Terre du Milieu, J.R.R. Tolkien n'aura certes pas été avare en descriptions nous permettant d'imaginer précisément les lieux et personnages qui habitent ses oeuvres. Pourtant, les illustrateurs du Seigneur des anneaux, ou encore du Hobbit, nous les ont dépeints avec des styles graphiques parfois très singuliers. C'est le cas notamment avec une édition russe datant de 1993, illustrée par Sergey Yuhimov, et dont le caractère orthodoxe donnerait presque des airs de Byzance à Hobbitebourg. Si les maisons d'édition nous ont représenté la Terre du Milieu de bien des manières, on redécouvrait dernièrement une version soviétique du Hobbit par exemple, cette mouture iconographique concoctée en Russie se prête particulièrement bien aux épopées fantastiques décrites dans les romans de Tolkien. Néanmoins, et comme pour d'autres moutures, on pourrait toujours s'amuser à y trouver des incohérences entre l'oeuvre littéraire et sa mise en images.

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