"That's what Canadian artist John Howe has done, following in the footsteps of Bilbo, Frodo, and other characters from J. R. R. Tolkien's works from Bag End, the two hobbits' home in the Shire, to Mordor, Sauron's dark realm, visiting along the way places as famous (and some as ominous) to Tolkien fans as Rivendell, Isengard, Khazad-dum, Minas Tirith, Edoras, and Helm's Deep."
"Howe has collected his impressions and drawings in the fabulous A Middle-earth Traveller: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor (2017), a work as important as the Red Book of Westmarch or the Book of Mazarbul, which the dwarf Gimli carried. The illustrator has not only traveled with his imagination to do so but has also been to some real locations in Tolkien's geography: the New Zealand settings where The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit were filmed in 1998 and 2009 respectively,"
John Howe, a Canadian artist, produced A Middle-earth Traveller: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor (2017), a collection of impressions and drawings covering locations across Tolkien's Middle-earth. The sketches span Bag End, the Shire, Rivendell, Isengard, Khazad-dûm, Minas Tirith, Edoras, Helm's Deep, and Mordor. Howe worked as an artistic designer on Peter Jackson's film adaptations alongside Alan Lee and visited the New Zealand filming locations for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. His imagery captures both intimate details like dwarves' pipes and Bilbo's larder and monumental scenes such as the Argonath. Howe's art appears on calendars, posters, book covers, and illustrations, and he appeared as a guest at the Barcelona International Comic Fair.
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