The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook

this is a great sketchbook.. gorgeous pencil sketches and drawings. Some pages are very light , and cant be seen comfortably. BUMMER.

If you’re into art, here’s something you should study!If you’re not into art, something for you to open your eyes.

Good Product

For the middle earth fan

Perfect .cant ask for more .value of book much more than price

When you watch a film like any of the LOTR trilogy, it’s staggering how the societies and even regions each have such solid visual consistency. When you read this book and look at the initial art, you start to realise it was almost all born in the sketches of John Howe and Allan Lee.I’ve had a fondness for Alan Lee’s art ever since his Mabinogion illustrations, so I was excited to get this.It doesn’t disappoint, it’s a quality book from content to layout to image/text ratio.The illustrations and Alan’s slightly self-depreciating when describing them seem to go together really nicely and even the placement of text makes for a surprisingly immersive read (I expected this to be a ‘looking at’ book).Can’t fault it.

A very well-illustrated collection of LOTR drawings and sketches by Alan Lee, including a small number of works in colour; perhaps Lee works to a small scale, but this is described as a large-format book; sorry, but at 19.5 cm x 25.2 cm this is a compact volume by art-book standards.Nevertheless, the 150 or so drawings it contains are a pleasure to look through; Lee`s work is very detailed and often very delicate in tone, so one would have appreciated a larger scale in order to facilitate better reproduction of some of the more understated drawings.Lee is a favourite illustrator of mine and although it`s not perfect, I value the contents of this book – do use the “look inside” feature above if it is still active.

Alan Lee is a master so this book is a wonderful collection of his LotR sketches. Alan's work is so great that I went out and bought pencils and a sketchbook.........and I can't even draw.A very inspirational book.

I ordered the book and it took two days to come, which was a nice surprise. I already have 'The Hobbit Chronicles' as I'm a big fan of both, the latter and the LOTR trilogy.I am an art student and for me the book is a great showcase of the work by Alan Lee. I love the way that all kinds of sketches were included here, so not just persons, elves or orcs, but also hobbit houses, utensils, armour, Mordor, Isengard, treebeard and much more. I don't just love this book because I study drawing and the level of the drawings by Alan Lee are mind blowing, but also because it serves like a visual continuation between the LOTR novel and films.If you loved the art on the films, you will undoubtedly love this book! You won't regret it!

Mostly B&W pencil sketches illustrating the novel. Some complete colour plates with development detail. Good quality paper and printing.