Middle-Earth Tours

Tour 3: The Artists of Middle-Earth

Art by John Howe, Part 2:
From The Two Towers


In a horserace to decide best overall LotR artist, John Howe would win by a nose over Alan Lee and Ted Nasmith. Howe and Lee were the two artists chosen by Peter Jackson to work with the effects team preparing the upcoming LotR movie trilogy.



Treebeard

Gandalf Falls with the Balrog

Zirakzigil

detail of Zirakzigil

The War of the Ring

detail of Legolas

Helm's Deep, by John Howe
(from his website)

detail of Sam

Shelob

Shelob and Frodo,
by John Howe

detail of Gimli

Full-size versions of these pictures are on display at Rolozo Tolkien.