Middle-Earth Tours

Tour 3: The Artists of Middle-Earth

Art by John Howe, Part 3:
From The Return of the King


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.



Minas Tirirth

Minas Tirith

The Siege of Minas Tirith

detail of the Witch King

detail of Éowyn

Éowyn and the Nazgul

The Lieutenant of the Black Tower of Barad-Dur

The Dark Tower

detail of the Mouth of Sauron

detail of Frodo and Sam in Mordor, by John Howe

detail of orcs, by John Howe

detail of an orc

In Mordor

The End of the Third Age

The Gray Havens

Tolkien's Middle-earth

Denethor, by John Howe (from his website)

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