Alongside the illustrations, Howe relays some of Tolkien's lore and descriptions of the subjects.Ī Middle-earth Traveler is the first published portfolio of Howe's Middle-earth illustrations. Over a hundred illustrations of persons, events, creatures (such as trolls and dragons), and scenery of Middle-earth are featured, from all ages of Arda's history. R.A Middle-earth Traveler: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor is a book showcasing the work of Tolkien artist John Howe, published in 2018 first by HarperCollins, intended to serve as a tour through J.R.R. Images of Middle Earth (London: HarperCollins, 2000).Myth and Magic: The Art of John Howe (London: HarperCollins, 2000).The Map of Tolkien's Beleriand and the Lands to the North text by Brian Sibley (London: HarperCollins, 1999).Jack and the Beanstalk (Boston, Massachusetts: Little Brown, 1998).Tolkien Calendar (New York: HarperPrism, 1996) The Knight with the Lion: The Story of Yvain (Boston, Massachusetts: Little Brown, 1996).Knights: A Three-Dimensional Exploration (London: Tango Books, 1995).There and Back Again: The Map of the Hobbit text by Brian Sibley (London: HarperCollins, 1995).

The Map of Middle-Earth text by Brian Sibley (London: HarperCollins, 1994).Tolkien Calendar (New York: HarperPrism, 1994) Tolkien Calendar (New York: Ballantine Books, 1990) John Howeīorn Vancouver, British Columbia: 21 August 1957 However, he did paint impressive covers for two paperback volumes of Robert Silverberg's collected stories, Pluto in the Morning Light (coll 1992) and The Secret Sharer (coll 1993), interestingly juxtaposing imagery from sf and fantasy and suggesting that he might have enjoyed equal success had he specialized in sf. Outside of his Tolkien-related work, Howe has done other book covers, almost exclusively for works of Fantasy, including books by Robin Hobb, Guy Gavriel Kay, and David A Gemmell. His Tolkien artwork is not unlike that of his most famous predecessor, the Brothers Hildebrandt, though he is noted for his obsessive attention to detail in rendering medieval weaponry, contributing to the generally darker and more mature ambience of his paintings. In 1997, when Peter Jackson began working on his three-part film version of The Lord of the Rings ( 1954-1955 3vols), Howe was hired to serve as the films' conceptual designer, also working as a carpenter on the films he is now performing similar duties for Jackson's upcoming film trilogy based on The Hobbit ( 1). Admiring his approach to Tolkien, publishers then assigned Howe to illustrate books by Tolkien, as well as four additional Tolkien calendars (in 1991, 1995, 1997, and 2001). He took on a variety of projects, but an invitation to join other artists in contributing to the 19 J R R Tolkien calendars changed his life. After formal training in France, he moved to Switzerland to work on an animated film and decided to remain there. (1957- ) Canadian artist, now a resident of Switzerland.

A Middle-Earth Traveler by John Howe