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Given Bakshi’s stated admiration for Rackham and the similarities here, I think we can trace a chain of visual influence from Rackham, to Bakshi, to Howe, and eventually to Jackson. 10/12
And he continues using it again and again later in his illustrations for Undine, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, his Book of Pictures, etc. (again, here are only 4 examples): 9/12
Rackham used this motif of fairy creatures hiding/residing in tree roots (not in Barrie’s text!), often with humans towering above them, multiple times in the book, as per below (I’ve selected 4 examples but there are more!) 8/12
The scene seems to have come from artist #JohnHowe (who worked on the films) and reproduces exactly this specific work, initially created for the 1987 Tolkien Calendar (https://t.co/GIYVwl53HA). But Howe himself points to yet another source -some of you will have spotted it! 3/12
My Amon Hen has just arrived with a gorgeous cover (“Beleg” by Elizaveta Klochkova)! @TolkienSociety #AmonHen
Loved The Empress of Salt and Fortune by @NghiVoWriting! A worthy candidate for @TheHugoAwards! (You were right @MJRSangster!) @UofGFantasy
She also singles out his artistry when drawing trees, a recurrent presence in his art, to which he manages to give “grace and character and individuality”. 🌳 🌲
12/18
Here’s the (gorgeous) cover of the book 👇 My chapter was titled: “‘Wildman of the Woods’: Inscribing Tragedy on the Landscape of Middle-earth in The Children of Húrin” #Tolkien
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