Joel Merrinerさんのイラストまとめ

Illustrator Nicolas Delort uses a scratchboard in a manner which evokes the engravings of #GustaveDoré. Here's his take on the classic Éowyn vs Witch-king encounter - A Woman's Courage. Yes, there are uncanonical details, but look at that dismount from the Witch-king... #Tolkien

A treat for the eyes - four classic encounters from Laima Eglïte's Arkenstone-bright illustrations for the 1991 Latvian #Hobbit. From the top: Gandalf and Bilbo, Rivendell arrival, Thorin and Co meet the Stone Giants and the pivotal Riddles in the Dark. Enjoy #Tolkien #OneRing

Ian Miller's fantasy illustrations boast a jagged solidity which view artists can match. Here we have a sword-wielding Dáin Ironfoot set for Azog, Belegost armoury of the Dwarves, a detail from the Pelennor Battle, and an insanely spikey scene from Gormenghast #Tolkien #art #LOTR

Once upon a time I loved to paint rocks. There's just something about them that lends itself beautifully to the manipulation of paint. Here's two #pleinair oils of my local rocks, and a published natural history illustration of a buzzard that ended up being about a rock #art

I've mentioned this before, but among my favourite #Hobbit images are Laima Eglïte's shimmering illustrations for the 1991 Latvian translation. Here's four to savour - Bilbo watches the sunset by the thrush's stone, Beorn's house, Lake-town arrival and here be spiders...#Tolkien,

Tonight - Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) a #Russian Symbolist painter of religious, spiritual and occult themes. Roerich travelled extensively in Central Asia, settling in the Himalayan foothills in 1928. His imagery is invariably rich and stunning, but often unsettling #art

Bookbinder Philip Smith created many startling bindings for #Tolkien books, combining sculpted, carved and painted elements. Here we have 2 bookboxes for #LOTR (1991, 1978) and a #Silmarillion cover (1980). In the latter note the influence of Jaroslav Bradac's Morgoth (c.1979)

Here's our Бильбо puffing his pipe in Mikhail Belomlinsky's illustration from Natalya Rakhmanova's 1978 #Hobbit (Хо́ббит). Yes those legs are mighty hairy! The result of an unfortunate etymological translation error - Hobbit = ho(mo) [latin: man] plus (ra)bbit. No...No #Tolkien

Ok, so I digress from all things #Tolkien for a moment - but there can be few things in world art/history of images as stunning and immediate as the encaustic mummy portraits from 1st-3rd century Fayum. Here's four particularly affecting examples...#Fayum #portraitart

Whilst we're talking Igor Kordej and the 1995 Croatian #LordOfTheRings here's his vivid cover illustration for Vol III Povratak Kralja. The Storm of Mordor over the Pelennor Fields has rarely looked so hellish (and red) #Tolkien #OneRing