Joel Merrinerさんのイラストまとめ

Ok, so I'm waiting on #Tolkien visual research acquisition no. 7...Властелинът на пръстените, two volume 1991 Bulgarian translation of #LordOfTheRings with wonderful illustrations by Yassen Panov, Got my methodology sorted, just want the books! Hurry international economy post!!

So it's Saturday, and time for another visit to Peter Klúcik's 1990 Slovakian version of The #Hobbit. This time we have Gandalf and Bilbo introducing themselves to a very large, glowering Beorn. Note the iconographic nod to Beorn's alter-ego top left #Tolkien #illustration

Saruman reveals the truth about "poor Lotho" in Denis Gordeev's finely composed illustration from The Scouring of the Shire. The ragged look of the once great wizard neatly conveys his dissolution. #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings #illustration

One for the arachnophobes tonight - from the comic book artist and #Earthsea illustrator Charles Vess we have Shelob's Lair (1979). Actually, I feel kind of sympathetic towards this Shelob. I think it's the face...#Tolkien #LordOfTheRings

I'm constantly impressed by Laima Eglďte's sparkling illustrations for the 1991 Latvian translation of The #Hobbit. Here, an Ariel-esque invisible Bilbo steals the keys from the chief guard. Note the wings on the elves - a symbolic addition with precedent in the region. #Tolkien

Joan Wyatt's Minas Morgul is a jagged riot of distorted perspective and impossible angles. Yes, the "black ranks" of the Witch-king may look like a line of ants, but you certainly wouldn't want to be down on that bridge. #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings #OneRing

As a little visual addendum to my blog post on Ryuichi Terashima's #Hobbit illustrations https://t.co/rlGjsw3a7M - take a look at his cover image for Ô no Kikan (The Return of the King) Book VI #LordOfTheRings #Tolkien

'I see shapes of Men and of horses, and pale banners like shreds of cloud, and spears like winter-thickets on a misty night. The Dead are following.'
Hey, it's the weekend! Time to go out...
To the Stone of Erech by #IngerEdelfeldt
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The eyes have it. Gollum channels wretchedness in Inger Edelfeldt's masterful painting from the 1985 #Tolkien Calendar. #Hobbit #IngerEdelfeldt

A beautiful evocation of Shire life - Inger Eldelfeldt's A Long Expected Party from the Tolkien Calendar 1985. The young female Hobbit seated bottom right with head turned bears an expression that would grace a Berthe Morisot or Édouard Manet portrait #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings