Joel Merrinerさんのイラストまとめ

Yasen Panov's imagery for the 1990-91 Bulgarian #LOTR depicts Middle-earth as a place of shadow where glowing, icon-like figures emerge out of inky blackness. It's a unique vision and one I hope will grace the pages of the Soviet Bloc #Tolkien illustration book I'm working on

Ok, if, like me, you're a fan of the unique fantasy stylings of the great John Blanche then this long-hidden view of Hobbiton will give you a little thrill. Apparently created for A Tolkien Bestiary but then strangely never used it's a beautiful marriage of #Tolkien and Bruegel

@MrWillSherwood Depictions which objectify us as viewers work best for me, or those which manipulate formal properties of line, composition etc to create an oppressive feeling. For skin-crawling oddness Joan Wyatt's comes close. It should be dumb (that silly floating eye), but it looks at YOU...

Colin Winslow created some superb costume designs for Redgrave Theatre's 1992 production of The Hobbit. Here's four to savour: Gandalf, Thorin and Co, the Goblins, and my absolute favourite, Dáin's messenger (to be played by Claire Davis). No man ignores her message 💀 #Tolkien

Up one place to No.4 is Bilbo's touching last farewell to Thorin Oakenshield by Olga Ionajtis (2005). Rarely has there been such a finely composed, poignant #Hobbit scene as this one. Every detail is delicately rendered, from Bilbo's pose to the blood-stained axe #Tolkien (7/10)

Hovering at No.6 - the story says he used to be a #Hobbit(ish) so that's good enough for me. Yes, it's Gollum by Inger Edelfeldt (1983). Pictured here in his old Misty Mountain home, his staring eyes and haunted expression hint at the imminent loss of the Precious #Tolkien (5/10)

First up and holding fast at No.10 is the #Hobbit that inspired my first ever oil painting - Michael Hague's Bilbo from Riddles in the Dark (1984). My own version featured the same red waistcoat, the same green cloak, but, sadly, not the same artistic skill #Tolkien (1/10)

Most obviously, the towering edifice of the Ringwraith's city is a close reimagining of Baynes' delicate vignette of the same location. Note the similar craggy peaks and lightning streaking across the sky. Also, you have to love the little toothy gate on both pics (2/4) #Tolkien

Ryûichi Terashima's superb cover illustrations for the six volume Japanese translation of #LOTR (published between 1972-1975) incorporate many elements deftly borrowed from Pauline Baynes' classic 1969 map of Middle-earth. Take his Vol 4 portrayal of Minas Morgul...(1/4) #Tolkien

In last years of the Soviet Union, an enigmatic Russian artist took #Tolkien's famous pictures of Rivendell (1937) and Barad-dûr (1944) and reforged them into a monstrous spider's lair. Follow me and I'll soon reveal more. Btw it's not Denis Gordeev (version featured below) #LOTR