Joel Merrinerさんのイラストまとめ

"It is not yours save by unhappy chance. It might have been mine. It should be mine. Give it to me!" Kawaii Boromir finally flips his lid #Tolkien #LOTR

Although better known for his work on comics Marvel Boy and Wanted, artist J. G. Jones has been known to turn his hand to #Tolkien illustration. Featuring a watercolour style akin to Alan Lee, here's Jones' version of the classic Farmer Maggot-Black Rider showdown. Get him Grip!

You wish you were this cool...Olga Ionajtis' Bilbo exudes jaunty dapperness in this uber-stylish image from the 2005 Russian #Hobbit published by Astrel'. From the hair, to the natty jacket, chic pipe and effortless pose against that neat little spade, he's got it all #Tolkien

In my recent @TolkienSociety paper I relate how Tolkien's Glorund sets forth to seek Túrin (1927) uses a medieval motif featured in an Edward Johnston book (1906). Well, here's an original iteration included among the dizzying heights of Notre-Dame's c.1250 rose window #Tolkien

There can be few more haunting and splendid funerary traditions than the Greco-Roman/Egyptian fusion that is the 1st-3rd century encaustic mummy portrait. In my Second Age #Tolkien moments I often imagine the patrician Númenórean families venerating their dead in similar fashion

@Mercuryreads Olga Ionajtis' 2005 edition published by Astrel' would be my first choice. Stunning, playful pics. Not sure how easy to source though. There's also always Mikhail Belomlinskij's 1976 Detskaja Literatura edition which is always available used on ebay

Cheer yourself up this evening with a little technicolour explosion courtesy of the psychedelic strangeness that is Linda Garland's Menegroth, the Thousand Caves (1978). Magically infused, you can imagine Thingol and Melian literally tripping along those rainbow cobbles #Tolkien

Time to go epic with Justin Gerard's blockbuster Glaurung and the Dwarf King (2011). I'm particularly struck here by the neo-Roman aesthetic of the Belegost Dwarves, flame and shadow meets uber-Asterix. Check out the fire-proof guys with the murmillo-style dragon helms #Tolkien

Thank the Fox it's Friday folks! 🦊

Fantasy/historical artist Roman Pisarev has produced some superb illustrations based on classic novels, including many killer images for the #Hobbit. Here's one - a splendid 2013 pic of gold-maddened Thorin leading his company from the gates of the Lonely Mountain #Tolkien