Alan Lee (illustrator)

Alan Lee ( born August 20, 1947 in Middlesex, England ) is a British illustrator and film designer. He is together with John Howe and Ted Nasmith as one of the greatest illustrators of the works of JRR Tolkien.

Life

He studied at the Ealing School of Art in 1975 and moved to Dartmoor. He became famous in 1978 with his illustrations for the book Faeries, which he brought out with Brian Froud. His book covers were made of the fantasy scene impossible to imagine from there.

In the 80s, Alan Lee established himself as Tolkien artist. He painted not only motives for cover images and calendar, but illustrated the occasion of the 100th birthday of JRR Tolkien the entire Lord of the Rings for a 1200 -page special edition.

Style

Alan Lee is known for his distinctive watercolor and pencil technique that derives its charm mainly from the varied interplay of light and dark areas. The scene is usually indicated only rough outline, but wins by the following hatching or configuration with watercolors a fascinating depth. His works are characterized by a high degree of detail and a very intuitive picture composition. In contrast to John Howe Alan Lee eschews the comic-like exaggeration of characters and landscapes; his images are relatively low in contrast, decorated in earth tones and mostly viewed from fairly conventional perspectives. This lives his motives held a magical tranquility that makes his success in the classic fairy tale and fantasy sector.

  • From elves, goblins, ghosts, ISBN 380672895X
  • Faeries
  • Black ships before Troy
  • The Wanderings of Odysseus
  • Castles ( along with David Day )
  • The Lord of the Rings ( Illustrated Edition)
  • The Hobbit ( Illustrated Edition)
  • The Mabinogion
  • The Children of Hurin, ISBN 9780007246229

Movies

Albums

  • Omnia - Alive! (2007)
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