内容简介
Asumptuouslarge-formattradepaperbackcontainingsketchesandpaintingsfromtheLordoftheRings,togetherwithbrandnewandpreviouslyunseenmaterialfromthebooksandfilms.Inthislarge-formatsketchbookAlanLeerevealsinpicturesandinwordshowhecreatedtheimagesintheauthorisedillustratededitionofTheLordoftheRings.Theseimageswouldprovesopowerful,matchingperfectlywithTolkien'sownvision,thattheywouldeventuallydefinethelookofPeterJackson'smovietrilogyandearnAlanacovetedAcademyAward.Thebookisfilledwithover150ofhissketchesandearlyconceptualpiecestoshowhowtheprojectprogressedfromideatofinishedart.Italsocontains20colourpaintingsreproducedinfull-pageglory,togetherwithnumerousexamplesofhisconceptualartproducedforthefilmsandbrandnewpiecesdrawnspeciallyforthisbook.ItalsoincludesanexclusiveforewordwrittenbySirIanMcKellen.TheLordoftheRingsSketchbookprovidesafascinatinginsightintotheimaginationofthemanwhopaintedTolkien'svision,firstlyontothepageandtheninthreedimensionsonthecinemascreen.Itwillalsobeofinteresttomanyofthe100,000peoplewhohaveboughttheillustratedLordoftheRingsaswellasforbuddingartistsandillustratorsinterestedinunlockingthesecretsofbookillustration.--ThistextreferstoanalternateHardcoveredition.
作者简介
AlanLeewasborninEnglandin1947.InspiredbyTolkien'sworktopursuehischosenpathasanartistofthemythicandfantastic,hehasillustratedawiderangeofbooksincludingFaeries,TheMabinogion,Castles,MerlinDreams,thecentenaryeditionofTheLordoftheRings,andTheHobbit.HeisawinneroftheCarnegieMedalforhisillustratededitionofTheIlliad.