@joelmerriner.bsky.social
Doctor of art history, artist and writer, author of https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illustrating-the-lord-of-the-rings-in-the-soviet-bloc-9781350442085/ adventures in '80s fandom and the visual Legendarium
@joelmerriner.bsky.socialThanks! Look forward to chatting again! 😁
@joelmerriner.bsky.socialReally enjoyed chatting all things Tolkien illustration with the most excellent Alan Lee. Thanks to the brilliant folks at @tolkienguide.com for inviting me on!
@joelmerriner.bsky.socialYou're welcome, nice pic 😁!
@joelmerriner.bsky.socialCool image, have seen this one doing the rounds now and then. Rob Brown is the artist, I think Ken Sanders is the guy who created the print run initially. Lots of hatching happening here, parallel, cross 🤪 I think it's pen and ink, Brown was trying to emulate wood engravings of Gustave Doré etc
@joelmerriner.bsky.socialBrilliant news, congratulations!
@joelmerriner.bsky.social😁😁!
@joelmerriner.bsky.socialBrilliant, thank you! I really hope you enjoy it! 😀
@joelmerriner.bsky.socialIt's a fantastic book! 😁
@joelmerriner.bsky.socialArtwork by the mighty John Blanche!
@joelmerriner.bsky.socialFrom the early days of #Tolkien illustration the innovative, colourful images of Hugo awarding winning fantasy/sci fi elder Tim Kirk shine out like Gondorian beacons. Here's one of my favourites, Frodo, Sam and Gimli peering into the starry depths of Mirrormere (c.1974).
