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<p>86.175.139.89: </p> <hr /> <div>{{artist infobox<br /> | image=[[Image:John Howe.jpg|250px]]<br /> | name=John Howe<br /> | born=[[August 21]], [[1957]]<br /> | died=<br /> | style=<br /> | images=<br /> | location=Switzerland<br /> | website=http://www.john-howe.com/<br /> |}}<br /> '''John Howe''' (born [[1957]]) is a renowned artist, especially well-known for his illustrations of Middle-earth. He served as a concept artist and designer for ''[[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]]''. <br /> <br /> ==Life==<br /> John Howe was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He graduated from the École des Arts Dècoratifs of [[wikipedia:Strasbourg|Strasbourg]]. Howe has illustrated many of Tolkien's works including ''[[The Hobbit]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', and ''[[The Silmarillion]]''. He now lives in [[wikipedia:Neuchatel|Neuchatel]] with his wife and son.<br /> <br /> Howe's [[:Image:John Howe - Boromir 01.jpg|version]] of [[Boromir (son of Denethor II)|Boromir]] is based on his own face. <br /> <br /> ==Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings==<br /> Howe, along with his colleague [[Alan Lee]], was the lead artist for [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]]. Contrary to popular belief, he does not appear as one of the nine [[Nazgûl|Kings of Men]] in the Prologue of [[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring]]. Howe is often identified as the second from the left, but a picture with better light shows that to be a different person&lt;ref&gt;Published in: [[Chris Smith]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare]]'', page 3, also [[Jude Fisher]], ''[[The Return of the King Visual Companion]]'', page 32.&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> ==Published Artwork==<br /> Howe is one of [[HarperCollins]]' most used artists, and his cover art is frequently featured on translations as well. <br /> ===Multiple editions===<br /> * ''[[The Hobbit]]''<br /> * ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''<br /> * ''[[The Two Towers]]''<br /> * ''[[The Return of the King]]''<br /> * ''[[Unfinished Tales]]''<br /> * ''[[The Silmarillion]]''<br /> * ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part 1]]''<br /> * ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part 2]]''<br /> * ''[[The Lays of Beleriand]]''<br /> * ''[[The Shaping of Middle-earth]]''<br /> * ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]''<br /> * ''[[The Return of the Shadow]]''<br /> * ''[[The Treason of Isengard]]''<br /> * ''[[The War of the Ring]]''<br /> * ''[[Sauron Defeated]]''<br /> * ''[[Morgoth's Ring]]''<br /> * ''[[The War of the Jewels]]''<br /> * ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]''<br /> * ''[[The History of Middle-earth: Index]]''<br /> ===Calendars and books===<br /> * [[1987]] - ''[[The 1987 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar|Tolkien Calendar]]''<br /> * [[1988]] - ''[[The 1988 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar|Tolkien Calendar]]''<br /> * [[1991]] - ''[[The 1991 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar|Tolkien Calendar]]''<br /> * [[1995]] - ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1995|Tolkien Calendar]]''<br /> * [[1995]] - ''[[The Tolkien Diary 1995|The Tolkien Diary]]''<br /> * [[1995]] - ''[[There and Back Again: The Map of the Hobbit]]''<br /> * [[1995]] - ''[[The Map of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]''<br /> * [[1997]] - ''[[Tolkien Calendar 1997|Tolkien Calendar]]''<br /> * [[1997]] - [[Iron Crown Enterprises]]' ''[[Middle-earth Collectible Card Game]]''<br /> * [[1998]] - ''[[The History of The Lord of the Rings]]'' boxset<br /> * [[1999]] - ''[[The Map of Tolkien's Beleriand and the Lands to the North]]''<br /> * [[2000]] - ''[[Lord of the Rings (board game)|Lord of the Rings]]'' (board game)<br /> * [[2001]] - ''[[The Lord of the Rings Calendar 2001|Tolkien Calendar]]'' <br /> * [[2001]] - ''[[The Lord of the Rings Tolkien Diary 2001|The Lord of the Rings Tolkien Diary]]''<br /> * [[2003]] - ''[[The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]''<br /> * [[2004]] - ''[[War of the Ring (Board game)|War of the Ring]]'' (board game)<br /> * [[2006]] - ''[[Battles of the Third Age]]'' (board game)<br /> ==Quotes==<br /> {{quote|Illustrating Tolkien means treading warily, dipping one's brush in shadow and rinsing them in light. Battle and balance, down the impossible path between the clear and the obscure.|John Howe on painting Middle-earth, ''[[Tolkien's World; Paintings of Middle-earth|Tolkien's World]]''.}}<br /> {{quote|Somewhat shamefully I am obliged to admit that I first read ''[[The Two Towers]]'' and ''[[The Return of the King]]'', and finally ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''. [...] Thus, I plunged directly into the world of Tolkien just above the [[Falls of Rauros]] and have been swimming diligently ever since.|John Howe on his reading experience, ''[[Tolkien's World; Paintings of Middle-earth|Tolkien's World]]''.}}<br /> {{quote|It was this place in North Island, and we wandered round these fields saying, well, [[Bag End]] can go here, that can be our party tree; it was very exciting. It's almost even more fun to have a location imposed upon you, because you really have to get down to brass tacks and figure it out, imagine it on paper. It's a real illustrator's job.|John Howe on working for [[Weta Workshop|Weta]], [http://movies.ign.com/articles/034/034289p1.html Interview].}}<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> * [[:Category:Images by John Howe|Images by John Howe]]<br /> * [[:Category:Images of John Howe|Images of John Howe]]<br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> == External Links ==<br /> * '''[http://www.john-howe.com Official Website]'''<br /> <br /> [[Category:Artists|Howe, John]]</div>

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