Alan Lee at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

In this global publishing event, return to Middle Earth in the company of Alan Lee. The illustrator of The Fall of Gondolin, the final book in the trilogy of Tolkien’s Middle Earth tales, Lee not only illustrates the beautiful editions of Tolkien's books but also won an Oscar for his work on Peter Jackson's screen adaptations. Meet a master of his craft and discover how he brings this incredible fantasy world to life in this event filmed at the 2018 Edinburgh International Book Festival.

[@vincentmattis530]

LEGEND no more no less!! Thank you for youre work for the LORD OF THE RINGS!

[@88Grimmjow]

I like that he didnt sit until the host sat down, even though he is a much older man, but it shows some old school manners that he has. Also, it reminds me the respect my culture has for other people.

[@drawninwardart]

Fantastic to get nearly an hour of Alan Lee talking about his work and process. I bought ‘Faeries’ in 1979 and it had a massive influence on my drawings, jewellery design work and latterly, my illustration work. I have ‘Merlin’ on my studio wall.

[@SirrahBeats]

i can only imagine what he is talking about. some drawings of his i guess?

[@alanbrody3223]

I love Alan, his work and personality for what l can see on the web. I love this video in particular as it is very relaxing, a bit of asmr as l can perceive 🙂

[@DavydWood]

Loved this and brilliant to have the insight in Alan's work. The camera work became annoying though, with the zooming in. Thanks for sharing.

[@bfkc111]

Who gives a shit. People are so petty and self-important (although not 1% competent online).

[@DavydWood]

Yeah and some petty people choose to acknowledge only the constructive critism and somehow deem it negative. @@bfkc111

[@Fran-dn8zq]

It's always wonderful to hear Alan Lee talking about his work...but it could be even better if his works were catch entirely on camera during his speech 🙄

[@27management]

Damn terrible camera guy. Stop just Stop

[@bfkc111]

Get over it, fool.

[@27management]

BFKC I did. Watched it through many times

[@beinoauph2735]

@@bfkc111 What should he "get over"? He was just commenting on the poor camera-work. Weirdo

[@oliverreno4734]

Does the cameraman have ADHD or something? It's like watching a Michael Bay movie.

[@ToddLeibham]

And umm.....