JRR Tolkien's Illustrations

[@vladul1192]

This video is from 2008, veryy good year, almost as old as I am!

[@gardensofthegods]

I'm 50 years older than you ... make the most of it you're not going to believe how fast the years will go by just like everybody told me it would happen

[@gardensofthegods]

And yeah 2008 was a pretty good year for me also

[@oldjak]

@@gardensofthegods hope you're doing well, my man :)

[@Khultan]

Absolutely beautiful. J.R.R. Tolkien RIP. Barbara Remington RIP.

[@merullaart]

Very nice! I am surprised with quality of art. Wait, why I got this recommended 14 years later? Damn YT algorithm.

[@sirvivor7835]

Fool of a Took, an algorithm is never late...

[@Blackboilingrobotoil]

Fascinating collection. Interesting to see a glimpse of what the author had in his mind as he wrote a story that would inspire the imagination of millions of people. Plus you actually picked some inspired, appropriate music. Perhaps a first for KZbin?

[@mark0551]

Thank you for making this video. You made this Geeks day.

[@tempstep4058]

What you see in the movies and what you see sketched by Tolkien are very different. Look at Orthanc for instance.

[@diegoimbraguglio3738]

I prefer the movie design 😁

[@ace9924]

Orthanc was more or less faithful, pretty much most of these were in the lotr adaptations. Rivendell looks the same, hobbiton is a bit different but mostly same. One drawing that I recall is different is barad dur which looks cooler in Tolkien's drawings than in the adaptation; as it looks more sinister for some reason. Just a brick tower with evil within.

[@rsmlinar1720]

@@ace9924 Sauron is also very different, and much better in tolkiens original artwork

[@ace9924]

@@rsmlinar1720 we only see sauron's arm outstretched. The shadow of mordor games did the sauron look justice because he wasn't as huge like he was in the movies.

[@oelaty9116]

I would say they did as best as they could in trying to be faithful to his work, when you think of the limitations of our real world and needing the actors to be able to work in these scenes, there’s only so much to be done before it’s just impossible

[@imen7610]

Thank you so much

[@kramwilliam]

Thanks very much for adding this. If you made it yourself can you please let me know where you got the images?

[@DanIel-fl1vc]

Wonder what 2:00 is , Taniquetil?

[@queenberuthiel5469]

Yes it is!

[@notexactlyrocketscience]

0:41 seems familiar. Skyrim, Whiterun, fighter's hall

[@golwenlothlindel]

well Tolkien did base it off of historical designs, especially Norse designs. This is the style that the Norse used at the height of their power in the 9th-14th Centuries. Though this would be a small example of the style: typically they had long tables between the firepit and colonnade (like the Meduseld in LotR). But there is a reconstructed Viking hall that looks *exactly* like this drawing: it is at Lanse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Though that didn’t exist at the time Tolkien was making his drawing: which makes the resemblance all the more eerie.

[@icebearc4859]

And whiterun was inspired from edoras

[@victorstriga]

Just finished The Hobbit :') cannot wait to buy The fellowship of the ring tomorrow

[@JohnKkim96]

Are all of these illustrations Tolkien’s original work? Like “the lonely mountain”? Was it drawn by him?

[@icebearc4859]

I think some of it are from Alan lee

[@jesse67347]

Yes, all the drawings in this video are made by Tolkien himself.

[@JohnKkim96]

@@jesse67347 I’m referring specifically to the illustration at 2:20. I’m getting conflicting information.

[@jesse67347]

@@JohnKkim96 Its a picture made by Tolkien himself. I Have a book with all his drawings and this one is in it.

[@jonasvm]

does anyone know if he ever illustrated gandalf?

[@Sara3346]

Gandalf is actually visible in the scene with the trolls that you can find in this very video, as for whether he Illustrated him individually I don't know.

[@jonasvm]

@@Sara3346 oh yes i see him!!! thanks! :)

[@troyvahn2461]

@@jonasvm actually he did there was a unpublished sketch of Gandalf in front of Bilbos door after Bilbo dismissed Gandalf and went inside by Tolkien, it doesn’t show Gandalf with a mustache …

[@jonasvm]

@@troyvahn2461 really!?? where can i find this?

[@willht4_90]

Song?

[@gandalfandchill549]

If I had to guess, it was a temporary version of the Return of the King score but it says it was made by Chris Boulder.

[@kylehennigan9468]

Anyone else want to play Minecraft with him