[Morgul Queen]

actually I quite like both, only I find john howe makes his colors a bit too bright, giving it a fantasy feel, while Alan Lee does his as we would a real structure, especially the Isengard one, I just love how he tones the sharpness of the black of the stone down with the fog surrounding the Tower giving it a surreal quality while at the same time making it totally believable.

Both artists pay close attention to detail (Alans Grima clutching a piece of wreakage and swimming towards the door of Orthanc, and Johns Smaug's claw scratches in the sand of his lair) and i absolutly love John's 'gate's of dread' and Alan's 'Rivendell'.

However I'm biased because I had a conversation with Alan Lee at the TTT premire
that lasted at least 15 minutes and we discussed artwork, Alan's and John's work on the film , Tolkien and all of his works.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to go with Alan Lee, because I tend to lean towards his works that little bit more (anyone seen his Helm's Deep, absolutly amazing) than John's and well, I got to talk to him dangit!!!!