This statue of has been designed by Tolkien's great nephew Tim Tolkien
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/w...ds/6412017.stm. Some of the designs from the Moseley Statue Website are wonderful. )BTW the photo is a 'fake' & the real one will be coloured brown-bronze-green)
More here:
http://moseleystatue.org/
If you check out the 'Designs & Illustrations' section you can't help but think of Tolkien's own style of illustration, & the children's playground & the gates in the 'Tim's Other Work' section are amazing - they remind me of some of Pauline Baynes' drawings for Smith.
I like the design a lot:
Quote:
|
"Treebeard" who is being designed to be striding towards the 2 life-size boys of JRR and his brother Hilary in the trees in front of him.
|