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Old 05-20-2012, 01:07 AM   #1
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Frank Frazetta's Lord of the Rings illustrations.

Weird, maybe, but interesting to see the Conan artist's vision of Middle-earth http://io9.com/5911710/frank-frazett...o-middle-earth
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Old 05-20-2012, 03:31 AM   #2
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Can't help wondering about his conception of the Rohirrim if that is Eowyn disguised as a man
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Old 05-20-2012, 07:58 AM   #3
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Why does Gollum look like Tor Johnson with Yoda's ears?
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Old 05-20-2012, 08:09 AM   #4
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Gandalf looks more like a goblin than a goblin does.
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Old 05-20-2012, 09:37 AM   #5
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He gave Eowyn some nice...ummm...attributes.
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Old 05-20-2012, 11:52 AM   #6
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Bęthberry is wading through snowdrifts on Redhorn.Bęthberry is wading through snowdrifts on Redhorn.Bęthberry is wading through snowdrifts on Redhorn.Bęthberry is wading through snowdrifts on Redhorn.
Rather funny how he gave Conan-like muscles to the orcs.

And I do believe that he thought of Eowyn's armour as "femail."
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Old 05-20-2012, 12:13 PM   #7
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And I do believe that he thought of Eowyn's armour as "femail."
Oh my!
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Old 05-20-2012, 04:29 PM   #8
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At least he's consistent. Back when I was younger, I had a 4 volume illustrated set of Jack Vance's Tschai series; I think this guy did one or more volumes of that The figures certainly look vaugely familiar (there is something very Chasch-like about his orcs and, with a few extra clothes, Zap210 could be Eowyn's body double).
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Ha, the Witch-king must have scared the pants off of Éowyn!

Par for the course for Frazetta, who was a fan of bare bottoms on his male and female figures both. I'm surprised there isn't one of a muscular Aragorn in a breechclout and winged helm atop a pile of dead and dying orcs.

I'm a fan -- not many fantasy artists can match Frazetta for dynamic scenes and the evocation of a certain (admittedly narrow) kind of tone. His imagery all but visually defined sword-and-sorcery/sword-and-planet fiction. But he was a specialist. In some alternate reality, Frazetta ran a legendary custom van-painting shop in Venice Beach.
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Old 05-21-2012, 06:52 AM   #10
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Some of the pictures in the old Tolkien Bestiary weren't far off this.

The Hobbits are totally off of course, though one looks a bit like a Jawa which is funny. I really do like the Witch King though, and there's no reason why Gandalf shouldn't look a bit like Roy Wood with farmer arms. I'd imagine Gandalf was a bit sinewy anyway.
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Old 05-21-2012, 08:27 AM   #11
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Some of the pictures in the old Tolkien Bestiary weren't far off this.

The Hobbits are totally off of course, though one looks a bit like a Jawa which is funny. I really do like the Witch King though, and there's no reason why Gandalf shouldn't look a bit like Roy Wood with farmer arms. I'd imagine Gandalf was a bit sinewy anyway.
I actually really like the illustration of the hobbit squaring off with the wolf/warg. Roy Wood? Haven't heard that name since the 70s.
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Old 05-22-2012, 03:22 PM   #12
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I actually really like the illustration of the hobbit squaring off with the wolf/warg. Roy Wood? Haven't heard that name since the 70s.
Spend Christmas in the UK and Roy Wood is ubiquitous!
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Old 06-18-2012, 06:05 AM   #13
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White Tree Roy Wood

I have to agree with Lalwendë here! When Christmas draws near in the UK, this song is played, played, and played...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoxQ4Ul_DME


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