tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38626086.post518330447739017051..comments2024-03-16T23:32:30.325-05:00Comments on The Catholic Illustrator’s Guild: Inspiration: J.R.R. TolkienBen Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38626086.post-57640097584742787522010-03-02T18:43:54.542-05:002010-03-02T18:43:54.542-05:00Thanks for link! My Hobbit has few illustrations, ...Thanks for link! My Hobbit has few illustrations, and my LotR only the door. These are great.Kirstynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38626086.post-70417668889567132512009-09-22T18:53:11.452-05:002009-09-22T18:53:11.452-05:00This definately is inspiration! I wonder if he ske...This definately is inspiration! I wonder if he sketched this with some actual scene as his model or simply from his imagination?<br /><br />Thanks so much Herried.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529030113999866081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38626086.post-33164975595697816082009-09-22T03:58:07.076-05:002009-09-22T03:58:07.076-05:00I have decided there are five experiences of my ch...I have decided there are five experiences of my childhood that are the formative spiritual pinnacles. 3-and-a-half of them are visual/artistic. One of them is reading "The Hobbit" at ten or eleven, 1961 or 1962. That's the half visual one. It's indefensible (He's really not THAT good), but those illustrations remain among my very favorite images ever, especially Mirkwood and The Misty Mountains Looking West from the Eyrie...Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05900874296863795583noreply@blogger.com