Nexius_LobsterM to Traditional ArtEnglish • 3 days agoby John Howeimagemessage-square7arrow-up1148arrow-down12
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 days agoI believe this piece of artwork was a major inspiration for Gandalf’s appearance in the lotr trilogy
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 days agoHowe did this in 1989, so actually he was the one directly riffing on earlier artists’ versions of Gandalf, like Hildebrandt, Bakshi and Rankin-Bass. Or just iconic images of wizards that go back centuries…
I believe this piece of artwork was a major inspiration for Gandalf’s appearance in the lotr trilogy
Howe did this in 1989, so actually he was the one directly riffing on earlier artists’ versions of Gandalf, like Hildebrandt, Bakshi and Rankin-Bass. Or just iconic images of wizards that go back centuries…