There have been many visual interpretations of “Lord of the Rings”. I’m a fan of Ted Naismith’s. and well as JRRT’s own. I’m glad Peter Jackson chose Alan Lee and John Howe as inspirations for his films and not the Hildebrandt Brothers.
Here though is a link to some of the wildest Middle Earth artwork you will ever come across
http://io9.com/these-medieval-style-tolkien-illustrations-are-like-not-1585380478
apparently they have been included in some Russian language versions of the trilogy.
Very cool!
Frodo’s really rocking that top hat on Weathertop…
I love these (especially the Ents - I’m a huge fan of Ents who look like Tolkien’s actual descriptions of tree-like giants, not just walking trees), but they’re far from the strangest Tolkien illustrations I’ve seen. I think Portuguese Bilbo is my favourite! But there’s lots more at Hobbithunter…
Cool.
They’re lovely. They remind me a bit of the Book of Kells.
I like them a lot. The illustrations in my edition of Farmer Giles of Ham are nice medieval line-drawings, and it adds to the charm of the story.
My favorites in this bunch are the Council of Elrond and the crowning of the King. Heh - for the crowning, Gandalf is on one side of Aragorn, and two hobbits and a ladder are necessary on the other. Funny.
Some nifty stuff there, I’ll have to peruse more later.
I was expecting one of those “Five Book Covers That Hilariously Missed the Point” kind of articles, but I agree with the others that these are very cool.
Awesome - glad I found this thread.
It’s Charles Schulz’s The Hobbit!
Bilbo Baggins, you blockhead!
I love it when Galadriel pulls the football away just as he’s about to kick it.
I know she wasn’t in the Hobbit, but who really remembers Belladonna Took?
…Linus, sitting in a pumpkin field, waiting for the Eye of Sauron to rise…
I’d like to Gandalf vs Saruman interpreted as Snoopy vs The Red Baron.
I like Gandalf wearing the Snuggi while riding Shadowfax.
StG
Beautiful neo-medieval art! Very expressive!
One of my favorites is Frank Frazetta’s depiction of Eowyn facing the Witch King. In typical Frazetta style, she isn’t wearing very much. No, not much at all. It makes you wonder just how blind the Rohirrim must have been, not to see Durnhelm’s ample curves!
very, very nice indeed.
She single-handedly took on Saruman armed only with a fucking umbrella. Not a mounted army, not giant walking trees hurling boulders, but with an umbrella. Bitch was hardcore.
That was Lobelia Sackville-Baggins 
Gandalf had his eye on Belladonna though, so she was probably quite something herself.
I love the artwork in the OP. Also, I love the suggestion in the comments on the io9 article that the whole LotR should be done as a Bayeux-style tapestry…
I love that Dead Marshes-- It captures the atmosphere perfectly.
I forgot to link to what I consider the absolute best weird Tolkien artist, Cor Blok. I love his Bill Ferny as a Magritte (although it seems to predate The Son of Man)
Tolkien loved them enough to buy two himself.
