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The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook

About

Alan Lee's sketchbook of the drawings and paintings behind the Lord of the Rings films — an illustrated art book.

Summary (no dedicated Wikipedia article)

There is no standalone Wikipedia article for this book. It is a collection of conceptual sketches, drawings, and paintings by artist Alan Lee, the lead conceptual designer on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Lee — a long-time Tolkien illustrator whose work also illustrated the centenary edition of the novel — reflects on his process across the pages, showing how Middle-earth was designed for the screen.

Publication

First published 2005 by HarperCollins · art and commentary by Alan Lee.

Notes

Filed from an inbox shelf photo, 2026-07-11. New subject "Art & Design" added for it.

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