Tolkien's own art

[davem]

Originally Posted by MatthewM

Thanks LalwendëI think the second one might be it because I read somewhere that Tolkien approved of Pauline's drawings of The Fellowship, and that Legolas was hooded so his hair color was not shown. He looks hooded here. I had an image in my head that the picture would be facing frontwards, but perhaps this is the right one. What do you think?

Alan Lee stated that both he & CT didn't like illustrations which showed the characters in too much detail - maybe Tolkien himself felt the same...