more sergey yuhimov’s lotr illustrations, slightly different style.
(wow, i remember this illustration of curled up, naked frodo, and it did things to my childhood psyche. and check out this eowyn!)
the lord of the rings
my childhood russian edition of lord of the rings had the most amazing, medievally styled illustrations by sergey yuhimov.
i haven’t appreciated them when i was a child (i obviously wanted something more aesthetically obvious), but now i think they’re just – really badass. going to upload all i could find, in three posts.
These are amazing. I love all the different styles – kind of a parallel to how the style and tone of the writing shifts back and forth between near-modern and archaic.
I’m particularly fond of the Balrog, just because it’s so different from every other depiction of that scene. His face looks like a cross between a Saxon helmet and a locomotive engine.
So when my dad was twelve, he was really into Lord of the Rings, and wrote Tolkien a five-page letter entirely in Dwarven Runes.
My parents believe (probably correctly) that this is the only item they own that my brother and I are going to fight over.
Every now and then I like to brag about it.
someone just liked and it showed up on my dash again, so let’s bring back a casual reminder that I am a legit nerd with an impressive pedigree