![]() ![]() Costume personnel Ngila Dickson considered him a "team leader" of the crew of designers. The depiction of the portrayal of Helm's Deep was primarily conceived by Lee. ![]() Lee illustrated many of the scenarios for the movies, including objects and weapons for the actors. Having reached significance as illustrators, Lee and John Howe were chosen to act as the lead artists of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, starting in 2000. ![]() ![]() This is one of the magical things about drawing-it gives us almost visionary moments of connectedness." - Alan Lee " To draw a tree, to pay such close attention to every aspect of a tree, is an act of reverence not only toward the tree, and toward the earth itself, but also our human connection to it. He won the Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration in 1993 for Black Ships before Troy and the Best Artist Award at the World Fantasy Awards of 1998. His own art style can be described as realist - his key influences have been British book illustrators Arthur Rackham (1867 - 1939) and Charles Robinson (1870–1937). He went on to illustrate many fantasy books such as the centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings, Faeries (with Brian Froud), The Mabinogion, Castles and Merlin Dreams. Alan Lee was educated at Ealing School of Art in London. ![]()
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