Frasi di John Howe

John Howe è un illustratore canadese conosciuto principalmente per le sue illustrazioni riguardanti la Terra di Mezzo di J. R. R. Tolkien.

È stato chiamato da Peter Jackson, insieme ad Alan Lee, per prendere parte alla realizzazione visiva del Signore degli Anelli in qualità di visual designer. Ha preso parte anche alla realizzazione del film Le cronache di Narnia - Il leone, la strega e l'armadio.

Fra le altre cose ha ha illustrato i libri di Robin Hobb, ha realizzato delle tavole sulla leggenda anglosassone di Beowulf, la copertina di Kata Kumbas, un gioco di ruolo italiano, e due carte del gioco di carte collezionabili Magic: l'Adunanza, la Conca del Dente Ululato e la Puca del Dirupo . Wikipedia  

✵ 21. Agosto 1957
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“I dislike giving advice, and am always very careful to find out what the person needs to hear (not necessarily wants to hear; the two usually have little in common) before venturing into that territory.”

In the Artist's Studio interview (2010)
Contesto: I dislike giving advice, and am always very careful to find out what the person needs to hear (not necessarily wants to hear; the two usually have little in common) before venturing into that territory. I’m sure I have received much good advice, but can only recall the bad.

“From Alan, I learned to take a more instinctive and intuitive approach to pencil work. I used to let my mind get far too far ahead of my pencil, which can be productive, but removes the serendipitous switch of direction when the pencil and hand discover an idea the mind’s eye had missed.”

On Alan Lee
In the Artist's Studio interview (2010)
Contesto: From Alan, I learned to take a more instinctive and intuitive approach to pencil work. I used to let my mind get far too far ahead of my pencil, which can be productive, but removes the serendipitous switch of direction when the pencil and hand discover an idea the mind’s eye had missed. Drawing at the right speed is a sort of graphic contrapposto providing what I’d be tempted to call an “intuitional resilience” unobtainable with more energetic methods. I very much enjoyed working with him, a situation of symbiosis between enthusiasm and despair, the former because his work is just so good, the latter because his work is just so good. He is hard to keep up with, but then I believe he says the same of me. He is a dear friend and a wonderful artist.

“Drawing is giving yourself up to an exercise with no immediate application. It is a form of communion with your subject, be it in front of you or in your head.”

Origine: John Howe : Fantasy Art Workshop (2007), p. 6
Contesto: Drawing is giving yourself up to an exercise with no immediate application. It is a form of communion with your subject, be it in front of you or in your head. Expertise and skill go hand in hand with your desire to express feelings, to tell stories, to create and share worlds. It's personal.

“History is like a jigsaw puzzle, except every piece is from a different puzzle, and you try to make them all fit.”

Lost Worlds : A visit with John Howe (May 2009) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGaxYZX-N3Q
Contesto: History is like a jigsaw puzzle, except every piece is from a different puzzle, and you try to make them all fit. Although you many never have a finished picture, the time you spend, I think you end up understanding at least the pieces.

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