[NancyBrooke]

Came across this man's artwork recently. He has interesting interpretations of Tolkien characters. Check out the red chalk drawings in particular:

http://www.donatoart.com/news.html
http://www.donatoart.com/fantasy.html
http://www.donatoart.com/portraits.html

I even found the ones of Legolas hot - oh, yes, and the world is coming to an end.

Enjoy,

NB

[Anna]

Very interesting, indeed!

I really liked his Eowyn. Oh, and his hobbits! I can´t see anything childlike about them......nice, for a change.
His Galadriel looks like Kate Moss, though. Not an entirely lousy interpretation of Galadriel, but I think I prefer Cate Blanchett.
His Boromir is handsome, but he´s nowhere near Sean Bean.
Legolas? Weeeell......could work. Not my vision of him (neither is Orlando Bloom...), but quite OK, I guess.

Thanks, Nancy!

[Eruanna]

Oh, yes! Lovely!

Donato Giancola is a great artist and I put him up there with Ted Nasmith as my favourite LOTR artists.

I only wish he would push the fantasy aspect of his art a little more. His armour looks too much like costumes from the Renaissance or ancient Rome. Peter Jackson's costume team was able to push the aspect of costume more, so not everyone came out looking like a bunch of Celts or Japanese.

He will probably be down in San Diego, California, for the Comic Convention next week and be selling his prints.

He is a very talented man, and his site has some interesting technical info on his painting technique...just like the old masters.

--Eruanna

[Mitasova]

I've to say Eowyn looks more like Legolas then Legolas himself. But yeah, good artist.

Thanks Nancy.