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3John Howe (born August 21, 1957) is a Canadian book illustrator and conceptual designer.
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5In his youth, he was influenced by the works Creator/FrankFrazetta and Brothers Hildebrandt, which helped him discover his own style of artwork. As a teen, he like to read what Tolkien wrote and started to create works based on ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium''. Howe achieved much of his fame for his FantasyArt by working as a chief conceptual designer along with Alan Lee for Creator/PeterJackson's ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. He has expertise in ancient and medieval armour and armaments, which influenced the way he portrays the medieval world in fantasy. Howe is also serving as a conceptual designer for Amazon's ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower''.
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7Howe's homepage can be found [[https://www.john-howe.com/blog/ here]].
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11!! Notable Projects:
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13* ''Literature/AClashOfKings'': He was illustrator for a limited edition of the book.
14* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'':
15** ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': Howe worked on the ConceptArt, designing the films' world in collaboration with Alan Lee.
16** ''Film/TheHobbit''
17** ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower''
18* ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'': Served as consultant.

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