I have a website because it's an interesting tool, very - and quite unexpectedly - useful for my work. It's become an… — John Howe Archives Copy Share Image
All in all, Tolkien fans are as varied, remarkable and marvelous as the books and the worlds that they share. They make… — John Howe Book Copy Share Image
Occasionally projects just take off unexpectedly, sometimes you can work away at sketches and ideas for years before they are published. There… — John Howe Books Copy Share Image
Drawing must seek for interest, not for admiration. Because admiration wears quickly. — John Howe Admiration Copy Share Image
Drawing must seek interest, not admiration. Because admiration wears quickly. — John Howe Admiration Copy Share Image
Daydreaming with pencil and paper is a respectable form of meditation. — John Howe Daydreaming Copy Share Image
God loves you enough , trusts you enough, to let affliction come into your life to see whether you will exercise the… — John Howe Affliction Copy Share Image
I have been illustrating Tolkien's books ever since I first read them, long before illustration became my profession. — John Howe Book Copy Share Image
What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away… — John Howe Away Copy Share Image
More often than not, however, the person who flatly states 'Elves aren't like that!' is hard pressed to describe how they really… — John Howe Archetype Copy Share Image
Information and inspiration are everywhere... history, art, architecture, everything an illustrator needs. Europe is, after all, the land that has generated most… — John Howe Architecture Copy Share Image
Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. — John Howe Character Copy Share Image
I initially moved to Switzerland for work on an animated feature film, and have been here ever since. — John Howe Animated Copy Share Image
What can make your work interesting is as much who you are, as how you draw. — John Howe Drawing Copy Share Image
Dragons and bridges are very much something out of fairy tales and fantasy. — John Howe Bridges Copy Share Image
My initial plan was to spend a year in France, go to some kind of school and learn a bit of French.… — John Howe Art Copy Share Image
I think I was interested in history without knowing it and that became very clear when I arrived in France. Everything that… — John Howe Art Copy Share Image
