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Fantasy Books

Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon Art Book

May 9, 2014 Tamara Bakx

I just received my copy of Smaug:Unleashing the Dragon! The “Mythical” Dragon has been growing in popularity more in recent times. The book shows us how they created Smaug and how film, drawing, book and […]

EXCLUSIVE: From Middle-Earth With John Howe

April 22, 2013 Steve "Rifflo" Fitch

Best known for his role as conceptual designer for Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, John Howe first got “a real spark” from the Hildebrandt calendars and began illustrating his […]