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I believe this piece of artwork was a major inspiration for Gandalf’s appearance in the lotr trilogy

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Howe did this in 1989, so actually he was the one directly riffing on earlier artists’ versions of Gandalf, like Hildebrandt, Bakshi and Rankin-Bass. Or just iconic images of wizards that go back centuries…

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From dabblers to masters, obscure to popular and ancient to futuristic, this is an inclusive community dedicated to showcasing all types of art by all kinds of artists, as long as they’re made in a traditional medium

‘Traditional’ here means ‘Physical’, as in artworks which are NON-DIGITAL in nature.

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