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Usually for each subject, be it character or location, there will be a few designers giving their own views and elaboration on the designs. The environment and character designs are from Weta, while the sets, props and dressings are from 3 Foot 7. This is mostly a showcase of the concept artworks of Weta Workshop and 3 Foot 7 Art Department. It's nice to see a good mix of pencil and coloured artworks. The other contributing artists are also quite amazing as to the quality of work they are putting out. You'll see quite of a lot of pencil sketched concept art from Alan Lee and John Howe, who are both concept art directors for the film. Strangely, there are only a few pages of art for Smaug the dragon. The designs are wonderful and really set the tone for the movies.Ĭharacter art are for the new characters, such as Beorn, Evangeline Lilly's Tauriel, Legolas, the many orcs, creatures like the spiders and other miscellaneous characters of which there are a lot. The art is fantastic.Ĭovered, of course, are the locations as they appear in the film, such as Mirkwood, the Elven kingdom, Lake-town and the others. It's predominantly hand drawn plus digital painting art with some 3D renders, and a few photos of miniature props. This artbook is still hardcover, 208 pages, and is as detailed and packed as the earlier Hobbit Chronicles books.įeatured in this particular book are the environment, props, character and creature designs.

That's one 'Wow' for each of the Hobbit artbooks that were published so far.

Free The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug