{"id":83470,"date":"2013-11-29T09:35:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T14:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=83470"},"modified":"2013-11-29T09:42:53","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T14:42:53","slug":"exclusive-concept-art-of-lake-town-from-wetas-desolation-of-smaug-art-design-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/11\/29\/83470-exclusive-concept-art-of-lake-town-from-wetas-desolation-of-smaug-art-design-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Concept art of Lake-Town from Weta’s ‘Desolation of Smaug’ art & design book"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Its always nice to hear from Weta Workshop, but its especially nice when they drop something beautiful in our mailbox. This time it is concept art work from “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Chronicles: Art & Design,”<\/a> book. Written by Daniel Falconer, this is likely to be an amazing book. TORn got its first look at a similar book by Falconer for the previous movie and it turned out to be as stunning as we imagined it might be. Those who have had occasion to meet the author, who does extensive design work for Weta, know that he is gracious and smart and passionate about the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. <\/p>\n

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Click for larger version<\/figcaption><\/figure>While the masses in the U.S. are out shopping, you can order one of these now and during the pre-order phase, your book gets signed by the concept artists and comes with a “Dragon’s Gold” for Weta discounts and prizes. As you can see above, the image we received is of Lake-Town, from the desks of Alan Lee (who writes the book’s introduction) and John Howe. And please click for the larger version, it is definitely worth<\/p>\n

They also included some previously released Elf concept art which you can see below. You can order the book RIGHT HERE<\/a>. Expect this art to pop up in other places soon and more will be released as Weta and HarperCollins see fit, but for Hobbit fans, this may be among the very best of seasonal gifts.<\/p>\n

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