įor The Hobbit films, original director Guillermo del Toro and replacement director Peter Jackson consulted with both Howe and fellow conceptual artist Alan Lee to ensure continuity of design. Howe has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. Martin's novel A Clash of Kings was released by Meisha Merlin, with numerous illustrations by Howe. He also contributed to the film adaptation of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.

Howe illustrated many books in the fantasy genre, such as those by Robin Hobb.

His work includes images of mythological material such as the Old English epic poem Beowulf (including Knizia's board game Beowulf: The Legend). Howe illustrated the Lord of the Rings board game created by Reiner Knizia, and re-illustrated the maps of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion in 1996–2003. Howe and Tolkien artist Alan Lee served as chief conceptual designers for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. One year after graduating from high school, he studied in a college in Strasbourg, France, then at the École des arts décoratifs in the same town. John Howe (born August 21, 1957) is a Canadian book illustrator and conceptual designer, best-known for his artwork of J. Conceptual design for The Lord of the Rings film seriesĬonceptual design for The Hobbit film series