Ted Nasmith, Tolkien Illustrator & Artist Interview
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- Chatting with renown Tolkien illustrator Ted Nasmith about adapting Middle-earth, how he came to illustrate The Silmarillion, and writing to JRR Tolkien as a 17 year-old.
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Now you’ve really hit the gold mine here, Matt! Ted Nasmith has gotta be one of my all-time favorite Tolkien artists! Definitely looking forward to this!
I''d love to have a copy of The Silmarillion illustrated by Ted, but alas they all sold out.
@@maksphoto78 you can still find em, just gotta search a bit ;)
Very cool! I love illustration in general and more so Tolkien's illustrators. Ted Nasmith is iconic.
I emailed Ted about a year back asking about the chances of getting a middle earth art book from him, really pleased to see it's still in the works, cannot wait at all! Great interview by the way! I always think Teds work shines when he does environments / landscapes of middle earth
Ted Nasmith, John Howe, Alan Lee, such iconic Tolkien artists.
OHHHHH Ted Nasmith is my favorite tolkien illustrator, I love his work, so I am waiting and really excited for this
Ted Nasmith is my favourite Tolkien illustrator ❤I'm super-excited about the upcoming book!
It's about time, right?!
Same here
didn't watch all the interview, where does he speak about it?
@@martinovittori3585 Towards the end, starting at the 1:08 mark
A good illustrator, one who can not only see through the eyes of the author but roam around within that world, is not easy to come by.
Excellent guest, one of the best in Tolkien lore art.
You are right 👍
The legend himself
I’m so pleased he’s finally putting a book out! Thanks for asking that question Matt.
The thing that always sticks in my mind when I think of Ted’s art are his amazing mountains and skies. You can just tell he loves painting mountains!
really? when is the book coming out? is it going to be his illustrations?
Matt, you always knock it out the park with these interviews. Thanks so much to Ted for creating such beautiful art work 🧝♂️
I had the pleasure of meeting Ted at the Gathering of the Fellowship in Toronto. Not only is he a skilled painter, he is a wonderful musician (and sounds a bit like George Harrison). Looking forward to watching this!
This is amazing Matt! Now you gotta complete the holy trinity of Tolkien illustrators!
In my opinion, Ted Nasmith is the best Tolkien illustrator regarding the Silmarillion. He catches the soul of the story with his art; mystical, beautiful, mysterious but realistic at the same time.
So cool! Well done Matt. I’d love a Ted Nasmith art book, and I’d love to hear you speak to Alan Lee and John Howe if they’re available! ❤
One of the all time greatest
I was born and grew up in the same town as Ted Nasmith (Goderich, Ontario, Canada). How did I not know who he was??
Unfortunately he's rather forgotten locally outside of the Goderich wiki. Despite playing a significant role in the illustration of Tolkien's works. Had he been in a place to accept the offer to work on Jackson's films, we'd hear much more about him.
This will be fantastic, I know it. Fingers crossed, we'll get Allan Lee and John Howe on the channel one day too? (That would just about be a dream come true)
One of the great legends, this channel is logging history
I’m so curious why he didn’t much like the Two Towers or Return?? And preferring the directors cut to the extended?! Phew.. dang. The extended adds so much more. It’s like spackle. I way prefer the extended. Really fun interview! Thanks
Based on Ted's reasonable criticism of Peter Jackson's trilogy, I suspect that he is being reticent with regards to The Rings of Power.
The Tolkien Society is all on board with Rings of Power. My guess is Ted's hoping to get some work in that direction.
@@raconteurgirl1502 I doubt Season 2 will even get made.
Such an inspiration! 👏 Ted brings a beautiful mix of realism and magic to his art. Awesome guy, and certainly can not wait for that art book!
He has been my favorite Tolkien illustrator over the years. I have a bunch of his Tolkien calendars. Such a talent. Thanks for spotlighting him!
Id love to see a Bernard Hill interview he recently slammed the rings of power the other day
Very interesting interview
I have always wondered how they shade imaginary landscapes or characters. I would assume photo reference, but you'd need reference from a lot of different sources. The light in the sources would not match, so maybe an overall lighting reference that roughly contains the same objects placed at the same locations and then try match it with the other sources in your head? I'm curious about that step in the process, thumbnail makes sense, sketch makes sense, anatomy, perspective and architecture makes sense. But the lighting step is a mystery. Maybe he got a miniature landscape models and light rig in a closet somewhere that he can move around and match the set for an idea of the lighting.
I can't wait!!!! I got the orange illustrated edition. His art is amazing!!!!
Ted is my favorite Tolkien artist by a huge margin. Green Hill Country hangs in my entry hall and I see it as I set out or return home each day. Purely magical. And he is an incredibly nice person as well.
a real legend right here
L E G E N D! Next John Howe and Alan Lee and I can die happy! :)
Really neat conversation! My last name is Naismith (pronounced the same way) and am also from the Toronto area!
Very cool
There's a lake in Irán, named Lake "Urmia" I think...that location for a Rhûn representation would be AWESOME.
Imagine the day, where Matt will have a talk with Peter Jackson himself... Would be a dream come true :)
After being an avid watcher of this channel for a long time, my brain had to have a hiatus from everything media wise concerning LOTR, this was because of TROP, it dissatisfied me so much, I had to step away to clear the anger and my own self hyped over expectations, that left feeling nothing but numbness and sadness for what has been done to the tolkien experience I wanted. But I started watching MESBG reports again a few days ago and getting my books out, then I saw mats review pop up, I watched it and commented my own feelings and after watching that. I felt ready to look at what content has been on the channel, and to my absolute delight I see an interview with Ted Nasmith, wow I am so looking forward to watching this, this is something that to a long time fan is very pure and I feel much excitement and joy just anticipating watching this. Thanks Ted for all the joy and life you have brought to Tolkiens world and fans, and thanks Matt for the great content.
the NUMBER 1 Tolkien illustrator in my opinion. his art is superior to every other Tolkien illustrator, his landscapes are something else. magic!
Ted Thank you for your work, it is very inspiring and brings us closer and closer to the beloved middle earth. Regards
Seriously how were you that talented at 17!
Awesome! Are you still coming out with a season one review for ROP?
Ships of the Faithful on the Novemeber calendar that i have!
Ted Nasmith is my favourite among all the amazing Tolkien Artists. His pictures speak to me in a special way, and they are incredibly beautiful - he has such a special feeling for colours.
My favourite is probably "the blue whizards travel east".
I have a question that hopefully someone will be able to answer.
In the LOTR, they say that magic is fading from the world, and we see the Elves leave the world, and the rise of men. This seems to be similar to our current world today, so does this mean that thousands of years after Frodo destroys the ring, that Middle Earth is essentially the world as we see it today, with cars and roads and buildings and only Men around, no dwarves of Elves or Dark Lords.
So essentially, can we imagine our current real world as like the 6th Age or something like that?
AND
If there was a sequel to the LOTR made, and it was set in our current world, what do you think would happen. I like to imagine something ancient appears and everyone freaks out and has no idea what it is. Anyway thanks for any insight
Yes. Middle-earth was supposed to be a prehistory of our earth.
My “bestie” brought me here. God bless
This was delightful! I happily scanned through my Ted Nasmith-illustrated Silmarillion while listening. His love for and understanding of the work is obvious in his speech and art.
Can’t wait! He brought so much life to the books!
His strength is an emphasis on a big sense of scale
Another wonderful interview. I don't particularly concur with his views on Rings of Power, which I find rather untolkienian (if that's a word), but I love the man's art and insight.
P.S. Looking forward to that Ted Nasmith book!
Although he's not my favourite Tolkien artist, I do enjoy Ted's Silmarillian illustrations. I thought his gentle criticism of LoTR movies was interesting, given he had no such for Rings of Power, which is by far further from Tolkien's writing, both in spirit and in lore than anything to date. But I guess the Tolkien Society are up for anything with the brand slapped on it these days. I just hope Ted doesn't join all the sellouts willing to do anything to make money out of Tolkien's legacy. That would be disappointing.
I think the environments are very nice but i really don't like how he illustrates the characters. Especially his faces look very dubious. I like how Alan Lee does the characters a lot more. Less "personal", they seem more fantasy like. Na Smiths characters are very oldschool comic booklike. The environment artworks though are supreme. The sketchier the better imo. Leaves more up to imagination without it being too detailed.
Ted Nasmith is most inspiring as illustration Tolkien greatest story. Thank you so much👍🙏
Nice!
Do you think you’ll ever manage to get John Howe or Alan Lee on the show? I can imagine that would be a dream come true
I’m a huge fan of Ted’s creations. Great interview
Ted is a legend! Seems to be a great guy as well!
great
Imagine a middle earth ted nasmith color by number book
The Swiss lake (29:13) might it be lake Oeschinen, near Kandersteg?
Yes :)
amazing interview guest, just tremendous.
Thanks again for your content and Ted for he's Art!
I have a quote from Ted for a custom piece. I will hopefully get him to do it for me soon.
Is he really expensive?
I doubt Tolkien was unaware of the season or snow in the Gondolin moment... But it's fantasy (and such effects are relatively likely in his world, e.g. see Lothlorien). He doesn't even need to explain it by internal rules but, you know, just storytelling he talks about elsewhere.
Or whether in the moment he was aware of it or not: it seems to me he wouldn't have cared afterwards (but maybe considered it in a different text..).
wat. It's a major explicit point that time in Lothlorien works differently and that it's not affected by the winter, what's more it's an explicit point that Caradhras has different weather than just any old place on the ground level.
A moment ago I used Lothlorien as a casual reference, I didn't think you'd get there as another main point... Makes no sense to me.
I feel like him and Tom Everhart (the only person Charles Schulz ever approved to illustrate Snoopy, Charlie Brown, etc) are wardens / guardians of holy relics
This was so interesting. Thanks!😊
I enjoyed Ted Talk.
Ted is easily the best Tolkien illustrator. He clearly understands the works and captures the naturalistic aspects beautifully. We are so lucky to have him!
Wonderful interview
Um. the Ballintine paperback cover was done by Pauline Baynes and spread across all three volumes. The poster even had the fine marks to identify the border edge of each book. I still have the poster, but not the paperbacks.
I'm so glad he has some spotlight here ! He is all my childhood with his Silmarillion illustrations wich I used as wallpaper from 9 to 18 yo. I love Allan Lee but I feel he has too much of a spotlight since Peter Jackson's Lotr
Absolutely a humble master of not only the craft, but of representing the material in a fashion that depicts an ultimate understanding of the descriptions given. Ted stands above all others, like that of the Sea-kings of old, and power is in his hands!
@NerdoftheRings You have to commission a painting for yourself with a "The Silmarillion" subject you like! Please!
Ted's artwork is excellent , I have the version of the Silmarillion with his artwork throughout the book. It's a treasured edition for sure. I really love his work.thanks for interviewing him!
Excellent guest, such an inspiration! I'm super-excited about the upcoming book!
My favourite illustrator 💖🌸💝❤️
Great guest, great interview as ever. Ted seems like one of the nicest people you could meet...I look forward to the art book, well overdue!
When are you going to do your season One review!?
I'm Canadian too
I do not know anything about him, but God I loved the illustrations in the Silmarillion
What I would do to get my Silmarillion books signed by him
Great interview!
There seemed to be some sound issues on Ted's side, though.
My God, he looks like Michael Pachter! XD
😍👌
Great discussion. Thank you!
Great video great view sounds great audio interview
Ted. Nasmith. Artbook!!!!! 😍
Thanks for sharing this!
Living legend!
I admire his art but him being all over the place on Rings of Power is unfortunate. To say Morfyd Clark was great as Galadriel is disappointing at best.
Badass.
❤
You are such a great interviewr Matt! These interviews are simply a joy to watch and listen to.
Teds mic abit robotic
There is A great video title The Red Book and The Red Book...Jung,Tolkien,and the Convergence of Images @ ArchtypalView channel.