Jemima Catlin
Jemima Catlin (born 27 October 1986) is a British artist who illustrated the 2013 edition of The Hobbit and the subsequent Tolkien Calendar 2014.
Early life
Catlin first encountered The Hobbit when she was 12, as her grandfather was a Tolkien fan and collector. She studied a Diploma in Art and Design at Weymouth College and continued studying Visual Communication at the Arts University at Bournemouth before graduating with a degree in Illustration in June 2010. She lives in Dorchester, England with her husband.
The Hobbit
As part of her final project in her degree, Catlin chose to illustrate Roverandom. After sending the images to David Brawn at HarperCollins, he invited her to their offices in London; although Christopher Tolkien did not feel that Catlin's style suited Roverandom, Christopher and his wife Baillie were sufficiently enamoured of her work to commission her to illustrate The Hobbit a year later.
The completed version of The Hobbit took over two years to illustrate, included 150 illustrations and was released on 12 September 2013 (the same day as Tolkien Calendar 2014). Two weeks later Catlin exhibited her artwork at The Tolkien Society's Oxonmoot 2013 event. She describes herself as "proud" of her achievement, whilst still expressing a desire to illustrate either Roverandom or The Lord of the Rings.
Artistic style
Catlin's artistic style has been compared to Tove Jansson (illustrator of The Moomins and a Swedish edition of The Hobbit), E.H. Shepard (Winnie-the-Pooh) as well as the anime style of Studio Ghibli. Catlin herself states that she was only influenced by Tolkien's own drawings whilst deliberately avoiding the films.
Bibliography (as illustrator)
- 2013: The Hobbit
- 2013: The Hobbit - Deluxe Edition
- 2013: Tolkien Calendar 2014
- 2013: The Hobbit: Jackanory (cover)
Referencias
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