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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Bears and Brollies

May 1st and it's still snowing in my corner of the Shire. Bother.

Umbrella-toting bears by Russian illustrator and animator Igor Oleynikov.


Igor Oleynikov

Igor Oleynikov

Oleynikov has also illustrated a 2000 Russian edition of The Hobbit.
IgorOleynikov  ~  TheHobbit

Here's Beorn for comparison:

Igor Oleynikov ~ TheHobbit ~ Beorn

More illustrations from The Hobbit can be found at Hobbitish

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I adore that first one but why Blogger knew me for my first comment and no longer knows me is a mystery.

May 4, 2011 at 12:19 AM  
Blogger Leaflet said...

I know you, at least. :)

I didn't connect Oleynikov with Tolkien until several days after I found the bear illustrations. And quite by accident.

May 4, 2011 at 2:34 AM  
Blogger Sem said...

My Google cookie expired between one tab and the other. It logged me out of Gmail as well.

The Hobbit cover is unfortunate. He looks like one of Dad's old Navy buddies.

May 4, 2011 at 4:22 PM  

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