I just found out that Tove Jansson did illustrations for The Hobbit back in 1960. Some more info and pictures:

https://tovejansson.com/hobbit-tolkien/

https://shop.moomin.com/products/the-hobbit-illustrated-by-tove-jansson

Interesting that she drew Gollum as so large. The page above notes that Tolkien added a note about Gollum's size in later editions of the book because she wasn't the only one that did that.

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[–] 4 points 1 week ago

Interesting. I like the design of Gollum, but the Lester Abrams character design in the 1977 cartoon was the BEST adaptation IMO. Gollum and the goblins (orcs in the movies) were exceptionally well done.

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