Dan Bell has created a Tolkien-style map of the Yorkshire Dales A map of the Yorkshire Dales has been "re-imagined" in the style of author J.R.R. Tolkien. Dan Bell, 25, hopes to draw each of the ...

Dan Bell says that he began reading Tolkien’s books ... his own copies of the maps. After receiving positive feedback from friends, he thought about adapting the art style to some real world ...

So it’s probably not a huge surprise that he was obsessed with Tolkien as a child, to the point of drawing his own maps of Middle Earth ... Are you pleased by the style? Are you mostly oblivious ...

The 37-year-old has drawn maps of 40 English counties, asking locals for their ideas each time. He said he hoped to one day create an entire "Tolkien-esque style" atlas. Mr Birse spent one month ...