 The two most renowned Tolkien artists are Alan Lee (II) (qv) and  John Howe (II) (qv), and so it was important to  Peter Jackson (I) (qv) to have those two on board. Lee was tracked  down to a tiny little village in Dartmoor, England and was FedExed a  package of Jacksons _Heavenly Creatures (1994)_ (qv) and a letter  outlining his intentions. They monitored the progress of the FedEx  package every step of the way, but were somewhat surprised when Lee  rang them only 3 hours after delivery to say hed love to work with  them. Howe meanwhile was living in Switzerland, and because someone  hadnt worked out the time differences between Europe and New  Zealand correctly, was rung about 2am. He says that the biggest  frustration with that phone call was waiting for Jackson to finish  his pitch before he could say yes.