I recently stumbled across an illustrator on the interwebs (I have a talent for stumbling blindly and coming up with gold apparently) and I just had to write about one of his projects.
Jim Tierney’s Jules Verne Series…
http://www.jimtierneyart.com/JV.php
Just look at them!! They’re beautiful; the muted colour palette is especially lovely!
I find his work so inspiring; I’m actually planning to illustrate the jacket of one of my favourite books just for kicks. I won’t reveal which book until I’m into the project…though I might post my initial sketches and see if anyone can guess!
I love it when someone/thing pushes me to be better. I’d hate to become complacent in my work…especially now I’m working on more illustration at work and in my spare time.
Jim…I salute you!
Illustration by Julia 