Voyages Extrordinaries
Self-Initiated Professional
MUTI, represented by Folio Art, are a creative studio founded in 2011, based in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. They work on a broad range of projects from digital painting to vector icons and custom.
About Entry
French novelist Jules Verne is renown for his science fiction literature. His Voyages Extraordinaires are a compilation of tales set in an array of exotic locations, with many fantastical machines and inventions. We illustrated this poster as a tribute to the author and these fascinating adventures.
Website/Online Portfolio
studiomuti.co.za
Brief
Illustrate a variety of themes, places and inventions from this renown author and integrate them into a decorative layout reminiscent of vintage book covers.
Materials
Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop.
Research
Jules Verne’s novels and web based research of his inventions and machines.
Process
We we’re inspired by the many journeys and adventures written about in his novels as well as his inventions and concepts.
Resistances
With so much literature to draw inspiration from it was a difficult task to narrow the project down into a single image.
Insight
Jules Verne was one of our greatest novelists.
Distractions
With the huge amount of literature it was often difficult to stop reading and carry on illustrating.
Numbers
Jules Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world.
Afterwords
Its a great thing to illustrate everyday.