A TRIBUTE TO JACOB BARNETT
from PAPERCAPTAIN STUDIO
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"Jacob Barnett was diagnosed with autism at age two. Despite the odds, Jacob found a love for the field of theoretical physics which helped to draw him out of his silent world. The story of this is detailed in the book
The Spark, published by Random House. The book is an international bestseller. Jacob is now researching
Loop Quantum Gravity and Quantum Foundations at Perimeter Institute for Advanced Theoretical Physics in
Waterloo, Canada." -JacobBarnett.com
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Months ago, my friend told me about his story and this book. It such a blast and I'm blown away by his story through his mom's memoir, THE SPARK. Since I loved to make an illustration about children, childhood and whimsical-magical moments in life story, I decided to make a tribute for Barnett family.
I choose the scene of Jacob when he was writing math equations on the windows and it took several sketches, character, background and color development. I used the noun "Spark" itself to incorporate elements of sparks and overall design. For final touch, I combined the geometric elements in this illustration to represent the applied sciences, physics and mathematics.
Some early sketches
Chosen sketch + early colors and objects development.
Color mood development + I decided to change Jake's outfit from tux to red sweater, change the flying apples color to redish green, put more effort to make the building (I never make building before) and put some geometric elements.
Mock up of brand new THE SPARK
THE SPARK, alternate cover art by Papercaptain Sudio.
Dear Kristine and Jacob Barnett,
If you see this project, I wanna say thank you for wrote the book, The Spark. It's inspired lot of people and this project, is the one of the important ones in my career as an Illustrator.
If you see this project, I wanna say thank you for wrote the book, The Spark. It's inspired lot of people and this project, is the one of the important ones in my career as an Illustrator.
