Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
These whimsical illustrations will appeal to bibliophiles thanks to their surreal use of books. Created by Korean artist and illustrator Jungho Lee, the images incorporate the beauty of books into everyday environments, creating thoughtful, dream-like scenes. As an open door, a star-filled lake, a morning slice of pie or an airplane’s wing, books take on new forms in Lee’s pieces without ever being read.
Inspired by the surrealists Rene Magritte and Quint Buchholz, Lee – the winner of the 2016 World Illustration Awards – hand draws his images with charcoal and watercolors before scanning and digitally layering them to reach the desired illusory effect. Wondrous and whimsical, the pictures are the next best thing to getting lost in a book.
[from:plainmagazine.com/korean-illustrator-jungho-lee-book/]
Music: Hakobune "Love Knows Where"
These whimsical illustrations will appeal to bibliophiles thanks to their surreal use of books. Created by Korean artist and illustrator Jungho Lee, the images incorporate the beauty of books into everyday environments, creating thoughtful, dream-like scenes. As an open door, a star-filled lake, a morning slice of pie or an airplane’s wing, books take on new forms in Lee’s pieces without ever being read.
Inspired by the surrealists Rene Magritte and Quint Buchholz, Lee – the winner of the 2016 World Illustration Awards – hand draws his images with charcoal and watercolors before scanning and digitally layering them to reach the desired illusory effect. Wondrous and whimsical, the pictures are the next best thing to getting lost in a book.
[from:plainmagazine.com/korean-illustrator-jungho-lee-book/]
Music: Hakobune "Love Knows Where"
