A project I tinker with between jobs: an illustrated version of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha. It may never be completed as it progresses in fits and starts but it keeps me active and is a great excuse to make use of some of my own travel photography. I've kept it as a mix of fantasy and modern reality (a Buddhist monk is shown reading a modern newspaper, for example). The cover has been used elsewhere (on my own brochure for one), and was previously a published editorial illustration for financial firewalls but has been modified for this.
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| Holy Cow |
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| Gotama |
Here's a chunk from the introduction which explains my choice:
My travels have taken me to many countries that Hesse also visited, including India, supporting the very message that permeates this novel: enlightenment is gained by experience—travel, see, do—so my first choice for my first publication was this one, Siddhartha An Indian Tale.
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