Guanzhong Chen

Fahrenheit 451 cover and spot

Illustration
2023
digital drawing
The story describes a near-future world where freedom is suppressed, and people are prohibited from reading and owning books. The job of the so-called firefighters is not to put out fires, but to burn books. The protagonist in the article, Guy Montag, is a firefighter responsible for burning books. In the story, he slowly transforms from a firefighter who burns books to a rebel who reads books.

“A very important part of the book "451°F" is when Guy Montag meets the 17-year-old girl Clarice MacLellan on his way home. Under her influence, Montego gradually began to doubt his career, began to think about the motives and purposes of burning books, and became interested in books. In terms of composition, I tried to use the outline of flames to represent the girl Clarice. Montag took the book and doubted the correctness of burning the book.”

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Fahrenheit 451 cover and spot
Fahrenheit 451 cover and spot

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Guanzhong Chen