“My office used to be my girlfriend’s (Mathilde Aubier, who is also an illustrator), in a room at the top of our house. We switched offices last year, and most of the decoration in the room is still hers. However I brought (part of) my comic book collection up. There’s a light and a dark part of the desk, and I chose the dark one to work. I feel better in the dark. You could think I’m a musician with this big keyboard, but no. I’m just learning to play the Twin Peaks theme and there is still a lot of work to do. The other cool thing in this “office” is that there is a bed. So….I can easily find inspiration in dreams.”

Julien Pacaud is a French illustrator, currently living in Le Mans, France. Before becoming an illustrator, he was, by turns: an astrophysician, an international snooker player, a hypnotist and an esperanto teacher. He hopes to someday have enough free time to devote himself to his real passion : time travel. In the meantime, he creates images freelance and is represented in Europe by Talkie Walkie agency and In America by Colagene, illustration clinic.

FYD: What does the triangle represent to you?

There is something metaphysical when using triangles in my compositions, like if I was an architect making plans to build new worlds.

 

FYD: Your work has a 1950’s War of the Worlds look. Do films or the look of that era inspire you at all?