Story Clip: A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Audiobook clip of Jules Verne's 1864 story with original music and illustration.
Context
An excerpt of Jules Verne's story "Voyage au Centre de la Terre," in which Axel, Professor Lidenbrock's nephew, finds himself suddenly alone and lost after having strayed from the expeditionary group, and describes his experience in the depths of the Earth.
Multi-language narration
The passage is also available in other languages with follow-along text.
Spanish
French
Italian
Original Music
The background music, "Inner Earth," was especially composed for this passage.
Digital drawing
These are the inking and final coloring stage of the background illustration.
Inks
Color
References
The location in the drawing is fictional but it has been influenced by the Caves of Nerja in Andalusia, which I photographed years ago and used as reference to draw the variety of individual cave formations.
Media (6)
Journey to the Center of the Earth - Ink drawing (Krita)
Journey to the Center of the Earth - Illustration made in Krita