PLUTO PALANTÍR

ILLUSTRATOR + ANIMATOR

Pluto Palantír is an illustrator and animator at SOTU STUDIO. With an avid love for sci-fi, fantasy, and ocean life, he draws imagination from Dune, The Lord of the Rings, and scuba diving adventures around the planet. As a Student of the Universe®, Pluto believes in lifelong learning and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Johns Hopkins University.

BEHIND THE NAME: A palantír is an indestructible crystal ball from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The palantíri were created by the Elves of Valinor, used for communication and gathering intelligence. Those using the stones must “possess great strength of will and mind” to direct the stone's gaze to its full capability.

At the Lowell Observatory, where the dwarf planet Pluto was discovered in 1930, there lives an astronomical telescope named PALANTIR (Precision Array of Large-Aperture New Telescopes for Image Reconstruction). PLUTO PALANTÍR is a fusion of The Lord of the Rings and the discovery of Pluto.