An artist's reactionary sketch that he drew following the news of the attacks on Paris has gone viral.
Artist Jean Jullien was on vacation when he heard about the terrorists attacks in his home country Friday. Jullien, who is a professional artist, quickly drew the now famous picture of a peace symbol with the Eiffel Tower in the center because it was his way of coping with the incident.
"I express myself visually, so my first reaction was to draw a symbol of peace for Paris," Jullien told TIME Saturday.
His original tweet has been retweeted at least 50,000 times and has over 35,000 likes. The artist isn't necessarily comfortable with the fame.
"You know, it's putting me in a spotlight that I don't necessarily want to be [in], because I don't want to benefit from this exposure, in the sense that it's a tragedy first and foremost," Jullien told NPR.
The image, known as the "Peace for Paris", is now considered a unifying symbol around the world.
Jullien believes the art has been helpful, despite the attention.
"The idea was just for people to have a tool to communicate, and to respond and to share solidarity and peace. It seems that's what most people got out of it. So in that sense, if it was useful for people to share and communicate their loss and need for peace, then that's what it was meant to be," told NPR.
