It was narrated that Sa'eed bin Abil-Hasan said:

I was with 'Abdullah bin Abbas and a man asked him: O Ibn 'Abbas, l am a man who earns a living from what my hands make, and I make these images. He said: I will only tell you what I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say. I heard him say: “Whoever makes an image, Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, will punish him on the Day of Resurrection until he breathes the soul into it, and he will never be able to do that.” The man was very upset and his face turned yellow. Ibn 'Abbas said to him. Woe to you! If you must do that, then make trees and other inanimate things.