Long time no see. Continuing my quest to do illustrations of Real Things, so that I can approach publications with a portfolio consisting of more than strange buildings in cardboard forests. Kitchen-themed image in progress, finished picture soon…
James Shedden
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Hello, I'm James. I live in London and keep myself busy with illustration, web & graphic design, animation and the occasional bit of music. Have a look at my website to find out a bit more about me.
If think my illustration style might suit your project, would like me to design something for you, enjoy something you've seen here or simply want to say hello, please get in touch - just send an email to james@jshedden.com or find me on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ & Flickr.
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I also have another blog for more general & personal things that perhaps don't directly relate to my professional art & design work - have a look!
I'm very grateful for whatever help you can provide in the way of sharing my work via the various methods below:
And so there emerged a finished image - it will be accompanying some text written by me as part of this book project which I hope to tell you more about when it becomes available!
I must experience the highest levels of creativity and organisation in my day to day life when I’m most busy doing projects for other people - that can be the only explanation for why, with a graphic design/illustration/web design project for every day of the week, I’m still able to find time to spend on ridiculous things like this.
The pitchshifting and tempo adjustments made the voice sound strange and warbled, like it’s been autotuned, but it hasn’t - I am just part diva.
I call him Poo John, he’s my robo-soul alter-ego.
Here’s an image I worked on with Helen. She made the lion and came up with the text and I did the rest. It could be a little snapshot of a larger story (have fun imagining your own versions) or just a little moment without a greater context. We hope to make a series of similar images and have them for sale as posters soon. We’ve worked on a few things together and might be setting up an online space especially for our collaborations. We shall see…
Got a couple of illustrations in the pipeline for publications (one magazine and one book) - looking forward to sharing more info and images soon.
In the meantime, check out some of these illustrators (found on Illustrationmundo):
Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year
It’s been a stupidly long time since I posted anything on here - and about the same amount of time has passed since I’ve done any decent illustration. I’ll put it down to a rather broken iMac (finally booked an Apple Store appointment, coming up on Sunday) and a fledgling career in freelance web design to pay the bills - and the pleasant distraction that is Christmas, the black hole that consumes time in exchange for delicious food, good wine & company, and a healthy amount of sitting down. Speaking of which, here are some Christmas cards I made this year:
One of my plans for 2011 is to establish a range of greetings cards to sell on Etsy - I must have my stuff together in time for next Christmas and I’m hoping to cater for every other card-giving occasion between now and then as well. Making cards should be fun, but I’ll also have to do some research on packaging solutions and get a clearer idea about the kind of thing that other sellers are offering on Etsy.
I’ve got some illustration/animation coming up and will post more on that soon. In the meantime, check out the Hoshal Patrick blog that I set up recently, and this site dedicated to American historical ephemera which I found a while ago.
Well it’s been over a month since I posted anything, mostly thanks to the on-and-off relationship that’s developed between my computer and its internal hard drive. Plus me being illustration-lazy. Here’s an image I made for Little Dragon (unofficially) just because I very much like their music.
Finished this today - some ghostly cars on a rainy drive home.
Tried out some new stuff mixed with some old stuff, pleased with how this one turned out. Available as a print in A5, A4 or A3 from jamesshedden.etsy.com - take a look!
A work in progress. Trying a few new things out, going well so far. Wait and see…
Watched Meeting People Is Easy today and Blade Runner (Director’s Cut) yesterday. Signed up for a Society6 profile - another place for me to network with other artists and hopefully sell some work :)
A new image today: journeying away from the world of starry skies and spiky trees, and towards a kingdom of real things (as previously mentioned - people, sports, music, food, etc).
I’ll grapple with issues of culture and politics, but first, something a little more simple…
I included some typography as it’s another thing that I’m acutely aware is lacking from my portfolio. I was going to include “Have you drunk enough water?” as a dedication to my girlfriend who mocks my unshakeable belief in the curative power of water - it’s the first question I ask her whenever she’s feeling unwell. I went with something more simple in the end.
To water…
