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  • The Art of James Hackett
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For Inspiration!

  • New work by Pablo Lobato 3 Sep 2010 | 9:16 am

    More about PABLO LOBATO at: Profile / Spotlight / Website / RSS / Twitter / Flickr

  • New 3-color Letterpress Prints by Amy Crehore 2 Sep 2010 | 8:17 pm

    More about AMY CREHORE at: Profile / Website

  • Best of EFII – August 2010 1 Sep 2010 | 3:15 am

    (Illustration by Victo Ngai) August was another big month at Escape from Illustration Island, with 80,000 views, the conclusion of EFII’s coverage of the ICON6 Illustration conference, a monster list of 150 Useful Resources for Illustrators, and more articles, interviews, and resources for Illustrators everywhere. I also gave a sneak peak at an exciting new [...]

  • EFII Podcast Episode 49 – Jessica Hische 31 Aug 2010 | 3:30 pm

    Episode 49 of the Escape from Illustration Island Podcast features an audio interview with Illustrator and Type Designer Jessica Hische. Together we discuss the world of Type Design, working in a design studio, and Battlestar Galactica. I also announce the upcoming release of the EFII: Year One eBook, Audiobook, and Special Edition Podcast Episode, as [...]

  • “Summer Camp” – Art Licensing Collection by Nate Williams 29 Aug 2010 | 7:04 pm

    The Summer Camp Collection is about all those good times as a kid. Camping, fishing, hiking, running after butterflies, camp fires, sleeping under the stars. Continue reading

  • Hand Lettering from various collections 29 Aug 2010 | 12:36 pm

    Hand-drawn lettering from various art licensing collections. Continue reading

  • Austrian Chocolate Packaging 15 Aug 2010 | 3:21 pm

    I created this illustration for the packaging of an Austrian company producing unique chocolates. Now you know how to say “I love you” in German. Continue reading

  • Offset 2010 Conference (Dublin) 28 Jul 2010 | 11:20 am

    I am very honored and excited that OFFSET Conference 2010 has invited me to speak at the event. OFFSET has launched their 2010 site.   The line up looks amazing … David Carson, Gary Baseman, Martin Haake, Steven Heller, Tomer Hanuka, George Lois … Continue reading

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Written by James   
Sunday, 31 August 2008

Yeah I have not done much here. At the moment I am switching everything I do over to SHiZZiES. To keep things simple and well, some friends and I have some plans for zigwa.com. So if you are stopping by again please add shizzies.com to your bookmarks that is where all my portfolios and updates etc will be from now on.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

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Last Updated ( Sunday, 12 October 2008 )
 
an Avid illustrator PDF Print E-mail
Written by James   
Friday, 25 July 2008

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Avid Liongoren has basically blown my mind, I really do like the style of this artist from the phillipines and his amazing project ( over the last 3 years he has done a drawing each day and posted it on his own blog.) More things to inspire from his very funny and yet strangely intimate sketchblog of his life.

 
Having fun PDF Print E-mail
Written by James   
Wednesday, 16 July 2008

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These next few weeks should be really great. A bunch of new things coming out. Avatar the last airbender series should be airing some new episodes this week ( hey I like my cartoons). I am also looking forward to seeing the new Batman movie, that to say the least will be one amazing movie, my most favourite hero of all time. With all the E3 news this week, so many new games coming out and to follow that comic con, lost of inspiration for me to sink my teeth into. 

I managed to write the outlines for my new Tales from the Daaknite stories which will be worked on by two very talented write friends of mine. I am currently fleshing out the visuals and working on a teaser for it all with some music produced by another great sound artist ( yeah I think I will call him that for now) detnator. 

Lets see how these things come together in the next few weeks.

 
Finding that image PDF Print E-mail
Written by James   
Wednesday, 09 July 2008

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Having cleared most of the work I needed to get done, I finally put pencil to paper to flesh out my characters for Daaknite. I tell you it's going to take some doing, spent all of yesterday and I still am not staisfied with the characters. I wanted to get back to it today but I took some time to update my other website for a little bit. I have been hiding from my friends for a while so I plan to go take a look at Wanted this evening and get back to sketching later when I get home.

 The drawing of the girl is a rejected illustration from one of the stories on shizzies.

 

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 09 July 2008 )
 
Messing Around PDF Print E-mail
Written by James   
Sunday, 06 July 2008

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Did this today. Playing around in photoshop, I like exploring little use of  colours over my sketches. Always liked using watercoulours, so I  tried a little of that effect here from some wet and soft brushes. Things like this always contrast with my hard vector style.

Last Updated ( Monday, 07 July 2008 )
 
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A facebook project of mine.

Not much here but I have some plans.

The Daaknite stories and I do most of the illustrations.