About me

I am a Visual Artist and Creative Director, working across various media and specialising in digital collage, image making and 3D experimentation. My strengths are in compositon and a combining electic source material. The work I create can be abstract, dramatic and “glitchy”, and reflective of this alternate eclectic energy. This Postmodern approach encourages constant exploration and a desire to approach each new project with fresh imagination. Years of experience have been gained working on a wide range of commerical birefs from Advertising to Visual Identities, Installations to Animation and live events. I consider myself a multidisciplinary Creative who can lead and Art Direct a project as well as execute it.

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Projects

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  Amazon Music MuralsArtwork for Amazon Music Breakthrough. Championing new artists across all musical genres. The designs were hand painted onto a billboard in Brooklyn NYas vibrant, bespoke murals Winner of Illustration for Rebrand Design Week award
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  Showreel 2022-23 - Work in MotionA selection of animation, motion graphics and other live documented work.
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  Showreel 2020A mix of various motion projects I've prodcued or been involved with recently
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  Ferragamo RomeAnimation and bespoke bag design for the launch of the refurbished Rome flagship store. Based on the Autumn Winter 2019 collection and inspired by the architecture of Rome.
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  INFRINGE Magazine - Launch visualsAnimations for the launch of Issues 2 & 3. Featuring snippets of content from the weighty mag.
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  Boundless Identities / Fruit of the HoodlumContemporary Portraits: In collaboration with new creative platform &Wherefore To explore and celebrate diverse identities along with a selection of artists I was asked to explore what Grayson Perry’s idea of ‘boundless identities’ means to us. I wanted to do something which parodied famous portraits of the past, an Arcimboldo-esque portrait representing a mysterious spirit of modern man through dark humour. The hoodlum image has parallels with Magritte’s 'Son of Man’ self portrait with an a

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Projects credited in

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  Adidas Flagship StoreVibrant and vintage aesthetics for Adidas' new London Flagship store.
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  vOOOte#JellyOOO is back in time for the upcoming US election.
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  Jelly’s Christmas Gift GuideSmall business have been hit hard this year, so don’t head straight to Amazon for your last minute Christmas shopping. #SupportTheMakers

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Work history

Illustrator & Art DirectorJelly
Oct 2016London, United KingdomFreelance
Represented as an Artist/Illustrator by Jelly London
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Illustrator & Art DirectorOpen Dawe London Limited
Jun 2007London, United KingdomFreelance
I am a commercial illustrator and artist that diversifies into design, art direction and CGI

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Skills

• Visual Arts
• Art Direction
• Design
• Illustrator
• Indesign
• Office
• Photoshop
• Powerpoint
• Word
• 3D Artist

Education

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IllustrationThe University of Brighton
Sep 2003 - Jun 2006Brighton, United Kingdom
Illustration Degree

Awards

YCN Professional AwardYCN
Winner of Design For Print category for a series of vibrant and poppy posters promoting the touring nocturnal shows of Visionquest (13), a collective of techno and house DJs and producers, http://www.ycn.org/awards/news/924-victor-profile-james-dawe