This is an illustration I created for the New York Observer. It’s for an article about low interest mortgages on apartments in Manhattan, and how the only people who qualify for these mortgages are people who have high incomes and spotless credit. If I was applying for a one million dollar mortgage that will have roughly three-hundred thousand in interest added to it once I paid it off, I’d want to have a high income and spotless credit too.

You can read about it here…

Full page and spots for Harvard Business Review for an article about creating the most desirable workplace. I loved working with a photo, it’s something I’ve done only a handful of times and I look forward to mixing my illustrations with photography more often in the future. Big thanks to everybody at HBR for such a fun assignment!

For an article in Popular Science Magazine about forgetting the privacy concerns and letting scientists run free with DNA to start saving lives.

For an article about scientists working on ways to fit more on less surface area for Popular Science.

Created for an article in Natural Health Magazine outlining ways to fight mold in your home.

1/4 page illustration for an article about universal life policies going the way of the dodo for CA Magazine.

 I’m working on a series of self initiated illustrations based off of classic literature. So far it’s been very rewarding to combine my love of story, with my love of illustrating. Here’s the first one based on Jack London’s ‘The Game’. Looking forward to posting more of these in the near future…thanks for checking in!

I really enjoyed working with Art Director Keith Webb on this illustration for the Wall Street Journal. The accompanying article asks the question “Is the Babysitting track just for girls?” and also ponders the effects of babysitting on a young girl’s future.

And here’s a shot of it in the actual paper. I was really honored to discover that I was sharing the section with the work of Brian Cronin, David Plunkert, Luci Gutierrez, Nishant Choksi, and Adrian Johnson.

See more of my work at thomasjamesillustration.com.

Below are print shots

It’s a limited edition (50) 13×19″ giclée print on 190gsm fine art rag. 1″ white border around the edges.

Available now through The Bottleneck Gallery HERE

Here’s a pretty fast turn around I did for the Washington Post Express on Flash Sales online and how you can spend all of your money really quick. I had so much fun drawing all of the stuff in the background of the larger image and of the spot illustration.

Above you’ll find three illustrations, along with hand lettering, for an article about the use of performance enhancing drugs in the classroom. The illustrations are in the current issue of “Brain, Child: The Magazine”.

For more information please check out their website at:

http://www.brainchildmag.com

Thank you.

Here’s a new editorial piece for Seven Days magazine, a Vermont-based alt-weekly publication. This one accompanies an article about the inability of local police officers to confiscate guns from those legally prohibited from owning them due to the simple fact that the police have nowhere to store them. See more of my work at thomasjamesillustration.com.

First up, here he is at the closing ceremonies of the Pan Am Games.  The crowd loved him!

Stopping by Calgary Stampeder’s locker room.  He’s always welcome there.

Networking with other tourists in Chicago’s Millennium Park!

Studying the effects of climate change down in Florida.

Finally, after a grueling public relations tour, he rewarded himself with an ice cream cone and trip to Walt Disney World. You deserve it, Mr. Ford!

Here’s the layout as featured in Toronto Life.  It’s such a funny, cutting take on Rob Ford’s tenure as Mayor, there’s many more pages of content about him as well. Check it out denizens of Toronto, unless you actually support him… it may prove bothersome to say the least.

Special thanks to Bradley for the terrific assignment, cheers!

I did a quick turn around for Sundays LA Times Op-Ed. How fast you say? On Thursday I got asked for my availability at 1pm, received the article at 6pm, got final sketch approval at 11:30pm, and finished the final at 3 am. Gotta love overnight illustrations.

The article is about an incarcerated older brother who was involved in the Black Panthers in the 1960’s and his influence on his younger brother. His younger brother stood up a court room to seek revenge on a judge who sent his brother to prison and would later be taken down. That’s just a  summary of what it’s about but it is actually a lot more chilling than I described.

Art Direction: Wes Bausmith (Thanks!)

Click here to read about it…..