Prints for sale

Security. 16x20 coated, printed on canvas.

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11"x17" acrylic on board

Oliver and the Magic Snowflake interactive children's book

I recently illustrated 2 children's booklets for a company that makes large mall structures.
The mall structure is called "The Ice Palace", and it ties in with Disney's Chronicles of Narnia "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" film. There are a handful of malls in the US that have this Ice Palace structure. Check the list here: International Plaza

Originally, I was hired to illustrate the free book that they give to children who visit the Ice Palace, but then they added a second interactive book for the website.

The story in the book/website stayed far away from the Narnia references, because of licensing restrictions.


You can check it the interactive book here:
Oliver and the Magic Snowflake

I did all the illustrations, and another outfit animated the elements and made it interactive.


Here is a page from the first book. I went from thumbnail (drawn on a post-it note) to final illustration. I had already illustrated most of the pages, so the sketch on this one didn't need to be very detailed, since I had already defined the characters.

Represent!

so at last I have representation... in the UK anyway.
The Sylvie Poggio agency.

woot!

Pepsi Refresh Everything grant

Hey, this arts group that I am involved with is trying to get a grant from Pepsi's Refresh Everything program. These people are awesome, and the town I live in really needs this. This would make a big difference. Voting closes at the end of November, we are trying to get into the top 10, and it has been hovering around 79 for a long time. Please vote! Thank you!
http://www.refresheverything.com/voma
-logging into the pepsi site using your email
-using your facebook account
-text 103848 to Pepsi (73774)... free, but standard text messaging rates apply

thank you!

commissioned robot painting

Robot is on a mission...

St Nicholas book

Buy my friend Matt Eldridge's book! All about St. Nicholas. Great historical fiction! and I illustrated the cover.

Here is the link:
St Nicholas- The Christmas Story

graffiti wall in my art studio

recent illustration work

for a children's book(let) coming this winter to a fancy shmancy mall near you...

painting show in Johnstown PA

My first solo show is up! At the Bottleworks, in Johnstown PA.
Through Windows and Doors.

21 paintings.

October 2-November 2, 2010

recent Graffiti pieces

Here are two graffiti murals I did in June 2010.

spy series book cover

here's a cover I illustrated for book 9 in a 10 book series for Scholastic a couple of years ago.

book cover illustration

Here's an illustration I did for a book about St. Nicholas

t-shirt designs

Over the last few years, I have been designing the program cover/t-shirt design for Concepts Dance Studio in Johnstown PA. Here is this year and last year's design.

Octopus dance Flash animation

Silly flash animation.

James W. Elston Illustration on facebook

you can 'like' James W. Elston Illustration on facebook by clicking here.

London

Here's an old illustration I found while digging through some old folders on my computer. I did this a few years ago for Oxford University Press.

another recent illustration

recent illustration

Inclined Monster - Johnstown PA

At the Johnstown Inclined plane...

Vintage jimbo drawing (1983) - Hoth Battle

I found this old folder of mine labeled "6/3/83". I was 12 when I drew this.

New Front Page

I redesigned the front page of my website, and added a few new images. Check it out: www.jameselston.com

Illustration Friday: Rescue

Graffiti cat

graffiti

Illustration Friday: Subterranean

Clones: Fun with Photoshop

Maybe my daughters are cylons. Daughters + Digital Camera + tripod + wacom tablet + Photoshop. So say we all.

Abominable

Aaaaargh!!! Somebody call Ultraman! There're monsters in Dahntahn Johnstown.

Illustration Friday - Propagate

Propagate - for illustrationfriday.com

Chorus

Snow

snow

Illustration Friday - adrift

Illustration Friday - muddy

My Artwork on ABC's Shark Tank

I did a piece of artwork for a contestant on ABC's Shark Tank (airdate February 5, 2010)

The contestant was Nicole Jones, the shoe PROFESSA!, and I was commissioned to do a piece that would be used as a large cardboard stand up in her presentation. It was blurry and in the background, but... I saw it. yay.
here is what it looks like:

Pole guy

just a pole guy. I dunno...

Worlds Apart

"Hello!" said the Ocean.

Bright Idea

15 minute character illustration. Blue guy getting a bright idea.

Skater Girl character design sketch

An early character design that ended up going through major changes before the final version. I kinda like this sketch.