James Hackett

kid inside

Yes I do own a calendar and I am not going over the deep end or anything like that. I have just come to realise that I see my new year just after Carnival. For me, that is when I have a lot of creative energy flowing.  This usually comes from all the Carnival hype, good and bad I always find something great to take from it whether it is the pure orgy of colours or simply the happiness of people.

I dealt with a lot of crap last couple months that I may look back someday and laugh over. Usually I can handle my shit but I think I got blindsided. The people around you choose them carefully for they are the ones who will help you when you fall. I am lucky and thankful for that.

Moving on I wanted to get this little guy out of the way. It is a bit of a warm up for me and I am feeling excited about working again. Here’s to a great year!

Some process images and my inspiration are after the jump.

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Let the light shine through

The Crack

digital batik

Digital batik exploration next few days

This is the first in a series of interviews I am doing with WE DOES DRAW. Click to see the interview

Sketched this out, had other intentions for it but decided against it.

Testing some colourways

Messed around with this today in between classes. This is where it ended.

roughs

Just some roughs I sketched out for some random thing