— Art of James Bousema —
Digital Illustrator from Las Vegas, Nevada
ARTWORK FEATURED IN:
Cover Art for Celestial Sanctuary’s 2023 record made it to the shortlist for Art Vinyl’s Best Vinyl Album Covers of 2023.
Featured in this article from The Guardian
“James loves horror, dark fantasy, and heavy metal.
He uses strong colours and details to show the power behind the fantastical beings he paints.”
Infected by Art Volume 7 once again contains one of our most diverse groups of artists selected by our jury panel. 268 Artists are represented in IBA 7, with works ranging from traditionally painted to digitally painted, illustrations in pencil, pen and ink or gold leaf, to sculpted works. Our jury was comprised of artists Thomas Kuebler, Yoann Lossel, Dave Seeley and Cynthia Sheppard.
Cover Art for Celestial Sanctuary’s “Insatiable Thirst For Torment”
“Goregoyle: The Kracken”
“Angel of Death”
“Both raw and epic, James Bousema’s art strikes hard at the dark side of fantasy nerd-dom.
If his depictions of gargoyles and ancient monsters were more polished and friendly, Bousema could be another Harry Potter concept artist; instead, his epic sense of darkness and ragged edges lean him hard into the kind grand illustration made for horror movies and death metal albums.”
My second collaboration with the folks at Vice Press! Honored to have the opportunity to do an official design for my all-time favorite horror flick
Artwork for Allegiant Stadium celebrating the LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (2020)
Screen-Printed Tour Poster Design for Metallica’s 2023 M72 North American Tour
Necronomicon Tarot Deck for Insight Editions
Featuring 78 cards fully illustrated by me and a 128-page booklet with custom Necronomicon-inspired illustrations and never-before-seen artwork featuring Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, and the other dark denizens of Lovecraft’s fictional grimoire.
Now available!
KICKSTARTER
A campaign to summon this set of gothic themed Gargoyle enamel pins into this mortal realm!
All 3 designs unlocked, fully funded, and produced with the help of my backers.
Click here to order your own pins from the set
APPAREL, Available Now
I’m very happy to have summoned a dungeon of merch from the depths of Threadless!
Within dwells many macabre shirt designs that will fit right along-side your collection of faded metal tees
