Thomas James is an award-winning Creative Director, Illustrator, and Designer based in Northern California, where he is currently obsessing over his latest creative project. Thomas’ work has appeared on magazine and book covers, album covers, board games, and even on television. He has earned recognition from the Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, and other industry organizations.

His series for the Intelligence Squared US television program earned the Communication Arts Award of Excellence and his beard proudly won the Justin Hunter Award for Pageantry in the Whiskerino Beard Competition.

He strongly believes that Back to the Future is one of the greatest movies ever made.

AWARDS &
RECOGNITION
Communication Arts
Society of Illustrators
American Illustration
HOW Magazine
The Daily Heller
Imprint
MacUser Magazine		Graphic Artists Guild
Think Magazine
Lost at E Minor
The Artfuls
Ape on the Moon
Illustration Mundo
NASCAPAS
CLIENTs
The New York Times
WIRED Magazine
Buzzfeed
Pentagram
The Los Angeles Times
Wall Street Journal
Billboard Magazine
The Washington Post
The Stranger
Barron’s
HOW Magazine
AARP
Variety
Harvard Business Review
The Boston Globe
Sierra Magazine
Nautilus
Houstonia
H Magazine
New York Observer
The Globe and Mail
Rhode Island Monthly
Dallas Observer
Forward Magazine
Time Out NY		Intelligence Squared US
Scout and Co.
The Martin Agency
Trulia
Star Tribune
Corporate Knights
Experience Life
The Capitol
De Morgen
BYU Magazine
Instrument
The Boston Phoenix
The Mortgage Observer
Imagination Publishing
McSweeney’s Grantland
Canadian Grocer
Architectural Lighting Magazine
Westchester Magazine
City Pages
Chicago Reader
City Hall News
Pace
Seven Days
The Portland Mercury
Scouting		Phoenix New Times
Family Practice Management
Terra Magazine
City and State
Our Town
Nashville City Paper
Ohio Today
The Nashville Scene
Quesinberry and Associates
Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
West Side Spirit
Euroman
Milwaukee Magazine
The Flame
Eugene Weekly
Kids VT
Maui Time
C-VILLE
Momentum Magazine
Common Ground Magazine
Oil and Gas Investor Magazine
Willamette Week
MarketWatch