— Art of James Bousema —

Digital Illustrator from Las Vegas, Nevada

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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

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“James loves horror, dark fantasy, and heavy metal.
He uses strong colours and details to show the power behind the fantastical beings he paints.”

— ImageFX

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”

“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.”

— Chris Kovatin, Kerrang! Magazine

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𝑫𝑨𝑹𝑲𝑺𝑬𝑰𝑫 Ω

Happy St Patrick’s Day from everybody’s favorite New God.

I love how simple Kirby’s original design is and how so much of it is due to his exaggerated almost geometric way of drawing.
Wanted to contribute

🦇𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒚, 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒂, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒙🦇

My series of "Vamportraits" from October.
I have heard your cries and, yes, more Gary prints will be coming soon. I’m currently busy in other projects at the moments but I look forward to doing m

Not-so-shining🏰
#wip

Almost done with this knight piece I’ve been working on. Turns out, all the different elements of Knight armor are a little tricky. Helps to make it a bit more fantastical so you can flub the technical details.
#illustrat

𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭

A creature sketch from last year! Currently working on a couple different behind-the-scenes projects, but will have some new work to share soon!
In the meantime, y’all can also check out my P*treon where folks can vot

Another cover treatment for one of my recent illustrations, “PLANTED”

These have been a fun series and definitely give me lots of ideas on how to present my work in the future.
I love doing cover work so it was worth taking a stab at sl

Recent works as retro book/album covers

Had fun with these and might do more!
Would you pick these up if you stumbled upon them at the record store?

#retro #fantasyart #vintageaesthetic #horror #albumcover #coverart #darkfantasy #illustration #jame

Officially Licensed “BEETLEJUICE” Movie Poster

24”x36” inch Lithograph Art Poster Sold through Moor Art Gallery and Sideshow Collectibles

Archon of Cruelty - Magic the Gathering

Design for this card in Nightmare Bundle as part of the Duskmourn: House of Horror release!

Officially Licensed EVIL DEAD II Movie Poster

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

MAGIC THE GATHERING

“Nuclear Fallout” art for Magic the Gathering’s Universes Beyond Fallout Decks

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!