James O’Brien
About James
James O'Brien is an award-winning, Minneapolis-based illustrator who creates illustrations for an extensive and diverse list of advertising and publishing clients in the US and abroad. James began his illustration career using traditional painting and drawing media and now brings that aesthetic and creative approach to the work he creates using digital apps with his desktop computer and tablet. James's work incorporates hand-made texture, utilizing a long-developed method combining digital painting and collage. His work is often witty and just as often contemplative, through the use of visually enigmatic conceptual solutions.
List of Clients
AARP, American Express, Barron's, Boston Globe, Christianity Today, Chronicle of Higher Education, Delta Airlines, Design Bureau, Habitat, Harvard Magazine, John Hopkins, Kiplinger's, McGraw-Hill, Microsoft, New York Magazine, New York Times, Oxford American, Pollen, Quanta, Scholastic, Smithsonian, StarTribune, Target, Time, Tufts, Village Voice, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Wiley.