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Halifax’s Best Visual Artist 2009 award

Best of Halifax Coast cover

Today I’m finally allowed to spread the word. This evening is The Coast’s Best of Halifax 2009 party where I will be taking home the award for Best Visual Artist here in my hometown of Halifax. Woohoo! The folks over at The Coast even asked me to design the cover for the newest issue promoting the event which hits the stands today. Golden vector madness.

Here are a few iterations of the cover as I progressed along with a shot showing the amount of vectors I had on the go:

The Coast Best of Halifax 2009

I know many of you took the time to throw a vote my way last month, even though you are not from Halifax or anywhere near. I want to send a huge thank-you to each and every one of you for doing that, it really means a lot to me given this award comes straight from my hometown. Thanks for the kind support, everyone. You are all my heroes :)

The Best of Halifax 2009 party is tonight at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (1723 Hollis Street) starting at 7pm, just print off this invitation to be let in. I’ll be sure to get some photos of the event uploaded as soon as I can.

So lets party, hope to see you there!

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20 responses to “Halifax’s Best Visual Artist 2009 award”

  1. Karinne Avatar
    Karinne

    Woohooo!!! Congrats James! You totally deserve it!

  2. Mbithi Avatar
    Mbithi

    Congratulations James!! You more than deserve it! And damn! It pains me to think of the amount of vector work you put into that cover!

  3. Matt Morgan Avatar
    Matt Morgan

    Awesome job Jim. You’re the TITS!

  4. james Avatar
    james

    Thanks so much, gang. I really appreciate all the support.

    Matt, I’m both of them?! I’m humbled.

  5. Farrukh Shumail Avatar
    Farrukh Shumail

    Its a Well deserved one! … Congrats man!

  6. giulietta Avatar
    giulietta

    Hi Jim, Great cover. Congrats … Love the texture. Giulietta

  7. Dragos M Avatar
    Dragos M

    Congrats, dud. You deserve it. \:D/

  8. Chuck Avatar
    Chuck

    Job well done dudeman.

  9. Troy C. Avatar
    Troy C.

    Hey you earned it…keep up the good work and I’m still looking forward to a new book with your recent works :D

  10. Kirstin Avatar
    Kirstin

    Congratulations! What a great honor. That cover rocks. I especially like what you did with ‘The Coast’, it’s smokin’ hot. Party it up tonight!

  11. Joaquim Marquès Nielsen Avatar
    Joaquim Marquès Nielsen

    Hey James! Thanks for sharing some screens of the process with us. That’s the part i love the most about design, but something that is rarely on display.

  12. Courtny Cotten Avatar
    Courtny Cotten

    Surprised Photoshop didn’t make it in the final mix there! Vector gold deliciousness.

  13. james Avatar
    james

    Once again, thanks for the kind words everyone!

    Courtny, the final step was Photoshop, but only to add some subtle textures and beef up the colors a bit. 95% was Illustrator.

  14. Nick Avatar
    Nick

    Congratulations, Jim . Well deserved , you’re the hardest working big kid I know :) .

    If you’ve got a spare one, you should totally mail me a copy !

  15. Kevin Avatar
    Kevin

    YaY! you won! Congrats!

    —
    Kevin

  16. Joseph Cotten Avatar
    Joseph Cotten

    Holy crap that’s a lot of vectors! HA! Very cool. Have fun, man!

  17. John Koski Avatar
    John Koski

    Congrats! Wish I could be at the party.

  18. Chris Avatar
    Chris

    congrats, you deserve it and we’re proud to have you in Halifax

  19. John Avatar
    John

    WOW! I’m just starting to learn Illustrator and I didn’t know that stuff like that is possible! I wish I could be as good as you one day :)

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