EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 12 © 2015 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

3 Phenomenonal is an adjective much bandied around when it comes to describing practitioners of the arts—but in the case of the artist and illustrator Android Jones, the word is aptly fitting. Starting his career with George Lucas at Industrial Light and Magic , he then went on to work as the only North American concept artist for the Japanese gaming company Nintendo before founding the entertainment development company Massive Black . He made a self-portrait everyday for 1000 days between May 2002 and February 2005. More recently his work has seen him move into creating mind-blowing art projections: his mastery of digital software coupled with a visionary ambition, which would appear to eclipse even that of Gustave Doré, has astounded audiences from the Sidney Opera House to the Varanasi Ghats on the banks of the Ganges. He has been cited as a leading light in the Electromineralism and Pop Shamanism movements. A recent press release for one of his shows describes Electromineralism as: “…building on the technical developments of past centuries inart historywhilepushing theboundaries of the imagination with new technologies and media forms.” But strip away all the hyperbole and the fact remains that Android Jones remains one of the most innovative