The old saying goes "If you put a hundred monkeys in a room with a hundred type writers for a hundred years, eventually they'll come up with the works of Shakespeare". Likewise if you put a hundred monkeys in a room with a hundred crayons, then take those monkeys, tie them in a sack, throw them on the highway and back over them a couple of times, you'll have the works of James Silvani.

James is a Maui-based illustrator and writer with clients in the advertising, apparel and print industries. He grew up in the artist's colony of Laguna Beach and received an art degree from San Francisco State University. After working in-house for companies such as Ocean Pacific, Blizzard Entertainment and Foote, Cone & Belding, James decided to go freelance. He now provides illustrations from concept to camera ready to clients all over the world.

And despite what you read in the first papragraph, James is an animal lover. At the left he is seen with his pets "Boingo", "Huli" and "Whaley".