James grew up in a humble home in Santa Maria, California, where his love for art came from countless hours of reading comics, playing video games, and 90’s Saturday morning cartoons.

He graduated from the Academy of Art University, with a BFA in Visual Development, studies in Children Book Illustration, and top honors including Best of Show and Runner-up in the Annual Spring Show. He has worked in the animation world with Class Dojo where he designed his own cartoon for the studio, and illustrated the very popular and number one children’s book in Music: “Irving Berlin, The Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing.” Sanchez’s art is uniquely stylized, focusing on the beauty of simplistic design that evokes emotion. He looks to show the illustration world what he can do with his fluid style, expressive characters, and beautiful colors.

James is represented by Alex Gehringer — to work with him please email Alex.