James John O'Raw, Birmingham City native, Brighton University graduate, and freelance illustrator is a photo copy extraordinaire. Using a machine notorious for its contact with the bare butt cheeks of bored cubicle employees, O'Raw has managed to create images meant to reside in some alternate universe or maybe, as O'Raw himself suggests, a "Futuristic Past". These technicolor images are inspired by "Technology, thoughts of space, pornography and the many bits & bobs that pop into my head" writes O'Raw. His work demonstrates a shift that can be viewed in contemporary illustration across the board - a sudden leap into the unknown, an exploration of space, of milky-ways and hidden galaxies and above all, a penchant for innovation.
