James Harden Illustrated
www.jameshardenillustrated.com
James Harden Illustrated is a project where the profile of James Harden is illustrated using various mediums, techniques, and styles. Without creative brief or constraints from the client, this experiment is like a training ground for a creative mind. This project is about avoiding enslavement of an expression to a single style. The theme of James Harden’s profile is chosen because of the belief that constraints will produce more creative approaches and out-of-the-box solutions. Some results will be led by more stylistic and aesthetic ideas, others by conceptual or metaphorical. The project was exhibited at Art Basel Miami 2019.
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#36 Harden in Foam
James Harden is killing the germs while washing his hands for 20 seconds, as should all of you. Meet Harden in Foam, 36th portrait of James Harden.
#35 Welcome to Harden’s Barbershop
Why James Harden doesn’t own a franchise of barbershops? I made a logo for this perfect business idea. Welcome to Harden’s Barbershop.
#34 The Offseason
In 1000 years, after we’re all gone, aliens will dig this skull somewhere in North America and ask themselves who the hell was this.
#33 Paint Your Harden
Artwork no. 33 lets you be a part of James Harden Illustrated project! Download this artwork, print it out and color it.
#32 Harden in Campbell’s
Thirty-second Harden is a homage to series of 32 paintings by Andy Warhol (Cambell’s Soup Cans), created in 1962.
#31 Suspect
Suspect fired 26 shots last night and left this fingerprint at the crime scene in Salt Lake City.
#30 Summer is Coming
I dropped an ice cream to the ground and created Summer is Coming, portrait number thirty!
#29 Black Hole
Astronomers have taken the first ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy. Sorta looks like James Harden?
#28 Harden the Scorer
Meet Harden the Scorer, he’s is hidden in the illustration of the greatest sound there is: swish. There is one rule for looking at this portrait — this has to be your background music.
#27 Great Wave off Hardenia
Great Wave off Hardenia is inspired by the iconic artwork by Hokusai from 19th century. If you don’t know where Hardenia island is, find portrait #6.
#26 Dylan Harden
James Harden portrait inspired by the iconic Bob Dylan poster created by legendary Milton Glaser.
#25 James Harden ft. Louis Armstrong
Portrait inside of a portrait. Two virtuoses getting together for a special jazz + New Orleans All Star 2017 Game themed portrait.
#24 World of James Harden
Earth is not round, it’s James Harden-shaped.
#23 James Harden in One Line
Drawing of James Harden in a single, very long line. Can you find the two ends?
#22 Harden Simpson
Newest member of Simpson family.
#21 Hurricane James Harden
Apparently, there’s a huge hurricane about to hit USA. Alert is issued.
#20 Phrenology of James Harden
Dive inside the mind of James Harden and see many tiny details and references from his life and his game.
#19 James Harden emoji
Why is there no such thing as James Harden emoji? This is smallest portrait in the collection.
#18 Harden the Chef
Portrait shaped by James Harden's signature celebration — stirring the pot after made basket.
#17 Censored Harden
Despite using couple of grayscale pixels, you know who is this.
#16 Harden's Olive Oil
Portrait made from real Mediterranean olive oil, produced by my family. Created using ear sticks!
#15 Beard Bird
There's a bird hiding in Harden’s beard all along. This is a sequel to #7, Whale portrait.
#14 Human Hair Harden
Portrait made out of real human hair. Yahoo wrote a story about this.
#13 James Harden in Flowers
Floral James Harden is a first handmade portrait in collection, carefully arranged from a Mediterranean garden. Made from roses, rosemary, vine, agave, briar and much more.
#13 Thirty-four days later
This is an actual image of Floral portrait exactly 34 days after it was arranged.
#12 Kandinsky Harden
James Harden Composition Twelve. Homage to Wassily Kandinsky, author of first purely abstract painting.
#11 Ancient Greek Philosopher
Bust of James Harden, ancient greek philosopher, 470–389 B.C.
#10 Camouflage Harden
James Harden hiding in camo.
#9 Harden Swarm
Swarm forms a profile.
#8 Botanical Harden
Botanical digital collage experiment including layers of ground, birds, grass, fern, wood rings, bushes, etc.
#7 Whale Beard
If you stare at this man’s profile for a while, like I do, you can see a giant whale swimming inside Harden’s beard.
#6 Isle of Hardenia
Map drawing of Hardenia, amazing island in a middle of Rockets Seas with a lot places to go. Visit Beard Valley, Hardensville, Beard Forest and more.
#5 Hardenalis Beardoid
Medical illustration of James Harden. Beard implemented itself as part of his muscle anatomy as Hardenalis Beardoid.
#4 Psychedelic James Harden
This portrait is of the crowd favorite from the entire series.
#3 In Between the Lines
There's a James Harden somewhere around here.
#2 Splattered James Harden
Ever wondered how would Jackson Pollock paint James Harden? I did.
#1 First James Harden
This is how it all started. First portrait, which sparked the idea of doing another one.
