James Abell https://jamesabellart.com Tradigital Artist Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:14:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://jamesabellart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-web-app-manifest-512x512-1-32x32.png James Abell https://jamesabellart.com 32 32 PEOPLE IN FUTURISTIC CITIES: LONDON https://jamesabellart.com/2025/04/21/people-in-futuristic-cities-london https://jamesabellart.com/2025/04/21/people-in-futuristic-cities-london#respond Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:05:41 +0000 https://jamesabellart.com/?p=2212

We Are All Made Of Stars

London Skyline Art

 

I thought as a thank you gift for all of you who enjoy my work, you can now check my “People In Imaginary Cities – London ” out in its entirety  below as a pdf reader app for you to enjoy on your browser.

“Strange drawings of people in a futuristic London who we may never meet along with glimpses of their life as words.”

“People in Futuristic Cities: London” is a 32-page zine by James William Crofton Abell, offering a glimpse into a semi-imaginary near-future London. This black-and-white zine features surreal drawings of people we may never meet, alongside poetic narratives that capture fleeting moments of their lives.

Inspired by my experiences in early Summer 2024, this zine blends reality with the speculative, creating an evocative and unique view of a London that could exist just beyond our reach. Printed in black and white, it comes with a saddle-stitched softcover and is signed by the artist.

Published by

James William Crofton Abell

Regular price £3.99

 

 

There you go ,a vision of London in the future that might be the present too. Something we can never grasp.

 If you want a hard copy that will enable me to make more Zines about cities in the future you can purchased one from my online shop.

It is also available at –

Good Press – Glasgow

Gosh Comics – London

samsara rotations Millenium Wheel London
]]> https://jamesabellart.com/2025/04/21/people-in-futuristic-cities-london/feed 0 The Simian Beehive: The Monkey Tribe’s Temple In The Himalayas https://jamesabellart.com/2025/03/12/the-simian-beehive-the-monkey-tribes-temple-in-the-himalayas https://jamesabellart.com/2025/03/12/the-simian-beehive-the-monkey-tribes-temple-in-the-himalayas#respond Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:33:36 +0000 https://jamesabellart.com/?p=2158

by James Abell, March 2025

mountains illustration himachal pradesh India

In the north west region of India where the hills become steep and force themselves upwards into the sky to meet the white mountains that meet the heavens, a legend unfolds.

The monkey tribe in these parts at some point in time decided to construct a temple to pay respect to the old Gods. The Gods who granted them more intelligence.

Monkey illustration himachal pradesh

The Gods had long left this area. They only left some of their transparent jewels behind. 

The monkeys decided to use these jewels to make a temple to remember the old Gods.

Monkey carrying jewels illustration himachal pradesh

The monkeys worked in a group day and night.

They found an inscription to help them make the temple, using the jewels, earth and wood to make an ever expanding beehive like temple. The language was unknown to them, it was the language of the old Gods. However, they could understand the pictures.

 Many of the monkeys said that this structure looked like the dwelling places of the old gods who lived packed together like the ants or bees where their chaos annoyed mother nature. This was one of the reasons why the old Gods disappeared from these parts.

Monkey Palace Monkey carryin illustration himachal pradesh

The temple would grow over the years.

Due to the clean water and animals and food nearby the monkeys would start to settle here and come down from the trees. This would be the start of a monkey empire in these parts that would span far into the future!

The monkeys continue to build to this day…

A fallen sign on the ground that the monkeys cannot read shows the language of the old Gods, perhaps scholars in the future will be able to interpret what it means –

“ बंदर त्वरित बुद्धिमत्ता अनुसंधान संस्थान हिमाचल प्रदेश, स्थापित २०५५ “

Simian accelerated intelligence research facility, Himachal Pradesh province, established 2055

Transparent jewels look like plastic water bottles illustration

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Story and illustrations by James Abell (c) March 2025

Further Reading

How Long Does It Take for Plastics to Decompose?

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Waste Warriors: Tackling the Waste Crisis in the Indian Himalayas

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Primate Intelligence: What Makes Monkeys So Smart?

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Himachal Pradesh: The Land of Gods

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Some Of My Science Fiction Illustrations For Other Stories 

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