James Lee The Maker Of Rainbows Self Portrait

Life can be overwhelmingly loud and overstimulating, yet beautiful and mesmerizing at the same time.  Everything has it's place in the universe.  Sometimes we just need to filter out the noise with meditation or prayer; if noise is your thing, turn up the volume and bang your head like tomorrow might not exist. 

Jams2blues (James Lee) Self Portrait
2208x2944 pixels at 72dpi.

Kaleidoscope Flower

50% of proceeds are donated to the Trevor Project; a national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention to members of the LGBTQ community under the age of 25. Zoom in on this Monster, 10,000x10,000 pixels, that's over 100Mp. Created with patience and a lot of hours. Patience is needed in life, we all struggle with this. Our mental health would be better if we all practiced having a little patience. If you or someone you know is struggling with depression/suicidal thoughts, please don't be afraid to reach out! 

"Mechanical heart" Collaboration for Children's Heart Foundation charity

1/3 of the proceeds and royalties go to Children's Heart Foundation charity.  Mechanical heart is an original sharpie drawing by Jams2blues.  The background visuals and array of networking colors were provided by the amazing Jasminemoon.  Mechanical Heart is also a song, written specifically to accompany this virtual, kinetic, art sculpture.  So many young lives perish before their prime because of our limited research and technology to prevent congenital heart problems and diseases.  May this masterpiece serve the hearts in the children of the world many times over.  Save The World With Art!

Descending Void, Animated music video for charity

50% of proceeds and royalties go to support operation 8-bit, a Non-for profit focused on giving back to Veterans, 9/11 tour de force, and recycling toxic computer waste. I am a self taught musician, artist, and animator. This is my first electronic song, and digitally drawn animation. The song was composed on the free online sequencer called Audiosauna. The animation is several optical drawings arranged in a rainbow, utilizing an infinite zoom effect. Funny thing about the song, I composed it on guitar first. Never give up on learning, we all need it; we all become stagnant and more depressed without it. Please enjoy this ethereal experience I have prepared for you, and I hope you are inspired to teach yourself something new!

"Graffiti Stew" Charity collab for International Child Art Foundation

1/3 of the proceeds and royalties of this NFT go to International Child Art Foundation charity.  This animated Sharpie Drawing by James Lee (jams2blues) was inspired by synesthesia from brain damage.  Sometimes James hears colors, and sees sounds.  The Song, Graffiti Stew, was inspired by the popular Graffiti Artist Vinni Kiniki, it is what James Lee heard while looking at his website.  @jasminemoon is an inspiration for James Lee and has been added as a collaborator for coining my nickname, "the maker of rainbows".  Included as unlockable content: Once this NFT is collected you may download a much higher quality version of this music video, and a very large high quality photograph of the original sharpie drawing.

"Kraken" Music Video for Environmental Defense Fund Charity

1/3 of the proceeds and royalties for this NFT goes to Environmental Defense Fund Charity.  Kraken is a Neoclassical EDM song written by @Jams2blues.  @Chasinghome Graciously donated two masterpieces for Jams2blues to animate for this music video collab.  Kraken represents the filth humankind has dumped into our precious oceans a metaphor for the mythical creature that is gargantuan in size.  The Kraken is coming, and must be defeated for us all to survive the aftermath of what is to come should we underestimate the size of the situation.  Help us clean up our oceans, Save the world with art!

Inferno Butterfly

1/3 of proceeds and royalties go to American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). A collaborative music video by @jasminemoon and @jams2blues. Inferno Butterfly tells an epic story of the trials we go through in life. As our journeys crescendo, the innumerable people we meet and interact with in our lives are each affected by us in some way. Just the tiniest "hello", "nice shirt", and "I don't like you", will forever be a part of someone's being. The cascades of branches you form in daily existence seemingly never end. Infinite, finite occurrences of the butterfly effect touch everything and everyone we encounter, even long after you are dead.

The Swinger

1/3 of proceeds and royalties goes to St. Jude's children's hospital charity.  This 1080p HD music Video is a collaboration between @jasminemoon and @jams2blues. We have both combined our powers of art and improvisation to innovate an animation together. The Swinger is a composition for electric guitar, which is aeolian in nature with a touch of Love from diminished tones to bring about the creepy crawly boss fight music. Rainbows and color changes accentuate a rapid 120bpm time signature with the spider swinging at 1/4 the metronome. The song was named By @jasminemoon's creative and artistic daughter. The world needs more artists, it is what separates us from the animals.

Trippy Butterfly

50% of proceeds and royalties go to adolescent self injury foundation charity. the warm light eminating from a Tesselating sphere on a contoured plane, the analogous butterfly cools the scene rapidly with its black wings coated in blues purples and reds. Balance is something we all need, we seek balance in parenting, working, living etc. It's hard, but never quit, find balance and don't forget to breathe. Image is 5kx5k

Great White Obstacle Course

50% of all proceeds and royalties go to Atlanticwhiteshark.org 4200x3300 @300ppi. Whitesharks are a vulnerable species that continue to need our protection from endangerment. Although many countries have banned whiteshark fishing, not all have, and their numbers continue to dwindle. It is estimated they will be extinct within a century if nothing is done. This in turn will effect ecosystems and cause imbalances in nature that only lead to more destruction. As fierce as this flesh-eating giant may be, it is a product of our planet's life force and deserves to exist in order to maintain the diverse balances of living organisms in the ocean.

Polar Fire

50% of proceeds and royalties go to Polarbearsinternational.org charity.  4kx3k @300ppi. Polar Fire is dedicated to the magnificent Polar bear. Like many arctic species, polar bears are loosing their habitat due to climate change. By the time I have great grandchildren it is estimated that Polar bears could be near extinction. This is just the beginning. How much longer must we procrastinate in our duty as the human race to preserve life on our planet? It is only a matter of time before we are also standing on fire, wondering what happened to all the breathable air as we gasp and bake in the sun.

Angry Red Panda

50% of proceeds and royalties go to Rainforest Trust Charity.  4kx3k @300ppi. French zoologist Frédéric Cuvier called the Red Panda Ailurus, meaning “fire-colored cat.” One of the most beautiful creatures is this little fire kitty that is endangered due to deforestation and poaching; their biggest threat being habitat loss. In combination with climate change and human population growth, the loss of land brings us closer and closer every year to wiping them out.

Blue Whale Dilemma

50% of proceeds and royalties go to Savethewhales.org 4200x3300 @300ppi. Blue Whales are the largest animals on the planet, some weighing up to 200 tons. They are endangered due to habitat loss, toxic waste, fishing gear and more. Climate change is killing their primary source of food, krill. They need to eat 4 tons a day to be healthy. On a positive note, it has been recently reported that their numbers are increasing due to a decrease in commercial whaling. Highly unknown fact: there is still too much noise pollution from man made watercrafts which interferes with their mating calls and migrations, not for just blue whales, but all whales. The dilemma depicted in this artwork portrays humankind's fault; as the mother and her calf attempt to surface for air near an oil spill that is on fire, the looming fish-net litter that fills the background waits to smother them.

We are all Endangered!

50% of proceeds and royalties go to National Save The Sea Turtle Foundation, Inc. 5600x5600 Pixels @300pixels/in We are all Endangered! Is a callout to the world to do better. This piece of Digital art is a representation of what humans have done to our precious Oceans. Using multiple high contrasts, and vivid tesselations, this trippy artwork screams at you "Help Us!" Sea turtles are a fundamental part of marine ecosystems, they have existed for over 100 million years and we are destroying them. It's not too late to undo what we have done, but better to fix now before a cascading butterfly effect of chaos ensues the biosphere of our lifespawn of diversity and evolution from our Oceans.

Crossroads Tiger

50% of proceeds and royalties go to Rainforest Trust Charity.  4kx3k @300ppi. Illegal killing, a shrinking food supply, and habitat loss led to the extinction of the Bali, Javan, and Caspian subspecies of Tigers. It is estimated that there are only 3500 tigers left in the wild worldwide. Their numbers continue to diminish due to human population growth and poaching. What a beautiful creature to share this planet with, as she stands on the skull of her mate near an urban Crossroads, where there used to be jungle. A Stop sign yells out past a maniacal, man-made sun, "STOP", symbolizing the Human element in Tiger deaths, and paralleling impending doom should we remain bystanders.

Don't Focus On the Negative

50% of the proceeds and royalties for this NFT goes to Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) https://www.dbsalliance.org/

We all have intrusive thoughts, and most of the time they come with anxiety.  Everyone has negative thoughts.  Everyone struggles with self-esteem, and confidence in some area or another and at one point or more in their lives.  I personally struggle with Bipolar 1 Disorder, and I have found ways to beat it thanks to organizations like the one above, and amazing people in the world like Will smith.  he said something that stuck with me more than anything, and it is something I try to live by "The best things in life are on the other side of terror, on the other side of your maximum fear, are all of the best things in life".  A good way to beat severe Depression is exactly this.  There is always hope, never give up no matter what.  You are loved, you will be loved, you are important and unique, and all the bad stuff is always temporary.  This too shall pass

Save The World With Art

4500x4500 @300ppi. "Save The World With Art!" is the official Slogan of Jams2blues Creations. In an effort to spread the message in a unique text based original artwork, Jams2blues (The Maker of Rainbows), will be splitting 50% of the proceeds and royalties of this NFT with www.rainforesttrust.org Charity. The slogan has been translated in over 100 different languages using the popular, innovative Google Translator. The Rainbow in this piece represents the cohesion of the electromagnetic spectrum in its glory, as the diversity of colors work together to form unity and grace. This is a metaphor for all of humankind coming together in the Metaverse through the use of technology and AI. Lets change the world together, lets save the World with Art!

Makeout

Makeout is an abstract sharpie drawing animated with radiant color changes by the maker of rainbows jams2blues.  Making out is a passionate part of finding one's soul mate.  Romance and kissing, love and bliss, the future of the human race rests on the balance of our attraction to one another.  Locking lips and flicking tongues unlocks the deepest of desires in us all, to bath in the glorious gift of intimacy.

Singularity

A fire of colors engulfing the Visage of nature near a man made path that leads to a singularity of concentrated mystery.

Love is War

Original Sharpie drawing converted into a 5 second animated Gif by James Lee.  Love is war.  We all battle to find our soulmates; some of us never do.  Some of us settle for what we do find.  Overall, every species on the planet looking for love has to fight for it.  The never ending mating rituals of life perpetuate throughout time.  Wars have been fought over Love.  Love is not just sex, nor compassion.  Love can be an obsession, and a fixation.  Love is an addiction, but without Love we would be robots.  Love comes in all shapes and sizes and desires.  You can love anything, and anyone.  Where there is Oxytocin, Love will find a way.  It doesn't matter if you are male, female, non-binary, asexual, trans, or anything in between;  Love is going to grab you by the ears and pull you around like a rag doll for the rest of your life.

Impending Doom

Impending Doom is a 24"x36" acrylic and gel pen on canvas.  In all reality, we all die eventually.  In the distant future, there will be cataclysmic destruction of our solar system.  This is inevitable, much like aging.  The Milky Way is on a collision course with the Andromeda galaxy, all while our solar system travels over 200 kilometers per second around a super massive light and mass devouring black hole.  Given time, we will be the ancestors that warned our unborn generations of the future.  Do not take this warning lightly, and prepare for evacuation!  It would seem we have several million years to prepare, so don't procrastinate.  The music and painting work along side one another in an elaborate display that uses scary diminished tones and minor scales with arpeggios.  They symbolize the utter chaos of beauty in this ultimate cataclysm, as the electromagnetic spectrum and rainbow of life is eaten by death itself.  Life is short, we don't take anything with us when we die.

Sail Through The Maelstrom

Maelstrom: a situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil; also known as a powerful whirlpool in a sea or a river. This Voice collaboration consists of professional photography from dambdee, digital art from brightlightarts, digital art from ha14asa, and of course original music and art by jams2blues. Jams2blues has brain damage, causing uncomfortable visions and feelings. This transformative Zooming-animation will share with the world what those visions look like. Art therapy is amazing and aids in the relief of many mental illnesses including PTSD and Schizoaffective disorder. This world would be better for our children to grow up in once we remove the stigma behind mental health and asking for help. This animation expresses spreading mental health awareness and saving the earth for our children. No matter how hard things get, there is always hope and help. Brave the storm and sail through the maelstrom!

PSYCHOSIS

20"x30" markers and watercolor on Foam board. Psychosis is the very portrait of core hallucinations experienced by me during my worst state of mind after my brain injury 2 years ago. It is the first piece I made in the beginning of my healing process to cope with reality again, beginning my journey and healing with art therapy.

Empires Fall, and Emperors Cry

3kx3k pixels at 300ppi.   This one is dedicated to Voice, for making NFTs Carbon Neutral.  Emperor Penguins are going to be added to the list for U.S. Endangered Species Protection soon.   Scientists estimate 80% of all emperor penguins will die in 2100 due to carbon pollution.  If countries can abide by the Paris Climate Agreement only 30% will die.  It's not too late, we still have 79 years to fix this, let's not procrastinate any more.

I am @jams2blues (James Lee), founder of Jams2blues Creations, a non-for profit driven creator's studio that makes fine art, digital art, music, animations, gifs, and music videos for charity and awareness.  My fans call me The Maker Of Rainbows; my mantra and business slogan is "Save The World With Art". I started Jams2blues Creations to support world changing charities and plan on opening an art gallery, comic book store, and film studio to support these charities through art as well.  35% of sales, including my merch store,  go back to the art community, and 25-50% of sales and royalties for life go to a world changing charity.  SAVE THE WORLD WITH ART! - 59 Available - 63 Created - 57 Collected