CREATIVE FREAK

Hello!  My name is James Dalman and I’m a creative addict and design junkie.  My mind rarely shuts off the endless flow of ideas.  It is both a blessing and a curse.

I used to draw ALL the time as a kid.  My parents gave me the opportunity and tools to unleash all the wild things of my imagination.  They supported my artistic pursuits even though I constantly got in trouble at school for drawing more than doing my work.  And I still remember one of my teacher’s telling me I would never make anything of my life because of this.  Thanks teach!

I started my first business at age 18 called Dogman Designs.  I customized Converse All-Stars and Levi's 501 jeans with an airbrush and Sharpie pens. The artwork was totally off the wall and extremely radical but then I was never one to conform to other people’s rules or ideas anyways.

The last 20 years I have been busting out custom artwork and designs for all kinds of people; some really famous and some only known in the underground world of things. That doesn’t really matter though. What does matter is that I have outlasted the skeptics, the fly by nights, and my teacher’s narrow mindedness.

Recently I retired from my custom branding firm, Branding Shed, to join a fresh new venture at iThemes.com where I’ll be project manager and assist in business development.

My biggest accomplishments in life aren’t the awards, money or accolades however...

Giving my life to Christ, 17 years of marriage to a beautiful wife, my totally awesome kids, and serving my country through the U.S. Army Reserve are what I am most proud of and what really matters to me.  Everything else is just a bonus.