James Zhang is an artist whose work has appeared in

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...

Career

Zhang has done interior illustrations on a number of ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical Studies Rules ...

'' books for

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, including '' Sharn: City of Towers'' (2004), the ''

Eberron Campaign Setting ''Eberron Campaign Setting'' is a hardcover accessory for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents The ''Eberron Campaign Setting'' book introduces Eberron, and provides the core campaign setting, inc ...

'' (2004), ''

Monster Manual III ''Monster Manual III'' is a manual published in September 2004 by Wizards of the Coast, for use with the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. It is the first of the monster specific books published by Wizards of the Coast to be made for the ...

'' (2004), ''

Races of the Wild ''Races of the Wild'' is an optional supplemental source book for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game. Contents ''Races of the Wild'' contains background information on the elves and halflings, introduces a race of w ...

'' (2005), ''

Races of Eberron ''Races of Eberron'' is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''Races of Eberron'' is an accessory for the Eberron setting that provides information on the races originally presented in the ' ...

'' (2005), '' Five Nations'' (2005), '' Tome of Magic: Pact, Shadow, and Truename Magic'' (2006), '' Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells'' (2006), and ''

Drow of the Underdark ''Drow of the Underdark'' is the name of two supplemental rules books for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, providing supplementary game rules focusing on drow culture, equipment and folklore for both players and Dungeon Mast ...

'' (2007). He also did the cover art for ''Crucible of Chaos'' (2008) from

Paizo Publishing Paizo Inc. (originally Paizo Publishing.) is an American role-playing game publishing company based in Redmond, Washington, best known for the tabletop role-playing game ''Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder''. The company's name is derived ...

's GameMaster line. Zhang has also done artwork for the video game industry, including several games based on the ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...

'' franchise. Zhang was the founder and CEO of digital arts developer Concept Art House, backed by superangel Matthew Le Merle, and headquartered in San Francisco and Shanghai. Here, Zhang was the executive producer on the graphic novel series ''Daomu'', an English language adaptation of a Chinese book series, for

Image Comics Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-ow ...

.Mahadeo, Kevin (February 2, 2011)
"Zhang & Johnson Explore Chinese Horror with 'Daomu'"

Comic Book Resources ''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion. History Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Co ...

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