'Visual Feast', the tantalizing artwork of Justin Hampton

Book PDF and Digital Pack release bring the KS to a close
12 days ago – Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 09:56:50 AM

Hey amazing people!

Today is the day the Kickstarter officially comes to a close with the release of the downloadable PDF of the book and the digital pack for those who ordered it! You should have received an email from Backerkit with download instructions by now. The Digital Pack includes three classic Hampton images, including a newly reworked and extensively updated version of my "Dreamtime" artwork. This piece was originally published as my 2006 Pearl Jam / CCFA Melbourne poster and later made into an art print version. I wanted to create a version that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the original release—something special for this moment and for the great patience you’ve all shown me. Thank you all so much for helping me bring my vision to reality! I'm forever grateful!

For anyone who wants to order a PDF of the book for themselves, you can now order it directly on my website! Whether it’s a companion purchase to go along with the physical book you ordered, or if you only bought a poster or sticker set as part of the campaign, you can now own a digital copy to view on your devices. Click the image below to purchase your copy!

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart! 

More new releases are always in the works so please sign up for my mailing list on the very bottom of my website front page if you want to stay tuned for my latest projects! 

Very best,

Justin

Updated Amazon review link
about 1 month ago – Wed, Mar 04, 2026 at 02:01:54 PM

Here's an updated link to the Amazon page if you're interested in leaving a review. I saved that last draft for a few days while I polished the message and it must've expired. Weird. 

Anyway, sorry for the hassle. Here's a correct link. Thanks again!

Leave your review here: https://shorturl.at/tsTsa

The Final Chapter: Thank You for Making Visual Feast a Reality
about 1 month ago – Wed, Mar 04, 2026 at 12:43:00 PM

Hey you amazing people!

Nine months ago, Visual Feast made its way into the world—and what a ride it's been! Today, thanks to you, Visual Feast is a real book—sitting on shelves, coffee tables, and in the hands of readers around the world!

99% of all copies are now in your hands. Some final Deluxe Edition copies with personalized sketches are still in transit, but the last of them are finally on their way to you. I poured my heart and soul into this thing. Saying thank you doesn't even begin to describe my feelings of gratitude. I appreciate you joining me on this journey and your great patience—I know the wait has been long, and I hope the book proves worth every day of it and more.

This project has always been powered by you. From the moment we launched together, through every step of production, to now—watching Visual Feast find its audience. Along the way, I've garnered some incredible supporters that gave me unbelievably flattering quotes: bands I've worked with over the years, including Kim Thayil from Soundgarden, Jeff Ament from Pearl Jam, the guys from Ween and many others. Also, fellow artists including Shepard Fairey, Jermaine Rogers, and the dearly departed Frank Kozik and more. And of course, the late, great Mark Lanegan, who wrote a powerful introduction to the book that I'll treasure forever. That said, it was YOU who believed in this project and allowed me to bring everything I could to the table to make this a tome that I'm very proud to say is my legacy in book form. 

Now I have one last ask for those willing to give it.

If you've received your copy and feel moved to do so, head over to my book distributor's Amazon page and leave a review. Let future readers discover Visual Feast through YOUR words. Some absolute legends from the KS and my website have already posted their thoughts with glowing 5 star reviews, and I'd love for you to join them if you're willing.

You made this happen. Every page exists because of you. I'm eternally grateful for your support, belief in me and the project. Thank you.

Leave your review here: https://shorturl.at/tsTsa

Visual Feast Book PDF & Digital Background Pack

For those that ordered the Visual Feast Book PDF & Digital Background Pack, the PDF is queued up now and I'll be selecting some Digital Backgrounds and scaling them for release next week. Stay tuned for those. 

Here's a look at where we started once the books arrived stateside last June.

 Here's where we are now. That was a TON of work but it's DONE!!!

The book is now out in the wild, your homes and major bookstores (Powell's Bookstore above) in the US, Canada, Mexico and Australia. Man, that feels good!!

Future plans coming up with yet ANOTHER book! "The Magic Art of Justin Hampton"

As you all know, Visual Feast is a HUGE book clocking in at 444 pages. SO big that I needed to put the brakes on how much was added to the book at a certain point. I'm about to get started on a second book! As crazy as that sounds it was all part of the plan from the beginning. Some of you may know that I was one of the original artists of the global gaming phenomenon, Magic The Gathering, back in the day. In fact, I still get invited to Magic conventions all over the world and get asked to sign those old cards regularly since the mid-90's. I'm going to be producing a book of that work including stories, photo reference, sketches, roughs, color comps, the final printed illustrations AND some newly painted versions of select classic cards. It will be a much smaller book and will be much quicker to produce since I'm now a seasoned vet in the art of book design, production and publishing. I'm excited to show off this stuff and launch another Kickstarter. Look for an announcement for that in the coming months. Here's a look at some of the images you will see in the book. 

Magic The Gathering- "Knight of Thorns" custom playmat NOW available! 

In anticipation of the upcoming book I'm offering a new gaming playmat! In late 2025 I was asked to attend a convention in Amsterdam for a Magic group called Knight of Thorns. It conflicted with the appearance that I had around the same time in Italy so instead of an appearance, they commissioned me to create a new painting for a playmat for the event. They wanted something with the theme of the "Knight of Thorns" card art and to have an old school vibe. They wanted some of my old design flavors in there as well so I created an image that mixes my cards from the 1994 sets of Antiquities and Legends with "Reverse Polarity", "Rapid Fire", and "Juxtapose", combined with imagery of Christopher Rush's "Knight of Thorns". Here's a look at the result. This is only my second playmat that I've ever created. They are signed and numbered in an edition. Grab one while they last!

Order here!

Signed: By Justin Hampton 
Edition: AP edition of 25 copies
Dimensions: 14" x 24" x 1/16"
Type: Cloth Top with Rubber Bottom

Thanks for taking a look! Stay tuned for more information about the new book launching on Kickstarter in a few months!

Also, keep an eye out of that PDF and Digital Background release for Visual Feast next week!

Very best,

-Justin

Final Kickstarter shipping update
4 months ago – Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 02:00:01 PM

Hey all!

As I mentioned last week, I'm putting out this final Kickstarter update on shipping. After a solid week of attacking packing and shipping super hard while fighting one of the nastiest flu bugs I've ever gotten, I'm happy to report that there are only 50 orders left to fulfill. This is after months of processing hundreds of orders one by one while juggling deadlines, kids schedules, travel for work and poster sales with their own shipping fulfillment needs. With Dayquil on board during the day and Nyquil at night, I put in 10 hour days to pull this off. It was exhausting and I'm not quite finished but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Most people will be getting their books for Xmas but not all. This isn't for lack of trying. It's just the luck of the draw. Be assured that everyone will be getting their book before the end of the year. I honestly did my best and pushed through adversity to make it happen. I look forward to wrapping this up and spending some quality time with my friends and family after this weekend. 

Thanks again for believing in this project and embarking on this journey with me. As I've said before, I literally couldn't have done it without you all!  I hope you're all enjoying your holiday season!  Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!

Very best,

Justin

We're LIVE! The Final Holidays Shipping Wave is in Full Force! 🚀
4 months ago – Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 07:35:23 AM

Hey all!

This is the update that many of you have been waiting for: I'm back from my trip, refreshed, bright eyed and bushy tailed! I'm happy to announce that the final shipping phase is now going full steam! My team and I have already been working all week to get these packages out to you! I'm sure many have already noticed the tracking emails in your inbox! 

As promised, I have a dedicated team helping me, and we are working systematically through the remaining orders. The first few BIG batches have already been processed and handed off to the carriers. Our focus remains firmly on the pre-Christmas delivery window. Many of you have now received tracking info. I can't guarantee they'll arrive by Xmas for international buyers but I'm doing my best to still try to make that happen. Many, including overseas supporters, have already gotten them. I received a gleeful message from a UK supporter this morning in fact! I'm talking about you, Dan Jones! Thanks man! Look for tracking from Ship Station now instead of Stamps Dot Com as that move has streamlined things a lot! You will receive an automatic notification with a tracking link as soon as your specific package is on its way. I will also send a broader update next week to report on our progress. 

Warm regards & happy holidays! Talk soon!

Justin

p.s. Here's a fully loaded cart of packages that were dropped off last night!! 

FROM THE ARCHIVES!!... 

Mark Lanegan Band Phantom Radio Swirl Foil Variant

My 2014 Mark Lanegan Band poster debuted at the show in Seattle at the Neptune Theater. This was created for the tour supporting Mark's album Phantom Radio. When I approached this design I wanted to convey something that captured Lanegan's gritty and authentic voice with something old-school and analog. I began looking at old radio's online from the 30's and 40's and came across this Zenith Art-Deco tube radio and fell in love with the look. It was perfect and I loved the vintage Zenith radio logo with the lightning bolt coming off the Z. In my head I instantly saw a Lanegan logo in the same style with the lighting bolt coming off his L. I had the radio nailed and now I needed to add a phantom. The Robert Johnson art that I came up with for the PNE- 27 Club poster is one of my favorite images I've come up with over the years and knew that was it. One of Mark's nicknames was "Old Scratch" aka, The Devil. A legend that died in the era of that Zenith radio and was the original and first 27 Club member? Perfect! I then got to work on it and made RJ warped and reaching out to turn the station on the radio. Mark LOVED this concept and poster and it's one of my personal favorites that I designed for him. I miss working directly with him and hearing his excitement when I came up with something that he really liked. It was a true blessing and honor to not only work with one of my all-time favorite musicians ever but to get to know him as a friend, and as he wrote in the Introduction of my book, "An indispensable ally". Working with him directly from 2012 to 2020 was one of my favorite creative periods in my entire career and I'll always cherish it.

At the time I felt like I'd over saturated the market with the posters that I was creating for Mark so I held this entire variant edition back and kept them stored in my archives since 2014. I'm making this VERY limited edition available for the first time. Grab one while they last!  

Limited Edition: 30 variant copies 
Size: 18"x 24"
Markings: Signed & Numbered By Justin Hampton - JH Logo Embossed
Type: 5 color screenprint printed on holographic swirl foil paper.

New Interviews Coming Up!

Here's a preview of two interviews that I have coming up in the next couple of weeks! 

The first one debuts next week, on December 17th with Second Hand Talent. In this preview clip I discuss the Ween poster for "The Show That Never Was". This was recorded earlier this fall in my home studio. 

The second interview debuts in the New Year on January 8th on Oregon's Public Broadcasting TV show- OPB Art Beat. It will also be available online after it debuts.I'll post the link when the time comes. This one was recorded last summer when I had my book signings in Seattle and Portland and the crew followed me to capture both as well as a behind the scenes look in my studio and at my printer's print shop! My mom always wanted to see me highlighted on this show and even though she's no longer with us I know that she would have been very proud of me.