James Jarvis, who hails from the UK, has been illustrating since he was a child. His first figure "Martin", was created for "Silas and Maria Ltd" in Japan, which launched him into the Designer Vinyl scene. Many figures followed, and James created the "World of Pain" in which they could live. In-Crowd soon followed, created by Amos Toys, which allowed James to work on other types of figures such as zombies and giant apes like King Ken.