An art student has shared his joy as his design has been selected to adorn thousands of Mastercards.

James Avon, a final year student of digital design at Brighton University, is one of just four artists internationally who were chosen to produce a design for the cards.

The 24-year-old, born and raised in Brighton, is creating bold artwork and video using digital tools.

“I’m a keen musician and I created this design with a mash up of fluid movement and bright colours, layering them together in Photoshop much like I layer together the musical elements of a song to create a harmonious whole,” said James.

“I’m thrilled to have secured my first commercial commission and humbled to think my design will be in thousands of people’s purses and pockets.”

James was a student at Vardean College before undertaking a foundation at Brighton MET.

The card will be issued for debit Mastercards using a gold savings app called Tally Money.

Tally Money works like a digital bank with an app, but the money in its everyday account represents real, physical gold rather than pounds sterling.

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James said he took inspiration from the gold to create his winning design called State Of Flow.

Xuemei Huang, from China, created this design (Image: TallyMoney)

He said: “Digital banks are new and abstract, but Tally is different because it’s based on something real and ancient.

“Customers’ savings are held in physical gold in a vault in Switzerland, and my design tries to combine the speed and energy of digital change with the solidity and permanence of rows of gold bars.”         

James’s design is one of four specially commissioned artworks that TallyMoney customers can choose from for their card.

The other designs are by the Jamaican artist Femi Dawkins, China’s Xuemei Huang and London-born Zoe Biagini-Jones.

Jamaican artist Femi Dawkins' design (Image: TallyMoney)

Cameron Parry, chief executive of TallyMoney, said: “Tally is all about freedom of choice and individual protection. if there’s one thing that unites our fast-growing community it’s that they all value their right to save securely outside the corporate banking system.

“Our new Mastercards offer advanced security technology and beautiful artwork which gives each customer the chance to choose a design that speaks to them.”