Illustrator / Art Director

Nicolas Rix

Cape Town, South Africa

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I have worked in digital advertising and print industry since 1999 as an illustrator / designer.

My work has been published in local comic book anthology - ComicWorx, NAG Magazine, Something Wicked and I worked as a penciler on a short run of Tsamaya Classics (Soccer Comic).

Follow my work here:

http://nicolasrix.com

http://nicolas.tumblr.com

http://facebook.com/nicolasrixillustration

http://nicolasrix.deviantart.com

Contact me: [email protected]
Education
- Matric
  
  Edgemead High School
  
  1993 - 1998
- Edgemead High School
  
  1992 - 1998
Experience
- Senior Illustrator
  
  NATIVE VML
  
  Jan 2011 - Present (15 years 5 months)
  
  After the merge between Stonewall+, Brandish and Cambrient which formed Native. I was promoted to Senior Illustrator.
  
  Job entails storyboarding, creating presentation collateral or anything that needs visuals to help explain a concept to client.
- Freelance Illustrator
  
  Nicolas Rix Illustration
  
  Jan 2009 - Present (17 years 5 months)
  
  My Illustration skills:
  - Comic Book Artist
  - Editorial illustration
  - Posters
  - Book Covers
- Interface Designer for Stonewall Digital
  
  Stonewall
  
  Apr 2009 - Apr 2011 (2 years)
  
  I spend my time designing usable interfaces for flash and html websites. I've created storyboards for presentations and for interface planning. I have also had opportunities to use my character design skills.
- Freelance Web Designer
  
  Platinum Seed Marketing
  
  2010 - 2011 (1 year)
  
  I freelanced for Platinum Seed after hours and over weekends. I designed websites mostly, aswell as well powerpoint presentations.
- Lead Designer
  
  Immigration Unit
  
  2008 - 2009 (1 year)
  
  I was employed as an in-house designer for all the companies print requirements, logo design and implementation of the companies various websites.
  
  I helped redesign their intranet and websites, introduced SEO and SEM to the company to further utilise the internet to gain clients.
  
  I worked with 2 PHP developers and a copywriter.
- Comic Book Illustrator
  
  Media24
  
  2007 - 2008 (1 year)
  
  I worked as an illustrator for a publication called Mshana. I created the penciled portion of a comic book. I worked with an inker, colorist and a art director. I also had an opportunity to design an entire cast of characters for the publication.
- Freelancer
  
  Nicolas Rix Design & Illustration
  
  2005 - 2007 (2 years)
  
  I freelanced from home to gain experience and build a working portfolio. I specialised in a number of fields and worked for a few different clients.
  
  - Illustration
  - Flash Animation
  - Flash 5 coding
  - HTML & CSS
  - Web Design
- Web Designer/Illustrator
  
  XPLANE
  
  2004 - 2004
  
  I was the only in house web designer where I worked on a single project (over 6 months) for Health24's fitness section of their site. I wireframed and designed over 40 pages including many fitness/workout instructional illustrations.
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