Nate Van Dyke
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About
I have over 15 years of experience as an illustrator and concept artist. Although I have been freelancing the last few years, I am currently looking for a full-time position.
Portfolio:
http://www.behance.net/N8vandyke
To give you another view of my work and personality, see my Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/n8vandyke
Specialties:
· Able to adapt stylistically to different design styles
· Works independently or with a team to meet critical deadlines
· Ability to convey different concepts extremely fast
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Experience
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Senior Concept Artist and IllustratorNate Van DykeJun 1997 - Present (25 years 11 months)After a long day of drawing concept art, I really enjoy freelancing for interesting projects. I create concept art, advertising illustration, comic book illustration, storyboards and many other works for advertising agencies and Fortune 500 corporations.
Clients include: IDW, Bravado (Slayer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, DragonForce, Genesis), Burton Snowboards, Butler, Shine, Stern and Partners (Converse), Cog 1 (Independent Film Channel, MiniCooper, Taco Bell, Playstation, Sony, Wherehouse Records), Heavy Metal Magazine, Gap, Juxtapoz, Kid Robot, Electronic Gaming Monthly Magazine, EMI Records, Levi Strauss, MSN, PlayStation Magazine, Scion, Upper Playground, Wired, XBox Magazine, Make Magazine, Red Bull, etc. -
Senior Concept ArtistNCsoftMar 2008 - Nov 2009 (1 year 8 months)Concept art for City of Heroes and other NCsoft titles.
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Concept + Storyboard ArtistSecret LevelApr 2007 - Oct 2007 (6 months)Concept art and storyboards for the Iron Man video game. (Secret Level is part of SEGA)
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ArtistShabaJun 2002 - May 2004 (1 year 11 months)Concept art, storyboards, character design, 3D modeling and texturing for Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shawn Murray and Tony Hawks Underground 2 video games.
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Assistant PencilerTop Cow Productions, Inc.Oct 2000 - Apr 2001 (6 months)Illustration for Top Cow, one the nations top-selling comic book studios.
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Technical IllustratorLearn2.comAug 1999 - May 2000 (9 months)Step-by-step instructional illustration on topics ranging from How to Play Tennis to How to Shuffle Cards.
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Awards
- Illustrated and designed a 96-page art book published by Heavy Metal.
- Published in Spectrum #12, #13, #14 and #15. Won Silver Award for Editorial #16.
- Illustrated 2005 National Silver ADDY Winner Pimp My Tree.
- CCA advanced illustration guest instructor since 2004. -
Skills
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@freelance-illustrator, member since 2006
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