Nick Gripton
Ilustration, Animation, Games Design & Art Direction
Brighton, United KingdomI'm an award winning illustrator, animator and games designer working out of Brighton, UK.
Currently working freelance as an illustrator/animator and as part of the BadgerHammer creative collective building mobile and web games.
Things I can do for you:
Character design
Animation
Concept development and storyboarding
Children’s picture books
Editorial illustration
Infographics & Explainers (static and animated)
Games concept, design and build (for mobile, web and desktop)
Art direction
I love Burritos.
Currently working freelance as an illustrator/animator and as part of the BadgerHammer creative collective building mobile and web games.
Things I can do for you:
Character design
Animation
Concept development and storyboarding
Children’s picture books
Editorial illustration
Infographics & Explainers (static and animated)
Games concept, design and build (for mobile, web and desktop)
Art direction
I love Burritos.
Work Experience
Self-Employed
Art Director, Designer, Illustrator, Motion Graphics
- Character design for games, print and motion.
- Scripting, storyboarding, illustrating, directing and animating infographics and animations for web and TV.
- Writing and drawing children’s picture/coloring books.
- Creating infographics and editorial illustrations.
- Scripting, storyboarding, illustrating, directing and animating infographics and animations for web and TV.
- Writing and drawing children’s picture/coloring books.
- Creating infographics and editorial illustrations.
2003
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Brighton, United Kingdom
BadgerHammer
Founder/Creative Director
- Designing and producing games for leading brands (and our own IP's) across multiple platforms.
- Project and asset management and face to face client communication.
- Project and asset management and face to face client communication.
2003
-
Brighton, United Kingdom
Mind Orchard
Consultant Art Director
- Art Directing the Mind Orchard creative team on projects for top brands.
- Leading pitches and brainstorming sessions.
- Creating and developing design concepts.
- Leasing with clients and managing projects.
- Leading pitches and brainstorming sessions.
- Creating and developing design concepts.
- Leasing with clients and managing projects.
2009
- 2009
Brighton, United Kingdom
Digitalbrain PLC
Lead Designer / Flash Developer
- Organising, supervising and training my team.
- Working with back end developers to integrate front end flash applications into the Digitalbrain framework.
- Working with back end developers to integrate front end flash applications into the Digitalbrain framework.
2002
- 2003
Brighton, United Kingdom
WCRS
Interactive Designer
- Designing and building internet advertising and microsites for leading brands.
2000
- 2002
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English (Native),
Spanish (Conversational),
Awards
Clio
Excellence in Internet Advertising
2001
Campaign Magazine
Online Ad of the Year
2001
Skills
2d Animation,
3D,
3D Animation,
Animation,
Art Direction,
Character Design,
Illustration,
2D And 3D Animation,
Adobe,
After Effects,
Blender,
Character Animation,
Character Concept,
Editorial,
Game Animation,
Game Art,
Game Design,
Illustrator,
Photoshop,
Picture Books,
Premiere,
Spine,
Previous Clients
LEGO, Warner Brothers, Discovery Channel, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, BBC, ITV, E4, Channel Five, DC Comics, Marvel, The Times, Metro, Computing Magazine, Nokia, Orange, O2, Vodafone, Accenture, Royal Mail, Lloyds Banking Group, Google, Canon, Riso, 118 118, Microsoft, MSN, AMD, Intel, BT, BMW, Land Rover, Mini, Texaco, Kuoni, Tesco, National Lottery, Betfair, ING Direct, Standard Life, British Airways, Qatar Airways, GNER, Bupa, RSPCA and Save the Children.