Gerrit Rijken
Illustrator/Logo Designer
Bergen, NorwayIt is Gerrit "Tundra Toucan" Rijken, yet another underground illustrator and logo designer. That's right, the type that mostly works with metal bands that you probably never heard of.
Taking a graphical approach to logo design, I create sophisticated hand-drawn logos that are rich in expressive composition and sometimes eerie texture.
Currently studying Visual Communication at Bergen University, Norway.
Taking a graphical approach to logo design, I create sophisticated hand-drawn logos that are rich in expressive composition and sometimes eerie texture.
Currently studying Visual Communication at Bergen University, Norway.
Work Experience
Self-Employed
Illustrator/Logo Designer
It is Gerrit "Tundra Toucan" Rijken, yet another underground illustrator and logo designer. That's right, the type that mostly works with metal bands that you probably never heard of.
December 2003
- Present
Bergen, Norway
Delta
Editorial Cartoonist
For a year, I served as a recurring cartoonist for a university newspaper with a circulation of 8,000.
February 2011
- February 2012
Delft, Netherlands
Education
Erasmus University Of Rotterdam
B.A. in History
September 2002
- October 2007
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Bergen University
So far, I've taken courses in typography, design history, and motion graphics.
August 2023
- Present
Bergen, Norway
Languages
English (Fluent),
Dutch (Native),
Norwegian (Conversational),
Skills
Adobe Photoshop,
Blender,
Cartooning ,
Characterdesign,
CLIP STUDIO PAINT,
Letterart,
Logodesign,
Storyboarding,
Typography,
My First Foray Into Science
I co-authored 'Illegible Semantics: Exploring the Design Space of Metal Logos', a paper about the "language" of unreadable metal band logos.
It was submitted to and accepted by the alt.VIS workshop at IEEE VIS 2021, the premier forum for Visualization research and technology.
On Sunday October the 24th, it was presented to the Visualization community.
It was submitted to and accepted by the alt.VIS workshop at IEEE VIS 2021, the premier forum for Visualization research and technology.
On Sunday October the 24th, it was presented to the Visualization community.
Clients Old and New
Here are some of the bands I've worked with (in alphabetic order): Dauthuz, Funeral Void, Ghostheart Nebula, Intero, Psalmtanic, and Vathr.