Illustrator, Storyboards, Concept Artist, Comic Book Artist
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Senior Concept Artist at NCsoft
- Illustrator at Freelance Illustrator
- Past
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- Concept + Storyboard Artist at Secret Level
- Artist at Shaba
- Assistant Penciler at Top Cow Productions, Inc.
- Technical Illustrator at Learn2.com
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Nate Van Dyke’s Summary
Freelance illustrator with 11 years of experience: illustration, comic books, concept art and storyboards. Please see my complete portfolio at www.n8vandyke.com.
Nate Van Dyke’s 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
· Fine art skills include figure drawing, illustration and painting
Nate Van Dyke’s Experience
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Senior Concept Artist
NCsoft
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Concept art for City of Heroes and other NCsoft titles.
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Illustrator
Freelance Illustrator
(Fine Art industry)
June 1997 — Present (12 years 2 months)
Advertising illustration, comic book design and posters for advertising agencies and Fortune 500 corporations.
Clients include: 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, and XBox Magazine. -
Concept + Storyboard Artist
Secret Level
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
April 2007 — October 2007 (7 months)
Concept art and storyboards for the Iron Man video game releasing summer 2008. (Secret Level is part of SEGA)
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Artist
Shaba
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ATVI; Animation industry)
June 2002 — May 2004 (2 years)
Concept art, storyboards, character design, 3D modeling and texturing for Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shawn Murray and Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 video games.
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Assistant Penciler
Top Cow Productions, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)
October 2000 — April 2001 (7 months)
Illustration for Top Cow, one the nation’s top-selling comic book studios.
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Technical Illustrator
Learn2.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)
August 1999 — May 2000 (10 months)
Step-by-step instructional illustration on topics ranging from How to Play Tennis to How to Shuffle Cards.
Additional Information
Nate Van Dyke’s Websites:
Nate Van Dyke’s Honors:
· Published in Spectrum #12, #13, #14, #15, Silver Award Editorial Winner #16
· Illustrated 2005 National Silver ADDY® Winner “Pimp My Tree”
· California College of the Arts (CCA) advanced illustration guest instructor since 2004
· Illustrated and designed a 96-page art book published by Heavy Metal Magazine in 2006
