Nik Ainley is a UK based illustrator who produces both personal and commissioned work. He rather bizarrely taught himself Photoshop in his spare time while gaining a degree in physics at Imperial College in London. He enjoyed it so much he ditched physics and moved full time into design and illustration.
Nik is constantly trying to further his expertise in digital media, and won't stop until he has mastered all the tools he needs to fully realise his ideas. He uses whatever techniques he can get his hands on to achieve the desired effect and is happiest when learning new ways of creating graphics. Shinybinary.com was first launched in 2004 as an online portfolio for Nik and has since attracted over four million visitors.
As an illustrator, Nik has received considerable exposure, his work featuring in many magazines as well as on websites, in books and in exhibitions.
Nik is tired of writing about himself in the third person now and is going to stop.
For all work and general enquiries:
Nik@shinybinary.com
+44(0)7930 122547
Nik@shinybinary.com
+44(0)7930 122547
Nik is also represented in the UK by the Central Illustration Agency.
For UK work enquiries:
info@centralillustration.com
020 7734 7187
For UK work enquiries:
info@centralillustration.com
020 7734 7187
Nik has worked for many clients, here are a select few.
- Adobe
- Advanced Photoshop
- Audi
- British Airways
- British Film Institute
- Capital One
- Computer Arts
- Dazed & Confused
- Digital Arts
- Ericsson
- ESPN
- Esquire
- Faber & Faber
- Halifax
- Harper Collins
- HSBC
- MTV
- National Geographic
- New Scientist
- Nickelodeon
- Nike
- Photoshop User
- Random House
- Smirnoff
- Starbucks
- The Big Issue
- The Wachowski brothers
- UNICEF
- Virgin
- Vodafone
Check out more of Nik's work on community sites Deviantart, Computerlove and Behance. Or just get to know him better on Facebook or LinkedIn.
Read a more detailed bio at his Photoshop spotlight.
Julia
On us
Instant
Fresh science word
The After Party
Gold
Silver
Create
Happy birthday
Moons
Type
Ericsson medley
Grace
Mystic
Credit crunch
Lush
Fluid
Oracle
Adobe rock environment
Adobe space environment
Scarab
Life type
The unbearable lightness of being
Scarlett
Inside
Attractive Offers
Perfect portfolios
20 20 Visions
Christmas Gifts
Current account
Soft type
Cute
101 ideas for better images
Dream machine
Jenson Button
100 games of 2007
Athena
Alienation
Type tips
Only this and nothing more
Imagine
Demon
Headache
Stranger
Black dog
Keep it together
Never
Grassnation
Plunge
Pimp
Funk
Verve
