Dirk

Sydney

Brand and digital strategist at Prime Practice. UX nut. Design, drawing and basketball make my life slightly less quirky. Will out-nerd if challenged.

user experience, ui design, illustration, copywriting, front-end coding

Lich Main character for a game I've been working on, on and off. Also second honest attempt at digital drawing using a tablet, and probably my personal favorite piece. Drew it four years ago, might not have topped it yet ;) Special thanks to the graceful Paul Webb for tossing me a Dribbble invite.
Perspective Putting some perspective on a 1-10 score... Scoring a 9.1 out of 10 doesn't always mean you're amongst the best! (Ps: Yes, that's Arial! Legacy apps sometimes get updated too!)
Vegemite - I suppose it's easier than licking a... As a Dutch guy living in Australia, I get asked about my opinion on this stuff far too often. So... ... there it is. .edit: excuse the re-upload, due to nasty background going-ons I felt like it was a blemish on my otherwise orgasmic portfolio. (harharrharrr)
Did I mention... I work in Dental? Messing around creating some toothpaste. This is one of those in-between thingies. Where you're not sure whether you're doodling or design the next ad campaign for the company. I do a ton of these. They're great to get some quick inspiration out when you're having a slow, dragging Monday. Or a fast one. Any time really. .edit: a hundred internet ego points to whomever knows the font.
Confession: I never used Illustrator, even for ... Popped into Illustrator to do some quick mockups for icons. It's amazing how often we've been able to use the actual mockups for projects lately. This is looking like it'll be one of those times. Related; I love drawing in Illustrator. I've used Photoshop for 95% of the drawing I've done in both my professional life and personal life. (The other 5% is MS Paint) This will change now though. Il...
Retirement jar "Let us fund your retirement". Ad campaign scribbled with a thick, cheap felt tip, on a green post-it note. The artwork is far from flawless, but we turned it into an ad anyway, and the sketchy feeling ended up working quite well with the rest of the (very simple) branding. The slogan relates to how we help dentists sell their practice - and how we help dentists *find* the practice that will ...
Least interesting charts you'll see today. These will quite possibly be the least exciting charts you'll see today, maybe even this week. So why are they here? Some of the work we do isn't sexy. It's not flashy, no sweet animations and doesn't have exciting new colour combinations. Instead, it fits in with older (legacy) applications and just gets the point across. There's Arial. Simple flat shapes. No fancy effects. Heck, this could...
Rome All roads lead to ... the Colosseum? Shit I had it a minute ago.
Product illustrations These illustrations accompany the story about one of our products. I used a crayon-like brush (Photoshop, Wacom) and the primary colours of our logo, grey and orange. Looking at these always reminds me that I don't draw often enough... a feeling I'm sure some of you can relate to.
Happy days! Sketch for Canvas-based in-browser RPG. His name's Happy (... no lie!)
Sir warrior Another piece that was supposed to be used for a video game. I messed around a bit to make it look like a piece for a Warhammer related setting, as there were no final thoughts regarding deities at the time of creation. This piece is heavily work-in-progress, with fundamental flaws in lighting, blatant disregard of anatomy, and a general lack of respect for the laws of physics... ... but it w...

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