Who is Thijs?

Pronounced as thai food with an -s, twice without the w,
a t- with ice or /tais/ according to IPA.

Thijs is half Dutch, half Australian and born in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Having spent his formative years as a freelance designer at various agencies and projects around the Netherlands, he has lived in Melbourne for 4 years to explore the southern hemisphere and focus on design and animation for various freelance projects.

Adding another half year in Kyoto, Japan for okonomiyaki, ramen and experiencing the Japanese design ways, he is now back home, living and working from the Netherlands.

His experience has made him astute in his work by recognizing the most effective media to tell his client’s stories in the best possible way. He prides himself on his ability to create a single cohesive work across multiple platforms and techniques.

Skillset

– Adobe CC (incl. After Effects & Premiere)
– Figma, Sketch, InVision Studio & Adobe XD
– Creative coding with HTML/CSS, Javascript, Python
– Cinema 4D & Redshift
– Unreal Engine 5 (Getting better everyday!)
– Arduino & Processing
– Tinkering & Soldering
– Toon Boom Harmony

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