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

Let's make stuff together!
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See my work in motion

RAUM:Huishonger – Explainer

RAUM is a creative hub at the edge of Utrecht, where artists combine thoughts and skills around a central theme. This time around the housingcrisis in NL.

Together with illustrator Lonneke Weuring we took up the challenge to give emotional character and personal weight to the data collected by Pop Up City and what it represents.

Role:

Art Direction
Script & Storyboarding
Animation
After Effects

Bank of Melbourne – Rebrand

Saatchi Melbourne assigned me to come up with and animate new campaign assets for Bank of Melbourne. The work consisted of animation work for tv and online assets.

Role:

Allround Design
Digital & Print
Asset Designs
Animation
Illustrator & After Effects

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DiDi – Campaign Launch

Saatchi Melbourne asked me to help with DiDi’s Melbourne launch campaign. The work consisted of animation work for tv and online assets.

Role:

Concepting & Storyboarding
Allround Design
Asset Designs
Animation
Illustrator & After Effects

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Opgedoekt – Bumper video

Travelling projection festival ‘Opgedoekt’ needed a bumper that was shown before feature films.

Inspired by old style American Motel signs and road movies, this video ties into the travelling and quirky nature of ‘Opgedoekt’.

Role:

Art Direction & Concept
Script & Storyboarding
Handdrawn frame-by-frame animation
Toon Boom Harmony

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NL Government – Explainers

Various explainer and animation work for the Dutch Government. Together with BroekhuizenWirtz, who managed the account side, we created scripts & storyboards around data, research and goals to inform and educate internal workerbees.