Projects

Experience & Projects

Nick Alan Art

Independent Artist & Entrepreneur | Nov. 2016—Present

Designed and produced original artwork for sale as greeting cards, prints, and stickers, catering to both local businesses and online markets. Managed sales and distribution through Etsy and a personal e-commerce platform, maintaining a consistent brand presence and building client relationships.

Cedar Media Group

Children’s Book Illustrator & Animation Asset Developer (Contract) | Feb. 2023—Present

Illustrated a series of nine Alaska Native language enrichment children’s books and contributed animation assets for adaptation into an animated series.

Character Designer & Animation Asset Developer (Commission) | Feb. 2023—Present

Developed and delivered fully vectored character assets for Gumboot’s, Go! animation.

Graphic Designer (Commission) | Feb. 2023—Present

Designed custom formline art logos for Cedar Media Group’s website revamp.

Seattle Public Library

Illustrator (Commission) | April 2024

Commissioned to create illustrations for Seattle Public Library’s ‘Summer of Learning’ program.

Sealaska Heritage Institute

Design Contest Winner | June 2024

Design selected to represent Celebration 2024 event.

Graphic Designer | April 2024

Created formline artwork and print files for Baby Raven Reads bookmarks.

Illustrator (Contract) | Oct. 2020

Illustrated children’s book Raven and the Hidden Halibut for Baby Raven Reads program.

Lifecenter Northwest

Graphic Designer (Commission) | Dec. 2023

Created design for “Alaskans Save Lives” Campaign.

The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, Inc.

Illustrator (Commission) | March 2023

Created illustration for awareness campaign on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women.

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

Graphic Designer (Commission) | Feb. 2023

Designed special-edition logo for BIMA showcasing Puget Sound for merchandise.

Starbucks

Visual Communications Designer | June 2016 — Nov. 2018

Created documents that effectively communicate promotional strategies and visual merchandising to Starbucks stores worldwide.