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Ruan Nel

New Trench Crusade Illustrator

Junior

Windows
Sketching
Creature Concept Art

A lover of the wierd, the technological, the fantastical and eldritch. Combining these themes often and exploring what is fun and what can be done.

Biography

Concept/Illustrator for recently Trench Crusade and Universities, sometimes a mentor if we click :). Skillset and experience across Africa, Scandanavia and Asia. Love making overfilled sketchbooks

Skills

Roles

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Intermediate
  • Basic
  • Basic

Technical Skills

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Advanced

Software

  • Mastery
  • Advanced
  • Intermediate
  • Basic

Soft Skills

  • Mastery
  • Mastery
  • Mastery
  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Intermediate

Languages

  • Fluent/Native
  • Conversational
  • Basic

Other Skills

  • Advanced
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate

Work Experience

2022 – 2026

Intermediate - Teacher (Part Time)

Sound Audio Engineering Institute (Munich)

Instructor and Mentor to numerous students on Concept art / Illustration / Portfolio Development / Draftmanship

2026 – 2026

Junior - 2D Illustrator (Freelance)

Trench Crusade (International)

Official faction illustration for the Trench Crusade rulebooks

Education

2022 – 2026

Apprenticeships

Mentorship programs

Concept art//Illustration

Mentorship programs across many Industry veterans who worked for Disney, Guildswars, Marvel and Trench Crusade.

  • Gabriele Gaba
  • Janos Gerash
  • Peter Ocampo
  • Ash Kirk
  • Thomas Elliot
  • Till Freitag

2022 – 2022

Certificate

CG Spectrum

Concept art and Illustration

2020 – 2021

Diploma

Oakfields

3D Animation