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You just can’t look away once you’ve seen one of Nigel Sussman’s isometric mural illustrations. There’s so much going on – dancing horses, dinosaurs serving in a restaurant, people running in hamster treadmills… The detail is incredible and it’s all done with a lighthearted sense of humour that keeps you looking, and smiling. So it’s no wonder that Nigel has worked for both hugely innovative brands like Google and Redbull, as well as picking up more traditional print projects with the likes of Popular Mechanics and Time Out. With a musician father, creativity was encouraged as Nigel grew up and aside from drawing his passions include playing bass guitar (and illustrating his band’s album covers), Dungeons & Dragons and going for long walks with his wife. The destination is usually an eatery where tasty food is served… but not by dinosaurs. There’s all kinds of activity going on in Nigel’s work and it’s no surprise to find that his influences include Martin Handford (creator of Where’s Wally?), MC Escher and the computer game SimCity. At home in Berkeley, California, he lives with his wife and a cat called Fidel Castro.

Training

Nigel spent two years at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, before crossing the country to the California College of the Arts to complete his degree in Illustration.

Approach

Today Nigel works on his drawings using a Wacom Cintiq tablet, but he has a good grounding in traditional media. He used to love working in pen and ink, and acrylic paints.

Style

Bold, bright and complex, Nigel’s signature style uses isometric line art and a striking but simple colour palette. He loves creating seek-and-find type drawings, as well as illustrations that feature complex fantasy architecture and/or imaginary machines.

Client list

Clients Google VMWare Paypal Bosch ARUP Redbull New Scientist Popular Mechanics Peel.tv Robinhood Backpacker Magazine Capital New York Time Out magazine The Fillmore SF Say Media Rubrik Readwrite Biography.com Dogster/Catster
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poster for Delta Spirit at the Fillmore in San Francisco October 2014
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Bon Qui Qui Fillmore Poster
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Isometric illustration of people at food trucks
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Current Swell Summer 2015 Tour Poster
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Poster for Cat Empire at the Fillmore, San Francisco
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isometric home drawing
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Official poster for Cherub at the Fillmore October, 2014
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Isometric machine with a dog on the phone
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Animals illustration
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Poster for Galactic at the fillmore, San Francisco
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Mural on the side of Cathead's BBQ, San Francisco
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Complex isometric machine drawing for G. Love and special Sauce poster
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isometric oakland painting
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isometric factory drawing
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Seek-and-find isometric illustration of Bosch products in context.
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isometric fantasy mural with CATS!
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isometric line-drawing of a large crazy machine
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isometric people shopping
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isometric fantasy architecture
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isometric landmarks and architecture
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the human brain is complicated
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isometric forest environmentalist quiz game
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isometric wimmelbild drawing
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Pizza Mural Painting
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isometric SF streets
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isometric wimmelbild drawing
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Skull & Cobra Isometric T-Shirt Design
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isometric hospital showing technology being used
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fantasy DJ equipment turntable, headphones
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isometric, sound scape headphones
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Illustration of apple cider making process
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Poster for Metronomy at Fillmore, San Francisco
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Mural Art at Good People in Los Angeles
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Isometric Brick World Map Mural Illustration
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Nigel Sussman