Welcome to Shinybinary, the online portfolio of Nik Ainley.

Nik Ainley is a UK based illustrator who produces both personal and commissioned work. He rather bizarrely taught himself Photoshop in his spare time while gaining a degree in physics at Imperial College in London. He enjoyed it so much he ditched physics and moved full time into design and illustration.

Nik is constantly trying to further his expertise in digital media, and won't stop until he has mastered all the tools he needs to fully realise his ideas. Shinybinary was first launched in 2004 as an online presence for Nik and has since attracted over three million visitors.

As an illustrator, Nik has received considerable exposure, his work featuring in many magazines as well as on websites and in books. He was listed as one of the "Top 10 up-and-coming creative talents of 2006" by Computer Arts magazine, and later as "the Computer Arts artist of the moment".

Nik is tired of writing about himself in the third person now and is going to stop.

For all work and general enquiries:
Nik@shinybinary.com
+44(0)7930 122547

Nik is also represented in the UK by the Central Illustration Agency.
For UK work enquiries:
info@centralillustration.com
020 7734 7187

Nik has worked for many clients, here are a select few.

Check out more of Nik's work on community sites Deviantart, Computerlove and Behance. Or just get to know him better on Facebook.

Version 1 is also archived for viewing, as a snapshot in time just before the launch of version 2.

Or if you are getting just a little bit bored with this site, here are a collection of brilliant links to friends, design sites and other related places:

This site is hosted by the lovely people at The Design Fly.

© Nicholas Ainley 2003-2010