Shinybinary v2.1 - Info about the art and designs of Nik Ainley

Welcome to Shinybinary version 2.1, the online portfolio and design playground of Nik Ainley.

Nik Ainley is a UK based designer who has a passion for producing personal art and illustrations. After teaching himself Photoshop in his spare time while gaining a degree in physics at Imperial College London, he has since moved full time into the design world. He 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 designs.

Shinybinary was first launched in 2004 as an online presence for Nik. Version 1 was succesful - clocking up almost a quarter of a million unique visitors. Version 2 has since followed in August 2006 and attracted a further 300,000 people in its first 8 months. The site is still young and Nik has grand plans for its future development.

As a designer, Nik has been receiving more and more exposure, his work featuring in many magazines as well as on books, album covers, posters and clothing. 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".

In the future Nik expects to continue his work both on and offline, while trying to satisfy his huge appetite for mastering new tools and techniques. Things are going to get even shinier.

Nik@shinybinary.com
+44(0)7930122547

Shinybinary version 2 was hand coded in HTML, CSS and Javascript using Textpad while all of the interface graphics were produced in Photoshop. The site is designed to be viewed in IE 7 or Firefox 1.5+ at a minimum resolution of 1024 x 768 with Javascript enabled.

All of the images displayed on the art page were produced primarily in Photoshop, but in some cases have utilised other applications including Illustrator, 3D Studio max, Cinema 4D, Bryce, Poser and Xara 3D.

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: