Thursday, November 8, 2007

Welcome

This is a collection of my design work spanning over the past 15 years in multimedia and print. I am currently freelance in downtown Toronto and can be contacted at my e-mail address:

nixons@sympatico.ca

I hope you enjoy the site...

Steve Nixon
416 462-2770
Toronto

PowerPoint presentation - AIM Trimark Financial


This is an example of a PowerPoint presentation I worked on for AIM Trimark Financial. You can view the entire presentation in Abobe PDF format by clicking this link.

Pacific Bay - Flash Animation



This was a Macromedia Flash animation for Pacific Bay. They are a liquor distributor in Canada.

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FCS Computer Systems Brochure Design


This is a brochure cover design for a hospitality technology company - North American market. This was created using Adobe Photoshop. To view a larger image click here.

AIM Trimark Annual Report



This is an Annual Report for AIM Trimark Financial done in Adobe Indesign. I was involved in the page production and did the final PDF production. To view the entire report click here.

Web Page Design - TES


This is a draft layout of a front page for TES - an employment agency in Toronto that specializes in a number of service areas. My role in this has been Creative Director managing all aspects of the site development and design.

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Page Layout - Second Level


This is a second level page at the iste highlighting the services area for employers.

Music CD Cover - Max Filazek



This is CD cover I designed for the 10-year-old flamenco guitarist - Max Filazek. Max is a student of Ruben Diaz who is in turn a student of the famous Spanish Flamenco master Paco de Lucia.

You will definitely be hearing about him.

Photography: Dale Simmons

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FCS Tradeshow Banner Design



This is creative for FCS Computer Systems who specialize in CRM software for the hospitality industry. The emphasis is on service supported by technology.

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DataMirror Brochure


This is a brochure cover I designed for DataMirror. The design is intended to emphasize a shift in portfolio focus to it's integration software offerings. The image was created in a 3d software package - Carrara.

CLN Highlander - Magazine Ad


This is an ad for a legal software company in Toronto that developed the first fully integrated service for Canadian lending institutions to service real estate legal work. The emphasis is on end-to-end service with a combination of legal and technical capabilities.

Cantlie Hotel Brochure


This is a brochure for Cantlie Hotel in Montreal. The brochure covers all aspects of service including business meetings and leisure activities.

Nortel iRemote 3d Product Rendering


This is a conceptual illustration of the Nortel iRemote router. The illustration was created using Strata Studio Pro.

Recruiting Brochure - Nortel


This is a 3d illustration that was used on the cover of a recruting brochure at Nortel Networks. The figure was created in Poser and rendered in Strata Studio Pro.

Tradeshow Booth - Brascan



This is a tradeshow booth that was designed to promote the integratrion of three real estate services - recovery, legal and appraisals.

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Nortel CallPilot Product Logo


This was a product identifier used for the second release of CallPilot Unified Messaging. The Illustrations was created in Strata Studio Pro.

Maths of The Bent Pyramid - Lee McGiffen Article



This is an editorial illustration from "The Best of Astraea". The illustration is supporting an extraordinary article written by Australian researcher Lee McGiffen regarding the mathematical expressions found in the 'bent' pyramid in Egypt.

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Supernatural Book Cover



This was one of the many variations we did for the cover of the book Supernatural by Graham Hancock. This quote from Dr. Steven J. Waller's site on Rock Art and Acoustics. Found here.

"- The Aztec earth and cave god called Tepeyollotl 'Heart of the Mountain' or Tepeolotlec 'Lord of Beasts' was thought to cause echoes: Tepeolotlec was the same as the echo of the voice when it re-echoes in a valley from one mountain to another. This name 'jaguar' is given to the earth because the jaguar is the boldest animal, and the echo which the voice awakens in the mountains is a survival of the flood..."

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Hermetic Genetics - Michael Hayes article



This is an editorial illustration from "The Best of Astraea" supporting an article by English writer - Michael Hayes. Michael is the author of a fascinating book: High Priests, Quantum Genes. The book explores the mathematical understanding of ancient cultures and how those patterns exist in everything from musical scales to the structure of DNA. This is only one aspect of the book and it can't be properly summarized here. A great read...

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Juniper Teleset - Interactive Product CD


This is a capture from a multimedia CD that was designed to support the Juniper teleset. The geometry in the illustration of the teleset was extracted from a CAD file and rendered in Strata Studio Pro, then rendered and layed out in Photoshop for an interface designed in Authorware.

Sign Design - Optometrist Dr. Randy Burton



This is a comp created in photoshop and illustrator for an Optometrist - Dr. Randy Burton. The advancement in sign fabricating technology is amazing.

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AIM Trimark Ad


This was a photo retouch for AIM Trimark Financial. The image was originally a single page verticle image of the arctic landscape with the penguins. The challenge was to expand the image to a double-page spread using the small original.

TES Staffing Brochure



This is a brochure design for TES staffing services.

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