Chadrick Rode Email & Phone Number

Hi! I like to find harmony between art and technology and apply it to branding, marketing and all sorts of graphic applications. Art is my passion, whether it is in a traditional medium or as part of a website design. Over 25 years, I've gained a great deal of experience with both traditional vector design, raster, 3D and even interactive VR.My career in a nutshell has been to never stop learning. What started off as dabbling in early HTML lead to producing full-stack websites. When package design was needed, it was time to learn 3DS Max, Maya and Blender to render realistic mock-ups.This approach has led to being platform agnostic. I love the Adobe suite, but sometimes Corel Draw is just faster for raw vector design and layout. Photoshop is an amazing and robust tool, but not as quick as PhotoPaint for last-minute exports.Other software I love: Unreal Engine for game development, Reason for sound production and music composition, OBS for easy live streaming to Twitch or YouTube, Blender for both realistic and stylized 3D renders, Adobe AfterEffects for amazing motion graphics and more advanced compositing. The list goes on...My greatest skill comes from combining creativity with the right tool(s). This allows me to get the most out of the time spent creating and results in final works that always push me past my own limits.When it comes to layout and typography, these tasks have become second nature to me. Finding the right balance and unity while staying true to the brand is a thrill and something that I can almost do in my sleep. The question becomes much less of what I can accomplish and more of what can I accomplish next.Major Skills: graphic design, web design, UX, motion graphics, video editing and production, photography, e-commerce, 3D rendering, arch viz, music composition, sound design, concept art, painting, performance art, looping animations, physics simulations, game design, HTML, PHP, CSS, digital and traditional marketing, social media, Google Ads (and other ad platforms) and more! MUCH more!I've been fortunate to work with such clients as the Tragically Hip, Wayne Gretzky Estate Wines, Quaker Oats, Gatorade, Buffalo Sabres, Toronto Raptors, Canadian Music Week, Mike Weir Wine, Sunny-D, Goodwill, Tangarine, Job Gym, Niagara Food Festival, FACS and other social services, and a whole bunch of hotels and restaurants.

Listed skills include Graphic Design, Marketing, Social Media, Web Design, and 18 others.

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  Brock University

  General Arts