Hello, I’m Rick Hyde - a freelance designer, illustrator and animator based in Manchester, UK. Over the years I have worked across branding, print, digital and broadcast, within a wide range of sectors. These days, I focus on producing animated content for brands and agencies, specialising in character and icon creation. I can also be hired for graphic and UI design.…

Rick Hyde

Hello, I’m Rick Hyde - a freelance designer, illustrator and animator based in Manchester, UK. Over the years I have worked across branding, print, digital and broadcast, within a wide range of sectors. These days, I focus on producing animated content for brands and agencies, specialising in character and icon creation. I can also be hired for graphic and UI design.…

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Hello, I’m Rick Hyde - a freelance designer, illustrator and animator based in Manchester, UK.

Over the years I have worked across branding, print, digital and broadcast, within a wide range of sectors. These days, I focus on producing animated content for brands and agencies, specialising in character and icon creation. I can also be hired for graphic and UI design.

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Media & Entertainment, Retail, Education, Financial Services, Computers & Electronics, Gaming, Software & Internet, Travel & Hospitality, Healthcare, Real Estate & Construction, Non-Profit Organization
    images Sports Consultation Gifs.
    I recently worked on a series of animated gifs, with the good folk at M-Four, to help promote Manchester City Council’s Sport and physical activity survey. The idea was to depict 'normal' people playing a sport, like this bicep crunching hipster. I created the animation, whilst the art direction and character design was done by M-Four’s very talented Craig Green. image animation motiongraphics characterdesign illustration motiondesign gifs sport sports basketball selfie moonwalk adobeillustrator adobeaftereffects…
    images New Baby Illustration
    Illustration I created for friends after the arrival of their new baby boy. image illustration characterdesign printdesign children'sillustration kid'sillustration flatgraphics vector babyillustration manchester manchesterunited adobeillustrator…
    images Dribbble Shots
    Dribble shot collection showing various illustration and motion experiments. image illustration motiongraphics animation motiondesign characterdesign animatedgif dribbble illustrator motiondesigner freelance adobeillustrator adobeaftereffects adobeanimatecc…
    images so-sure Explainer Video
    Explainer video describing how Social Insurance allows you and your friends to get up to 80% of your money back, every year, provided you all look after your phones! image illustration motiongraphics animation motiondesign motion onboardinganimation flatgraphics characterdesign explainervideo 2danimation 2dmotiondesign adobeillustrator adobeaftereffects audacity adobeanimatecc…