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Rik

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About Me


I'm a freelance graphic & web designer from the Netherlands, who loves all forms of art. My main interests are music, photography and graphic design, but I also love movies, great tv shows, traveling and playing guitar.
I live in the Netherlands but have lived in other places like Greece and the United States. New places and cultures interest me and experiencing them firsthand has made me who I am today.
Rated-Art.com has been my web design venture since 2001. Since then, I've worked with established and aspiring artists in the music industry as well as business executives and computer companies to extend and innovate their online presence. This is still a part-time job for me. I would love to be able to do it full-time.
Some people and bands I've worked with/for so far: Duff McKagan, Dave Kushner, Out Of Control, Screaming Mike, Circus Diablo, Billy Morrison, Matt Sorum, Darling Stilettos, Scott Weiland, Emma Ejwertz, Sex & Violets and my own previous band Crazy Jane Talks.
My web design site: Rated-Art.com
My photos @ Flickr: Photography

My Interests

art, beach, beauty, eating out, ancient egypt, exploring the world, lobster roll at legal seafoods boston harbour, fantasy art, my fiancee, good food, graphic design, greece, horror movies, concerts, luis royo, movie theaters, movies, museums, ocean, ouzo, paintings, photography, pictures, restaurants, rock n' roll, vacation, web design.

I'd like to meet:

Creative inspiring people, who have something unique to offer and aren't afraid to show it.

Music:

stone temple pilots, velvet revolver, army of anyone, scott weiland, the doors, queen, the beatles, placebo, led zeppelin, orson, filter, beck, clayborn, mark lanegan, screaming trees, bush, jane's addiction, madonna, blur, fiona apple, big wreck, a perfect circle, magnificent bastards, porno for pyros, dave navarro, red hot chili peppers, suede, talk show, alice in chains, presidents of the usa, soulwax, soundgarden, radiohead, fun lovin' criminals, kula shaker, david bowie, santana, prince, tool, pearl jam, pj harvey, interpol, circus diablo, jimi hendrix, muse, pink floyd, r.e.m., antonio carlos jobim, skunk anansie, johan, queens of the stone age, rammstein, garbage, foo fighters, smashing pumpkins, monster magnet, masters of reality, guns n' roses, u2,

Movies:

from dusk till dawn, bad boys, blade, last samurai, vanilla sky, pulp fiction, highlander, crash, the runaway jury, seven, interview with the vampire, fight club, kill bill, matrix, underworld, x-men, terminator (2), the rock, the shining, the shawshank redemption, beverly hills cop, magnolia, war of the worlds, training day, the island, hotel rwanda, ocean's eleven, the interpreter, hostage, a nightmare on elm street, 16 blocks, fifth element, minority report, meet joe black, devil's acvocate, liar liar, face/off, collateral, dawn of the dead, lord of the rings trilogy, 187, fun with dick and jane, death wish 3, die hard, enemy of the state, james bond, eddie murphy's raw & delirious, a life less ordinary, munich, outbreak.

Television:

24, rock star: supernova, antm, bones, the closer, the unit, nip/tuck, csi, csi miami, csi new york, prison break, american idol, x-files, desperate housewives, the dead zone, stargate sg-1, stargate atlantis, blade: the series, invasion.

Books:

W.F. Hermans: Paranoia, Damokles' Dark Chamber, A Child Prodigy or a Total Loss, Amongst Professors; Mark Z. Danielewski: The House Of Leaves; Harry Mulisch: The Assault, The Discovery of Heaven, The Miracle, Siegfried; Graham Hancock: Fingerprints Of The Gods; Patrick Suskind: The Perfume; J.R.R. Tolkien: Lord Of The Rings.

Heroes:

Jack Bauer, My fiancee for inspiring me and supporting me in whatever I do, Blade, Gil Grissom, Simon Cowell, Scott Weiland, DeLeo Bros, Eddie Murphy, Morgan Freeman, and everyone who can get through customizing MySpace.

My Blog

Photo Update!

Hey, is there anyone out there still reading this?? Well if you do, please check out the new updates on my Flickr account. I added a bunch of miscellaneous pictures, some digital artwork as well as so...
Posted by Rik on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:26:00 PST

Screaming Mike

I finished the new web site for Screaming Mike this week, please check it out through http://www.screamingmike.com. The band is currently recording new songs and will release their next single "Hollyw...
Posted by Rik on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:32:00 PST

Thoughtsbecomethings.ca

Finished coding a new tiny web project called Thoughtsbecomethings. Can't say much about it at the moment. This is a client site and I didn't do the design job on this one, just created it from the or...
Posted by Rik on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:34:00 PST

New Rated-Art.com & Flickr account!

There's now a new web site up at Rated-Art.com! The web site is now focused on web site design. For all the digital artwork and photos that were featured on the site before, please visit my Flickr.com...
Posted by Rik on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 05:02:00 PST

Rainbow and balloon pictures

Here's some new pictures that I took this week. Two days ago, a double rainbow suddenly appeared outside my work, and the day before, some hot air balloons passed over my house. ...
Posted by Rik on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 05:16:00 PST