ABOUT RICK
ILLUSTRATOR, SINCE 1972
Rick Nass has been drawing since childhood, his first commissions were drawings of horses in second grade. A University of Wisconsin-Madison art graduate, Rick has worked as a professional illustrator for over fifty years, co-founding Ampersand Studio with his wife Rhonda in 1976. His seventeen-year run as a Duluth Trading Company illustrator built deep expertise in full digital illustration. Rick specializes in caricature and stylized drawings of people and animals, realistic product illustration like clothing, footwear, & tools, and technical cutaway drawings. Based in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, Rick is available for commercial illustration & private commissions.
54
YEARS IN BUSINESS
1,700+
DULUTH PIECES
2–5
DAY TURNAROUND
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HOW A JOB RUNS
From first call to final art
The same five steps, whether it's a caricature or a cutaway.
Rick gathers accurate visual sources, his own photography or copyright-free material.
01
Discussion
Timeline, budget, and reference material, in person or by phone, before anything is drawn.
03
Rough layout
A less-detailed drawing showing the intended composition, sent for feedback.
02
Reference
Rick gathers accurate visual sources, his own photography or copyright-free material.
04
Final art
Full color, built from the approved rough, up to two rounds of revision included.
Delivery
05
Digital file by email, or express delivered archival print on request.
