Who is Nathan Spence Creative?

I’m a British artist, illustrator and designer currently living in Saigon, Vietnam.

I use illustration, typography and art direction to create work that tells a story. My work is inspired by my love of art, music, film and storytelling.

I have worked with various humans in industries from music and comedy to bespoke printing and cosmetics.

If you would like to work together on something, you can reach me at nathanspencecreative@gmail.com.

When I was a child I would draw everyday. Dinosaurs and my favourite computer game characters were my jam. I would also design my own board games, spending hours writing the rules, often thinking of new game ideas before getting to the actual making of the game. I never grew out of this love of creating and problem solving.

I studied Fine Art at college back in the early 2000’s before moving into a foundation course in Graphic Media and then Graphic Design at University. It was always my dream to create work for the music and entertainment industry and this led me to approaching London based studio Stylorouge for an internship.  Working under creative director Rob O’Connor with a group of very talented designers was a valuable experience and this opened up the doors to Camden based design studio Mainartery, where I worked with creative director Jo Mirowski designing covers and posters for Repertoire Records and SPV records.

After 2 years in London I moved closer to home to Phelan Barker, a design studio based in Essex, who specialised in branding. It was there that my illustrative style of design was put to use designing logos, websites, and publications. Start-ups were my favourite jobs as you got to build an entire identity from scratch and tell a company’s story through design.

I took a year off in 2013 to travel which turned into living in South Korea for two years and now Vietnam where I started Nathan Spence Creative.

My personal work, which I have the luxury of being able to spend a lot of time on, is fuelled by my passion for film, music, BMX, zombies and tattoos. As well as art and design I love making mixtapes which you can find on Spotify.