Nathan Jurevicius (born 1973) is a Canadian/Australian illustrator, director, toy designer, author, and fine artist whose diverse range of work has appeared in numerous publications, advertising campaigns, festivals, and galleries around the world.
His most acclaimed project to date is Scarygirl, which started in 2001 with a vinyl toy range and has since developed into graphics novels, online games, a VR Free Roam experience, and an animated feature film that is currently in production.
Together with two newfound friends – gentle Blister, a super-intelligent giant octopus, and philosophical rabbit Bunniguru – Scarygirl sets off towards the huge city to uncover some secrets about her past and about the strange man who haunts her dreams.
The event paired the visuals of well-known wordless comics and graphic novels - such as those of Peter Kuper and Robert Crumb - with live performances by bands such as Gotye and Plaid.
[30] and that the “stylish visuals paint imaginative characters and a diverse world of mountaintops, cities, oceans, and caves in a 2.5D style… the overall aesthetics are beautiful… ScaryGirl elicits a nostalgic kind of triumph.”[31] In 2019, Nathan became the Creative Director of Dark Slope, a Toronto-based virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) developer.
The brand was adapted and renamed 'Dudson' for a series of 90 x 15 second teaser animated clips for the Toronto subways (a first for Canada), which were created in conjunction with Wild Brain (previously Decode and DHX Media).
[47][48] Nathan's Fauna characters pulled in so many calls and emails to MTV Canada that the in-house creative team decided to repackage them as mobile wallpapers and create an online home for them.
[49] Building on the excitement further, five of the Fauna characters were released as a range of limited edition sculptures, each with their own extensive story to complement the detailed designs and bold colors.
[54][55] In 2015 Nathan's began working on his next project, Junction, a graphic novel inspired by the parental tall tale of warning “if the wind changes your face will stick like that,” as well as Judeo-Christian mythology and Baltic fairytales.
[61] In addition to his toy creations, graphic novels, character designs, and film projects, Nathan is also a world-renowned artist and illustrator, often working in pencil, watercolours, or ink.
Through his highly original style, which draws on his Baltic heritage and creates words from the mundane, Nathan's artworks are prized collectibles with art fans and pop culture buffs alike and have been exhibited in shows around the globe including Italy, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Australia, Germany and the United States.
His clients have included Nickelodeon, Scholastic Inc, The Financial Review, Zinkia Entertainment, Subaru, Comedy Central, Allen and Unwin, Fuji, MTV, The Wall Street Journal, ABC, Warner Bros, and designed the Australian mascot (Kamone) for the World Expo in Aichi, Japan.