Available for freelance
Hi, I'm Ricardo de Zoete
I design and build things people love to use.
From illustration, motion and 3D to UI/UX, design leadership, AI agents and Three.js: more than 17 years of making digital products, games and art. Design Lead at Snappet, based in the Netherlands, and open to freelance projects.
- 17+ yearsdesigning, since 2008
- Design Leadat Snappet since 2017, used by 1 in 3 Dutch primary schools
- 9,140 salesof my illustrations and graphics on Envato
- KLM, ING, Transaviaand more brands I've designed for
What I can help with
As a freelancer, next to my role at Snappet.
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Product & UI/UX design
Clear, friendly apps, dashboards and websites, from the first sketch to a polished, tested design.
Snappet, Mirabeau clients, my own tools
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Design leadership
Leading designers and design systems, and making a whole product feel like one.
Design Lead at Snappet since 2017
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AI & agent experience
Designing and building AI agents, and tools that people and agents use together.
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Three.js, web apps & games
I build what I design: 3D in the browser, web and Mac apps, and playful games.
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Illustration & characters
Mascots, characters and illustrations with personality, for brands, apps and games.
Illustration, 9,140 sales on Envato
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3D & motion
3D models, animation and motion design, from serious games to product visuals.
Paladin Studios, MeshEdit, VoxEdit Web
Selected work
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MeshEdit
An agent-native 3D studio: model, rig and animate game assets in your browser, with AI agents working alongside you.
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VoxEdit Web
My Three.js web version of VoxEdit, The Sandbox's voxel editor: build and animate voxel characters right in your browser.
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Song Lab
Make a brand-new Space Doodles song in one click, played on instruments sampled from the Doodles' loops.
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Reset Meter
A free, open-source Mac menu-bar app that shows how much of your Codex, Claude and Cursor usage is left.
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Game Console Sales
Live estimated sales of every game console, with all-time rankings and head-to-head comparisons.
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Doopies Line Rider
Draw rainbow lines and watch a doopie roll down them toward the rainbow portal.
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Pocket Skatepark
A tiny free-skating playground: ramps, rails and a whole city to roll through.
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Terra Rift
Blast your way through a blocky world where dinosaurs spill out of the rift.
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Ricochet Rascals
A shared-screen arena brawler: jump, strike and curve boomerang blades at your friends.
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YEET!
Crown yourself gummy king and send a whole crowd of gummies flying.
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Candle Crew: The Stolen Light
A spooky little adventure with a band of candles out to win back the stolen light.
The games are made with Sandbox Studio for The Sandbox and run right in your browser.
Illustration
Where it all started: characters, mascots and cards.
My journey
Illustrator, motion designer, 3D artist, UI/UX designer, Design Lead, and now AI and creative tech.
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2008
Paladin Studios
Visual design, 3D modelling, interfaces and concept sketches for serious games.
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2009
RZDESIGN
Started freelancing as a visual designer and illustrator, and made my own games: Push Panic!, Hyper Breaker Turbo and An Alien with a Magnet.
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2010
Envato
Began selling creation kits, illustrations, icons and fonts on GraphicRiver: 9,140 sales so far.
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2011–2015
Mirabeau
From junior to senior visual designer: rebrandings, apps and concepts for future devices for KLM, Transavia, ING, Nationale Nederlanden and many more.
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2016
Snappet
Senior Visual Designer at the largest adaptive learning platform in the Netherlands.
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2017–now
Design Lead at Snappet
Leading design for a platform used by more than 25,000 teachers and 1 in 3 Dutch primary schools.
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Now
AI & creative tech
Designing and training AI agents, building Three.js tools like MeshEdit and VoxEdit Web, games for The Sandbox, and Song Lab.
Brands I've designed for
- KLM
- Transavia
- SkyTeam
- ING
- Nationale Nederlanden
- Robeco
- APG
- MoneYou
- LeasePlan
- OV-chipkaart
- DAF
- Kruidvat
- Mammoet
- Cordstrap
- Jack's Casino
At Mirabeau, a Cognizant Digital Business.
Let's work together
Need a designer who can also build? I take on freelance projects next to my role at Snappet: UI/UX, design leadership, AI and agent design, illustration and Three.js.