Ricardo de Zoete

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.

What I can help with

As a freelancer, next to my role at Snappet.

Selected work

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.

  1. 2008
    Paladin Studios

    Visual design, 3D modelling, interfaces and concept sketches for serious games.

  2. 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.

  3. 2010
    Envato

    Began selling creation kits, illustrations, icons and fonts on GraphicRiver: 9,140 sales so far.

  4. 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.

  5. 2016
    Snappet

    Senior Visual Designer at the largest adaptive learning platform in the Netherlands.

  6. 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.

  7. 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

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.