Nick Jainschigg was born in New York City and grew up near the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History. The two influences of art and natural science have been with him ever since. After graduating with a BFA in illustration, he pursued a career in science fiction and fantasy illustration, producing hundreds of covers and interiors for most of the major (and many minor) publishers. He discovered the computer as a means of expression in the late 1990s and hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep since. In addition to teaching at RISD, Jainschigg continues to work on animations, interactive illustration and painting in oils.

Jainschigg’s work has been featured in or written about in publications from Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Ballantine Books, PBS Interactive, The New York Times, Wizards of the Coast, Tor Books, Scholastic Inc., MacMillan Publishing, Domino Magazine, Paramount and Viacom. His digital paleontological reconstructions have been featured on the Discovery Channel and at the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Maastricht Natural History Museum and the University of California Museum of Paleontology.

Fall 2018 Courses

• IDISC-3912-01 Art Of Communicating Science
• ILLUS-3912-01 Art Of Communicating Science
• ILLUS-3320-01 Digital 3d For Illustrators
• ILLUS-4016-02 Senior Degree Project
• ILLUS-4402-01 Wkshp: Maya Basics
• ILLUS-4404-01 Wkshp: Zbrush Sculpting and Illustration
• ILLUS-4404-02 Wkshp: Zbrush Sculpting and Illustration

Wintersession 2019 Courses

• ILLUS-8900-05 ISP Major
• ILLUS-3920-01 Scifi and Fantasy Illustration

Spring 2019 Courses

• ILLUS-3328-01 Character and Environment Design For 3d Gaming
• ILLUS-8965-01 Collaborative Study
• ILLUS-8900-03 ISP Major
• NMSE-8900-03 ISP Non-major Elective
• ILLUS-4418-01 Wkshp: Figure and Perspective Intensive
• ILLUS-4422-01 Wkshp: Line & Wash
• ILLUS-4420-01 Wkshp: Pigments & Emulsions