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Rikus B.

Rikus B.

Laser & Production Artwork Specialist | Illustrator & LightBurn

I create clean, production-ready vector artwork for laser engraving, cutting, marking, screen printing, and custom product decoration. My main focus is building artwork that works properly in production. That means clean paths, usable shapes, correct spacing, engraving-friendly detail, and files that are prepared with the final process in mind. I have 16+ years of Adobe Illustrator experience, working with vector artwork, customer-supplied file cleanup, raster-to-vector conversion, redrawing artwork, production layouts, and laser-ready file preparation. I own and operate a laser engraver and work with LightBurn, so I understand what a usable laser file needs beyond just looking good on screen. For the past 5 years, I have also created laser files for a Las Vegas engraving company, including work for fiber, CO2, and UV laser machines. I also own a screen printing company and have worked on hundreds of customer designs over the years. This has given me strong experience with artwork layout, product decoration, packaging and gifting designs, customer briefs, and preparing artwork for real-world production. I have previous 5-star Upwork experience in laser design, vector tracing, line art, and production artwork, including a long-term laser design contract of nearly 300 hours. I can help with: Laser-ready SVG, AI, DXF, and PDF files Artwork cleanup and vector redrawing Engraving-friendly line art Cut and engrave layer setup LightBurn-ready file preparation Screen printing and product decoration layouts Customer-supplied artwork preparation Production file quality checks If you need a rough image, sketch, screenshot, product idea, or customer-supplied artwork turned into a clean production-ready file, I can help prepare it properly.

🇿🇦Cape Town, South Africa$15/hr95% JSS5.00 (28)Since Jul 2015

Earnings and projects

MRR
$0

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#217,062 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#1,231 / 2,548
Revenue, last 30 days
$0
Total earnings
$7.8k

Billed in all: $7.8k

World#217,062 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#1,231 / 2,548
Per project
$190
Projects, last 6 months
0
World#209,850 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#1,254 / 2,548
Projects in all
41

Across 44 contracts

84% fixed16% hourly
World#74,019 / 412k
🇿🇦Country#332 / 2,548

Earnings, last 30 days

$7.8kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$7.7k$7.8k$7.9k$8.0kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

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