Tavis Coburn

Home Base: Toronto, ON, Canada

Expertise & Specialties

Motion Designer (Motion Graphics Artist) Visual Artist Art Director Brand & Business Visual & Motion Design Print & Digital Publication Automotive Action & Adventure Commercial & Advertising Graphic & Print Design

Languages

English

Biography

Tavis Coburn brings 25 years of visual storytelling expertise, blending traditional craft with digital innovation across print and motion. His work spans from action sports to luxury automotive, delivering sophisticated aesthetics and technical precision to every project.

His collaborations with ESPN 30 for 30, NFL Films, Apple, Scientific American, Arsenal FC, Virgin Racing F1, Adidas, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Lexus have earned recognition from the Art Directors Club NYC and Society of Publication Designers.

After shaping brand identities for industry leaders like Nike and Santa Cruz Skateboards, he launched WRAITH—a motion design studio where analog processes and cutting-edge technology converge to create distinctive visual experiences for forward-thinking brands.

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Career Storyline

1000+

Editorial and Commercial assignments.

50+

Editorial & Book covers

20+

Major branding campaigns

10+

Brand redesign

Experience

Founder

WRAITH

WRAITH is a motion design studio built for brands that play hard, move fast, and demand more. We craft cinematic visuals, high-voltage title sequences, and screen graphics that hit with precision and leave a mark. From legacy sports to luxury machines, we turn motion into momentum—charged with story, shaped by rebellion, and impossible to ignore.

Ongoing
Freelance Illustration and Design.

Tavis Coburn Illustration

Tavis Coburn is an illustrator with a 20+ year career built on bold lines, electric color, and a deep love of storytelling. His work fuses retro grit with futuristic polish — crafting images that punch through the noise and stick in your memory. From global brands to cult icons, he’s helped define visual worlds for Apple, Red Bull, ESPN, and more. The style is unmistakable. The impact, unforgettable.

1998 to present

Testimonial

“His style has evolved into a tighter, very futuristic style, and he’s become a master of technology and modern rendering techniques. His conceptual thinking is clever and on point.”

DJ Stout

Partner at Pentagram Design

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