{{Multiple issues| {{Notability|date=April 2024}} {{Advert|date=April 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2011}} }} {{short description|American designer and art director|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Nick Ahrens''' (born November 11, 1983, in Minneapolis) is an American designer and art director. He is a partner in iam8bit.<ref>{{cite web |date=2011-08-12 |title=''Super iam8bit debuts Los Angeles gallery space, begins month-long art show'' |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/super-iam8bit-debuts-los-angeles-gallery-space-begins-monthlong/ |author=Mike Schramm |publisher=Joystiq.com |accessdate=2009-05-25}}</ref>
==Career==
After a career in professional snowskating,<ref>{{cite book|year=2008|title =Summer Snowskate Session|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rbZMg7CGnKYC&q=nick+ahrens+snowskating&pg=PR11|publisher= Guinness World Records 2008|isbn =9780553589955|accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2010-08-05|title=Summer Snowskate Session|url=http://www.ambitionsnowskates.com/blog/summer-snowskate-session/|author=Eric Schleicher|publisher=Ambition Snowskates|accessdate=2010-08-05|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330221354/http://www.ambitionsnowskates.com/blog/summer-snowskate-session/|archivedate=2012-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.step-on.co.uk/nickahrens.htm |title=StepOn NICK AHRENS PROFILE |access-date=2012-05-02 |archive-date=2009-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618163308/http://www.step-on.co.uk/nickahrens.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>http://www.ambitionsnowskates.com/blog/image-method/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> Ahrens held a position at ''Game Informer'' magazine for six years. Ahrens also served as the magazine's Media Editor.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/staff|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004015825/http://gameinformer.com/p/staff.aspx|url-status=live|archive-date=October 4, 2009|title = Staff List|magazine = Game Informer}}</ref>
==Books== * ''SUPER iam8bit: More Art Inspired by Classic Videogames of the 80s'' (2011),<ref>{{cite book|date=2010|title=''SUPER iam8bit: More Art Inspired by Classic Videogames of the '80s''|isbn=978-1608870004}}</ref> Co-authored with Jon M. Gibson, Amanda White and Taylor Harrington.
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== External links == *[http://iam8bit.com/ iam8bit official homepage]
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