Animation and Game Graphics

	Game Graphics: Avatar A San Francisco game company had a story to tell. What would pop star Justin Bieber look like if he was an avatar? I used Adobe Illustrator to create this cartoon character.
	Gaming Graphics: Matching Game A San Francisco game company had a story to tell. They wanted to create a matching game and this graphic is the product of that collaboration, calling for a purple fish pitted against a cruel king octopus.
The Dog has to Go from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.	The Dog Has to Go Using Adobe After Effects I created this animatic from my own original storyboards and character designs. Here's a link to the storyboards. Here's a link to the character designs.
animatic for an original story, "Caravan to Cairo" from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.	Caravan to Cairo I completed this animatic by digitizing my hand drawn storyboards and manipulating the images in Adobe After Effects.
Animation made to promote children's book from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.	*Bloom!* I developed this piece for children's book author and illustrator Maria van Lieshout. Maria drew the images and I animated them and added sound, using Adobe After Effects. The video complements her book of the same name, available here.
2d animation reel for Mark K. Nicholas from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.	My 2-D Animation Reel this is my 2D animation reel, completed as part of my training in animation at the Academy of Art University.
Maya, 3D Reel, by Mark K. Nicholas from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.	3-D Animation Reel Animation and editing, by Mark Nicholas.
Untitled from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.	Chemistry Animation for the first chemistry book to be published as a CD-ROM, Interactive Chemistry by Dr. Claude Yoder
Untitled from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.	Chemistry Animation for the first chemistry book to be published as a CD-ROM, Interactive Chemistry by Dr. Claude Yoder
Untitled from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.	Chemistry Animation for the first chemistry book to be published as a CD-ROM, Interactive Chemistry by Dr. Claude Yoder
Untitled from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.	Chemistry Animation for the first chemistry book to be published as a CD-ROM, Interactive Chemistry by Dr. Claude Yoder
Untitled from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.	Chemistry Animation for the first chemistry book to be published as a CD-ROM, Interactive Chemistry by Dr. Claude Yoder
Untitled from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.	Chemistry Animation for the first chemistry book to be published as a CD-ROM, Interactive Chemistry by Dr. Claude Yoder

Game Graphics: Avatar

A San Francisco game company had a story to tell. What would pop star Justin Bieber look like if he was an avatar? I used Adobe Illustrator to create this cartoon character.

Gaming Graphics: Matching Game

A San Francisco game company had a story to tell. They wanted to create a matching game and this graphic is the product of that collaboration, calling for a purple fish pitted against a cruel king octopus.

The Dog has to Go from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.

The Dog Has to Go

Using Adobe After Effects I created this animatic from my own original storyboards and character designs.

Here's a link to the storyboards.

Here's a link to the character designs.

animatic for an original story, "Caravan to Cairo" from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.

Caravan to Cairo

I completed this animatic by digitizing my hand drawn storyboards and manipulating the images in Adobe After Effects.

Animation made to promote children's book from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.

Bloom!
I developed this piece for children's book author and illustrator Maria van Lieshout. Maria drew the images and I animated them and added sound, using Adobe After Effects. The video complements her book of the same name, available here.

2d animation reel for Mark K. Nicholas from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.

My 2-D Animation Reel
this is my 2D animation reel, completed as part of my training in animation at the Academy of Art University.

Maya, 3D Reel, by Mark K. Nicholas from Mark Nicholas on Vimeo.

3-D Animation Reel
Animation and editing, by Mark Nicholas.