Mike Nikolas Graphics & Animation: Indie Animation Class Tests

Resume

Awards:

2008 Media Arts Festival; Nutty the Neurotic Ninja Squirrel; Rosebud Award in Animation

2009 ELAN Awards; Nutty the Neurotic Ninja Squirrel; Nominated for Best Student Animated Production

Animation Experience:

November Designs; Illustrator Design; 2011

Producto Studios; background clean up; Santa Monica; 2011

5 Star animated production video; US Real Estate Services; Flash animation; Lake Forest; 2010

Nutty the Neurotic Ninja Squirrel; Clean up animation; Fullerton; 2008

Cowboy Vs. Ninja; Produced and animated; Fullerton; Work in Progress

Slide #1; Produced and animation; Fullerton; 2007

Out of Our Minds; Introduction animation for pre-production; Los Angeles, CA; 2003

Moon Music Group; 3d animated logo for DVD and webpage; Downey, CA; 2004

Artistic Work Experience:

Ink Systems Inc; two illustrations for promotional buckets; 2010

US Real Estate Services; graphic design for convention booth; 2008

Carrot Skate Boards; Skateboard and T-shirt design;
Yugaslavia, Serbia; 2007

Dubtown; T-shirt designs; Whittier, CA; 2007

Moon Music Group; 3d animated logo for DVD and webpage Downey, CA; 2004

Education:

B.F.A. Animation Entertainment; Cal State University of Fullerton, CA; 2008

B.F.A. Drawing and Painting; Cal State University of Fullerton, CA; 2008

A.A. Painting and Drawing; Long Beach City College, CA; 2004

High School Diploma; Warren High School, Downey, CA; 2001

Software:
Adobe Flash CS3
Adobe Illustrator CS3
Adobe InDesign 2.0
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Autodesk 3d Studio Max 7
Autodesk Maya 8.0