Character Design & Animation
Welcome to my Portfolio!
My name's Marika Nieminen and I'm an Animation Artist, Character Designer, Character Animator and Writer currently based in Helsinki, Finland.
Please feel free to navigate the sections up top to see all my artistic works!
05/2023 - 08/2023
Colouring Artist
at
05/2021 - 05/2023
Visual Artist
at
11/2020 - 05/2021
Junior Compositor
at
Skills
Photoshop
Illustrator
Procreate
ToonBoon Harmony
Shotgun
Storyboard Pro
Premiere
InDesign
Education
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Academic Achievements
2021 –
Master's Programme in Animation
Aalto University
Helsinki, Finland
2019 – 2020
2D Character Animation Program (Honors Graduate)
Vancouver Institute of Media Arts
(VanArts)
Vancouver, BC, Canada
2017
Bachelor of Culture and Arts
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
Kouvola, Finland
2012 – 2013
Visual Communications & Graphic Design
Laajasalo Folk High School
Helsinki, Finland
Recipient of the
Federation of Canadian Artists Bursary
2020
Bachelor’s Thesis
“Psychology in Character Design:
Creation of a Character Design tool”
Winner of the Game Studies Thesis Competition 2018