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 Turku, Finland.
Please feel free to navigate the sections up top to see all my artistic works!
04/2024 - 09/2024
Character Designer
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05/2021 - 05/2023
Visual Artist for Joy Eternal
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05/2023 - 08/2023
Colouring Artist for Merry Little Batman
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11/2020 - 05/2021
Junior Compositor for Royals Next Door
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Skills
Photoshop
Illustrator
Procreate
ToonBoon Harmony
Storyboard Pro
Shotgrid
Premiere
InDesign
Kitsu
Education
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Academic Achievements
2025
Master of Arts (Animation)
Aalto University
Helsinki, Finland
2019 – 2020
2D Character Animation Program (Honors Graduate)
Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts)
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Recipient of the
Federation of Canadian Artists Bursary
2020
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
Bachelor’s Thesis
“Psychology in Character Design:
Creation of a Character Design tool”
Winner of the Game Studies Thesis Competition 2018
