Kenneth A. Nicholls
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u PERSONAL
Art director,
production designer, set, prop and character designer, layout / background
artist, storyboard artist, sculptor and architectural set / model maker. A highly creative, versatile and dedicated
employee.
u EMPLOYMENT
2001 – present Electronic Arts
Canada, Burnaby BC
Designer of locations, backgrounds and
props for PlayStation 2 games.
1999 - 2001 Mainframe
Entertainment, Inc., Vancouver BC
Art
Director
Supervising teams of artists, I oversaw all production designs including
background and props, lighting, texturing and modelling for CGI based animation
productions
REBOOT
– Season 4, TV Series, 8 episodes
Action
Man - TV Series, 26 episodes
Production
Designer
Creator of locations, backgrounds, props, vehicles and characters for CGI
based animation.
REBOOT
– Season 4, TV Series, 8 episodes
Action
Man - TV Series, 26 episodes
Set
Designer
Location designer for CGI based 3D IMAX feature production
Gulliver’s
Travels - IMAX feature production
1996-1999 Walt Disney
Animation Canada Ltd., Vancouver BC
Head
of Layout Department
As department
lead artist, I oversaw the Vancouver Layout
Department for the following Walt Disney Productions:
Beauty and the
Beast - An Enchanted Christmas
Winnie the Pooh -
A Valentine for You
A Goofy Christmas
Mickey’s Magi
Another Goofy
Movie
The Little
Mermaid – Sequel
Peter Pan -
Sequel
For above
mentioned Walt Disney Productions
Walt Disney
Animation Canada Ltd., Vancouver BC
(continued)
Storyboard Artist
Sculptor, Character Models
Beauty and the
Beast / An Enchanted Christmas
Angelique
Fiffe
Additional experience in effects animation and assisting,
checking and cleanup
1995-1996 Delany &
Friends, Vancouver BC
Layout
Artist
The Sandman
Series, 13 one-half hour TV specials
Sculptor, Character Model
Nilus, The
Sandman
1995 - present Ken Nicholls
Animation, Bowen Island BC
Freelance
- Storyboard, Layout, Illustration, Design, Sculpture and Model Making
Bowes
Productions, Vancouver, BC
Voyage
of the Unicorn - Set Design
Blue Sky Productions II, Toronto, ON
Amelia’s
Notebook - Layout
Tom Nesbitt
Animation / Nelvana Studios, Toronto, ON
Blazing Dragons -
Storyboard/Storyboard Cleanup
Saban
Entertainment Ltd., Los Angeles, CA
Tenko and the Guardian of Magic -
Storyboard
Dessin Animie
Francais, Paris, France
Dog Tracer - Layout, Storyboard
cleanup
Cine Groupe,
Montreal, PQ
Quasimodo - Layout, Storyboard
cleanup
Jasman Inc.,
Itasca, Illinois
Toy Development and Sculpture
Various logo
designs and illustrations
1991-1994 B & B Scale
Models Ltd., Vancouver BC
Set and architectural model maker.
1988-1991 Architectural Dimensions,
Markham ON
Set and architectural model maker.
u EDUCATION
3D Studio Max
Adobe Photoshop
Vancouver Film
School
Vancouver, BC - part time studies 1999
Communication and Design
Ontario College
of Art
Toronto, Ontario –
full time, 1985 - 1988
Architectural Technology
Mohawk College of
Applied Arts and Technology
Hamilton, Ontario -
full time, 1984
u COMPUTER
EXPERIENCE
3D Studio Max
Adobe Photoshop
Mac
PC
u AWARDS
AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Honourable Mention - IMAGES
AND OBJECTS, BC Festival of Arts 1993
Provincial Finalist - IMAGES
AND OBJECTS, BC Festival of Arts 1992
2nd Place overall - NORTH SHORE JURIED SHOW, North Vancouver 1992
1st Place overall - NORFOLK
COUNTY REGIONAL ART EXHIBITION 1991
2nd Place Sculpture - NORFOLK
COUNTY REGIONAL ART EXHIBITION 1991
Honourable Mention - DEL
BELLO INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE ART COMPETITION 1986
Print Making Scholarship – ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART 1986