Nichole (Nico) Hart
Storyboard Artist and Illustrator
Storyboards
Project thumbnail for 'Armadillo'
Project thumbnail for 'Risen'
“One Frame Stories” Series Focusing on framing and dynamics
“One Frame Stories” Series Prompt: The Rescue
“One Frame Stories” Series Prompt: Aerial Dog Fight
“One Frame Stories” Series Prompt: Boxing Match
“One Frame Stories” Series Prompt: Alone
“One Frame Stories” Series Prompt: Late
Comics
Traditionally Penciled Cover I later sent to a friend to ink for a cover trade. 11" x 17" bristol work.
A favorite page from my personal comic 'Culmination' a coming of age wizard's tale. Click link for 'Culmination' process work.
Traditionally inked cover for my friend Rodriego. 11" x 17" bristol work.
Traditionally inked Cover for a writing student's project. 11" x 17" bristol work.
A traditionally inked 11" x 17" bristol page for The Last Journey collaboration.
A traditionally inked 11" x 17" bristol page for The Last Journey collaboration.
Illustrations
Animal Adventure's Series. Style Play
Animal Adventure's Series. Style Play
A line challenge that resulted in something more.
The result of a character design challenge.
Animal Adventure's Series. Style Play
Studies
Shape inspired homes.
Study and boarding session of a bat and it's flight patterns.
Some favorite studies compiled from my traditional sketchbooks
Gun design for the Forest Dweller weapon set in Breath of the Wild
Work Experience
'U.P.P'
Collaborative film from 2018 that won numerous awards: The Golden Earth Film Award, Direct Monthly Online Film Festival, and the Independent Online Film Festival. The film is a comical take on two astronauts floating about in their everyday lives.
I worked as an asset modeler, clean-up and texture artist, the UV artist, as well as concept and story work. It was a lot of work, but some of my favorite late nights with some excellent friends and colleagues.
-2018
Battalla Official TCG
A trading card game that combines TCG gameplay with Chess.
Worked in collaboration with other artists under Battalla to create unique decks of cards for the area of Huntsville, Alabama. I researched cultural and mythological icons to develop accurate and unique illustrations for hero and unit cards.
-2024
'Doug Doug the Dancing Bug'
A 50+ page children's book created in collaboration with author and publisher JKT. The project was started on December 27, 2019 and finalized on January 1, 2020.
The project scope included: Designing and developing details on 40+ different characters, designing 20 layouts, painting 38 background illustrations, prepping files for publisher use, and replacing mock-up clipart with fully realized original works. Unfortunately, it was an indie run piece and lacked final publishing polish for the book layout.
'Archaic'
An interesting action short film of a toon character in a realistic scenery. Directed by Asfandiyar Ali Aga.
I was brought on as a matte painter, brush creator, and layout designer for the short. It was a lot of fun learning how to make custom brushes to match the style and painting from such an interesting perspective.
-2018
'Myth'
By request from Jaki Haboon, I was brought onto this short film last minute, as a layout designer, matte painter, and clean-up assistant. It was an attempt to save the film from a deadline crunch, though, sadly the film was still left incomplete due to a loss in animation staff.
The film would have been a heartbreaking retelling of the classic tale: The Minotaur.
-2017
About
Hi, I'm Nichole Hart, Nico is my artist tag.
I am a storyboarder, illustrator, and writer compelled by the storytelling aspects of art from drawing and script writing to comic books and animation. Getting inside the a character's psyche to act out how their responses to scenarios and picking the perfect camera are my favorite aspects of art. Together they control how well information is conveyed and how immersed viewers can become in a story.
For fun, I break down films, read, and write short stories. I enjoy food adventures, traveling, kayaking, rafting, and hiking.
I'm currently working as a lecturer and student film director, but I'm looking for focused work in storyboards, comics, animation, scripts, and illustration.