Character Design & Animation
Welcome to my Portfolio!
My name's Marika Nieminen and I'm an Animation Artist, Character Designer, Character Animator, Director and Writer currently based in Turku, Finland.
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Please feel free to navigate the sections up top to see all my artistic works!
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Writer, Director and Character Designer
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Coming soon to
Available at
Positions
04/2024 - 09/2024
Character Designer
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05/2023 - 08/2023
Colouring Artist for Merry Little Batman
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02/10/2025 - 23/01/2026
Character Designer
Storyboard Assistant
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05/2021 - 05/2023
Visual Artist for Joy Eternal
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11/2020 - 05/2021
Junior Compositor for Royals Next Door
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Skills
Photoshop​
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Procreate
ToonBoon Harmony
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Storyboard Pro
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Premiere​
Illustrator
Shotgrid
InDesign​
Kitsu
Education
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Academic Achievements
2025
Master of Art and Design (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
