NICK FESS
CHARACTER ANIMATOR
About Me
My passion is character.
Be it animating characters, writing characters, designing characters, or role playing characters, It is the thing I enjoy doing most in my life. I believe that all good stories start with a character, with everything else simply dominos falling via the character's actions. As an animator, I get to create those actions, but more than that I get to embody who the character is; how their beliefs, values, and traumas describe them. From the darting of an eye, the hint of a grin, or the raising of an eyebrow; I carve who they are into every frame they are on screen.
I have been pursuing a path in animation since the fourth grade, when I learned that I could do it for a living. From starting with simple flip book animations in my sketchbook as a child to creating minutes of animation on my Nintendo DS in high school. I was self taught up until I began my education at the Savannah College of Art and Design. I used my time there to hone my craft, enough to land my first job as a contract animator for Primal Screen. From there, I joined full time after 1 year of contract, and became an Animation Director after 3 years.
I am always growing as an artist, and will continue to improve my craft with each job I complete, file I save up, and drawing I make. Art is a journey, and I live for each step of mine.