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Carissa Nichols: Portfolio
*For a complete range of my work and styles please feel free to view the rest of my website! Thank you*
Self Portrait
Charcoal on 18x72 newsprint
Character Design
Design for a cereal mascot fitted with a story on how the cereal was created
Insert Monsters Here
A beatiful photo capturing a heartwarming moment of a gentleman i met in France enjoying the music. I decided he needed some friends to enjoy the music too. (Photoshop illustration)
Character design
A personal project for a character called. Juan Pollo a pro wrestling rooster who just won his 50th match
Forest Temple
Oil paint painting portraying a magical temple in the middle of a forbidden forest. one of the first large scale oil paintings i have ever done
Overgrown
This project we were tasked with creating an environmental scene focusing mainly on the plants overgrowning around an object
Shelter cat
A pastel portrait of a kitten I got to meet at the Lawrence humane Society (She was adopted that day)
The last of us
A tribute to the game The Last of Us this is a pastel piece i did of an in-game scene featuring Ellie and Joel.
CHimera
A charcoal piece on 16x24 featuring a chimera of my own creation. it meant represent the monsters that i battle everyday with my ADHD.
Friends For Life
A graduation piece i did for my friends that i made over the years to express my gratitude. (Photoshop drawing)
Pet Portrait
A pet portrait expressed in a unique mural style that one might find hidden deep in cave
Fuzzball!
This is one of the very first animations i have ever done. It was quite the challenge but without any prior experience i was proud of this piece!
Swan Lake
A children's book stylized watercolor piece featuring a beautiful swan. This was simply an excerise but i love how this turned out
The regulars
This piece features Greta and John regulars at their diner. Greta does not like her cake garnished and Ilene a new server laughs at the couples antics
HBN (Human Broadcasting Network) *Click to view and hear audio*
This was my final animation for my class. We had to incorporate multiple transitions for an ad or commercial and i chose a couple of aliens promoting the Human Broadcasting Network
Mud Bug Design
Car design for the driver a Carl a professional Wacky Racer.
Pirates at Sea
A concept art piece for a couple of pirates caught in a cannon fight in the northern sea in the middle of a storm
Second Pet portrait
Left Behind
A guitar left to rot where no one can hear its sweet tune but mother nature
Bunny Clock
A prop design i did for an adorable bunny clock. when the alarm goes off the ears bang together
Photography
Open Tap
Taken at Louise's Bar
Old Soul
Taken in Paris, France. Such a beautiful moment captured and one of my favorite photos taken
Parkour
Taken in Paris. These guys were skateboarding and jumping for over an hour! A perfect in motion photo opp
Colors of the Tower
A happy accident where my phone camera decided to create something new
London Flags
Another Happy accident of the exposure being set too high yet still capturing the flags in a unique way
Red Eiffel
Decided to try some after editing in this photo. Created a vibrant and unique photo of the Eiffel Tower
Neon
A mysterious capture of a couple of pool balls.
Micro Shot
Showcasing the micro ability of my camera, I was able to capture this hyper focused shot of these lovely daisies.
Graphic Design
Promotional Poster
A class project where we chose a environmental company to create a promotional poster for them. I chose WWF
Brand Mockup
A brand mockup for a class project for A&A Royal Auto Trim
A&A Royal Auto Trim
Promotional Poster for a Brand redesign for the company
Ad Design
Ad Design for the Ivory trade investigations happening in Africa
Brand Redesign Stationary Set
Another mockup for the Brand Redesign for A&A Royal Auto Trim
Out of Pocket Game
Class Project where we had to come up with a game and create a mockup for every aspect of the game
Card Deck Design
Another mockup for Out of Pocket Game. This is a small sample of what was done for the project
Perfect Pear Dating App
This logo was created for a dating app we designed in class. It was based solely on food and this logo was my own design for it
Type Face
Quantam Tech is a type face i created for a class project. For a Full board of this project pplease reference the Graphic Design Tab :)
Alphabet Font
A full look at the letters in Quantam Tech
Kansas Appleseed
Kansas appleseed is a non profit dedicated to providing equal opportunities for the kansas community whether it is food for kids or legal aid.
Kansas Appleseed
This project was to showcase the values of Kansas Appelseed in a creative way for their social media!
Christmas Time Patterns
This was a fast paced project where were given a limited time to create a full pattern tile and i chose christmas!
Pirates of The Caribbean Dead Mans Chest
This project we were tasked to Re-create a movie poster using mostly symbols and recognizable objects
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