What do I offer? - Bringing your ideas and creations to life, just as you envisaged them. Offering a comprehensive animation service, with additional background knowledge of CG modelling and rigging. To create motion with all the bounce, stretch or realism you want.
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Almost 20 years as a professional CG artist with additional experience of team management, production, client liaison, development of pitches and pilots.
Comfortable producing quality results to demanding deadlines and budgets.
Combining strong technical skills with a vibrant imagination and mischievous wit, which give the work a very distinctive and clear relationship with the narrative.
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Highly motivated, results focused, with the drive, determination and ability to produce animations to the highest standards.
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Nick Hales
Animation Director/ Lead Animator
Creature, Character Animator & CG Artist
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Recommendations
Director at Aardman Animations
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Nick was a totally brilliant partner for me on the mighty project Eggstraction where he did all the wonderful, complicated, ambitious character animation for the cinematics. It was a pretty gruelling schedule but Nick was up for the challenge and up for taking loads of notes from me. I was delighted with his work and his great attitude, and his willingness to keep going through loads of iterations. It really felt like a great creative collaboration.
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Peter Lord
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CG Supervisor at Bardel Entertainmant
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I've had the pleasure of working with Nick Hales at Aardman Animations and 422 South as his CG Supervisor.
Nick is an excellent animator who’s always willing to help and adapt to any situation. His enthusiasm and joy for the animation process are truly infectious.
Nick's creativity, technical skills, and attention to detail are top-notch.
I loved the way he used his time to create a short film, utilising his directorial skills and his self-motivated nature, making him a natural leader on any project. He’s great at collaborating with the team and always brings a positive attitude to the table. Nick's adaptability has been a huge asset, allowing him to tackle any challenge.
In short, Nick is a fantastic animator and a wonderful colleague. I highly recommend him for any animation
Mikey Ford CG Supe and lover of animation
Seamus Malone
Director, Writer, Animation Director at Aardman Animations
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If you are looking for a proven, dependable, experienced CG animation director or lead, look no further than Nick Hales.
I worked with Nick on a daily basis on Aardman’s first in-house CG series ‘Lloyd of the Flies’. In that time I found Nick to be an extremely valuable asset to the whole team, both creatively and technically.
Nick is highly organised, enthusiastic and super fast at turning shots around. At the end of the week he would always lead by example and help out anyone on his team to get their shots over the line for the weekly quota, with consistent high quality.
Nick is very pro-active in solving animation problems in terms of rigging and animation performance before shots were scheduled and an excellent communicator and leader of his team.
I would work with Nick again in an instant and would highly recommend him for any future project.
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