Nicolas BANNISTER
Nicolas BANNISTER
Concept Design - VisDev - Character Design
Annecy, France

Summary

FULL RESUME (as of March 2024)

- Kodansha/ADN/Delta Rocket: 2024
Character, Vehicle & Mecha design for a TV show project based on a famous cyberpunk Japanese franchise.

- TITMOUSE: 2024
Vehicle design for an unnanounced TV show.

- DREAMWORKS: 2023
Lead Vehicle & Concept designer on the Bad Guys 2.

- DADA! animation: 2023
Character Design & Vehicle design for an unnanounced TV show.

- MOONBUG: 2022
Vehicle designfor an unnanounced TV show.

- DADA! animation: 2022
Background design and paintingfor the Mekka Nikki trailer pilot.

- DISNEY+: 2021
Background design and Art Direction for an unnanounced animated TV series.

- TITMOUSE: 2021
Vehicle & prop design for a NICK cancelled TV show.

- LEGENDARY: 2021
Costume design for a scifi live action movie with Japanese giant robots.

- TITMOUSE/NETFLIX: 2020
Vehicle design on Chicago Party Aunt.

- TITMOUSE/NETFLIX: 2019
Background, prop & vehicle design for Arlo the alligator boy (feature & TV show).

- AGBO: 2019
Keyframes, chara & prop design, mecha concept for a movie project.

- GO-N: 2016
Character design, prop design, BG design for the Tib & Tumtum (TV show).

French comics :
- 17+ books as an artist (kids, teens, young adults).
- 20+ years experience in the field.

ILLUSTRATION :
- 25+ years of experience as freelance artist (posters, book and magazine
covers, etc.).
- Multiple exhibitions in art galleries in France, US and UK.
- Creator of the Banncars (60+ tribute posters to movie/TV vehicles).

CLIENTS:
- Animation: DreamWorks, Titmouse, Legendary, Disney+, AGBO, FOX TV, Lucasfilm, TF1,...
- Publishing: Image, Random House, Lerner Publ., Dupuis, Glénat...

SKILLS:
- Adaptative, fast worker, delivers on time, finds solutions, proactive for ideas, reliable, nice guy overall.
- Softwares : Photoshop, Flash, a bit of of SketchUp & very light notions of Blender.

SOUGHT POSITION:
- Vehicle/character/mecha/prop design, concept design/art
- Idealy looking for relocation in Los Angeles with a work visa, but freelance remote work is very welcome.

CONTACT:
bannister@orange.fr
Currently lives in Annecy, France.

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Skills

Concept ArtConcept DesignCharacter DesignProp DesignVisual DevelopmentCostume Designvehicle designkeyframes

Software proficiency

Photoshop
Photoshop
SketchUp
SketchUp
Animate
Animate

Productions

    • TV Production
      Mekka Nikki
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      Background designer & painter, environment design, concept art
    • Company
      Dada! Animation
    • TV Production
      Chicago Party Aunt
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      vehicle designer
    • Company
      Titmouse, for Netflix
    • Movie
      Arlo, the aligator boy
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      concept artist, concept designer, vehicle designer, prop designer, background designer
    • Company
      Titmouse, for Netflix