Nicolò Azzolini
Game Artist
Welcome! I'm Nico!
I’m a Game Artist based in South London with 10 years of experience in the gaming industry, having successfully shipped multiple games on both PC and mobile platforms.
I’m specialized in crafting visually stunning and optimized 2D and 3D assets, as well as enhancing user experiences with engaging animations and visual effects in the most widely used game engines.
A creative and versatile team player, I have a deep passion for creating games of all kinds; I have a notebook jam-packed with game concepts and ideas which often result in small side projects that help fuel my creativity and level up my skills.
I’m specialized in crafting visually stunning and optimized 2D and 3D assets, as well as enhancing user experiences with engaging animations and visual effects in the most widely used game engines.
A creative and versatile team player, I have a deep passion for creating games of all kinds; I have a notebook jam-packed with game concepts and ideas which often result in small side projects that help fuel my creativity and level up my skills.
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Professional Projects
Personal Projects
WORK EXPERIENCES AND COLLABORATIONS
Space Ape 2024 Integration Artist
I joined SpaceApe as integration artist on Chrome Valley Customs, a mobile car restoration casual puzzle game with more than 10 millions downloads.
I was responsible for the final look of the cars. My main task was integrating all car assets into the game engine, adding animations, vfx an polishing, creating engaging and stunning experiences for our players.
I joined SpaceApe as integration artist on Chrome Valley Customs, a mobile car restoration casual puzzle game with more than 10 millions downloads.
I was responsible for the final look of the cars. My main task was integrating all car assets into the game engine, adding animations, vfx an polishing, creating engaging and stunning experiences for our players.
Studio Cima Aug 2022 - 2023 Environment and Cinematic Artist
Recently founded, Studio Cima is now working on their first title, The Perfect Pencil, a 2D action adventure game for PC and Switch, inspired by personal experiences of psychological struggle.
I joined as environment artist, working closely with designers and illustrators to bring the game levels to life, as well as Cinematic Designer, creating storyboards and later implementing the sprite animations into Unity Timeline. I was also in charge of polishing and VFX.
Whatwapp Apr 2019 - Aug 2022 Game Artist
I was brought on board as a 3D Generalist but ended up covering a variety of other jobs as well during my time there, like UI illustrator and Tech artist. I worked on Bingo Town, Skat, Blackjack, Spades and Burraco: La Sfida.
Whatwapp is an Italian company funded in 2013 specialized in traditional card games for the mobile market. Their games gathered over 29 millions players worldwide.
I was brought on board as a 3D Generalist but ended up covering a variety of other jobs as well during my time there, like UI illustrator and Tech artist. I worked on Bingo Town, Skat, Blackjack, Spades and Burraco: La Sfida.
WayToGo Apr 2018 - Apr 2019 Game Artist
Whitemanager is a consulting company for medium and large-sized businesses, mostly dealing with the turism industry.
I was involved in the entertainment department, making B2B games such as Fire and Ice, a cross-media gaming format for MSC Cruises.
Whitemanager is a consulting company for medium and large-sized businesses, mostly dealing with the turism industry.
I was involved in the entertainment department, making B2B games such as Fire and Ice, a cross-media gaming format for MSC Cruises.
Cyber Coconut 2014 - Apr 2018 Lead artist
Cybercoconut was a small indie studio I co-founded after the success of the game our team made in 48hrs for Global Game Jam 2014: The Way of Life, an adventure about three characters of different generations dealing with similar life events. It was released on Steam in March 2018.
As the main artist in a very small team, I had to direct the animators and cover a lot of jobs, from 3D to UI and everything in between.
