Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY; Nelson Diaz was fed cartoons, comics and video games until he became fat and ripe with wild imaginings.
Now he can’t stop himself from animatin’, illustratin’ and drawin’ all the time.
He currently resides in Brooklyn and can be reached at his studio at 1-718-303-2193 or you can e-mail him at nelsart@gmail.com.
He is also a podcast host at www.nygeekcast.com
Food Network, Designer/Animator August 2010
• Illustrated and animated 3x 15 second openings for Aarti Party airing on the Food Network.
• Created vector based artwork in flash and illustrator which was then animated in After Effects.
Nick Digital, Animator March 2010
• Created Motion Graphics for Mega Music Festival and other various Nickelodeon interstitials.
• Manipulating designs in illustrator to make animation-ready in After Effects.
LBI International, Illustrator March 2010
• Illustrated various full color comps for Listerine commercial in photoshop. From sketch to final polished frame.
Whistlebox, Lead Animator Dec 2009-Feb 2010
• Helped animation team create animation for all characters and scenes of the docrew.com
• Created animatics, character loops and set up scenes for other animators. All in Flash using a puppeting style.
Alfalfa Studio, Lead Animator July-Aug 2009
• Guided animation process for 4x 45 second spots from animatic to final animation.
• Airing Nick Jr’s Hispanic Heritage month (airing Sept 15th to Oct 15th.)
• Character Animation and graphics animated in After Effects.
Flickerlab, Animator Aug 2009/Jan 2010
• Helped animate 2 min educational portion of “The Wild Life” episode from animatic to final animation.
• Character animation animated in Flash.
Scholastic, Storyboard Artist July 2009
• Created storyboards for 3 min Scholastic Web Video for teachers
• Created designs for use in video shoot using various traditional media such as colored pencils and construction paper.
Little Airplane Productions, Character Animator Jan 2007-Aug 2009
• Worked on The Wonder Pets for Nickelodeon and 3rd& Bird for the BBC.
• After Effects Animation.
They Might be Giants Music Video, Character Animator June 2008
• I Can Add from the They Might Be Giants album/DVD Here Come The 123s, directed by Adam Sacks and David Cowles.
• Flash Animation.
Animation Collective, Character Animator Aug 2005-Jan 2007
• Worked on Kappa Mikey for Nicktoons and Ellens Acres for Cartoon Network.
• Flash Animation.
Young & Rubicam, Colorist June-Aug 2005/2006
• Colored Illustrated storyboard panels for use in client pitch for Toys R Us using various brushes in Photoshop.
Upsidedownit Studios, After effects artist June 2005
• Keyed out various photoshop images.
• Masked out & Composited scenes in After Effects.
Upsidedownit Studios, Voice Over Artist June 2005
• Announcer’s voice and sounds quips for funny fruit spot for Sesame Street International.
Coqui, Award winning original animated short, Thesis Writer/Director/Animator May 2005
• Wrote & Directed short based on Puerto Rican Allegory
• Traditionally animated in Flash MX using Wacom Cintiq
• Included in various film festivals around the country
• School of Visual Arts 2005 BFA Animation with honors
• High School of Art & Design 2001
• Dusty Film Festival Award winner for Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Animation
• 1st Honorable Mention in student films category, ASIFA-EAST animation festival
• Pre Production grant for Coqui-Senior Thesis film