Nur Diker Koksal

Nur Diker Koksal

Character Artist

Senior Character Modeler / 15 yrs

London, United Kingdom

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I'm a Character Artist with over a decade of experience in the animation industry, specializing in topology and stylised characters. My expertise lies in translating 2D sketches into precise 3D forms and fostering design evolution through sculpting, a skill honed through years of experience – and it's what I take the most pride in.
Work History

  • Character Modeler

    Onionskin Ltd

    July 2018 - Present
    London

  • Character Artist

    Aardman Animations

    February 2024 - March 2024

    Responsible for multiple modelling and look development tasks for ongoing three projects.

  • Character Artist

    Make Believe

    December 2023 - December 2023

    Modelled interior nasal cavity area for a medical science film.

  • Character Artist

    Nexus Studios

    October 2023 - October 2023

    Responsible for modelling the hero character for an animated film produced for Apple.

  • Character Artist

    Ritzy Animation

    February 2022 - April 2022
    London, England, United Kingdom

    Modelled and textured stylized characters for an animated campaign.

  • Character Artist

    bEpic GmbH

    February 2022 - February 2022
    Berlin, Germany

    Textured realistic skin of a character for a UE project.

  • Character Artist

    bEpic GmbH

    August 2021 - August 2021
    Berlin, Germany

    Sculpted two reindeer characters for a commercial project.

  • Character Modeler

    Passion Pictures

    May 2021 - June 2021
    London, England, United Kingdom

    Responsible for modeling realistic animal characters for tv commercials.

  • Character Modeler

    Ritzy Animation

    February 2021 - March 2021

    Responsible for modelling the hero characters of a game production, for a music clip.

  • Character Modeler

    Nexus Studios

    November 2020 - February 2021
    London, England, United Kingdom

    Modelled 2 characters with full facial expressions for a new AR project of Facebook Messenger.

  • Character Artist

    Ritzy Animation

    January 2021 - February 2021
    London, England, United Kingdom

    Worked in design development and sculpted main characters for the video clip of ALBA.

  • Character Artist

    DVTK

    November 2020 - November 2020
    Paris, Île-de-France, France

    Modelled and textured a character for a facial expression based AR project.

  • Character Modeler

    Ritzy Animation

    July 2020 - September 2020
    London, England, United Kingdom

    Worked as Lead Modeler for an animated campaign for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia.
    I modeled two hero girl characters and textured and look developed skin texture of these 2 characters and other 5 characters appearing in the other episodes.

  • Character Modeler

    TSW Creative

    June 2020 - July 2020

    Designed and sculpted hero characters of an animated tv spot for Royal Casino ad.

  • Character Artist

    TSW Creative, part of The Specialist Works

    July 2020 - July 2020
    London, England, United Kingdom

    Was responsible for the design and digital sculpting of two principle characters for an animated commercial.

  • Character Modeler

    bEpic

    June 2020 - June 2020

    Worked to model a toon character for a Christmas pitch.

  • Character Modeler

    Nexus Studios

    May 2020 - May 2020
    London, England, United Kingdom

    Worked remotely to model a toon character for 3D printing to be used as a puppet for a commercial.

  • Character Artist

    Make Believe

    May 2020 - May 2020
    London, England, United Kingdom

    Worked remotely to digitally sculpt the busts of some well-known activists for a visualization project.

  • Character Modeler

    Make Believe UK

    April 2020 - May 2020
    London

    Worked remotely to digitally sculpt the busts of some well-known activists for a
    visualization project.

  • Character Modeler

    bEpic

    April 2020 - April 2020
    Berlin

    Stylized an animal character by sculpting and modeled ready for rigging by working remote from London for the Berlin based studio bEpic.

  • Character Modeler

    Rafa Film & Octopus Istanbul

    December 2019 - December 2019
    London, United Kingdom

    Modeled and textured the Scarecrow and Little Girl characters for the animated spot of Taze Direct by working remotely which was directed by Ayşe Ünal.

  • Character Modeler

    Nexus Studios

    November 2019 - November 2019
    London, United Kingdom

    Modeled realistic fish and stylized humanoid characters for 3 different pitch.

  • Character Modeler

    Trick 3D

    October 2019 - October 2019
    Greater Atlanta Area

    Made facial topology and 52 blendshapes for an AR project.

  • Character Modeler

    Squint / Opera

    September 2019 - October 2019
    London, United Kingdom

    Modeled stylized low poly characters wih a crispy look.

  • Character Artist

    Squint / Opera

    October 2019 - October 2019
    London, United Kingdom

    Was responsible for the character modelling task of an architectural visualization project.

  • Character Artist

    Nexus Studios

    October 2019 - October 2019

    Modeled one realistic and one toon characters for two projects' pitch.

  • Character Modeler

    Nexus Studios

    August 2019 - August 2019
    London, United Kingdom

    Sculpted 18 sea creatures for a social responsibility project.

  • Character Modeler

    Sandboxx

    March 2019 - March 2019
    London, United Kingdom

    Modeled characters’ facial expressions in a corporate animation project.

  • Character Modeler

    Nexus Studios

    January 2019 - March 2019
    London, United Kingdom

    modeled characters for a tvc.

  • Character Artist

    Animade

    August 2018 - November 2018
    London, United Kingdom

    Was responsible for retopology and texturing of the characters appear in an AR project.

  • Character Modeler

    Animade

    September 2018 - October 2018
    London, United Kingdom

    Responsible for characters' retopology, texture and normal maps for an AR project.

  • Character Artist

    Nexus Studios

    July 2018 - August 2018
    London, United Kingdom

    Was responsible for modelling all characters of a tv project directed by Johnny Kelly.

  • Freelance Character Modeler

    Aardman Animations

    March 2018 - April 2018
    Bristol, United Kingdom

    Was responsible for Character Modeling and texturing for 4 weeks in a 3d animated tvc project in Aardman Animations.

  • Character Modeler

    anima istanbul

    June 2013 - December 2017
    İstanbul, Turkey

    Made character models for tvc and the feature film Kötü Kedi Şerafettin(2016) , beside texturing, look development, rendering and basic compositing.

  • Character Modeler

    1000 Volt

    April 2011 - January 2013
    İstanbul, Turkey

    Made 3d Modeling for tv commercials and animated short films.

  • 3D Modeler, Product Designer

    1000 VOLT Post roduction

    June 2011 - January 2013

  • Toy & Game designer, 3D modeler

    Ulkutay Productions

    January 2009 - June 2011

    Responsible for designing 'surprise toys' in chocolate eggs(OZMO EGG), and games(esp. board games) for children, 3d modeling for commercial animations.

  • 3D Modeler, Toy & Game Designer

    Ulkutay Creative

    November 2008 - April 2011
    İstanbul, Turkey

    Designed surprise egg toys and board games for Turkish chocolate brand Ozmo, beside modeling for tvc produced in the same studio.

  • Package and Toy Designer

    Prime Creation HK

    March 2008 - November 2008
    İstanbul, Turkey

    Designed packages for chocolate brands and experienced in toy manufacturing process.

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Education

  • Industrial Designer

    Istanbul Technical University

    September 2000 - June 2005