Nicki Martin is an artist specializing in animation and story writing. Originally from Colorado, Nicki moved to Chicago to hone her skills in various forms and techniques of animation, such as 3D animation, hand-drawn 2D animation, and stop-motion animation. While at SAIC, she gained valuable experience as an artist about ways animation can be used to tell stories for all audiences and all themes. She hopes to now, as she steps out of school, to expand her skills even further into the animation industry as a whole and create works that everyone can enjoy.