About
My name is Nick Barchard and I am a 3D artist and animator. I earned a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design with a minor in Digital Media (3D animation) from Iowa State University in May 2024. Graphic Design has been a passion of mine since I was first introduced to it in 2015 during my sophomore year of high school. I have always been a big fan of art and design, and when I took my first graphic design class in high school I knew immediately that it was something I could see myself pursuing as a career. Over the course of my college career, I took many animation classes, specifically 3D animation, and I quickly realized this was my true passion.
I have experience with screen printing, logo design, vinyl cutting & plotting, vinyl heat press printing, page layout, brand design, 3d modeling, html/css/processing and others. Programs I am familiar with include Cinema 4D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Blender, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, Processing, and several others. Some of my interests for future design projects include Album cover design, clothing design, snowboard design, logo design, brand design, poster design, and many more. I love creating title sequence animations and I have really grown to love the Cinema 4D program and animating in 3D. I used mostly Cinema 4D with a little bit of Blender for my classes at Iowa State, and I use 3ds Max for my job at ESi.
I worked at Model Farm Creative Services Agency as a Student Graphic Designer from May 2022-May 2023 where I learned about client-designer communication, client-project manager communication, working within brand guidelines, working as a design team, and many more fundamental skills for a professional designer. I then worked at Engineering Systems, Inc. (ESi) as a Visualization Intern (3D animator) from May 2023-May 2024 where I learned how to use Autodesk 3ds Max, communicated with clients and consultants, communicated and collaborated with my team, used data to help me 3D model and animate based on exact dimensions and data to accurately recreate scenarios, and much more.
I have been recognized and included in the catalog at the Art Director’s Association of Iowa (ADAI) 65th Annual Design Exhibition in April of 2023 for one of my animation projects, The Web. I was also recognized and included in the catalog at the ADAI 66th Annual Design Exhibition in April of 2024 for three of my animation projects including Synth Runner, The Tale of the Skateboard Ghost, and Neptune’s Ballad.
Check out my Instagram and Youtube accounts to see more of my work!
One fun fact about me is I love to snowboard and have been doing it since I was 10 years old!
Here’s a picture of me at the top of the highest lift in North America getting ready to snowboard down!
Elevation here is 12,840 feet!