Howdy! I'm Nikolas Dela Cruz!

I'm commonly known as Nik or Tinik on social media.I'm a graduate from San Jose State University's Animation/Illustration program. I have a passion for storyboarding and 2D FX animation! My favorite subjects to board usually involve my own characters or something I find silly and cute, contrasting my love for loud and flashy FX!Outside of animation, I enjoy Live2D rigging, writing, and vocaloid.

Contact me at nikolasdelacruz.ai@gmail.com> resume download

"Nem Transformation"
Rough Animation
Personal Work (2021)

ANIMATED IN TOONBOOM HARMONY
A short rough animation of my friend Corin's character going through a magical girl-eque transformation.

STORYBOARD PRO
An action sequence following a band touring space, facing off their greatest enemy: Star Lord.Follows the script provided by Prof. Jeff Biancalana.

STORYBOARD PRO
An action sequence following a band touring space, facing off their greatest enemy: Star Lord.

STORYBOARD PRO
Based on a day in my life when I was around 8 years old.

STORYBOARD PRO
A drama sequence where I mainly focused on working on lighting and build up.

CLIP STUDIO PAINT
A comedic scene using dialogue from Finding Nemo.Below are my first pass of thumbnails.

CLIP STUDIO PAINT
A comedic scene using dialogue from Finding Nemo.

CLIP STUDIO PAINT
An action scene using two of my original characters.Below are the initial planning and thumbnails for the scene.

CLIP STUDIO PAINT
An action scene using two of my original characters.