I animate, illustrate and design with a focus on character and atmosphere in narratives.

Please contact at hi@inesnirkko.com or via insta DM

Curious about a wide range topics and mediums, I have worked in various roles in animated TV, film and social media.

Graduated from Kingston University, London in 2017 with a BA(Hons) in Illustration Animation

Exchange studies in National Taiwan University of Arts, Department of Multimedia and Animation Arts, New Taipei 2015-2016 

Completed D&AD New Blood Academy, London in 2015

Currently based in Helsinki

  • 09/2023 - 12/2023 Pikkukala - Samuel Mid weight animator for 2D hand drawn webseries

    04/2023 - 06/2023 Pikkukala - Pikkuverso Designer for web3 assets and Fungihouse Roblox UI graphics

    10/2022 - 02/2023 Pikkukala - Vem Ska Trösta Knyttet? (Who Will Comfort Toffle?) and Hur Gick Det Sen? (The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My): Layout artist for two animated Moomin short films

    06/2020 - 10/2022 Pikkukala - Royals Next Door: Assistant director, CG background supervisor, scene prep supervisor, and TikTok content creator for 52x11’ animated series

    11/2020 - 12/2020 Caws Teifi Cheese - Advent Calendar: Animated Christmas campaign for social media

    12/2019 - 03/2020 Happy Go Hopscotch - Ingrid Goes Loop the Loop: Layout artist and animator for an animated pilot short

    08/2019 - 12/2021 Roomtone: Animated content and music videos for Roomtone Youtube channel

    03/2019 - 06/2019 Happy Go Hopscotch - Malcolm & The Trampoline: Layout and design for a children’s book

    04/2018 - 10/2018 Happy Go Hopscotch - Hopscotch and the Christmas Tree: Background design, layouts, and opening/ending credits animation for an animated Christmas special

    01/2018 Thomas O’Meara - Endless Road: Background animation for an online ad for Hérmes

    11/2017 House of Greenland - Google Digital Workshop: Editing and rendering localisations

    05/2017 - 11/2017 Happy Go Hopscotch - Hopscotch & The Christmas Tree: Design for the children’s book , franchise pitch presentation slides and graphics

    12/2016 Royal Opera House - Turandot: Promotional short film adaptation of the opera

    11/2016 Vintage Penguin Books - Crime and Punishment: Animated promotional short film adaptation of the book

    03/2016 - 08/2016 Kinomind Films - Happy Go Hopscotch: Opening sequence animation for the pilot, pitch presentation slides for the franchise, logo ident design and animation for the production company

    09/2015 Plan Finland: Illustrating Plan’s 2015-2020 policy strategy and creating a comic about girls’ rights

    6/2015 Freud Museum London - Festival of the Unconscious: Display at a Freud Museum London exhibition

    5/2013 Kallio Kukkii Display window at Helsinginkatu in a Helsinki city art event