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[[Image:Mike-Nicholson-Blizzcon2010-1.png |thumb |right |370px |Mike Nicholson at Blizzcon 2010.]]
'''Mike Nicholson''' is a Senior Artist on for [[Diablo III]]. Mike is known as the "UI guy," and he's worked extensively on the game [[interface]], [[inventory]], [[icons]], and other related tasks.
==Background==
Mike has worked at a number of different game companies and has pretty much done the entire spectrum of activities associated with game design.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikenart Linked-in profile for Mike Nicholson].</ref> He spent about 7 years working with DreamForge on multiple award-winning role-playing and strategy PC games. After Since the dissolution of DreamForge in 2000, he has since picked up a great deal of experience with a number of well-known game companies such as Sony Computer Entertainment, Monolith, and Sigil Games Online.
Mike joined [[Blizzard Entertainment |Blizzard]] in October 2006 and now works as a Senior Artist/Interface Designer on Diablo III.
===Artwork===
Mike maintains a [http://sites.google.com/site/mikenart/ personal website].<ref>[http://sites.google.com/site/mikenart/ Mike Nicholson's personal website].</ref> There, you can see numerous, stunning examples of his art. Many pieces (from both games and otherwise) are featured therein his gallery. On display are beautiful, colored samples from the ''World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game (WoW:TCG)'', concept art for various games, original ''Vanguard: SOHSaga of Heroes'' item lore '''and''' item artwork, personal artwork, as well as examples of interface design.
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