m.i.l.k. — memories I’ve loved and killed. Stuff I made, stuff I didn’t finish, and stuff I’m still figuring out.
Who
I’m Nicole. I’m from Hawai’i. I’ve got a master’s in applied and computational mathematics, and I spent about 10 years working in mobile app architecture and engineering. I taught myself art over that stretch — starting with Blender and Procreate, then animated shorts, then screenwriting, then a bunch of games I never shipped. I got into horror last year but I’ve been a fan of being terrified ever since I saw Signs when I was in second or third grade.
I play a lot of instruments. Right now I’m mostly on the Omnichord and the Ableton Move, singing and writing for an emo alt rock project with my husband/creative partner.
Sections
- Journal — slice of life. Book reviews, tech reviews, things I want to share, occasional dev logs. Basically a peek into my zettelkasten.
- Art — animations, 3D renders, drawings, paintings.
- Music — cover performances, making-of videos, and original music from my different projects.
- Play — mini games and playable experiences, often tied to my art. Game demos and embedded interactive 3D scenes.
- Projects — the bigger things I’m working on.
Projects
ünflat — a low-poly 3D modeler for iPad. Draw, paint, and texture directly on your model, then build your own diorama scenes. Comes with in-depth tutorial walkthroughs for all kinds of low-poly creations. Inspired by the designer features in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Die Awake: Sleep Study — a choose-your-own-adventure horror game for mobile and desktop.
In a near-future where all service-sector experiences are recorded and fed to AI for automation, you’re a QA tester reviewing a recording flagged as “unusual.” The subject signed up for a self-administered sleep study. They arrived at the assigned tract home and followed AI onboarding instructions. Shortly after, environmental anomalies began — object displacement, emotional unrest, improbable events. You stress-test the recording through guided interaction to decide if it should be fed into the model or discarded as an anomaly.
Static Hill — horror shorts. Creepy moments, stories, and CYOA-style videos.
My Stack
- Art: Procreate, Photoshop, Pixaki, Flipnote Studio 3D, Adobe Fresco
- 3D/Filmmaking: Unreal Engine, Blender, After Effects, Davinci Resolve, Ditherboy
- Music: Ableton, Omnichord
- Coding: Flutter, Rive, Javascript, Python
Contact
- Email — [email protected]
- Guestbook — /visitors/