Terese Nielsen
| Terese Nielsen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 11, 1966 Aurora, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Education | Art Center College of Design |
| Occupation | Artist |
Terese Nielsen (born March 11, 1966) is a California-based freelance fantasy artist and illustrator.
Nielsen was born in Aurora, Nebraska, in 1966. In 1984 she went to Rexburg, Idaho, to study art at Ricks College. Upon completing her studies there, she studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, graduating with "great distinction" in 1991.
She and Cliff Nielsen, another ACCD graduate, were married at the time they illustrated Ruins (1995); they have since divorced. She has four children and lives with her partner in Temple City, CA.
Nielsen's brother, Ron Spencer, is also an artist.
Early on, Landmark Entertainment hired Nielsen to help design its themed amusement parks, and DC and Marvel Comics hired her to illustrate several superhero trading cards. She illustrated Marvel graphic novels, one of which was Ruins, which she did with her then husband, Cliff Nielsen. For Topps she painted several Xena covers, as well as Star Wars covers for Dark Horse.
Nielsen illustrated the graphic novella that was included as part of the 1993 video game Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. In a favorable review, Scott A. May wrote, "Nielsen's dark, disturbing visions carry over to many of the game's hand painted back-drops, drawn from a gloomy palette of deep red, blue, and black." In the video game genre, her influence can be seen in Sierra's Gabriel Knight series, and in her work for 3DO's Meridian 59, and she worked with Mythic Entertainment creating the look for the advertising campaign promoting the interactive internet game Dark Age of Camelot.
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