Nicole completed her degree in Information Design at the University of Pretoria in 2011, after which she started work in the animation industry as background artist, illustrator and designer. During hose two years she worked with Gerhard Cruywagen (Greenhouse Cartoons) as her Creative Director and most of her background art featured, was directed by him.

In October of 2013 she started her freelance career. She works mainly in the digital medium (Illustrator & Photoshop), but enjoys working in traditional media as well. She mainly does work for children’s books, games and activities.