Nicolas "Sparth" Bouvier has been an Artistic Director and Concept Designer in the video gaming industry since 1996. Born in France, he now lives in Seattle, Washington. He is currently an Art Director for the Halo franchise at Microsoft.

Sparth has contributed to the development of multiple games and books since 1996, including his own art book series, Structura 1, 2, and 3, published by DesignStudioPress. he is credited on major games like Alone in the dark 4 (2001), Cold Fear (2005), Prince of Persia - Warrior Within (2004), Assassin's Creed (2007), Rage (2011), Halo 4 (2012) and Halo 5: Guardians (2015). He has also published more than 100 book covers in France, Canada, and the United States.