Experience

LAI Video
• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Motion Graphic Artist

  • Nov 2021 - Present


Jan Julius

• United States
• Medical Practices

• 2D Animator/Director

  • Mar 2021 - May 2021

  Set against the backdrop of an insidious rent crisis, MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE is a dense, atmospheric plunge into a vivid queer dystopia-- one where rent will consume you, uniforms manifest into tyranny, and four residents fight for their rights to live and love. The fourth single from Jan Julius' debut album MEAT SHOT IDYLLIC, available now via Noumenal Loom. Direction & Animation - Nick McKernan Music - Jan Julius Additional Garments - Danielle Hernandez PRESS https://redefinemag.net/2021/jan-julius-music-video-interview-manor-holes-high-rise/ https://www.thetruthinthisart.com/episodes/nick-mckernan RECOGNITION ASIFA East Queer Animation Show, Metropolitan Bar, NYC. MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE. 2022. Toronto Queer Film Festival, Official Selection, MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE. 2022. Toronto Animation Film Festival (TAAFI), Official Selection, MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE. 2022. Sweaty Eyeballs International Animation Festival, WINNER - Best of Baltimore Award, Baltimore Showcase, MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE. 2021. Anima Córdoba International Animation Festival, Official Selection, MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE. 2021. aGLIFF International Film Festival, Official Selection, MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE. 2021. Show less

• 2D Animator/Director

  • Feb 2020 - Apr 2020

  A lonely triangle is guided through a waxy world by the SOFT FRIENDS, a collective of fearless, morphing companions. The official music video to Jan Julius’ single ‘Soft Friends’ from their debut album MEAT SHOT IDYLLIC, available now via Noumenal Loom. Direction & Animation - Nick McKernan Music - Jan Julius PRESS https://www.weekinpop.com/features/video-premiere-soft-friends-jan-julius RECOGNITION Sweaty Eyeballs International Animation Festival, Official Selection, Baltimore Showcase Show less



Wasted Shirt - All is Lost

• Assistant Animator

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  A clay strata-cut encantation. Direction, Animation, & Editing - Adam Davies Animation - Leili Tavallaei & Nick McKernan Music - Wasted Shirt (Brian Chippendale & Ty Segall) MRI Resources Thanks to: Andy Ellison // insideinsides.blogspot.com IMAIOS // imaios.com Made with clay. Captured on Dragonframe using a Canon Mark IV. Edited in After Effects. PRESS https://www.stereogum.com/2072643/wasted-shirt-all-is-lost/music/ https://consequence.net/2020/02/stream-wasted-shirt-all-is-lost-new-song/ Show less