Please feel free to contact me at:
nickernan@gmail.com
(541) 301-5977
2D/3D ANIMATION GENERALIST REEL
SHOT BREAKDOWN
"JAN JULIUS - SOFT FRIENDS"
2D ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO
(00:04:11 - 00:07:20)
Software: Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Adobe Premiere
- Responsible for all elements of production: storyboarding, animatic, animation, coloring and final composite. All elements of animation done exclusively in Photoshop with the exception of lens flare added in After Effects.
- Researched and utilized color references to create a color script for production.
"THE STORM TOMORROW"
SHORT FILM TEST
(00:7:21 - 00:10:20)
Software: Adobe Photoshop
- Responsible for all elements of the production test.
- Animated multiple wave and cloud layers to create depth within establishing shot, simulating the stylings of downshoot paper-cut out stop motion.
- Created and adhered to a color script formed from research and reference.
"ACCOMPANY"
PAPER CUT-OUT STOP MOTION
(00:10:21 - 00:12:14)
Software: Dragonframe 4, Adobe Premiere
Responsible for all elements of production: paper boat, ocean, instrument, and character assets.
Captured on a Canon 8D via Dragonframe at 24 fps using a downshooter rig.
"GUSTER - LONG NIGHT"
2D ANIMATED VISUALIZER
(00:12:15 - 00:14:17)
Software: Adobe Photoshop, After Effects
- Responsible for all elements of production: asset creation (buildings, buses), animated assets (people, trees), coloring, and final composite.
- Parented multiple asset variants to coincide with different seasons, seamlessly transitioning from fall to winter to spring. - Consolidated hundreds of moving layers into organized pre-compositions in After Effects.
"MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE"
2D ANIMATION TEST
(00:14:18 - 00:17:05)
Software: Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Adobe Premiere
- Responsible for all elements of animation test.
- Designed a black and white visual aesthetic to highlight bold white lines, emulating a graphic novel styling.
- Created custom motorcycle assets.
"THE LITTLE NUN IN ETERNAL SPRING"
2D INSTALLATION
(00:17:06 - 00:23:18)
Software: Adobe Photoshop
- Responsible for all elements of installation, a piece memorializing my mother's experience growing up in a nunnery in Mexico.
- Gathered details from phone calls with my mother, cross-referencing with photographic research of stained glass.
- Dissolved hundreds of digital hues in Photoshop for day and night loop cycles, replicating light shining through stained glass.
"JAN JULIUS - MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE"
2D ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO
(00:23:19 - 00:30:00)
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Dragonframe 4, Adobe Premiere
- Responsible for all elements of production: storyboarding, animatic, animation, coloring and final composite.
- Utilized a Canon Mark IV to capture animated textile image sequences in Dragonframe, using frames to texture full-body 2D character animation.
- Created a library of environmental textures of Baltimore, MD with the Canon Mark IV, merging them with digital animation and fx.
"THE STORM TOMORROW"
SHORT FILM TEST
(00:30:01 - 00:34:22)
Software: Adobe Photoshop
- Responsible for all elements: character design, animation, background, assets, and color.
- Adhered to a consistent line-transparent style in environment, allowing subtle elements of the background, foreground, and midground to remain visible at all times.
"JAN JULIUS - MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE"
2D ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO
(00:34:23 - 00:49:09)
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Dragonframe 4, Adobe Premiere
- Performed and recorded reference footage for dozens of shots throughout the production, using reference as a foundation to animate a variety of different body types.
- Added and adjusted layer style effects to boost color of fabrics and add contrast to final composites.
"NO REST"
3D CHARACTER ANIMATION ASSIGNMENT
(00:49:10 - 00:54:07)
Software: Autodesk Maya, Logic Pro X, Adobe Premiere
- Used facial and body controllers on rig to animate a musical performance, incorporating lip sync, acting, and a walk cycle.
- Designed background using minimal hue variations on lamberts.
- 'Max' rig modelled by Peter Starostin and rigged with AdvancedSkeleton.
"MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE"
2D ANIMATION TEST
(00:54:08 - 01:01:23)
Software: Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Adobe Premiere
- Created unique animated building assets, telephone lines, rain, and character animations in Photoshop, exporting with transparent backgrounds. Compiled 20 unique layers in After Effects to compose the final pedestal shot of alley.
"THE STORM TOMORROW"
SHORT FILM TEST
(01:02:00 - 01:10:01)
Software: Adobe Photoshop, After Effects
- Consolidated Photoshop layers in After Effects, transitioning from a truck shot to a pedestal shot.
SONG: “CITYBITES” BY MARISOL (NICK MCKERNAN)