JANE KERNAN
[email protected] (818) 749-5619 www.janekernan.com
Storyboard Artist
Animation Director
STORY REVISION
STORY ART
ANIMATION RETAKES
CHARACTER ANIMATION
EFFECTS ANIMATION
STORYBOARD PRO
FLASH/ANIMATE
PHOTOSHOP
HARMONY
AFTER EFFECTS, NUKE
BLENDER, MAYA, SKETCHUP
3D SETUPS AND CAMERA MOVES
Rhode Island School of Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts,
Film/Animation/Video
Scott Eaton Anatomy for Artists
Anatomy for Artists and Portraiture Online
Facial Anatomy 2013-2014
Studio Arts 2015-2017
Sheet Timing for Animation with Mike Milo
Harmony Assistant to Jason Bierut (Disney TV)
Concept Design Academy
Cinematic Storyboard with Jay Oliva 2019
Storyboard for TV Animation with
Alan Wan 2020
SKILLS
TEACHING
EDUCATION
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Faculty
Rhode Island School of Design
RISD Continuing Education
RISD Pre-College
Connecticut College
Art Institute of Boston
University of Rhode Island
2007 - 2015
Toon Boom Workshops
Azusa Pacific University
with Tony Bancroft
2020-2021
Storyboard Revisionist mar 2022 - nov 2022
Nickelodeon Animation Burbank, CA
Star Trek: Prodigy, Season 2 (2023)
2.5D action and moving camera reboarding with SBP and
Blender, character acting for personality, emotion, adventure
and comedy
Animation Director jan 2022 - mar 2022
HITRECORD Los Angeles, CA
A Forest Haunt for Canon USA (2022)
Sketch-like fantasy vis dev, staging, and animation in a fast
paced, highly collaborative production environment
Storyboard Revisionist nov 2021 - mar 2022
ShadowMachine Los Angeles, CA
Little Demon (2022 FXX/Hulu)
Adult comedy, action, and body horror sequences
Retake Director nov 2020 - oct 2021
Bento Box Entertainment North Hollywood, CA
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory (2021 Apple+)
Animation lead and director of in-house and overseas
illustration-style Harmony animation, animation
supervision, effects animation, lip sync, drawovers, and
retake storyboards; facilitated mid-production redesign,
recasting, and transition from domestic rigged to overseas
traditional pipeline
Episode Director dec 2018 - feb 2019
Animation Supervisor apr 2017 - dec 2019
Age of Learning / ABCmouse.com Glendale, CA
Search and Explore (2020-2021)
Educational children’s animated series
Animator, In-Game Shorts dec 2015 - apr 2017
EFL Animated Lessons (2016)
2D character and effects animation with precise lip sync
and acting clarity requirements, technical direction, layout,
animatics, script reviews, team training
ADVERTISING
Freelance Animator 2007 - 2023
Dell G-Series Commercials (Laundry LA, 2023)
Anime-style effects animation and character cleanup,
Gender Difference Motion Capture Study (Connecticut
College 2011), Lunch Lab Interstitials (PBS Kids,
2010), Unity Shoplifting Prevention Training Simulator
(Multimedia Plus, INC NY 2010), Hyperbaric Medicine
Training Simulation (Sarla Software, 2010), A.P. US History
Game (Sarla Software, 2010), Hail Mary TV Spot (Dent
Concepts RI, 2009), Associate Training Simulator (B3 and
Co. NY for Ann Taylor 2008), Running Jumping Spiderman
(Optic Sugar for Hasbro, 2008), Yahoo Mail Liam (Optic
Sugar for Yahoo, 2007), Lego Batman and Lego Indiana
Jones Promotional Material (Lego, 2007)
FEATURE VFX
Clean-up Animator jan 2015
Maya Rigger dec 2014
Stereo D / Animation by Deluxe Burbank, CA
Shedd (Paramount Animation, shelved feature)
3D Stereoscopic Depth Artist 2013 - 2015
Stereo D Burbank, CA
Ant-Man (2015), Jurassic World (2015), San Andreas (2015),
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Guardians of the Galaxy
(2014), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), X-Men: Days
of Future Past (2014), Godzilla (2014), Captain America: The
Winter Soldier (2014)
VR
After Effects Animator nov 2019 - apr 2020
Super 78 Studios Los Angeles, CA
Flying over New York, Princess Cruise 360 Dining Experience
(2020), Moody Gardens 2000 Leagues Preshow (2019)
After Effects, Flash, and C4D animation for themed
attractions