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I am a mixed media artist and animator based in NYC.

Most recently, I have been experimenting  with ceramic and animation.

Otherwise, the majority of my personal work revolves around 2D experimental analog animation as well as claymation.

I’ve had the pleasure of creating work for VICE, GIPHY & some musicians I love: Will Paquin, Chief Keef, Tai Verdes.

Sometimes, I make computer games out of my analog animations. 

I also enjoy designing and building physical things such as Pigeon. Other fun builds have been for Creature World and Strada World, two favorites.

And of course, I have lots of graphic design and illustration, specifically for music events.

That’s pretty much the sum of it. I like to do a lot of things but at the end of the day, I really just love learning, trying new things, and making things look really good. Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to read more about me.
NYC

jferna890@gmail.com

@julia_fernandez_

Currently available for freelance and commissions.
Zoetrope Cup
2023



I Am Happy to Be Here
2023

Risograph Animations (2022 - 2023)Handrawn frames risograph printed, scanned, and sequenced.





Cat Walk Shirt (2023)Cyanotype frames on cotton t-shirt of my beloved cat in heaven, Zachary.


 My Time on Mulberry St (2022)Risograph animation on recycled 2021 Moleskine planner pages. 





VICE Global Logo ID (2023)
  • VICE
  • DragonFrame, Plasticine
  • Sound: Danielle Miller



 Jr. Motion Designer
Title Sequence for Screm of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story 
(2023)
VICE


VP Creative Director / Global Design: @julieblueruiz
Motion Design Director: @assafcle
Creative Director: @mogollonny
Art Director: @eric.deluxe
Sr. Motion Designer: @raytingrayting
Sr. Designer: @shohanafusa
Sr. Designer: @gregfrang_design
Motion Designer: Alex Reyes
Jr. Motion Designer: @julia_fernandez_
Production Coordinator: @briankellyly
Sr. Manager, Creative Production: @alecmartinwashere

Tai Verdes “TV” Animated Lyric Videos
(2020 - 2021)
  • 13 2D animated lyric videos for Tai Verdes’ debut album “TV.”



“Circles” VIsualizer Animation
(2022)
  • Cover Art: Noah Cote









Art Direction for Chief Keef’s Finally Rich 10 Year Anniversary Show 
Move Forward Music X Spotify

  • Elsewhere
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • 2022



LUTUM! (2023)
NYU Interactive Media Arts Senior Capstone
An interactive computer game made entirely out of clay, animated with DragonFrame, and programmed with Unity.
Music: Noah Cote
SFX: Ethan O’Donovan




Inspired by point-and-click media throughout history, LUTUM! is an experiment in using analog methods in a digital space. In the room, users are greeted by the main character, a clay figure representative of myself. Users are prompted to clean my room and interact with Zachary, my cat. My goal was to re-imagines early stop-motion media and contribute to the contemporary conversation surrounding claymation as an art form and avenue for interactivity.

I have thorough documentation of my process on YouTube and on Medium. It is also publicly playable on itch.io.  


Dog (2023) An interactive computer game made with handrawn animations and Unity.



Spoiler alert: the dog never gets the bone.

Play it on itch.io.

Pigeon (2023)
Recycled Plywood
A kinetic toy/object made from scrap plywood. A mechanism inside its body bobs the pigeon’s head just as a pigeon would do in real life. It is an ode to New York and an artifact of my appreciation for the bird.


Creature Psychic (2022)
Arduino Nano iOT33, Wood, Plastic, Acrylic, LEDs
A mechanism that creates personal pieces of art for people by reading their vitals and decoding their emotions.

Built with Isabelle Rieken.

For The Creature World NYC Tour by Danny Cole.

Photo: Grade Solomon



“After a day of touching grass and getting creative with color, Basic.Space collaborated with Cole for an evening featuring a panel talk with leaders in culture from companies such as Gucci, Autograph, Mad Realities, and Basic.Space. After the discussion, Creature World unveiled a preview of their latest insane, inspired invention— a mechanism that creates personal pieces of art for people by reading their vitals and decoding their emotions, an iteration of The Creature Psychic.”   -Office Magazine


Creature Dynamite (2022)

Prop created for Creature World Fashion by Danny Cole.



Creature World X Open Sea.io Installation (2023)
Hammerstein Ballroom
NYC
Created with Isabelle Rieken for Danny Cole.

Using unique body-tracking technology, we programmed the 3D model of Danny Cole’s “Creature” to mimic the body movements of visitors in real-time.




Cat Walk Shirt (2023)Cyanotype frames on cotton t-shirt of my beloved cat in heaven, Zachary.


 My Time on Mulberry St (2022)Risograph animation on recycled 2021 Moleskine planner pages. 





Giant Strada Friend
(2022)
Foam, Wood Putty, Plaster, Paint

For Strada World X The Other Art Fair.
Built with Isabelle Rieken.